Appreciationof20thCenturyChineseZheng
In1932PathéRecordsproducedazhengalbumtitled“SouthernSchool”.Thisrecord
includedJackdawPlayingintheWaterandDaoYiQu,recordedbyLiangZaiping.In
1936,LouShuhuarecordedzhengpiecesTianXiaDaTongandGuanJuforan
albumbyPathéRecordstitled“NorthernSchool”.Thesealbumsincludedtheearliest
zhengrecordingsandwerehistoricalevidenceofthesplitbetweenthenorthernand
southernzhenggenres.
After1949thegovernmentbegansupportingtraditionalartstoagreaterdegree.
Nationalconservatoriesandartgroupswereestablished,whichallowedforscoresof
musicianstoteachatvariousmusicalcolleges.MostprominentlyZhaoYuzhai,Cao
Dongfu,WangXunzhi,SuWenxian,LuoJiuxiangandGuoYing.Thisallowedzheng
folkmusictoentercollegesandconservatoriesfosteringanewperiodofpopularity
forzhengmusic.
Thezhenggenresconsistofafewbasicelementsincludingthegenres’historical
evolution,musicalcharacteristics,representativemusicians,playingtechniquesand
fundamentalpieces.ThecourseAppreciationof20thCenturyChineseZhengis
basedonthisevidenceandshowcasesChinesezhenggenresthathavearisensince
the20thcentury:Shandongzhengmusic,Henanzhengmusic,Shaanxizhengmusic,
Chaozhouzhengmusic,GuangdongHakkazhengmusicandZhejiangzhengmusic.
Overview
Syllabus
- Shandong Zheng Music 山东筝乐
- Shandong Zheng Music 山东筝乐
- Henan Zheng Music 河南筝乐
- Henan Zheng Music 河南筝乐
- Shaanxi Zheng Music 陕西筝乐
- Shaanxi Zheng Music 陕西筝乐
- Chaozhou Zheng Music 潮州筝乐
- Chaozhou Zheng Music 潮州筝乐
- Guangdong Hakka Zheng Music 广东客家筝乐
- Guangdong Hakka Zheng Music 广东客家筝乐
- Zhejiang Zheng Music 浙江筝乐
- Zhejiang Zheng Music 浙江筝乐
- Coda & Test 尾声与考试
- Coda 尾声
- Test 考试
Taught by
Li Liangzi
