Join Thomas Irvine as he discusses how Westerners around 1800 used encounters with Chinese soundworlds to refashion their own musical identities. The Macartney Embassy to the court of Qianlong in 1793 is a key episode in this story. Macartney, who took musical advice from his acquaintance, the music historian Charles Burney, included several musically knowledgeable officials in his entourage. They were specifically charged with the acquisition of knowledge about Chinese musical practices and the demonstration of ?advanced? Western ones to Chinese audiences. As was the case with the Embassy as a whole, the results were at best ambivalent, for both sides. In this talk he will build on this material to explore how the Chinese experiences of Western "musicking," and the production of knowledge in the West about Chinese music and its practices, might be understood in ways that depart from traditional notions of ?encounter? and ?cultural transfer.?
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Conrad Prebys Music Center at UCSD
Russell Lane at Gilman Drive
San Diego, CA 92037
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Tuesday, November 6 - 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
For more information, please call: (858) 534-2230 or visit: www.musicweb.ucsd.edu
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Conrad Prebys Music Center at UCSD
Russell Lane at Gilman Drive
San Diego, CA 92037
-
Tuesday, November 6 - 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
For more information, please call: (858) 534-2230 or visit: www.musicweb.ucsd.edu
