Copyright, imitating and transplanting : three stages in the development of new music in China

During the period from the late 1970s to the late 1980s, a "new tide" in music
emerged on the Mainland China — the term "new tide" refers to certain composers
of the younger generation who employed "new" approaches and techniques in
compositions. A s a result, "new" styles began to take shape. This "new" musical
tide fascinated the western world of music, composers, critics and musicologists in
Europe, the United States, Australia and Ne w Zealand applauded the "new tide"
compositions. After all these years, they thought, Chinese composers had begun to
catch up with the modern world, i.e. the western world.