The art song in East Asia and Australia, 1900 to 1950 / edited by Alison McQueen Tokita and Joys H.Y. Cheung.

This book explores art song as an emblem of musical modernity in early twentieth-century East Asia and Australia. It appraises the lyrical power of art song -- a solo song set to a poem in the local language in Western art music style accompanied by piano -- as a vehicle for creating a localized mus...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Tokita, Alison, 1947- (Editor), Cheung, Joys H. Y. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
Series:SOAS studies in music.
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