MUS CH 13

Identify an accurate statement about Chinese music under the rule of Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party.

According to Mao Zedong, all music and arts in the "New China" were to expressly serve the goals of the socialist state.

The most widely known type of Chinese opera is _____, which had its origins in the late 18th century but did not fully crystallize until the 19th century.

Beijing Opera

Which of the following statements are true of the Beijing Opera during the Communist era? (Check all that apply.)

Beijing Opera and other Chinese opera genres were discredited or else transformed in accordance with the agendas of Chinese socialism. Contemporary themes, plots, and costumes were used to advance socialist propaganda.

There are numerous theories and legends concerning when and under what circumstances the koto became an integral part of Japanese musical culture, but it is at least well established that the original instrument that gave rise to it was brought to Japan from _____ more than a millennium ago.

China

Invaded by Japan, which progressively occupied large parts of China throughout much of the first half of the 20th century, Jiang Jieshi was also confronted by the challenges of Western imperialism and the emergence and ascent of the _____ under Mao Zedong.

Chinese Communist Party

Identify the true statements about Chinese music during the period of Chinese musical renaissance. (Check all that apply.)

Chinese instruments appeared on concert stages worldwide and were featured on internationally distributed recordings. Formerly suppressed minority music traditions were officially embraced as integral dimensions of China's multicultural society

During the Han dynasty, a grand epoch of Chinese civilization during which _____ was established as the foundation of the Chinese social order, the zheng continued to develop and gain popularity as an instrument of entertainment and public ritual.

Confucianism

"Music from the Muqam" is a composition for solo zheng with _____ accompaniment.

Drum

Which of the following is true of Chinese music during the period of Chinese musical renaissance?

Extensive research on living rural traditions and music and dance of China's ethnic minorities was conducted at state music institutions.

In the context of the Chinese zheng, what does gua-zou represent?

Glissando

Which of the following ethnic groups forms the majority population in China?

Han

Match the musical instruments that are historically related to the zheng (in the left column) with their regions of origin (in the left column). Koto 1 of 4

Koto Japan Kayagum Korea Jatag Mongolia Dan Tranh Vietnam

_____ is China's official language, though many other languages and regional dialects are spoken as well.

Mandarin Chinese

In Arab music, maqam essentially means "_____" and the term is integrally linked to a wide range of music traditions.

Mode

_____, one of the Twelve Muqam, is symbolically tied to a Uighur legend in which the protagonist wanders through the labyrinth of a network of a thousand caves, each of which presents him with some treasure and mystery.

Muqam Raq

The court orchestra traditions of China and Korea that formed the basis of Japanese gagaku were brought to Japan during the _____.

Nara period

Which of the following statements are true about Chinese music under the rule of Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party? (Check all that apply.)

Organizations including the Chinese Musicians' Association were established to develop a body of music for the masses. Western music and instruments continued to have the highest prestige, but Chinese music and instruments made gradual advances in stature.

In the context of the principal periods in the history of the People's Republic of China, the _____ began to take shape in the turbulent years of the late 1970s following Mao Zedong's death in 1976 and fully crystallized around 1980 under the rule of Deng Xiaoping.

Period of Openness

It was via the Silk Road that the _____, a pear-shaped, plucked chordophone with four strings, was introduced into Chinese musical culture, ultimately becoming one of the most important of all Chinese instruments.

Pipa

China's long dynastic era came to an end with the collapse of the _____ dynasty.

Qing

Identify an accurate statement about the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

Religion, already subject to severe repression prior to the Cultural Revolution, was squelched to unprecedented degrees.

Which of the following is a culturally designated emotional quality associated with the traditional zheng piece "Autumn Moon over the Han Palace"?

Sadness

Some popular instruments used in Chinese in regional folk music had come to China from foreign lands through the _____, which connected China to peoples and lands as distant as Central Asia, India, Egypt, and Turkey.

Silk Road

Which of the following statements is true about the Cultural Revolution era of China?

The Cultural Revolution translated into brutally oppressive policies aimed at many sectors of Chinese society.

Which of the following is true of the gua-zou on the Chinese zheng?

The gua-zou represents the rapid ascending or descending sweeps across the strings.

Identify a true statement about traditional Chinese opera.

The parts of the female characters were often played by boys or adult female impersonators.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the zheng solo piece "Spring on Snowy Mountains"?

The piece describes a scene of Tibetans happily singing and dancing in a spirit of welcome toward Chinese communist rule.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the zheng solo piece "Spring on Snowy Mountains?

The piece describes a scene of Tibetans happily singing and dancing in a spirit of welcome toward Chinese communist rule.

Which of the following statements are true about the Chinese zheng? (Check all that apply.)

The positioning of the bridges is adjusted for different tunings. The bridges are made of wood, ivory, plastic, or other materials.

Identify an accurate statement about the nation-state of modern China.

The principal source of livelihood for the majority of Chinese people today remains agriculture.

Identify an accurate statement about the use of the zheng during the Qin era.

The zheng was incorporated into ensembles and became a popular instrument for accompanying singing of various types.

In the context of the principal periods in the history of the People's Republic of China, which of the following events occurred in the Emergence of Communist China era, 1949-1965?

This era saw the profound reformation of Chinese society and culture under the leadership of Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party.

In the context of the principal periods in the history of the People's Republic of China, which of the following statements are true about the Cultural Revolution era of 1966-1976? (Check all that apply.)

This era witnessed unprecedented levels of intolerance for deviation from state ideology. This era saw a concomitant movement toward extreme restrictions on cultural and artistic expression.

True or false: The notion that Western music was inherently superior to Chinese music fueled the belief that that wholesale replacement of Chinese music by Western music was the proper path for modern Chinese musical nationalism during the post-dynastic Republican period.

True

Which of the following statements is true about the post-dynastic Republican era of Chinese history?

Western music was prized as an adopted icon of Chinese modernity and progressiveness.

The urbanized eastern coast and the cities along major waterways, especially the great _____, collectively account for a very large portion of China's total population, despite covering a relatively small geographical area within this vast land.

Yangtze River

The zheng is a Chinese _____.

board zither chordophone

The Dolan Muqam is one of several regional traditions of ______ that collectively constitute the core foundation of Uighur musical art.

muqam

What is most interesting and novel about the solo zheng piece "Spring on Snowy Mountains" in comparison to earlier solo zheng music is the highly developed two-hand playing technique, which reflects the composer's background as a _____.

pianist

The wooden-framed zheng with 12 or 13 strings was similar in construction to another Chinese board zither, the 25-string _____.

se

In her rendition of "Autumn Moon over the Han Palace," Deng Haiqiong is guided significantly in her playing by the desire to capture the culturally designated emotional quality, _______, of the composition.

yijing