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. / Arts, Faculty of / Music, School of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/6504 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Ip, Eliza Patricia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Format | 4742728 bytes, application/pdf |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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