Abstract

The "vocal impulse" (顿挫, the sharp turning point in the singer's voice performance) and the intimate interaction between the instrumental parts construct the "inherent logical practice" in the music style of Quanzhou Nanyin, which is a representational traditional music genre in southern Fujian Province, China, and has become one of the Intangible Cultural Heritages of UNESCO since 2009, and play a crucial role in the Nanyin musicians' cultural-musical identity. Nowadays, the contemporary compositional practices, including the "new-Nanyin" pieces and the "non-Nanyin" compositions transforming the Nanyin musical elements to improve their characteristic compositional consciousness, have plural points of view to confront and treat the musical or cultural elements of Nanyin, to be integrated in different positions with the contemporary society. The main concern of this lecture will be: "how" or "if" the inherent logical practice of Nanyin works in the mentioned compositional practices, how the "Nanyin style" is acknowledged and interpreted by the composers from different cultural backgrounds (as "insider" or "outsider" to Nanyin), and, how they transform or cut-and-paste the Nanyin character in their music.

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