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Musical and Lyrical Multiplicity of Hua’er Flower Songs

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2011, Doctor of Musical Arts, Ohio State University, Music.
China is known as a nation with a strong tradition of poetry and folksongs. A style of folksong in Northwestern China, known as hua’er, is found among eight different ethnic groups and has hundreds of distinct melodies. Drawing on major Chinese studies of the genre, this paper examines poetic compositional techniques and musical styles of representative local traditions of hua’er. Aspects of lyrical and musical structure, content, and performance contexts are reviewed and synthesized, resulting in a unique examination of Chinese folksong research since 1949 on a major regional, multi-ethnic song form.
John R. Rice, D.M.A. (Committee Chair)
Mark A. Bender, PhD (Committee Member)
David Clampitt, D.M.A. (Committee Member)
Joseph Duchi, M.M. (Committee Member)
151 p.

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  • Li, M. (2011). Musical and Lyrical Multiplicity of Hua’er Flower Songs [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306777564

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Li, Mo. Musical and Lyrical Multiplicity of Hua’er Flower Songs. 2011. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306777564.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Li, Mo. "Musical and Lyrical Multiplicity of Hua’er Flower Songs." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306777564

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)