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Sounds of China

Chinese music dates back thousands of years and sounds different from Western music thanks to important differences in tone, musical scale, pitch, instrumentation and individual instruments. With inst... Read more

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Creative Crossroads: Tan Dun

Creative Crossroads: Tan Dun

Composer and self-described “musical anthropologist” Tan Dun (perhaps best familiar for his Oscar-winning score to Crouc... Read more

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Traditional Music: Chinese Orchestras

Traditional Music: Chinese Orchestras

Despite China’s long musical history, Chinese orchestras are relatively new. The push for developing a distinctly Chines... Read more

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