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The Making of a Cantonese Popular Song amidst National Crises in China: From Jiang Jun Ling to “Once Upon a Time in China”

In: Natural Disaster and Reconstruction in Asian Economies

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  • Yu Siu-wah

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Wars, revolutions, and massive killings have continued to devastate China since the downfall of the Qing dynasty in 1911. In the early twentieth century, under the imminent threat of Japanese invasion of northeastern China and the scramble among Western powers for possession of China, traditional Chinese music with civil aspirations like the seven-stringed zither qin and the classical opera kunqu would not have been considered “helpful” in boosting morale or in defending the nation. Within this context, the more accessible and acoustically stronger plucked lute pipa, with its substantial martial repertoire, started to gain recognition and became overwhelmingly popular. This chapter attempts to trace how the pipa piece Jiang Jun Ling (An Ode to the General), was received, initially in Shanghai, and later in Hong Kong where it developed into a popular Cantonese song.

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  • Yu Siu-wah, 2013. "The Making of a Cantonese Popular Song amidst National Crises in China: From Jiang Jun Ling to “Once Upon a Time in China”," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Kinnia Yau Shuk-ting (ed.), Natural Disaster and Reconstruction in Asian Economies, chapter 0, pages 151-170, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-36416-6_10
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137364166_10
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