The relationship of text and tune in Chinese opera

Abstract

The relationship between speech and music in song, in form as well as in content, has been of concern to composers and a subject of study for musicologists. Among the many aspects of this relationship, that of the linguistic tones of the text and the melodic contour of the tune is of particular interest for songs in tonal languages. Based upon data from one kind of Chinese opera, the Cantonese opera, this report interprets the meaning and significance of the relationship, and discusses the vital role it plays in the performance practice and creative process of the music.1

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