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Reviving "Yellow" Music: Salacious Shanghai Songs |
| Event Type: | | Lecture |
| Facility: | | Fine Arts Hall (FAH) |
| Presented By: | | School of Music |
| Description: | | G u e s t s p e a k e r E r i c H u n g p r e s e n t s ' R e v i v i n g " Y e l l o w " M u s i c : S a l a c i o u s S h a n g h a i S o n g s i n 2 1 s t - c e n t u r y : A l e c t u r e / p e r f o r m a n c e b a s e d o n p o p u l a r s o n g s f r o m 1 9 3 0 s " J a z z A g e " S h a n g h a i .
T h e s e s o n g s a r e h y b r i d s t h a t b l e n d e l e m e n t s o f b i g b a n d , C h i n e s e o p e r a , W e s t e r n c l a s s i c a l m u s i c , a n d C h i n e s e f o l k m u s i c . T h e y s e r v e a s t h e p e r f e c t r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h e c o s m o p o l i t a n a n d d a n g e r o u s
n a t u r e o f 1 9 3 0 s S h a n g h a i . T h e p e r f o r m a n c e w i l l i n c l u d e t h r e e a r r a n g e m e n t s o f " S h a n g h a i N i g h t s , " t h e m o s t f a m o u s s o n g o f t h i s r e p e r t o r y .
E r i c H u n g i s a n a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r a t R i d e r U n i v e r s i t y . H i s r e s e a r c h i n t e r e s t s i n c l u d e t h e A s i a n - A m e r i c a n e x p e r i e n c e a n d f i l m m u s i c . |
| Date: | | 1/13/2011 |
| Ticket Information: | | A Free Event. |
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| Performance Location: | | FAH 101-Lecture Hall |
| Performance Start: | | 8:00 PM |
| Performance End: | | 9:00 PM |
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