Pianos and Politics in China - Middle-class Ambitions and the Struggle Over Western Music - Hardback - 1989

During the Cultural Revolution the piano, the musical embodiment of Western culture, became the object of intense hostility. This book examines the evolution of China's ever-changing disposition towards European music and Western influences generally.
Year of publication: 1989
Pagination: 308 pages, 12 pp halftone plates
Format: Hardback