Chinese music on the Victorian goldfields

Title: Chinese music on the Victorian goldfields
Creator: Wang, Zheng; Doggett, Anne
Date: 2007
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/65389
Identifier: vital:925
Identifier: ISSN:1030-7710
Abstract: As a result of social, political and economic problems in their homeland during the mid-nineteenth century, many Chinese people decided to try their luck on the Victorian goldfields. Here they practised many types of musical activity, including Chinese opera, songs, instrumental music, and music for ceremonial and religious occasions. Chinese musicians also participated in concerts and celebrations before the wider community. This article explores these different types of Chinese music, and looks at the role of music in the lives of the Chinese people who, because of the widespread discrimination they faced, were forced to live and work in an environment of prejudice and hostility.; C1
Publisher: Melbourne Royal Historical Society of Victoria
Relation: Victorian Historical Journal Vol. 78, no. 2 (2007), p. 170-186
Rights: Copyright Royal Historical Society of Victoria
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: 2103 Historical Studies; Chinese; Music; Community; Goldfields
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