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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: Yes, it is! posted by M. Lucky on April 4, 2007 at 14:36:26:
"It's important to remember that until the '70s, classical music was not permitted in China, so those who have been in position during the past two decades have had, by Western standards, very little experience and little exposure to the best teachers themselves. That will change."Partly true. There was vibrant Classical Music in China, but after the Communists took over in 1949, and esp. during the Cultural Revolution, this was stopped. At the time of detente, Stern and others went into China. Whatever you think of Isaac Stern, he did influence folks like Sarah Chang, Jian Wang and many others. As a family, we love "From Mao to Mozart," a film made with Isaac Stern and others along with followup features made 20 years later--I commend it to you all.
Excerpt from article cited:
"What Li called for was the revival of a longstanding goal. European classical music has long if not deep roots in China, and it has been associated with modernity for centuries.The Jesuit Matteo Ricci brought a clavichord when he visited China in the late 16th century. An Italian missionary, Teodoricus Pedrini, arrived in Beijing in 1711 and wrote court music for the Kangxi Emperor.
Western music flourished here in the early 20th century. It even enjoyed strong support by Communist leaders until the Cultural Revolution.
When the "reform and opening" policy took hold in the late 1970s, Western music started making a significant comeback. A flow of Chinese musicians to the United States began.
By the 1990s, Politburo members boasted of their love for classical music. President Jiang Zemin said he had consoled himself after the death of the paramount leader, Deng Xiaoping, in 1997 by listening to Mozart's Requiem.
But elite support may count for less than the upsurge in popular interest, including millions of parents and youth far outside Beijing, Shanghai and other cosmopolitan cities....."
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- History of Western Classical Music in China - docw 12:52:47 04/05/07 (0)
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