The Central Broadcasting Folk Orchestra Plays Popu
Label: MARCO POLO Catalog: 8225847 Format: COMPACT DISC Peng, Xiuwen; Central Broadcasting Folk OrchestraWestern music has a surprisingly long history in China. Liturgical music of the Catholic church found its place in Peking in the period of the Yuen Dynasty, and, although the ensuing Ming Dynasty proved less favorable to this alien intrusion, the Qing Dynasty, established in the middle of the 17th century and continuing until its elimination in the earlier years of the 20th century, found a place for the encouragement of Western music at court. The following period of Western commercial intrusion into China also brought contact with the music of the West, with court officials instructed to copy the instruments that accompanied Lord Macartney's emassy to Peking in 1793. Price: $25.98 |