Listening to China’s Cultural Revolution

Laurence Coderre, University of California, Berkeley, USADai Jiafang, Central Conservatory of Music, ChinaBarbara Mittler, University of Heidelberg, GermanyLau Sze Wing, Chinese University of Hong Kong, ChinaRowan Pease, Independent Scholar, ChinaNancy Yunhwa Rao, Rutgers University, USABan Wang, Stanford University, USAJohn Winzenburg, Hong Kong Baptist University, ChinaChuen-Fung Wong, Macalester College, USA

"This stimulating and thought-provoking essay collection deepens our knowledge of one of the most important periods in contemporary Chinese history. The music and soundscapes of the Cultural Revolution continue to exert influence in creative arenas from contemporary art and film music composition to pop songs and advertising jingles. Listening to China's Cultural Revolution explores not only the historical significance of this musical culture, but also demonstrates that works created during this volatile decade continue to hold a place in the nation's collective memory and to resonant in the lives of individuals." - Nancy Guy, Associate Professor of Music, University of California, San Diego, USA, and author of Peking Opera and Politics in Taiwan "Close attention to aesthetic form sets this volume apart from previous studies, offering technically informed insights into issues such as musical hybridity, cross-genre adaptation, and intercultural musical composition. By attending to the form of Cultural revolution musical productions, rather than simply their political messages, the authors of this volume identify new ways for thinking about Cultural Revolution culture, linking this period with broader artistic questions, as well as historical precedents and legacies." - Emily Wilcox, Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, USA

• Introduction; Paul Clark, Laikwan Pang and Tsan-Huang TsaiPART I: TEMPORALITY: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN CULTURAL REVOLUTION MUSIC1. A Diachronic Study of Jingju Yangbanxi Model Peking Opera Music; Dai Jiafang, translated by Lau Sze Wing2. From Confucianist Meditative Tool to Maoist Revolutionary Weapon: The Seven-Stringed Zither (Qin) in the Cultural Revolution; Tsan-Huang Tsai3. Breaking Bad: Sabotaging the Production of the Hero in the Amateur Performance of Yangbanxi; Laurence Coderre4. Third World Internationalism: Films and Operas in the Chinese Cultural Revolution; Ban Wang5. Singing in the Dark: Film and Cultural Revolution Musical Culture; Paul ClarkPART II: GEOGRAPHY: TRANSPLANTATION AND THE MAKING OF REGIONAL YANGBANXI6. Dialects as Untamable: How to Revolutionize Cantonese Opera?; Laikwan Pang7. The West is Red: Uyghur Adaptation of The Legend of the Red Lantern (Qizil Chiragh) During China ' 's Cultural Revolution; Chuen-Fung Wong8. The Dragon River Reaches the Borders: The Rehabilitation of Ethnic Music in a Model Opera; Rowan PeasePART III: LEGACIES AND LINEAGES: CULTURAL REVOLUTION SOUNDSCAPES BEYOND THE MAO ERA9. Musical-Dramatic Experimentation in the Yangbanxi: A Case for Precedence in The Great Wall; John Winzenburg10. Sonic Imaginary After the Cultural Revolution; Nancy Yunhwa Rao11. Just Beat It! Popular Legacies of Cultural Revolution Music; Barbara Mittler