Cantonese opera in China
By: Wang Kui ; translator, Chen Shangzhen
Contributors: Chen, Shangzhen, translator
Edition: First American edition.
Series: Masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Paramus, New Jersey
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781622460090
Subjects: Opera; Analysis, appreciation; History and criticism; Chinese Operas; Librettos
Work titles: Yue ju
Notes: "First published in China by Zhejiang People's Publishing House"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Ormosia was born in the south Cantonese opera in the history of lingnan.  Rich and multi-variant tradition of Cantonese opera ; Wai Jiang troupe in the Qing dynasty and the forming of Cantonese opera ; The guild management and the maturity of Cantonese opera ; The ethnic group identity and the contemporary Cantonese opera; title: Splendid style : the performing art of Cantonese opera. Roles and their arts ; The art of the routine stage arrangement ; The South Chinese kung fu in Cantonese opera ; Stage art designing of Cantonese opera; title: Clear songs holding back the floating clouds : musical art of Cantonese opera. Musical characters of Cantonese opera ; The representatives of the vocal tune genres in Cantonese opera ; The musical structure of Cantonese opera ; Sit-and-sing Cantonese opera songs; title: Romantic stories : the literature of Cantonese opera. The natural distinctiveness of the literary script ; Literature in performing arts ; The finely musical literature ; The fashionable film literature.