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The Zheng’s Early History The Zheng’s Early History
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The Zheng’s Heyday: Tang and Song The Zheng’s Heyday: Tang and Song
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After the Song Era After the Song Era
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Thirteen Suites for Strings Thirteen Suites for Strings
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The Zheng in the Early Twentieth Century The Zheng in the Early Twentieth Century
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Chinese and/ or Western: Music Reform Debate 1900–1930 Chinese and/ or Western: Music Reform Debate 1900–1930
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The Solo Zheng Emerges The Solo Zheng Emerges
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Model Zheng Notation (1938) Model Zheng Notation (1938)
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Conclusion Conclusion
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2 The Zheng’s History Prior to 1949
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Published:January 2023
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Abstract
The zheng has a history of hundreds and quite possibly thousands of years in China. It was mentioned in classical Chinese treatises and represented in numerous poems and pictures during the Tang and Song eras. Known as an instrument played by female courtesans and courtiers, it was apparently sometimes played solo, accompanied singing, or was used as member of ensembles with various other instruments. The zheng gained a reputation as a vehicle for musical entertainment. The first known notated music specifically for the zheng exists in Thirteen Suites for Strings, an important collection of ensemble music compiled in the early nineteenth century. Approximately a century later, the zheng and its music were incorporated into the efforts of music reformers who sought to update and make Chinese music relevant in modern society. By 1949, when the People’s Republic of China was founded and the Nationlists fled to Taiwan, the zheng had a growing repertory of notated solo music and a nascent pedagogy. Cao Zheng had begun to teach the zheng in a mainland conservatory.
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