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Hamburg Period.—The growing prosperity of the maritime commerce centers of the Han-seatic League (q.v.) had greatly encouraged cultivation music the cultivation of music. This was particularly true of Hamburg, which had excellent organists, regular performances of elaborate religious works, and a considerable colony of English musicians. A civic opera company was organized in 1678. It was the first regular German opera company anywhere, and an answer by the Hamburg dignitaries to the jurore italiano at the courts.

Jesuit musicians began performing European music in China by the end of the 16th century and were soon patronized by the court. However, this music never reached the people and declined by the end of the 18th century. A more broadly based interest did not develop until about a hundred years later. By the turn of the 20th century, Chinese students began studying music in Europe and the United States, and soon afterward Western orchestras and music schools were established in China. Meanwhile, there was a strong effort to revive and reform Chinese traditional music. Under the Communist regime there has also been an attempt to integrate Western techniques with Chinese musical concepts and forms. Thus the cultivation of Western music, the reform of traditional music, and the revival of lost musical practices apparently have all been undertaken in an effort to create a new national music.

The music director and the music librarian have important functions at stations with an all-music format. The music director selects the music that will be played during each day, while the music librarian catalogs and files all the recorded music the station owns.