Wang Guangqi Music Thought
Abstract: Wang Guangqi is a well-known musicologist and social activist of our modern times. In the early of 1920s, he proposed a viewpoint that a national music should be constructed, which made a call for Chinese music should occupy one position in world music, and he hoped to develop the traditional Chinese culture through music. The paper summarizes the relevant studies on Wang Guangqi’s music thoughts by academic faculties in nearly fifty years. Based on such studies, the national music and the thought that music saves the nation advocated by Wang Guangqi are both analyzed and discussed in depth. Meanwhile, in order to prompt the revival of the traditional Chinese music culture, the paper further considers Wang Guangqi’s musical thoughts in the cultural development of the modern national music, and makes a deliberation on how to take the achievements of western music culture for reference.
Key Words: Wang Guangqi; musical thoughts; revival of rites and music; music saves the nation
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