Classical Music with Chinese Characteristics | China Digital Times (CDT)
Classical Music with Chinese Characteristics Posted by Samuel Wade | Mar 1, 2013 the short-lived Three Highs orchestra and choir, whose members included Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in the chorus and a former astronaut on trombone. The article recounts the history of Western classical music and its instruments in China, and describes traditional connections between music and leadership. The Three Highs—San Gao, in Chinese, or “3H” in colloquial English promotional materials—is an amateur ensemble named not for any notes its performers might reach in concert, but for the status they mu...
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