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	Chinese Music Topic Center - Chinese Art
		Nie Er Nie Er (Chinese: 聂耳) is a Chinese music composer.
		Music of Fujian Chinesemusic Fujian is a provinces of ChinaChinese province.
		Music of Yunnan Chinesemusic Yunnan is a province in southeast China.
	www.famouschinese.com /topic/Chinese_Music (849 words)

	Chinese Music - China Visa Service
		New "revolutionary" music, composed from the 1930s on, was generally march-like and optimistic and, after the Communist victory of 1949, the whole ethos of traditional music was challenged.
		Folk music has a life of its own and tends to follow the Confucian ideals of moderation and harmony, in which showy virtuosity is out of place.
		In Southeast China, the best-known instrumental music is that of sizhu ("silk and bamboo") ensembles, using flutes (of bamboo) and plucked and bowed String (until recently of silk).
	www.visaexpress.net /china/china_music.htm (2262 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Music of Shaanxi (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Shaanxi is a province of China that has a long history of folk music.
		The Shaanxi Music and Dance Troupe has toured across the world; there is also a Shaanxi Provincial Song and Dance Ensemble that performs historical music from the Tang Dynasty.
		In addition to the practice of music and literature, a samll group of literati-gentry scholars were also preoccupied with the acoustical principles of music especially related to their investigations in mathematics and numerology.
	www.nationmaster.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/Music-of-Shaanxi (1094 words)

	The History of Chinese Music
		The complete model of court and ritual ceremonial music, music education system, the variety of musical styles, the grand music offices, and instrumentation were seeds of music for the subsequent dynasties.
		This music nevertheless, was overshadowed by the court ritual-ceremonial music, which was subquently reconstructed during the Han dynasty and called yanyue or "elsgant and refined music".
		Although none of the actual music of this vocal genre survived, the accompanying instruments were known to have alternated between metered and free rhythmic sections, thereby increasing the dramatization of the text.
	www-camil.music.uiuc.edu /musedex/taiwan/Chinese-history/ChHistory.html (2592 words)

	ROUGH GUIDES
		She was a pipa soloist with the Nanjing National Music Orchestra, won several competitions, and performed with the Shanghai National Music and Symphony Orchestras before relocating to the USA in 1992.
		Qui Xia He was born in Baoji, Shaanxi province, where she taught at the Xian Academy of Music and toured with the Shaanxi Music and Dance Troupe.
		‘Shaanxi Air’ is Qui Xia’s arrangement of a traditional tune from her home region, that features her vocals and pipa playing as well as the erhu (a two stringed stick fiddle) of Shirley Yuan from southern China, and the da ruan, (bass round bodied lute) of Zhi Min Yu.
	www.farsidemusic.com /RG_china.html (3076 words)

	Jericho Beach Music
		The release of Endless by Qiu Xia He's ensemble Silk Road Music is an achievement in the career of a woman who once taught at the prestigious Xian Academy of Music in China, toured with the popular Shaanxi Music and Dance Troupe, then left it all behind and decided to become a Canadian.
		She is from a musical family, trained at some of the finest conservatories and with several of the finest musicians in China.
		Together, Silk Road Music is one of only a few Chinese touring ensembles in North America, and they have brought their music all over the continent, including performances at Toronto's Harbourfront, the Edmonton Folk Festival, and the 1995 Folk Alliance conference in Portland, where they earned a standing ovation.
	www.festival.bc.ca /jerichobeach/index.php?artist=silkroad (653 words)

	Untitled Document
		It also be ought to be possible to translate a spoken language into music and music into a spoken language, doubtless with the same difficulties over semantic nuance encountered in any other translation, but full of confidence, nonetheless, that one's apology will be registered and that one will be handed the butter, not the salt.
		They are reminded of this every day, because, while wishing music to be pleasant, predictable and reassuring—healing, even—or morally uplifting and inspiring, or at the very least something they can follow and recognise as music, they are always running up against sounds that confound their expectations.
		In the context of this wider discussion, Western art music—classical music, the music of the concert hall and the opera house—is a special and urgent case.
	www.andrewford.net.au /indefence.htm (714 words)

	Dolmetsch Online - Music Theory Online - Music of the 16th Century
		Unfortunately for him, his music was not widely distributed; he did not benefit from the invention of printing, since he remained mostly in Spain, away from those cities, Venice and Antwerp, that would become the first centres of music printing.
		Although little music has survived from the period when Spain was exploiting the wealth of its American possessions, it has been possible to recover some of what had accumulated during three centuries of colonial life.
		The music of Spanish composers was also sung in the cathedrals of Mexico, Puebla, and Oaxaca where original editions of music by Cristóbal de Morales, Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Francisco Guerrero, Rodrigo de Ceballos and Alonso Lobo are kept.
	www.dolmetsch.com /musictheory36.htm (13994 words)

