Early Music in China

Western music was introduced to China in 1601 by Matteo Ricci. Ricci introducted the music to Emperor Wanli during the Ming dynasty in return for allowing the Jesuits to open a mission. While this was the first introduction to wester music, the Chinese had been making music before this. Records show that music began in China around 2700 B.C. Recently, flutes that were made in 1100 out of the bones of birds were uncovered in the 1980s. Jazz music is liked in China but it is hard to find. In the early 1900 jazz was labeled as unhealthy and pornographic and became banned. Today in China it is estimated that between 30 to 100 million children study piano and violin. It is more likely that kids will be practicing piano than playing outside in most neightborhoods. Of these student musicians, the promising ones are admitted into top universities and are treated like promising athletes in the U.S.

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