Cultural revolution and political ambivalence in Zhao Xiaosheng's two ballades for piano solo
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Abstract
The ascendancy of China's Cultural Revolution led to a purge of the rightists, including musicians. This article unveils composer Zhao Xiaosheng's emotional entanglement of fear and suppressed hostility toward the revolution, reflected in the political and artistic ambivalence in his two ballades for solo piano composed after his father's death.
Keywords
Zhao Xiaosheng, Cultural revolution, China, New wave composer, Piano solo works, Communism
Publication Title
Muzikoloski Zbornik
Volume
57
Issue
1
Publisher
Univ Ljubljani Oddelek Musikologijo
Publisher Location
FILOZOFSKA FAKULTETA, ASKERCEVA 2, LJUBLJANA, SI-1000, SLOVENIA
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