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

      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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