| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 288 pages, 12 unnumbered pages plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-271) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Cosmopolitan Culture at Capitalism's Periphery; 2. The Ambiguous Legacy of Composer Xian Xinghai; 3. The Defector: Fou Ts'ong; 4. Science versus Revolution in the Modernization of Music; 5. Court Pianist to the Cultural Revolution: Yin Chengzong; 6. The Red Aristocrat: Liu Shikun; 7. The Power of Music, the Music of Power; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. |
| Summary |
During the Cultural Revolution the piano, the musical embodiment of Western culture, became the object of intense hostility. This book examines the evolution of China's ever-changing disposition towards European music and Western influences generally. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Music -- 20th century -- Political aspects -- China.
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Music. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
China. |
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Music and state -- China.
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Music and state. |
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Musicians -- China -- Biography.
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Musicians. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
China -- Cultural policy.
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Cultural policy. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Indexed Term |
China Political events Cultural aspects |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kraus, Richard Curt. Pianos and politics in China. New York : Oxford University Press, 1989 (DLC) 88025251 |
| ISBN |
1601297319 |
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9781601297310 |
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9780195363265 (electronic book) |
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0195363264 (electronic book) |
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9780195058369 (Cloth) |
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0195058364 (Cloth) |
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1280523913 |
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9781280523915 |
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0195058364 (alkaline paper) |
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