RTA 530 Study Guide - Final Guide: Counterpoint, He Luting, Early Music
23 Mar 2018
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It was introduced through jesuit missionaries and travellers. They brought back information about chinese music that was a form of court music(royal) rather than that of the common people. Also classified the instruments which was more of a scientific report of their music rather than actual written music. It was considered a source of exotic sounds. The song of the earth (translations of 6 tang dynasty poems as lyrics) Americans saw chinese music through chinese immigrants. Chinese were subjected to discrimination and ridicule. Considered stereotypically chinese: due to, pentatonic scale to contrast melodies, excessive use of repeated notes in motives and the sound of the gong. A san francisco composer who was exposed to diverse music such as cantonese opera, native american music, mexican music, jazz, classical music and indonesian music. Was the first western guy to write music for a pipa. A pipa player who played music that lou harrison wrote in a non-traditional chinese way.
