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An account of Huju, a Shanghai operatic tradition which blends music and acting with portrayal of the lives of ordinary people, this study follows the genre as it develops in China's largest city from rural entertainment to urban ballad, revolutionary drama, and contemporary opera.

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Jonathan Stock has made a valuable contribution to the field of Chinese music studies in particular and to musicology in general. * Music and Letters *

Table of Contents
Introduction ; The Rise of Local Opera form in east China, up to 1920 ; Female roles and the Rise of Actresses, 1915-c.1950 ; Place and Music: Local Opera in Shanghai, 1912-49 ; Huju and the politics of revolution, post-1949 ; Ethnomusicological Research in an Urban Setting

Huju Traditional Opera in Modern Shanghai British

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    Publisher: British Academy
    Publication Date: 4/10/2003 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780197262733, 978-0197262733
    ISBN10: 0197262732
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    Art music, orchestral and formal music Theory of music and musicology

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    An account of Huju, a Shanghai operatic tradition which blends music and acting with portrayal of the lives of ordinary people, this study follows the genre as it develops in China's largest city from rural entertainment to urban ballad, revolutionary drama, and contemporary opera.

    Trade Review
    Jonathan Stock has made a valuable contribution to the field of Chinese music studies in particular and to musicology in general. * Music and Letters *

    Table of Contents
    Introduction ; The Rise of Local Opera form in east China, up to 1920 ; Female roles and the Rise of Actresses, 1915-c.1950 ; Place and Music: Local Opera in Shanghai, 1912-49 ; Huju and the politics of revolution, post-1949 ; Ethnomusicological Research in an Urban Setting

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