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C O . W OO T
IChinese Opera
❖ Demographics of China❖ Regional statistics❖ Chinese Culture❖ Musical breakdown and origins
Western Opera❖ Western origin❖ Demographics of Italy❖ Biographical information❖ Musical breakdown
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Population size:1,417,228,430❖ China’s population is equivalent to 18.54% of the total world
population.❖ China ranks number 1 in population size versus other countries❖ The median age in China is 37.3 years.
Ethnicities:❖ 56 Ethnic groups❖ 91.59% of the population is comprised of Han Chinese❖ Han Chinese can be found anywhere in China, however mainly live
near aquatic regions such as the Yellow River, Yangtze River and the Pearl River. They are also found in the Northeast Plain Region (Songliao Plain)
❖ Not only largest ethnic group in China, but also the largest in the world
Religions:❖ Multi-religious country❖ Nationally and officially identifies as Atheist❖ Most popular religions include:
➢ Confucianism➢ Taoism➢ Buddhism
Land mass (size):❖ The total land area is 9,388,211 Km2 (3,624,807 sq. miles)
Geographical influences:❖ Development of early civilizations: China was isolated due to harsh
geography➢ Led to nomadic way of life and economic hardship➢ Dry deserts north and west, Pacific ocean on the east,
southern mountainous regions❖ Rivers an important geographical feature
➢ Two main rivers: Yellow river and Yangtze➢ Great source of freshwater, food, fertile soil, and
transportation ➢ Subjects of Chinese poetry, art, literature, and folklore
Political, socioeconomic, and religious influences:❖ Current day: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central
Committee of the CPC❖ China is effectively a one party state, however has 8 different
democratic parties under the leadership of a single communist party
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Chinese opera❖ Contained kouji, a term for
singing in Chinese music❖ Types of operas include
clapper opera, Pingju, Cantonese opera, puppet opera, Kunqu, Sichuan opera, Qinqiang, ritual masked opera and Huangmei xi.
M CInstrumentation
Ke Yi Liu
Dizi
Guzheng Erhu
MSheet music with chromatic scale
W O
I D
Population:60.0 Million as of 2019
Religions:❖ “Christian 80% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small
groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants)❖ Muslim (about 800,000 to 1 million), atheist and agnostic 20%”
Land Mass❖ 301,230 square kilometers
Geographical influences:❖ Germany’s southern region is dominated by mountainous Alps ❖ Most economically prosperous centers include Hamburg, Munich,
Cologne, and Frankfurt
M M LA BOHEME by PUCCINI
C Primary Link:❖ Both stem from cultural and social influences
Secondary Link:❖ Use of vibrato in stringed instruments- generally,
similar string instrument technique
Differences:❖ Scales
➢ Chinese: Pentatonic scale➢ Western: B Minor
❖ Instrumentation➢ Chinese: Dizi, Erhu,
Guzheng➢ Western: Piano, stringed
instruments (Violin, Viola, Cello), typical orchestral instruments
❖ Timbre➢ Chinese: flowing, cantabile
style, emotional➢ Western: intense, accented
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