A Critical History of New Music in China

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A Critical History of New Music in China is written by Jingzhi Liu and published by Chinese University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9629963604 (ISBN 10) and 9789629963606 (ISBN 13).

By the end of the nineteenth century, Chinese culture had fallen into a stasis, and intellectuals began to go abroad for new ideas. What emerged was an exciting musical genre that C. C. Liu terms "new music." With no direct ties to traditional Chinese music, "new music" reflects the compositional techniques and musical idioms of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European styles. Liu traces the genesis and development of "new music" throughout the twentieth century, deftly examining the social and political forces that shaped "new music" and its uses by political activists and the government.