Classical Music Serving the People's Republic: Political and National Ideology in the Butterfly Lovers and Yellow River Concerti

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dc.contributor.advisorKieffer, Alexandraen_US
dc.creatorQuah, Jessica Xen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-01T18:43:13Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-08-01T18:43:13Zen_US
dc.date.created2017-05en_US
dc.date.issued2017-04-19en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2017en_US
dc.date.updated2017-08-01T18:43:13Zen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (1959) and the Yellow River Piano Concerto (1969) in the context of musical culture and political ideologies in the early People’s Republic of China. Significant differences in the musical content of these concerti correspond to the evolution of the early PRC government’s ideal national image as defined in relation to both Western capitalism and the feudal China of the past. These pieces reflect Maoist-government-sanctioned political stances contemporaneous to these compositions through their handling of programmaticism, Western classical music idiom, and features common to traditional Chinese music. Situating these concerti in relation to historical and political developments, this investigation demonstrates that Butterfly Lovers and Yellow River occupy disparate positions in the realm of Chinese-composed Western concert music, and encourages a culturally sensitive approach to how these works are programmed, performed, and interpreted.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationQuah, Jessica X. "Classical Music Serving the People's Republic: Political and National Ideology in the Butterfly Lovers and Yellow River Concerti." (2017) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/96114">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/96114</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/96114en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectconcertoen_US
dc.subjectChinaen_US
dc.subjecthistoryen_US
dc.subjectpoliticsen_US
dc.subjectanalysisen_US
dc.titleClassical Music Serving the People's Republic: Political and National Ideology in the Butterfly Lovers and Yellow River Concertien_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentMusicologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMusicen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.majorMusicologyen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Musicen_US
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