Session 4 (August 6) - Sheila Melvin and Jindong Cai

[Juana Evink]

Hi Cindy,

As i was going over the reading on Chinese classical music, I saw your response. Your post just gave me an idea, to introduce Chinese music this semester when I teach my unit on Ancient China. I can have stundents listen to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and other classical songs, and write about how they feel when they listen to the music. I like how you plan to emphazise that classical music is not an old thing, but it's still relevant and beautiful to listen to today.

[Juana Evink]

I enjoyed reading the article by  Madeliene Thien, "After the Cultural Revolution: what western classical music means in China." Eventhough, I'm not a fan or refular listener of classical music, as a history teacher I understand th enormous cultural  importance of classical music to the world.  Thien, mentions that Mao's Cultural Revolution had catrastrophic effects on classical music in China, people lost their lives because of this and their love for music. Chinese people were forced to studied European's  composers instead of their own. Today people can listen and create music that they can enjoy and sgare it with others.

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