Tsengge (Chinese: 曾歌; pinyin: Zēnggē) or zengge, also called Tsengian pop, TS-pop, and recently more commonly called Tsengpop, is a form of Mandopop and pop music originating in Tseng. It emerged in the 1950s with artists like Hugh Huang and Joanne Liu. It reached the mainstream in the 1980s and 1990s with musicians like Olivia Han and RRI. Tsengge is similar to Mandopop, but with more European influences due to colonization.
History[]
The gramophone arrived in British Tseng in 1905, and the earliest recording of music in Tseng was made in Port Elizabeth in January 1906. The first Mandarin-language musical recording was made in 1908.
Before the 1950s, music in Tseng was European (UK, French, Dutch) music due to Tseng being under European control. Inspired by this, starting in the 1920s many artists like Charles Zhang and Xiang Junjie started mixing Western music with traditional Tsengian music, into a Tsengian form of the shidaiqu.
The 1953 song "Meishan Rock" by Hugh Huang is widely agreed as the first Tsengge song, as well as the first Tsengian rock song. However, the genre was overshadowed by other genres like Fulang pop and Tsengian rock, along with Mandopop from Hong Kong and Taiwan. It finally reached the mainstream in the 1980s. The Tsengge Eight popularized the genre and introduced it to outside of Tseng.
Tsengge draws influences from many genres, like rock, disco, funk, hip-hop, Fulang pop and yuanzhu yinyue.
See also[]
- Tsengian rock
- Tsengian hip hop
- Fulang pop
- List of Tsengge artists