The reveal of Chinese musical technique “Run Qiang” in Bright Sheng’s piano works “My Song” and “My Other Song”
Bright Sheng (born. 1955), one of the representatives of the “New Wave” composers, has been trying to make a breakthrough in the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures in his works due to his childhood experiences and absorption of both Chinese and Western educational systems. “My Song” (1989) and “...
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| description | Bright Sheng (born. 1955), one of the representatives of the “New Wave” composers, has been trying to make a breakthrough in the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures in his works due to his childhood experiences and absorption of both Chinese and Western educational systems. “My Song” (1989) and “My Other Song” (2007) are two works for solo piano composed 18 years apart, in which the traditional Chinese instrumental or vocal technique “Run Qiang”润腔 is involved in both works. This paper emphasizes Sheng’s compositional style and the concept of “fusion” of Chinese and Western cultures in his musical works by analyzing how the elements of traditional Chinese “Run Qiang” in these two works that are fused with Western compositional techniques. |
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| spelling | upm-1169432025-04-18T12:45:15Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116943/ The reveal of Chinese musical technique “Run Qiang” in Bright Sheng’s piano works “My Song” and “My Other Song” Deng, Qian Loo, Fung Chiat Bright Sheng (born. 1955), one of the representatives of the “New Wave” composers, has been trying to make a breakthrough in the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures in his works due to his childhood experiences and absorption of both Chinese and Western educational systems. “My Song” (1989) and “My Other Song” (2007) are two works for solo piano composed 18 years apart, in which the traditional Chinese instrumental or vocal technique “Run Qiang”润腔 is involved in both works. This paper emphasizes Sheng’s compositional style and the concept of “fusion” of Chinese and Western cultures in his musical works by analyzing how the elements of traditional Chinese “Run Qiang” in these two works that are fused with Western compositional techniques. Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca 2024-12-11 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd_4 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116943/1/116943.pdf Deng, Qian and Loo, Fung Chiat (2024) The reveal of Chinese musical technique “Run Qiang” in Bright Sheng’s piano works “My Song” and “My Other Song”. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Musica, 69 (spec.3). pp. 249-268. ISSN 1844-4369; eISSN: 2065-9628 https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/8632 10.24193/subbmusica.2024.spiss3.15 |
| spellingShingle | Deng, Qian Loo, Fung Chiat The reveal of Chinese musical technique “Run Qiang” in Bright Sheng’s piano works “My Song” and “My Other Song” |
| title | The reveal of Chinese musical technique “Run Qiang” in Bright Sheng’s piano works “My Song” and “My Other Song” |
| title_full | The reveal of Chinese musical technique “Run Qiang” in Bright Sheng’s piano works “My Song” and “My Other Song” |
| title_fullStr | The reveal of Chinese musical technique “Run Qiang” in Bright Sheng’s piano works “My Song” and “My Other Song” |
| title_full_unstemmed | The reveal of Chinese musical technique “Run Qiang” in Bright Sheng’s piano works “My Song” and “My Other Song” |
| title_short | The reveal of Chinese musical technique “Run Qiang” in Bright Sheng’s piano works “My Song” and “My Other Song” |
| title_sort | reveal of chinese musical technique “run qiang” in bright sheng’s piano works “my song” and “my other song” |
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