Music in China is one of many case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical info...

• Foreword
• Preface
• CD Track List
• Notes on RomanizationSpellingChinese NamesNotation
• 1 Music of the People
• First Encounter: Teahouse Music in the Jiangnan Area
• Chordophone
• Aerophone
• Second Encounter: Xianshi in Chaozhou Region
• Amateur Music-Making in the People's Republic of China
• Music Regionalism and the Meaning of Regional Music
• 2 Constructing National Music
• Defining National Music Guoyue
• Institutions and National Music Conservatory
• The Chinese Orchest...