Research Article

A Gentle Yet Stern Historical Pen: A Brief Discussion on Ming Yan's Style of Music Criticism

Jingran DouTianjin Conservatory of Music* Jiaqi XueTianjin Conservatory of Music

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

Ming Yan is a scholar with distinctive academic personality and systematic pursuit in the field of contemporary Chinese music criticism. His critical practice takes the history of 20th-century Chinese music criticism as its main subject, covering multiple historical periods ranging from school songs, the May Fourth New Culture Movement, national salvation and the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to contemporary avant-garde music. He has formed a complete paradigm that runs consistently from philosophical ideas to operational criteria. Understanding the structural logic and stylistic characteristics of this paradigm is of great case significance for grasping the disciplinary construction path of contemporary Chinese music criticism.

Keywords: Ming Yan; music criticism; history of 20th-century Chinese music criticism
Published: July 22, 2026
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/2026.35534
Volume: CHR Vol.116
pp. 138-143
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