	Music Of Shaanxi (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Folk dances from Shaanxi include the tichangzi, Ansai waist drum dance and the grand yangko.
		Shaanxi's folk songs include " Lan Huahua " (''Blue Flower''), and come in more than twenty styles, including most commonly xiaodiao and xintianyou (short, improvised pastoral songs).
		Wang Xiangrong is the most widely-known singer of Shaanxi folk music.
	www.seattleluxury.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/entry/music_of_shaanxi (251 words)

	Musical activities of the UK Chinese Ensemble
		She went on to study it for 10 years at the Xi'an Conservatory of Music, graduating with distinction in 1986.
		Hu Ruijun was born in Gansu Province in the northwest of China.
		Liu Xiaohu was born in Beijing and studied the sheng at the Chinese Music Conservatory.
	www.ukchinesemusic.com /Musicians.html (646 words)

	Chinese music summer school July, 2004
		The programme was designed to give an excellent opportunity for Chinese music lovers, musicians and novices to experience and learn about classical and traditional Chinese instruments from internationally renowned musicians from China and in the UK.
		He is renowned not only for his individual style of qin music but also for his refined traditional scholarly skills in xiao flute playing, calligraphy, ink-painting and poetry.
		She was a pipa soloist in the prestigious Central Orchestra of Chinese Music in Beijing.
	www.ukchinesemusic.com /Summer_school_report_2004.htm (980 words)

	Shanghai Music and Bars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Shaanxi Nan Lu, near Changle Lu The second best disco in Shanghai, after New York New York, and an interesting place for number of reasons.
		One of the best live music places in town, the Cotton Club is a strange dog's leg shape of a place, but with it's almost completely local clientele, and interesting decoration, it has definite atmosphere.
		It's got a relaxed feel, the prices are reasonable (except for the karaoke room, which has a minimum charge of 50 yuan, and a dreadfully sparse selection of toons to croon to), there's amusing graffiti in the toilets, and some good quirky pictures on the wall which are worth looking at for a while.
	www.earnshaw.com /past_version/earnshaw9602/sha-musi.htm (1071 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		Prior to leaving China, Qiu Xia was a music teacher at the Xian Academy and toured with the Shaanxi Music and Dance Troupe.
		Silk Road Music is one of the few Chinese touring ensembles in North America with performances at all the major Festivals in Canada.
		Throughout their travels, the group has earned a greater appreciation for the potential of music in intercultural communication, and they hope their audiences have come away with a greater appreciation for Chinese music too.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=872 (405 words)

	Asian Music Circuit \| Tours
		The fantastic musicality, intonation, virtuosity, and depth of their singing leaves one breathless.
		He is a principal soloist and leader of the wind section of the Central Orchestra of Chinese Music in Beijing.
		She won first prize at the Shaanxi Provincial Erhu Music Competition in 1987 and worked as an erhu player with the Shaanxi Provincial Traditional Music Ensemble.
	www.amc.org.uk /tours/2004/july_aug.htm (670 words)

	Music Index
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	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/music_index (141 words)

	Zhou Long -- Legends -- Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui, BIS
		His music is firmly in the tonal vein, but with a twist to it, which together with the employment of elements of Chinese music, makes it quite refreshing.
		The insect-like sonorities of Bartok's night music are present, both in the orchestra and the quartet, but a lot of it is simply atmospheric music.
		The Philharmonia Chamber Choir sings well and is up to the demands of the music; the Singapore Symphony Orchestra is colourful and brilliant throughout this recording, and Lan Shui (picture) is sensitive to the requirements of both traditional and western aspects of the music.
	inkpot.com /classical/zhoulong.html (1754 words)

	CHIME Newsletter
		The fundation taken an interest in Han Chinese music, but also in other native music traditionas within the current geographical borders of China, and even in musical cultural of ares bordering China, if their traditionas are closely related to those inside China and allow comparative study.
		Two other musical evenings (on 15 and 18 September) will be held at Akropolis, a 400-seat theatre in Vinohrady, a twon quarter on the other side of the river.
		Towards the end of 1993, Prague's musical ambiance was enriched when the newly restored Liechtenstein Palace in the Mala Strana district was returned to public use.
	www.melodyofchina.com /07mr/chime.html (1680 words)

	Tennessee Tech University Department of Music and Art > Faculty and Staff > Faculty Profile
		Frederick Kennedy studied at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he earned a Bachelor and Master of Music Degree in piano performance with a voice minor.
		Kennedy also holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in choral conducting from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory.
		In 1995 Kennedy was personally invited to the Xian Conservatory of Music - the ShaanXi Province of The Peoples Republic of China.
	www.tntech.edu /musicandart/faculty/frederick_kennedy.html (348 words)

