Hong Kong

This is a non-profit association of Cantonese opera groups and artists in Hong Kong, established in 1953.

Established in 1972, CMA aims to serve scholars from Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, and overseas. The collections include books, journals, and a vast variety of digitized audiovisual materials on traditional Chinese Theatrical music, Shanghai pop songs, Chinese instrumental music and Model Plays in the post-1949 era, Chaozhou Opera, Cantonese Opera, Shanghai Yue Opera, Fujian Naamyam, Suzhou Tanci, Huang Mei Diao, and Cantonpop songs.

Administer and enforce collectively the rights of composers and authors of musical works subsisting under the copyright law of Hong Kong SAR.

This guide gives overseas classical music lovers a concise overview of Hong Kong's classical music scene.

From Cantopop to Cantonese opera, this website talks about the musical traditions in Hong Kong.

Archive digital images of pop memorabilia, this website is a project on the history of popular music performed in English by Hong Kong artists from 1960 up to today.

An adaptation of the well-loved traditional folk opera style for the big screen, these 24 videos represent the Studio's classical and lyrical huangmei opera - a combination of Chinese folk songs, dances and ancient opera art and thrill.

HK TV Program by RTHK investigating HK Underground Music Scene (Featuring Never N, Kinglychee, Empty Tomb, HK Extreme Metal Organization)

This Hong Kong Radio website showcases over 700 major events captured in audio and video productions. Here you will also find rich source of photo collection sharing the memories and changes of Hong Kong.

撰文﹕馮禮慈 (原載於2002年《明報周刊》) (originally published 2002 in Ming Pao Weekly by Fung Lai Chi)

Source: Hong Kong: David C. Lam Institute for
East-West Studies, 2003. LEWI Working Paper Series no 7. Full Text Online

Source: Yearbook for Traditional Music, v.24 (1992), pages 14-23, Full Text Online

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