Two "old melodies" (guqu) from traditional Cantonese instrumental repertoire,
"The Grief of Zhaojun" (Zhaojun Yuan) and "Autumn Moon Overlooking the Han
Palace" (Hangong Qiuyue) are assigned contrasting moods by Cantonese musicians:
the former is associated with sorrowful sentiments; the latter, with bright and/or lively
qualities. This study attempts to show that affective elements in Cantonese instrumental
music intergrate ancient socio-philosophical theories with aspects of traditional
performance practice.
Chapter 1 presents the similarities between Confucian functionalist ideology and
a number of heterophonic features. Chapter 2 introduces the manifestation of Daoist
metaphysical philosophy through principles of heterophonic variation and a number of
melodic characteristics. Chapter 3 contains some general aspects of traditional
Cantonese instrumental music and the musical analysis. The musical analysis looks,
within the context of Confucianism and Daoism, at the affective role of melodic
embellishment techniques associated with heterophonic practices.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/6504 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Ip, Eliza Patricia |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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