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A Performance Guide of Sixteen Chinese Art Songs: A Selective Study of Seven Distinguished Chinese Art Song Composers

Chen, Yixuan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1641470382145504

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2022, Doctor of Musical Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
Singing Mandarin repertoires is an arduous and intimidating task for most non-native singers due to two main challenging aspects. Firstly, the Chinese language is difficult to read and pronounce because the Chinese language is comprised of characters or symbols that do not seemingly provide any pronunciation information for the words. In contrast, most western languages are made up of letters, which are spelled phonetically. Second, there are rarely reference books or audiovisual resources about Chinese music compositions and composers on the international market, making it more difficult for Western singers to learn and sing Chinese repertoires. This dissertation will, via a singer’s perspective, explain the Mandarin pinyin system's pronunciation rules and translates them to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Additionally an analysis and investigation of the four historical stages of Chinese art songs and the correlating content characteristics. The inclusion of sixteen well-known Chinese art song repertoires composed by Yuanren Zhao, Qing Zhu, Zi Huang, Shande Ding, Luobin Wang, Yinghai Li, and Zaiyi Lu will offer specific examples for inclusion and application Chinese art song for Westen classical singers. Each song was presented with a brief introduction, performance analysis, word-for-word IPA, and text translations.
Katherine Rohrer (Advisor)
Youkyung Bae (Committee Member)
Russel Mikkelsson (Committee Member)
Edward Bak (Committee Member)
127 p.
Music; Music Education
Chinese Art Songs, Mandarin Diction, Chinese Art Song History

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  • Chen, Y. (2022). A Performance Guide of Sixteen Chinese Art Songs: A Selective Study of Seven Distinguished Chinese Art Song Composers [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1641470382145504

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Chen, Yixuan. A Performance Guide of Sixteen Chinese Art Songs: A Selective Study of Seven Distinguished Chinese Art Song Composers. 2022. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1641470382145504.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Chen, Yixuan. "A Performance Guide of Sixteen Chinese Art Songs: A Selective Study of Seven Distinguished Chinese Art Song Composers." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1641470382145504

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