Post by Dick Glasgow on Jul 2, 2007 12:06:20 GMT 1
The guqin (literally "ancient stringed-instrument") is the modern name for a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family.
It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favored by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement ... .
...as well as being associated with the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius.
It is sometimes referred to by the Chinese as ... "the father of Chinese music" or "the instrument of the sages".
Guqin - Wikipedia]
It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favored by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement ... .
...as well as being associated with the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius.
It is sometimes referred to by the Chinese as ... "the father of Chinese music" or "the instrument of the sages".
Guqin - Wikipedia]CHIME is a foundation for the promotion of Chinese music research, based in Leiden, the Netherlands.
It was founded early in 1990 by European music scholars from four different countries.
On its website, you will find information on their publications and on-going projects, but also news on Chinese music research, an international bibliography of books and articles on Chinese music, a selected list of public music venues in China, announcements of forthcoming concerts and a list of links to many interesting websites.
The site also has a section about past and upcoming meetings.
The 12th International CHIME Conference will be held at the School of Music, University College Dublin, Ireland, 11 to 14 October 2007.
CHIME, based in the Netherlands.
It was founded early in 1990 by European music scholars from four different countries.
On its website, you will find information on their publications and on-going projects, but also news on Chinese music research, an international bibliography of books and articles on Chinese music, a selected list of public music venues in China, announcements of forthcoming concerts and a list of links to many interesting websites.
The site also has a section about past and upcoming meetings.
The 12th International CHIME Conference will be held at the School of Music, University College Dublin, Ireland, 11 to 14 October 2007.
CHIME, based in the Netherlands.The North American Guqin Association is located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
It was founded by the three Wang Sisters, Wang Wei, Wang Fei and Annie Wang. Since guqin players are few and far between, we are using new technology to promote the ancient arts and unite qin players and aficionados worldwide.
Our goal is to introduce guqin music, exchange guqin information, make qin friends, offer guqin lessons, arrange and give guqin performances and so on.
We hope qin players and qin afficionados around the world will be able to communicate through our interactive web site.
North American Guqin Association]
It was founded by the three Wang Sisters, Wang Wei, Wang Fei and Annie Wang. Since guqin players are few and far between, we are using new technology to promote the ancient arts and unite qin players and aficionados worldwide.
Our goal is to introduce guqin music, exchange guqin information, make qin friends, offer guqin lessons, arrange and give guqin performances and so on.
We hope qin players and qin afficionados around the world will be able to communicate through our interactive web site.
North American Guqin Association]Pronounced "chin" ("stringed instrument") or "goo chin" ("old stringed instrument"), the qin / guqin throughout its long history has been the musical instrument most prized by China's literati.
They categorized it as one of their "four arts", collected it as an art object, praised its beautiful music, and built around it a complex ideology.
No other instrument was described and illustrated in such detail, so often depicted in paintings, or so regularly mentioned in poetry.
Furthermore, its tablature documents the world's oldest detailed written instrumental music tradition, allowing both historically informed performance (requiring use of silk strings) of the many early melodies, and practical exploration of the relationship between Chinese music theory and music practice.
John Thompson on the Guqin Silk String Zither
They categorized it as one of their "four arts", collected it as an art object, praised its beautiful music, and built around it a complex ideology.
No other instrument was described and illustrated in such detail, so often depicted in paintings, or so regularly mentioned in poetry.
Furthermore, its tablature documents the world's oldest detailed written instrumental music tradition, allowing both historically informed performance (requiring use of silk strings) of the many early melodies, and practical exploration of the relationship between Chinese music theory and music practice.
John Thompson on the Guqin Silk String Zither