Appreciating Art: The Art of Drama

Synopsis: "Flowers of Art on the Loess Plateau: A Collection of Local Music from Wushan, Gansu" is a collection of local music, bringing together studies and works that reflect the musical culture cherished by local people and distinctive for its ethnic character. The book is divided into five chapters, which explain the different kinds of music found in the Wushan region and their singing styles, and include numerous musical examples. Its source material comes entirely from fieldwork. Much of the region's local music has already been lost. By collecting songs passed down orally among local people, recording and organizing them, standardizing their notation, and conducting analysis and research, the book fills a gap in the standardized preservation and professional theoretical study of Wushan's local music. It is valuable both as a work of research and as a publication.