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Ritual and Music of North China

- Shawm Bands in Shanxi

About Ritual and Music of North China

Presents a study of Chinese shawm bands in their ceremonial and social context. Based in a county in Shanxi province in northwestern China, this work describes the painful maintenance of ceremonial and its music there under Maoism, its revival with the market reforms of the 1980s and its modification under the assault of pop music since the 1990s.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781138056725
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 148
  • Published:
  • June 14, 2017
  • Dimensions:
  • 156x234x0 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 226 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: June 25, 2023

Description of Ritual and Music of North China

Presents a study of Chinese shawm bands in their ceremonial and social context. Based in a county in Shanxi province in northwestern China, this work describes the painful maintenance of ceremonial and its music there under Maoism, its revival with the market reforms of the 1980s and its modification under the assault of pop music since the 1990s.

Publishers description of Ritual and Music of North China

The rich local traditions of musical life in rural China are still little known. Music-making in village society is largely ceremonial, and shawm bands account for a major part of such music. This is the first major ethnographic study of Chinese shawm bands in their ceremonial and social context. Based in a poor county in Shanxi province in northwe

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