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| Zhejiang School Zhejiang guzheng music school is formed around the 1950s. Its music is based on the drama music of Wulin area and the thirteen melodies “Hong Suo”. Although Zhejiang Guzheng School has short history, it has great influence on modern guzheng music as well as the instrument itself. The founder of Zhejiang School, Wang Zhuanzhi, is a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang. He started learning Wulin music at a young age and is capable of playing many instruments including Guzheng, San-Xian, Flute, etc. He was hired as a guzheng and san-xian professor at Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1959, which then he started to compile Zhejiang guzheng music. He rearranged many folk music and ensemble music into guzheng solo. Examples are “the General’s Command” and “High Moon”. In addition, he invented new guzheng playing technique including different types of Yaozhi and extensive left hand plucking technique. All these are the foundation of the guzheng music we know nowadays.
all the new techqniques and left hand plucking skills, he invented the 21-stringed guzheng and had the guzheng maker Xu Zheng Gao to make the first 21-stringed instrument. Later, he invented the nylon-wrapped-metal strings to accompany the bigger guzheng. Wang Zhuangzhi and his students made Zhejiang guzheng music flourishes for the past 50 years. In the 70s, his students Fan Shang-e, Hon Seehwa, Wang Changyuan and Zhang Yang composed many guzheng pieces such as “Fighting Typhoon”, “Fisherman’s Song of the East Sea”, “Spring in the Snowy Mountain”. These become the most popular guzheng pieces and played by many guzheng players. |
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| Sound of China Guzheng Music Promotion Center |