The Zheng Art Of The 20 Century

In the first chapter, Zheng zither music art, passed on and inherited, exchanged and developed in folk and large city literature and art organizations in every place, mainly of traditional music, reflected the local music features and varieties. In the second chapter, Zheng zither music art grew vigorously and entered into a new stage passed on and inherited in musical academy after the new People's Republic of China was set up. The representative figures, engaged by musical academies all over the country, created a batch of opuses full of national features and epochal characters when they taped and sorted out and selected the traditional music. In the third chapter, the status of Zheng zither was promoted in national musical instrument and the Zheng zither music creation obtained unexpected rewarding during the Cultural Revolution. No matter opus quantity than performance skill and technique reached a quite high level. In the fourth chapter, Zheng zither music creation presented multi-style. Solo, ensemble, concerto, and so on came to the core, which appeared some "modernist" vestiges. In the fifth chapter, composers renovated the traditional Zheng zither music to a great degree and used totally new music languages, creation thoughts, and performance skill which showed their "fashion creation mentality" to create Zheng zither music opuses that called "new Zheng zither music". In the last chapter, conclusions and prospects were presented.