2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MELODY AND WORDS OF CHINISE TRADITIONAL MUSIC
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16520203
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literatures/Literary theories in other countries and areas
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| Research Institution | KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
UEDA Nozomu Kanazawa University, Faculty of Letters, associate professor, 文学部, 助教授 (90293331)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2005
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| Keywords | CHINESE LITERATURE / ORAL LITERATURE IN CHINA / TRADITIONAL MUSIC IN CHINA / THEATRE IN CHINA / LOCAL DRAMA IN CHINA / CHINESE STORYTELLING / THEATRE OF NAOTONG PROVINCE / クラスタリング |
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| Research Abstract |
It is well-known that there are innumerable local theatre and oral literature in China. How did these entertainments come into being and change, spread in Pre-modern China?
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship of these theatre and oral literature by focusing on their melody and words, in the end I could provide distribution map of Chinese traditional entertainments.
During the term of this project, I made field survey in Singapore, Jiang-su province repeatedly, and collected research materials which were undiscovered to the academic world.
Then, I built a database of Chinese traditional music by inputting typical scores of Zhongguo Xiju Yinyue Jicheng and copying down melodies of video-material, which were saved as Midi file. These Midi file were analyzed by using statistical analysis programs(I mainly used Self Organization Map and W-Energy, the latter was provided by Mr.Hayashi, Tomo) and it was proved numerically by analysis that there were regional difference in melody and tone between various areas of Southern China. Throughout the course of this study, I interviewed with many shamen of Tong-zi theatre in Ru-gao county, and collected scripts of Tong-zi theatre through a Peking Normal University Professor, Zhu Rui-ping's assistance, some of these research materials were revised and published in my research report.
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