Exploring Naxi Baisha Xiyue
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2014-08-25
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Berkeley Electronic Press
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“Exploring Naxi Baisha Xiyue” is a qualitative research descriptive paper delving into
the origin of the Baisha Xiyue music style among the Naxi people based in northwest Yunnan
province of the People’s Republic of China. A brief historical background of Baisha Xiyue
includes the Yuan dynasty (AD 1279-1368) invasion by Kublai Khan when he and his army
entered Yunnan province in AD 1253. The topic of the remaining eight songs is a Naxi historical
conflict with a neighboring tribe.
As musical instruments are essential in the performance of this genre, each of the
commonly used instruments are introduced and described. These descriptions are followed by a
narration of a specific Naxi ancient music performance, text transcriptions on the songs with
words and then simple musical analysis, including performance conventions. The conclusion
examines Baisha Xiyue in the context of cultural change, quite evident in China over the last
sixty plus years. Finally, The appendices have sections covering song transcriptions, very basic
Naxi and Chinese language glossaries, discography and bibliography.
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Published
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China
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Entry Number:
61491