Huju Traditional Opera in Modern Shanghai |
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| Author:
| Stock, Jonathan P. J. |
| Series title: | British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-726273-3 |
| Publication Date: | May 2003 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $138.14AUD $151.95 |
Book Description:
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Stock's study offers the first book-length account of Huju, a Shanghai operatic tradition which blends music and acting with portrayal of the lives of ordinary people. Richly informed by first-hand accounts, the book follows the genre as it develops in China's largest city from rural entertainment to urban ballad, revolutionary drama, and contemporary opera. An innovative combination of urban and historical ethnomusicology, the book will engage the historian of China and general...
More DescriptionStock's study offers the first book-length account of Huju, a Shanghai operatic tradition which blends music and acting with portrayal of the lives of ordinary people. Richly informed by first-hand accounts, the book follows the genre as it develops in China's largest city from rural entertainment to urban ballad, revolutionary drama, and contemporary opera. An innovative combination of urban and historical ethnomusicology, the book will engage the historian of China and general scholar of music alike.