About the author

Jiao Yuanpu is an author represented in this Chinese-language book collection, though public information about him is limited: his biography, nationality, and dates of birth and death are not recorded here. The collection includes six of his titles, centered on two areas, classical music and film and television theory. The most prominent is the "Youyi Heibai" (Wandering in Black and White) series, comprising four volumes plus separate editions, which explores piano performance and musicians and runs to considerable length. Another title, "The Craft of Music: An Introduction to Appreciating Classical Music," explains to general readers how to listen to classical music. His writing balances expertise with readability, turning musical knowledge into clear prose suitable for beginners and enthusiasts alike.

Written (6)

Playing in Black and White (Complete 4 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.6
Playing in Black and White (Complete 4 Volumes) 焦元溥 Guangxi Normal University Press · 2019 This book writes music history in the form of interviews, tracing the history of piano performance from the twentieth century to the present, the chan…
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Rating 4.5
Playing in Black and White 焦元溥 Guangxi Normal University Press · 2019 The invention of the piano transformed musical composition. It is the most expressive of instruments and the one that interacts most closely with comp…
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Rating 4.4
Playing in Black and White 2 焦元溥 Guangxi Normal University Press · 2019 The pianists featured in Volume 2, with the exception of Kovacevich, were all born between 1944 and 1953 and grew up against a similar backdrop of gra…
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Rating 4.4
Playing in Black and White 3 焦元溥 Guangxi Normal University Press · 2019 As international travel becomes more frequent, music study and exchange are increasingly common, and the characteristics of schools and regions are be…
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Rating 4.4
Playing in Black and White 4 焦元溥 Guangxi Normal University Press · 2019 Subjectively speaking, a pianist's upbringing and educational background are naturally bound up with their art and their life. Yet whether in style or…
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Rating 4.3
The Essence of Music: A Beginner's Guide to Listening to Classical Music 焦元溥 Guangxi Normal University Press · 2015 This is an introduction to classical music written for general readers by Jiao Yuanpu, a renowned classical music critic from Taiwan. With no musical …

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Guangxi Normal University Press