	Lei Qiang: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Between 1982-1993, Lei Qiang performed with the Shaanxi Provincial Song and Dance Troupe, Shaanxi being the province where he was born.
		It is one of the most distinct instruments of the Vietnamese tradition.Born in 1956, Duc Thanh began to study music at a very young age.
		She possesses virtuoso technique, grace and a unique empathy toward the music she plays -- whether it is a traditional folk tune or a modern Western composition.
	www.music.com /person/lei_qiang/1 (398 words)

	China - Xi'an & Shaanxi Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It is where Zhou dynasty aristocrats instituted rites and composed music while offering libations to gods and ancestors and feasting themselves out of bronze utensils.
		It is where they inscribed their laws in bronzeware and stone tablets, many of which remain to this day.
		Shaanxi Province is situated in the center of China.
	www.imh.org /imh/china/xian.html (1463 words)

	Amazon.com: Chinese Traditional Erhu Music 2: Music: Lei Quiang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Lei Qiang (pronounced lay-chang) was born in Shaanxi Province, Peoples' Republic of China.
		Find out in Music You Should Hear, where these and other artists tell you about the music they love.
		With all the votes in, Amazon.com's music editors have selected the best CDs of the year in all your favorite categories.
	www.amazon.com /Chinese-Traditional-Erhu-Music-2/dp/B00000JFPK (693 words)

	MainLand Music 5-Chinese classic ensemble music, Chinese traditional orchestra
		Its music and lyrics tally and its style is united.
		The music depicts the cheerful scene of the brave and hard-working People who express their deep love for life in the mountainous regions.
		This piece of music expresses the ambition and ideals of the intellectual in old China.
	www.chinesecultureonline.com /productdetail/MA/549 (766 words)

	Shaanxi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The end of the short-lived Jiangxi Soviet signalled the beginning of the Long March by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communists to the Shaanxi Soviet at Yanan.
		Yan'an, the destination of the Long March and the center of Chinese Communist revolution from 1935 to 1948
		Map of Shaanxi Province and Map of Xi'an City
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shaanxi (683 words)

	Oliver Sudden Productions - World Music - 07/23/99
		Oliver-Sudden Productions is a new World Music label focussing on traditional music from all parts of the world.
		We decided to call the University of Xian where the Shaanxi Provincial Song and Dance Troupe (the offical traditional troupe of Shaanxi) was based.
		We will release music from anywhere in the world as long as it is deeply rooted in tradition.
	www.insideworldmusic.com /library/weekly/aa072399.htm (966 words)

	CD Baby: LEI QIANG: Chinese Traditional Erhu Music Vol. 2
		Born in 1960 in Shaanxi province in the People's Republic of China.
		From 1978 to 1982, Lei studied at the prestigious Xian Conservatory of Music.
		Lei toured Beijing, Shanghai and all the other major Chinese cities with the Shaanxi Provincial Song and Dance Troupe continuing his studies under Yu Feng Yang, Wu Tong and Guan Min.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/leiqiang2 (184 words)

	Lei Qiang - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Born in 1960 in the Shaanxi province of the People's Republic of China, Qiang started to play the erhu at the age of 15.
		From 1978 to 1982 he studied at the Xian Conservatory of Music, the most prestigious traditional music institution in the province.
		They asked the Shaanxi Provincial Song and Dance Troupe to record arrangements of traditional pieces, to which Lei overdubbed the lead erhu parts in Montreal.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,1112155,00.html (513 words)

	CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES MP3/WMA: Xi-Lin Wang
		Wang Xi-Lin was born in Kaifeng, in the Henan Province of China in 1937, into the family of a poor former official, though his childhood was spent in the Pingliang a small town in the Gansu Province.
		Although Wang has written music in various genres - chamber, vocal, music for more than 40 films and TV programs, etc, it is symphonic music that seems most strongly tied to his identity as a composer and musical figure.
		Note that this notice refers in particular to the score of the pieces and not to the media files themselves which are copyrighted by their respective creator at the moment of the performance - whether live or step-by-step or mixed.
	www.classicalarchives.com /artists/wang.html (1332 words)

	Lei Liang's Website
		His music was performed at the Composers Conference at Wellesley College where he participated as a Fellow, and at the Musica Nova Festival in Helsinki, World Saxophone Congresses in Minneapolis and Ljubljana, and the International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition.
		His electronic music has been featured at Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art at the University of Minnesota, Imagine2 Electro-Acoustic Music Festival in Memphis, GAMMA UT and the Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technology in Taipei.
		Lei Liang's music is published by Huayue Music Press (Beijing), and his recordings have been released on Encounter Records, Opal Records and Telarc Records (due in 2007).
	lei-liang.com (771 words)

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