Keywords:
Chinese violin works, Chinese regional folklore, traditional Chinese professional music, folk customs and religious rites of Tibet, Tibetan folk dances, lamaism music
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Chzhao Taotao
Reflection of Regional Folklore Traditions in Chinese Violin Works of the XX Century. // Theory and History of Art.
2023.
N 3/4,
p.246–264
The article discusses the features of the approach of Chinese composers of the 20th century, who created works for the violin, which reflected the general trends in the development of the Chinese musical culture of this period. The fundamentals of the method of composition, which consists in combining elements of traditional Chinese professional music, regional folklore and European composing technique, are outlined.
The study provides a brief overview of violin works, which reflect the historically formed traditions of Chinese instrumental music, the features of regional folklore and the new things that Chinese composers were able to learn when studying the European classical violin repertoire. The applied method, which includes the combination of national style with a variety of compositional and performing techniques typical of European music, is analyzed in detail on the example of the suite for violin and piano "Tibetan Poem" by Ma Sicong.
As a result of the study of works for violin by Chinese composers of the 20th century the author came to the conclusion about the significant influence on them of the folklore of various regions, court and opera music of China. Another important distinguishing feature of Chinese violin music is the combination of local traditions and the principles of European composition, which made it possible to form its unique national composing and performing styles.
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