Yu Opera
A Henan opera genre from the bangzi family, known for bold singing and the banhu fiddle
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Yu opera, also called Henan bangzi, is a genre from Henan belonging to the bangzi vocal family. Its singing is bold and ringing, led by the banhu fiddle with bangzi clapper and gongs; traditional plays include Hua Mulan and Mu Guiying Takes Command, while the modern Chaoyang Village is equally well known.
Its music belongs to banqiang form, organising arias through erba, manban, liushui and feiban metres. Yudong, Yuxi, Xiangfu and Shahe are regional tunes and schools, not four genres; bangzi is the cross-genre vocal tradition. To say Yu opera belongs to bangzi is not to say it is bangzi.
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Sources
- 豫剧的梆子腔归属、主奏乐器、板式与地域腔调及流派，参《中国音乐词典》与 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "China" 相关条目；本文为原创表述
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