Zhu Zhonglu-king Of Huaer

As a case study of a folk singer, the present research is aimed at an objective description and a subjective interpretation of a musical individual as positioned in the particular musico-cultural ambiance, and a perception of the relationships between the individual and the community, the synchronic environment and the diachronic evolution, and the cultural immersion and the political influence, all from a Musical anthropology perspective. The study is therefore a cultural one in its fundamental sense, to the focus is on the significance rather than any rules.The study is composed of two parts, the first being a theoretical positioning of the discipline, namely the study of an individual being positioned in the broad subject of ethnology, using all the theories and methodologies available in anthropology as well. With human and his cultural creation as the cognitive basis and the musical anthropology as its starting point, the study explores the denotation and connotation of the folk singer, maintaining that a folk singer is such that is endowed with a folk singing and oral composing tradition and is exemplifying in the whole folk singing community. A categorization of the folk singing is conducted based on this definition.The second part is a biographical study of the singer, Zhu Zhonglu himself, his life, from the early education up to his achievements, being the streamline of a comprehensive study of the singer, the genre, the social, historical and political affiliations.The study concludes, after a thorough study of Maestro Zhu's life work, that a rich folk musical culture is the prerequisite of the growth of a folk singer, his early parental and communal environment is significant in fostering an individual talent, the social commotion and evolution are partly contributory to his emergence, the government policies concerning arts and the political movements are vital exterior forces that affect a singer's personal destination, and the artistic creation of the folk singer is dependent upon his native culture and the creator's own vision, perspective, insight and vista.Maestro Zhu is such an artist that he has contributed immensely to the art of Huaer, through whom is revealed the spirited vitality of the folk music and the panorama of the Huaer in its full blossom.