TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The 60-member Ya Yue court music orchestra of Nan Hua University has been invited to perform at the 2009 Beijing Traditional Music Festival from Oct. 11-17, a spokesman of the university in Chiayi County said yesterday. Chou Chun-yi, director of the music group,spoke of the significance of presenting Ya Yue (elegant music) in China since the genre was believed to have been lost during the years of the Cultural Revolution and is no longer played by any of China's 5,000 music groups. History books have recorded that Ya Yue was created by the Duke of Zhou of the...
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