An Audience of One
The Private Music of the Chinese Literati
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2736719 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bell Yung (University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 506-539 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnomusicology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-1836 • E-ISSN: 2156-7417 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5406/ethnomusicology.61.3.0506 |
| OpenAlex | W4245263485 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
China's qin music is historically associated with the literati, who play primarily for themselves as a private activity. While they consider the meaning and significance of the music more important than communicating the musical sound to an audience, they nevertheless also enjoy it as expressive art. This article argues that in playing privately, the player turns inwardly toward himself rather than outwardly toward an audience. In such a performance environment, music and musicality need to be assessed by criteria different from those commonly accepted, which are based on the supposition that music is a social activity with the primary goal of communicating to an audience
Aesthetics · Art · China · Meaning (existential) · Musical · Musicality · Political science · Popular music · Sociology · Visual arts · Chinese history and philosophy · Diverse Music Education Insights · Law · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |