Niuqiyun
Lineage & School of Heritage
Born into a household of professional musicians (yuehu), he was influenced by his grandfather Niu Youcai and his father Niu Fuhao, began learning the craft at the age of six, entered an arts school at thirteen, and at fourteen joined the Huguan Yangge Opera Troupe as a composer. From 1976 onwards he accompanied his father in the folk sacrificial activities of ritual refined music (liyi xiyue), acquiring a thorough command of folk ritual performance and of the suites notated in gongche notation.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in January 1946, a native of Huguan County, Shanxi Province. He took a direct part in the rescue, recovery, collation and scoring of the old Huguan yangge, and creatively transformed Huguan dry-clapper yangge (ganban yangge) into a scored opera form. His performing technique is superb, and his achievements as a composer are likewise outstanding. In 2004 he joined the research association on the Welcoming-the-Gods and Community Sacrifice rituals of Bixia Palace in Nanjia Village, Lucheng City, and was engaged as its adviser.
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Suona Art (Shangdang Musician Household Troupes), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
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