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  2. Music of China - Wikipedia

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    The oldest extant written Chinese music is "Youlan" (幽蘭) or the Solitary Orchid, composed during the 6th or 7th century, but has also been attributed to Confucius. The first major well-documented flowering of Chinese music was for the qin during the Tang dynasty (618-907AD), though the qin is known to have been played since before the Han ...

  3. Chinese musicology - Wikipedia

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    We can divide the academic music research in China over this time into three stages: Chinese vision, global vision, and global vision under the Chinese vision. [ 7 ] A significant point in this period is the meeting "Forum of Young and middle-aged music Theorists" held in 1986, which was an excellent discussion of liberating the mind and ...

  4. Yayue - Wikipedia

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    Gagaku is a type of Japanese classical music that has been performed at the Imperial court for several centuries. It differs in form and content from the Chinese yayue, and consists of native Shinto religious music and folk music, a Goguryeo and Manchurian form, called komagaku, and a Chinese and South Asian form, called togaku.

  5. Chinese traditional music - Wikipedia

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    Chinese traditional music includes various music genres which have been inherited for generations in China. [1] Specifically, this term refers to the music genres originated in or before Qing dynasty. [2] According to the appearance, the genres can be classified into instrumental ensemble, instrumental solo, theatre, shuochang, dance music and ...

  6. Central Asian and Chinese music - Wikipedia

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    According to Chinese scientist Sun Syan, Sogdian songs, dances and music always could be heard in the palaces, in the city and village streets on the Chinese empire. Japanese scientist Kisibe distinguished the names of 31 musicians from the West who worked in the palace of the Tang dynasty .

  7. Ancient music - Wikipedia

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    Ancient music refers to the musical cultures and practices that developed in the literate civilizations of the ancient world, succeeding the music of prehistoric societies and lasting until the post-classical era. Major centers of ancient music developed in China, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran/Persia, the Maya civilization, Mesopotamia, and Rome.

  8. Ritual and music system - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese ritual and music system (Chinese: 礼乐制度; pinyin: Lǐ yuè zhìdù) is a social system that originated in the Zhou dynasty to maintain the social order. [1] Together with the patriarchal system , it constituted the social system of the entire ancient China and had a great influence on the politics, culture, art and thought of ...

  9. List of Chinese composers - Wikipedia

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    Chen Yi - (born 1953) first Chinese female composer to receive a Master of Arts from the Central Conservatory of Music. Chou Wen-chung - (1923–2019) noted protogé and longtime professor at Columbia University. Du Mingxin - (born 1923) Du Yun - (born 1977) Ge Gan-ru - (born 1954) Jian'er Zhu - (1922-2017) Huang Ruo - (born 1976) Lei Liang ...