The long-standing influence of Western compositional techniques on Chinese composers is now so deeply entrenched that younger composers are more familiar with Western idioms than with Chinese traditional music. During my 2011 fieldwork in Shenyang and Beijing I spoke with a number of students and professionals who play the pipa, the Chinese four-stringed pear-shaped lute. They made frequent references to a ‘new sound’ for the instrument, but their multiple and conflicting interpretations of this sound often revealed major concerns over the instrument’s future. Views about the pipa’s new direction are polarized. Chen Zemin, a retired pipa professor from the Central Conservatoire of Music, explained to me at his home in Beijing: ‘I do not want to listen to the current compositions on pipa because they apply Western things to a Chinese melody. It’s like you wear a Western suit, but you are not a Westerner.’ Meanwhile, young professional performer Shi Juan argued: ‘I am not against tradition, but I feel this is the new way forward... You have to let people internationally understand and accept this new music.’ My research reveals that the matter is more complex than a simple split between those preferring traditional repertories versus those preferring modern repertories. In this paper I also address the incorporation of Eastern and Western heritage in pipa music and the continuing relative paucity of compositions for pipa.
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Abstract Introduction The Lack of Pipa Compositions Eastern Heritage vs Western Influence, New vs Traditional The Challenge of New Generation Composers and the 1977 ‘New Wave’ Liu Dehai and His Influence Training for Technique, or the Sense of Beauty From Local Traditions to the New Conservatoire Style The Future of the Pipa References
아시아에서 벌어지는 모든 음악활동을 연구합니다.
특히 아시아에서 일어나고 있는 유럽 음악 편중의 음악상황을 아시아음악 중심으로 전환하기 위한 연구와 운동을 합니다. 아시아음악은 아시아인이 가장 잘 연구할 수 있다는 점에서 아시아음악학 연구는 아시아 학자에 의하여 주도되어야 한다고 생각하는 사람들의 모임입니다.
이러한 목적 달성을 위하여 아시아음악의 역사 이론 연주를 연구합니다. 이 연구 성과는 Asian Musicology라는 영문 저널을 발행하고 있습니다.