REL 101 Class notes, Week 5, Lecture 1

Confucius' Orchestral Vision

1. Equality - Each person's role is essential (Role-based)
2. Hierarchy - Hiearachy of Virtuosity (Virtue)
3. Tradition-based: Pre-determined script (Sage Kings)
4. Interpreter of tradition in the present: Conductor (Emperor - Son of Heaven)
5. Sagely Advisor - Concertmaster (Confucius)
6. Sacred Meaning - Religious music (Ritual use of music)

Comparisons

1. Mozart's Requiem Mass
2. Miles Davis Jazz Improvisation in A Kind of Blue