1920s musical genre fusing Chinese folk and American jazz
Singer
Zhou Xuan remains an icon of the Shidaiqu era
Bai Guang played a prominent role in Shidaiqu music
Shanghai in the 1930s represented the center of the Shidaiqu music phenomenon
Shidaiqu (Chinese : 時代曲 ; pinyin : shídàiqǔ ; Wade–Giles : shih2 tai4 chʻü3 ; Jyutping : si4 doi6 kuk1 ) is a type of Chinese popular music that is a fusion of Chinese folk , American jazz and Hollywood film music that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s.[ 1] [ 2]
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