Composing for the Revolution - Nie Er and China's Sonic Nationalism

About the author

Joshua H. Howard is the Croft Professor of History and International Studies at the University of Mississippi.

Summary

Explores the role the songwriter Nie Er played in the 1930s proletarian arts movement and the process by which he became a nationalist icon. Composing for the Revolution also provides insight into under studied aspects of China's nationalism - its sonic and musical dimensions.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua H Howard, Joshua H. Howard
• Assisted by: Frederick Lau (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780824882358
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-8235-8
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 231 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 599 g
• Series: Music and Performing Arts of A; Music and Performing Arts of Asia and the Pacific
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries