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Even before Beijing Opera there was Kunqu, an opera form with 600 years of history. This highly distinctive form of Chinese theatre art is comprised of various elements music, singing, dancing, recitation, and movement. As China s oldest and most influe
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Chinese Kunqu Opera, as we know it today, has a continuous history of some 600 years. This highly distinctive theatre was made up of various elements¡Xmusic, singing, dancing, recitation, and movement. From the early 16th century, Kunqu, a form of drama popular in the Suzhou area emerged ad soon spread over the country. Being China¡¦s oldest and one of its most influential theatrical traditions, Kunqu is famous for its soft and refined music as well as its poetical style of wording. This book gives a vivid picture of the development of Kunqu Opera, its birth, its ups and downs and its nationwide flourish.
About the Author:
Xiao Li, professor and deputy director of the Shanghai Research Institute of Arts, is at present the managing director of the China Performing Society of Traditional Opera.
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- PublisherLong River Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1592650627
- ISBN 13 9781592650620
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages304
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