Introduction to Chinese Music Appreciation

Appreciation of Chinese Music introduces a variety of unique expressions of traditional Chinese music in the form of songs, music, plays, and tunes, and focuses on the appreciation of traditional Chinese music and repertoire of the 20th century that has been more widely circulated and influential. An excellent introduction to traditional Chinese music, it provides readers who understand Chinese music with a wealth of basic knowledge and music classics, category divisions, artistic functions, and humanistic background. It also provides a characteristic and generalized description of 20th century music.

The extended reading, extended appreciation, and reflection questions in each chapter are for you to enhance your appreciation and aesthetics of music, and are a source to stimulate readers to generate new concepts of thinking.

The whole book combines text, diagrams, musical examples, and CD-ROMs, and the combination of audio and video provides you with a rich and pleasant readability. It is an ideal teaching material for lectures in general institutions of higher learning. It is also a necessary reference book for the majority of music and art enthusiasts, self-study to improve music literacy and grow professional knowledge.