Tian Kewen

Tian Kewen is a Chinese historical musicologist with research interests in historiographic theory and regional music history of China (including Hubei, Anhui, and Guangxi). He is a professor (doctoral supervisor) at the Wuhan Conservatory of Music, adjunct professor at Guangxi Arts Institute and Anhui University, visiting professor at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music, and a distinguished professor (doctoral supervisor) at the Harbin Conservatory of Music. He serves as the executive deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Northern Music and is a board member of the Chinese Society for Western Music and the Chinese Society for Music Historiography. Tian is recognized as an academic expert by the State Council, Hubei Provincial Government, Ministry of Education, and Higher Education Press.

Vol. 8 • No. 1 • 2024

Zong Lin (ca. 501–565), Chronicles of Seasonal Customs in Jing Chu, a record of the Jing ethnic group

Harnessing Ethnomusicology for Chinese Historical Musicology

Among the historical writings of China, there are many works about—what we now call—ethnic groups, such as “Annals of Wu and Yue,” “The Book of the Extinction …”