Cultural revolution and political ambivalence in Zhao Xiaosheng’s Two Ballades for piano solo

The ascendancy of China’s Cultural Revolution led to a purge of the rightists, including musicians. This article unveils composer Zhao Xiaosheng’s emotional entanglement of fear and suppressed hostility toward the revolution, reflected in the political and artistic ambivalence in his two ballades fo...

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Main Authors: Ke, Xue, Loo, Fung Ying, Loo, Fung Chiat, Xiaohang, Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96575/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96575/
https://journals.uni-lj.si/MuzikoloskiZbornik/article/view/9488
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Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:The ascendancy of China’s Cultural Revolution led to a purge of the rightists, including musicians. This article unveils composer Zhao Xiaosheng’s emotional entanglement of fear and suppressed hostility toward the revolution, reflected in the political and artistic ambivalence in his two ballades for solo piano composed after his father’s death.