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Qupai in Chinese Music: Melodic Models in Form and Practice book cover

1st Edition

Qupai in Chinese Music Melodic Models in Form and Practice

Edited By Alan R Thrasher Copyright 2016
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge
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Presenting the latest research in the area, this volume explores the fundamental concept of qupai 曲牌, melodic models upon which most traditional Chinese instrumental music (and some vocal music) is based. The greater part of the traditional instrumental repertoire has emerged from qupai models by way of well-established 'variation' techniques. These melodies and techniques are alive today and... Read more

I. Introduction 1. Qupai in Theory and Practice Alan R. Thrasher 2. Qupai in Historic Perspective Kar Lun Alan Lau II. Instrumental Qupai 3. Crossing Stages, Crossing Countries, Crossing Times: Instrumental Qupai in European Scholarship François Picard 4. Bianzou Methodologies in Traditional Practice Alan R. Thrasher 5. Baban: Instrumental Ideal and the Classic Repertoire Alan R. Thrasher III. Vocal Qupai 6. Qupai in Kunqu: Text-Music Issues Francois Picard and Kar Lun Alan Lau  7. Qupai Practice in Luju Opera, Anhui Province Yu Hui IV. Taoqu Suite Forms 8. Qupai Suite Forms in Nanguan and Other Traditions Alan R. Thrasher 9. Minnan Meihua Sannong: the 'Mother Form' of Jiangnan Sanliu Chen Yingshi 10. Instrumental and Vocal Suites: a Study of Pu'an Zhou François Picard

Biography

Alan R. Thrasher, Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia, has published four books, most recently Sizhu Instrumental Music of South China (Leiden: Brill, 2008), Yueqi 樂器: Chinese Musical Instruments in Performance (Vancouver: BCCMA, 2011), and Chinese Musical Instruments (Hong Kong: Oxford UP, 2000).

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