Open AccessCultural Revolution and Political Ambivalence in Zhao Xiaosheng’s Two Ballades for Piano Solo
Author(s) -
Ke Xue,
Fung Ying Loo,
Fung Chiat Loo,
Wang Xiao-hang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
muzikološki zbornik/muzikološki zbornik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2350-4242
pISSN - 0580-373X
DOI - 10.4312/mz.57.1.149-175
Subject(s) - ambivalence , piano , politics , hostility , cultural revolution , art , china , aesthetics , literature , humanities , sociology , psychoanalysis , art history , political science , psychology , social psychology , law
The ascendancy of China’s Cultural Revolution led to a purge of the rightists, including musicians. This article unveils composer Zhao Xiaosheng’s emotional entanglement of fear and suppressed hostility toward the revolution, reflected in the political and artistic ambivalence in his two ballades for solo piano composed after his father’s death.