Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1992. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 337-357).

This study chronicles the development of piano music in China through seven representative works. An important aspect of this research will be to evaluate how and to what extent the repertoire reflects the diverse influences of Western music, traditional Chinese culture, and Chinese politics. Due to the tumultuous social history of modern China, political factors have dictated and continue to dominate cultural aesthetics in a unique way. As we have seen, at some period, styles closely conformed to the political ideology. When the political climate was freer, however, the composer's creative ideology was allowed to be expressed more openly, and the cultural exchange with the West was freer. Although many Chinese pieces are not of high quality, a number of Chinese composers have successfully devoted themselves to integrating Western musical techniques with their own rich cultural background.

by Wong Yan Chau, Christina. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-186). / Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.2 / Chapter II. --- Historical Background --- p.5 / Chapter III. --- A Review of the Related Literature --- p.14 / Chapter A. --- The Culture Industry Approach --- p.15 / Chapter B. --- The Liberal-Pluralist Approach --- p.26 / Chapter C. --- The Technological Approach --- p.31 / Chapter IV. --- The Theoretical Perspective --- p.36 / Chapter V. --- Methodological Approach to Study --- p.42 / Chapter A. --- Content Analysis of Lyrical Messages --- p.42 / Chapter 1. --- Method --- p.42 / Chapter 2. --- Data --- p.43 / Chapter 3. --- Analytic Framework of the Textual Analysis --- p.45 / Chapter B. --- Analysis of Rock Music within Hegemony --- p.48 / Chapter 1. --- Method --- p.48 / Chapter 2. --- Data --- p.50 / Chapter VI. --- Meanings in Rock Music --- p.52 / Chapter A. --- Themes in each fictional mode --- p.52 / Chapter B. --- Thematic content of Rock Music --- p.54 / Chapter 1. --- The Ironic Mode --- p.54 / Chapter 2. --- The Mimetic Mode --- p.64 / Chapter a. --- Phenomena of Identity Crisis --- p.64 / Chapter i. --- Loss of direction --- p.65 / Chapter ii. --- Roots-seeking --- p.68 / Chapter iii. --- Alternating identity --- p.69 / Chapter iv. --- Alienation --- p.71 / Breakaway --- p.71 / A Stranger in the City --- p.74 / Chapter b. --- Outlook on Life --- p.76 / Chapter c. --- Social Problems --- p.79 / Chapter i. --- War --- p.79 / Chapter ii. --- Incivility --- p.81 / Chapter d. --- The Experience of Growing Up --- p.82 / Chapter i. --- Anti-patriarchism --- p.82 / Chapter ii. --- Wandering --- p.83 / Chapter iii. --- The Loss of Childhood --- p.84 / Chapter e. --- Love --- p.85 / Chapter i. --- Yearning for love --- p.85 / Chapter ii. --- Frustrations with love --- p.86 / Chapter iii. --- Wild love --- p.88 / Chapter iv. --- Inauthentic love --- p.90 / Chapter 3. --- The Leadership Mode --- p.93 / Chapter a. --- The Exploratory Spirit --- p.93 / Chapter b. --- Individuality and Non-Conformity --- p.96 / Chapter c. --- The Authentic Self --- p.98 / Chapter 4. --- The Romantic Mode --- p.102 / Chapter a. --- Nostalgia for a Glorious Past --- p.102 / Chapter b. --- Anarchy in the Demonic World --- p.105 / Chapter c. --- Union with nature --- p.107 / Chapter d. --- The Pastoral Utopia --- p.111 / Chapter e. --- Fictional Characters and Objects Speaking --- p.112 / Chapter 5. --- The Mythic Mode --- p.117 / Chapter C. --- The World View of Rock Music --- p.120 / Chapter VII. --- The Relations of Rock Music to Hegemony --- p.125 / Chapter A. --- Messages of Rock and the Hegemony --- p.125 / Chapter B. --- Music as a Contested Terrain --- p.130 / Chapter 1. --- The Hegemonic Power: Cooptation and Marginalization --- p.130 / Chapter 2. --- The Deviant Culture: Struggle by Means of adaptation and negotiation --- p.140 / Chapter VIII. --- Conclusion --- p.155 / Chapter IX. --- Limitations of the Study --- p.158 / Chapter X. --- Future Studies on Rock Music --- p.161 / Notes --- p.165 / Bibliography --- p.175 / Discography --- p.185 / Appendix 1. The Sample of Rock Songs --- p.187