TENG GUIDE TO THE CHINESE ORCHESTRA, THE

by Chenwei Wang, Jun Yi Chow, Samuel Wong

Overview

The TENG Guide to the Chinese Orchestra is a seminal guide to equip composers, scholars and music enthusiasts worldwide with the necessary knowledge to work with Chinese musical instruments. The INSTRUMENTATION section outlines the history, physical attributes and performance techniques of Chinese musical instruments in detail. It also includes practical scoring advice for composers and reference charts for fingerings and chords. The ORCHESTRATION section contains systematic analyses of score excerpts from Chinese orchestra pieces spanning the last 60 years to demonstrate how Chinese musical instruments work together in an orchestra.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789813233669
Publisher:	Co-published With World Scientific
Publication date:	06/25/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	624
File size:	77 MB
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About the Author

Wang Chenwei is Head of Research and Education at TENG. He obtained his Magister Artium with distinction and an Honorary Award from the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where he studied Composition and Audio Engineering under a scholarship from the Media Development Authority of Singapore.

Chow Junyi is Composer-in-Residence at TENG, as well as a multi-instrumentalist and improviser. He obtained his Masters in Music at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music and received the Grand Prize for Best Original Orchestra Work at Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra's International Composition Competition (2017).

Samuel Wong is Co-Founder and Creative Director at TENG. He obtained his PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of Sheffield. He is the recipient of The Outstanding Young Persons of Singapore Award (2009) and The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and industry Singapore Foundation's Culture Award (2009) for his work in music and education.

Table of Contents

About TENG vii

Preface ix

Credits xi

Acknowledgements xii

Composers Featured xiii

How to Use This Book xvii

History of the Chinese Orchestra xxix

Part I Instrumentation

Wind Instruments

Chapter 1 Dí $$$ 5

Chapter 2 Sheng $$$ 51

Chapter 3 Suonà $$$ 91

Chapter 4 Guan $$$ 119

Chapter 5 Other Wind Instruments $$$ 141

Percussion Instruments

Chapter 6 Percussion Instruments $$$ 157

Plucked String Instruments

Chapter 7 Zheng $$$ 189

Chapter 8 Yángqín $$$ 217

Chapter 9 Ruan and Liuqín $$$ 241

Chapter 10 Pípá $$$ 271

Chapter 11 Sanxián $$$ 303

Bowed String Instruments

Chapter 12 Érhu and the Huqín Family $$$ 321

Chapter 13 Géhu $$$ 355

Part II Orchestration

Analysis 1 The Peacock Displays Its Plumage $$$ 367

Analysis 2 The Tiny Shan Pui River $$$ 373

Analysis 3 Fusion $$$ 379

Analysis 4 The Terracotta Warriors Fantasia $$$ 389

Analysis 5 We Soar $$$ 401

Analysis 6 Prince Sang Nila Utama and Singa $$$ 411

Analysis 7 Counting Toads $$$ 417

Analysis 8 Digital Hub $$$ 425

Analysis 9 Kampung $$$ 437

Analysis 10 Jino Dance $$$ 443

Analysis 11 The Sound of Water $$$ 449

Analysis 12 Sun Ritual $$$ 469

Analysis 13 "Ping Pong" Concerto 481

Analysis 14 Beckoning the Phoenix $$$ 491

Analysis 15 Buka Panggung $$$ 501

Analysis 16 Despair in the Desolate Mountains $$$ 511

Analysis 17 Dance of the Yao People $$$ 525

Analysis 18 Orchestra Suite No. 2 $$$ 539

Appendix - List of Instruments and Ranges 563

Bibliography 571

Index 575

About the Authors 581