Wai-Ling Cheong
Biographic Data
| ID | 5658215 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wai-Ling Cheong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wai-Ling |
| FAMILY NAME | Cheong |
| SIGNATURE | CHEONG W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Chinese Whispers
The incessant, evenly spaced tolling of gongs throughout the 6-minute-long finale of Olivier Messiaen’s Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum presents a unique sonic phenomenon within the Western orchestral tradition. It nonetheless resonates with distinct features of the ‘Hymne du temple des Ancêtres’ and the ‘Hymne à Confucius’ Messiaen cited under the section ‘Les modes Chinois’ in Traité de rythme, de couleur, et d’ornithologie, volume vii. Th…
Messiaen’s Triadic Colouration
Identity and Influence
Theory Reception in China
Scriabin's Octatonic Sonata
The first of an uninterrupted series of piano works to follow the orchestral Prometheus, op. 60 (1908-10), Scriabin's Sixth Sonata, op. 62 (1911), is a striking example of what may be termed an 'octatonic sonata'. Indeed, the Sixth Sonata shows Scriabin experimenting with the octatonic at its most rigid and is unique in containing long spans of pure octatonic writing where not a single extraneous note is invoked. In contrast to the Fifth Sonata, …
Orthography in Scriabin's Late Works
Orthography in Scriabin's Late Works
Scriabin's Octatonic Sonata
The first of an uninterrupted series of piano works to follow the orchestral Prometheus, op. 60 (1908-10), Scriabin's Sixth Sonata, op. 62 (1911), is a striking example of what may be termed an 'octatonic sonata'. Indeed, the Sixth Sonata shows Scriabin experimenting with the octatonic at its most rigid and is unique in containing long spans of pure octatonic writing where not a single extraneous note is invoked. In contrast to the Fifth Sonata, …
Orthography in Scriabin's Late Works
Scriabin's Octatonic Sonata
The first of an uninterrupted series of piano works to follow the orchestral Prometheus, op. 60 (1908-10), Scriabin's Sixth Sonata, op. 62 (1911), is a striking example of what may be termed an 'octatonic sonata'. Indeed, the Sixth Sonata shows Scriabin experimenting with the octatonic at its most rigid and is unique in containing long spans of pure octatonic writing where not a single extraneous note is invoked. In contrast to the Fifth Sonata, …
Theory Reception in China
Identity and Influence
Messiaen’s Triadic Colouration
Chinese Whispers
The incessant, evenly spaced tolling of gongs throughout the 6-minute-long finale of Olivier Messiaen’s Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum presents a unique sonic phenomenon within the Western orchestral tradition. It nonetheless resonates with distinct features of the ‘Hymne du temple des Ancêtres’ and the ‘Hymne à Confucius’ Messiaen cited under the section ‘Les modes Chinois’ in Traité de rythme, de couleur, et d’ornithologie, volume vii. Th…
Art (6 works) · Musicology and Musical Analysis (3 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · China (1 work) · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (1 work) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (1 work)