Title Listening to China : sound and the Sino-Western encounter, 1770-1839 / Thomas Irvine

Published Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (263 pages) : illustrations, maps Series New material histories of music New material histories of music. Contents China and the enlightened ear -- Soundscapes in the contact zone -- Charles Burney discovers China -- Sound and the Macartney Mission, 1792-1794 -- Reading Burney listening to China -- Listening to China with Forkel and Marx Summary From bell ringing to fireworks, gongs to cannon salutes, a dazzling variety of sounds and soundscapes marked the China encountered by the West around 1800. These sounds were gathered by diplomats, trade officials, missionaries, and other travelers and transmitted back to Europe, where they were reconstructed in the imaginations of writers, philosophers, and music historians such as Jean-Philippe Rameau, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, and Charles Burney. Thomas Irvine gathers these stories in Listening to China, exploring how the sonic encounter with China shaped perceptions of Europe's own musical development. Through these stories, Irvine not only investigates how the Sino-Western encounter sounded, but also traces the West's shifting response to China. As the trading relationships between China and the West broke down, travelers and music theorists abandoned the vision of shared musical approaches, focusing instead on China's noisiness and sonic disorder and finding less to like in its music. At the same time, Irvine reconsiders the idea of a specifically Western music history, revealing that it was comparison with China, the great "other," that helped this idea emerge. Ultimately, Irvine draws attention to the ways Western ears were implicated in the colonial and imperial project in China, as well as to China's importance to the construction of musical knowledge during and after the European Enlightenment. Timely and original, Listening to China is a must-read for music scholars and historians of China alike Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Burney, Charles, 1726-1814. Forkel, Johann Nikolaus, 1749-1818. Marx, Adolf Bernhard, 1795-1866. SUBJECT Burney, Charles, 1726-1814 fast Forkel, Johann Nikolaus, 1749-1818 fast Marx, Adolf Bernhard, 1795-1866 fast Subject Musicology -- Europe -- History -- 18th century Musicology -- Europe -- History -- 19th century Musical criticism -- Europe -- History -- 18th century Musical criticism -- Europe -- History -- 19th century Music -- China -- History and criticism. MUSIC -- General. International relations Music Musical criticism Musicology SUBJECT Europe -- Relations -- China China -- Relations -- Europe Subject China Europe Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780226667263 022666726X

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