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As a country rich in Chinese folk culture and with many indigenous tribes with their own distinct artistic identity, various folk music styles are appreciated in Taiwan. In addition, people in Taiwan highly appreciate various style of Western classical music and pop music. Taiwan is a major Mandopop hub.
Chinese musicology is the academic study of traditional Chinese music. This discipline has a very long history. Traditional Chinese music can be traced back to around 8,000 years ago during the Neolithic age. The concept of music, called 乐 (Chinese : 樂; pinyin : yuè), stands among the oldest categories of Chinese thought; however, in the ...
Li Jinhui, known as the father of Chinese pop. C-pop is an abbreviation for Chinese popular music (traditional Chinese: 漢語 流行 音樂; simplified Chinese: 汉语 流行 音乐; pinyin: hànyǔ liúxíng yīnyuè; Jyutping: hon3jyu5 lau4hang4 jam1ngok6), a loosely defined musical genre by artists originating from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan (the Greater China region).
Guoyue ( 國 樂; literally "national music"; also minyue (民乐), huayue (華樂) or zhongyue (中樂)), nowadays refers to the music composed for Chinese musical instruments, [ 1] which is an extension of the Chinese traditional music. [ 2][ 3] It is often written for some form of grand presentation through a large Chinese orchestra, as well ...
Chinese traditional music. Chinese traditional music includes various music genres which have been inherited for generations in China. [1] Specifically, this term refers to the music genres originated in or before Qing dynasty. [2] According to the appearance, the genres can be classified into instrumental ensemble, instrumental solo, theatre ...
Chinese musical instruments are traditionally grouped into eight categories known as bā yīn (八音). [1] The eight categories are silk, bamboo, wood, stone, metal, clay, gourd and skin; other instruments considered traditional exist that may not fit these groups. The grouping of instruments in material categories in China is one of the first ...
The Mandarin pop music developed in Taiwan that would become modern Mandopop is a blend of traditional Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, as well as Western musical styles. [25] Tzu Wei [ zh ] was the earliest of the Taiwan-based stars who achieved success outside of Taiwan in the late 1950s with the song " Green Island Serenade ", [ 26 ] followed ...
Chinese popular[39]music found its beginnings in the shidaiqugenre. The shidaiqu genre was founded by Li Jinhui in mainland China and was influenced by Western jazz artists like Buck Clayton. After the Chinese Communist Revolution, popular music were denounced as Yellow Music, a form of pornography.