Genres

Question 1

Jiangnan Sizhu

Answer 1

traditional Chinese instrumental music who are usually played by amateur musicians who get together in tea houses, private residences, and rec centers

Question 2

Kunqu

Answer 2

one of the oldest forms of Chinese opera, peaked during the Ming Dynasty

Question 3

Jing Ju

Answer 3

dramatic presentation of plots using music, speech, stylized gestures and dance movements, acrobatics, mock combat scenes, and fanciful makeup and elaborate costumes

Question 4

Liu Xing Ge Qu

Answer 4

pop/rock

Question 5

Nanguan

Answer 5

one of the oldest and most important regional ensembles. Preforms Shi (sun recitations of ancient poems, Zhi (song suites), Pu (instrumental pieces) and instruments include the sanxian, pipa, paiban, dongxiao, erxian

Question 6

Geming Gequ

Answer 6

revolutionary songs or “songs for the masses”