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Author Lawson, Francesca R. Sborgi

Title The Narrative Arts of Tianjin
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (213 pages)
Series SOAS Musicology Series
SOAS musicology series.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Figures and Music Examples; Contents of CD; Acknowledgements; Note on the Text; PART I BACKGROUND; 1 Introduction; 2 Prologue; 3 Teahouses and Marketplaces: Narrative Arts before 1949; 4 The Iron Rice Bowl: Shuōchàng Becomes Qŭyì after 1949; 5 Social Relationships; 6 Language-Music Relationships; PART II PERFORMANCES; 7 Act One: Tiānjīn Popular Tunes (Tiānjīn Shídiaò) Chàng over Shuō; 8 Act Two: Beĭjīng Drumsong (Jīngyùn Dàgŭ) Chàng vis-à-vis Shuō; 9 Act Three: Fast Clappertales (Kuaìbarshu) Shuō vis-à-vis Chàng
10 Act Four: Comic Routines (Xiàngsheng) Shuō over Chàng11 Conclusions; PART III APPENDICES; 1 Explanation of Speech Tones; 2 The Chinese Libretti for Tiānjīn Popular Tunes; 3 The Music Scores for Tiānjīn Popular Tunes; 4 The Chinese Libretto for Beĭjīng Drumsong; 5 The Music Score for Beĭjīng Drumsong; 6 Explanation of the Symbols Used in the Fast Clappertale Transcriptions; 7 The Chinese Libretto for Fast Clappertales; 8 The Music Scores for Fast Clappertales; 9 Chinese Text for Comic Routines; 10 Glossary of Selected Chinese Characters; Bibliography; Index
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351885324
1351885324