A Study on Hybrid Style and Orchestration in Bright Sheng’s Postcards
Description:
Bright Sheng (b. 1955) has won international acclaim for successfully fusing disparate musical elements in his works. Listeners can trace Chinese pentatonic scales and instrumental effects mixed with Western classical structures. Postcards (1997) is a well-received orchestral work that successfully merges diverse musical styles and compositional techniques. Sheng based Postcards on material from his Four Movements for Piano Trio (1990). He applies masterful and distinctive orchestration to tran…
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Date:
August 2015
Creator:
Lee, Hsuan-Yu
Partner:
UNT Libraries