项管森

Xiang Guansen is a compiler known for organizing traditional materials on the vocal music of Yue opera. Apart from his name, little verifiable public information exists about his life, native place, or career. Judging from the three works held in the database, his efforts center on rescuing and preserving Yue opera vocal traditions: Selected Yue Opera Arias of Lu Jinhua focuses on the individual vocal art of a celebrated Yue opera performer, while Selected Old Tunes of Yue Opera Women's Troupes and Selected Old Tunes of Yue Opera Men's Troupes each survey the historical tunes of the women's and men's troupes respectively. Together they show a systematic interest in the different singing traditions and troupe lineages of Yue opera. These anthologies are essentially documentary collections with a folk-literature character, and they are commonly grouped under film and television and folk literature. On the available evidence, Xiang Guansen appears to be a quiet compiler of operatic documents, whose contribution lies mainly in leaving readable texts for the study and transmission of Yue opera vocal music; fuller assessment of their influence awaits more public information.