Guo, Xinxin. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-78). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Abstract (Chinese Translation) --- p.iii / Acknowledgments --- p.iv / Table of Contents --- p.vi / List of Figures --- p.viii / Romanization and Translation --- p.ix / Limitation of this Thesis --- p.x / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Approaching the Dolans and their Music --- p.1 / Pre-existing Research --- p.4 / Methodology and Fieldwork --- p.13 / Chapter 2. --- Becoming an “Intangible Cultural Heritage´ح：Cultural Policies of UNESCO and the Chinese Government --- p.21 / UNESCO and its Convention for the Safeguarding of the ICH --- p.22 / Cultural Policies of the Chinese Government and their Implementation --- p.28 / The Central Government´ةs Call for Preserving the Culture of Ethnic Minorities --- p.31 / Transcribing Dolan Muqam --- p.37 / The Local Government´ةs Implementation of Cultural Policies --- p.42 / The Music Videos of Dolan Muqam --- p.46 / Summary --- p.49 / Chapter 3. --- Ketmen vs. Rawap: Transmission of Dolan Muqam in New Contexts --- p.50 / Performance and Farming: Changes in Life of the Older Generation --- p.51 / Learning Muqam: Career Potentials for the Younger Generations --- p.55 / Dolan Muqam Training Classes in Mekit County --- p.57 / The 13th National Young Singers TV Competition on CCTV --- p.60 / Summary --- p.68 / Chapter 4. --- Conclusion --- p.69 / Political Implications of Safeguarding the ICH --- p.69 / Old Tradition and New Transmission --- p.71 / References Cited --- p.73

Wong King-chung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-78). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Abstract (Chinese) --- p.ii / Acknowledgement --- p.iii / Table of Contents --- p.v / List of Figures and Tables --- p.vii / Chapter Chapter 1´ؤ --- Introduction / A New Age of Sound --- p.1 / Academic Background and Related Studies --- p.2 / Chinese Music and the Media --- p.4 / The Present Study and Methodology --- p.5 / Chapter Chapter 2´ؤ --- SoundScape of China: The Influence of Ethnomusicology in China in the 1980´ةs / Introduction --- p.8 / From Comparative to Cultural: Chinese Music Scholarship in the Twentieth Century Mainland China --- p.10 / Revealing a Soundscape of Chinese Music´ؤDevelopment of Musical Genre Study --- p.13 / Concluding Remarks --- p.18 / Chapter Chapter 3´ؤ --- Mapping a Soundscape: Analyzing the HUGO CD Catalogue(s) / Introduction --- p.20 / "Classification, Category and Catalogue" --- p.20 / Recording Industry in Hong Kong --- p.22 / Aik Yeh-goh and HUGO Production (HK) Ltd --- p.28 / HUGO'S Label Division --- p.29 / Statistical Analysis of HUGO CD Catalogues --- p.31 / An Aural Map´ؤSoundscape of China --- p.38 / Concluding Remarks --- p.42 / Chapter Chapter 4´ؤ --- Whose Music? The Role of the HUGO CD Catalogue in Chinese Cultural Memory / Introduction --- p.44 / Communication Theory in Studying Recording Industry --- p.46 / Lasswell's 5-W Formula as a System --- p.46 / Lewin's Gatekeeping Theory --- p.50 / The Role of HUGO CD: Imagination of Chinese Music outside Mainland China --- p.52 / Concluding Remarks --- p.54 / Appendix A: Name List of Record Companies in Hong Kong before the 1990's --- p.56 / Appendix B: The Catalogue of the HUGO CDs --- p.58 / Selected Bibliography --- p.66

Al laox, is a kind of polyphonic folk song which are sung and widely practiced by parts of Dong people in southern China. As an indispensable component of the non-literary peasant society of Dong ethnic culture, Al laox music tradition has been systematically passed down, with full participation and ritualized performance in Dong people's daily life. / As a case study of "local music tradition", this research will contribute to further research topics, such as the common characteristic of Dong traditional music, sociological meaning of polyphonic folk song and contemporary transformation of traditional music etc. / This dissertation aims to investigate the interaction between "Al laox music tradition and community identity of Dong People". Based on extensive fieldwork and textual analysis, this thesis discusses, on one hand, how Dong people construct their identity with Al laox music tradition, on the other hand, it examines what exactly the Al laox music tradition is and what it means to native people. Thus, this bidirectional concerns not only respond to the general ethnomusicological issue of "how culture shapes music", but also gives an interpretation of "how music function culture". / This dissertation has two methodological concerns: (1) a micro-ethnographical study of village social structure in relation to the Al laox music tradition, and (2) a survey of Al laox as a ritualized communal singing ritual. The former focuses on a typical Dong community as a locus to examine the operation of Gaolao music tradition, whereas the latter illustrates how Dong people construct distinct stratified identities through singing especially in three coorelative rituals. Specifically, this research takes Xiao Huang village in Congjiang county, Guizhou province and the relavant villages around as object and structures around three significant ritualized singing pattern, gabx gongx, xeegnl doul and weex yeek. / 楊曉. / Adviser: Tsao Poon Yee. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-08, Section: A, page: 2944. / Thesis (doctoral)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-418). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / School code: 1307. / Yang Xiao.