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Frederick Lau is an active ethnomusicologist, flutist, and conductor whose scholarly interests include a broad range of topics in Chinese, Western, and Asian music and cultures. His area of research focuses on Chinese, Asian and Western music, particularly on issues related to identity, nationalism, modernization, politics, globalization ...
Forever red: The invention of solo dizi music in post‐1949 China. F Lau. British Journal of Ethnomusicology 5 (1), 113-131. , 1996. 42. 1996. Performing identity: Musical expression of Thai-Chinese in contemporary Bangkok. F Lau. Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 37-69.
Lau notes that in most contemporary Western societies "professional musicians enjoy high cultural status despite their relatively low social status. The exception is found in star' performers who are respected by and associated with upper-class culture" (24). Readers of this journal all know what Lau is trying to get at by
Biography : Professor Frederick Lau is an ethnomusicologist whose scholarly interests include a broad range of topics in Chinese, Western, and Asian music and cultures. He is currently chair of the Department of Music, professor of Ethnomusicology, and director of the Center for Chinese Music Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
May 31, 2008 · Frederick Lau Assistant Professor in the Music Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93407, U.S.A. E-mail: flau@oboe.calpoly.edu Pages 113-131 | Published online: 31 May 2008
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Biography. Prof. Frederick LAU (USA) Chair, Department of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Frederick LAU is an ethnomusicologist whose scholarly interests include a broad range of topics in Chinese, Western, and Asian music and cultures. He has appeared as a flute soloist, recitalist, and conductor throughout Europe, Asia, and the US.
Co-edited by Frederick Lau and Christian Utz New York & London: Routledge, 1-24. “Big Gods and Hidden Spectacle: The Daoist jiao Ritual of Cheung Chau, Hong Kong,” Perspectives on Korean Music: Sanjo and Issues of improvisation in Musical Traditions of Asia, Volume 2, 127-152. “Hong Kong Chic: 1960s Hong Kong Pop Music and Modernity ...
