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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.

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'deserves to become a classic ... masterful and engrossing book' Gary Zabel, Musical Times

Pianos and Politics in China MiddleClass Ambitions and the Struggle Over Western Music

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    View other formats and editions of Pianos and Politics in China MiddleClass Ambitions and the Struggle Over Western Music by Richard Curt Kraus

    Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
    Publication Date: 9/14/1989 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780195058369, 978-0195058369
    ISBN10: 0195058364
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    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.

    Trade Review
    'deserves to become a classic ... masterful and engrossing book' Gary Zabel, Musical Times

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