Abstract. The article gives a brief excursion into the history of the development of music
for wind instruments in China. The author notes that the fi rst compositions were created on
the basis of folk songs and were arrangements. Since the 1980s, Chinese composers, along
with transcriptions of songs, instrumental melodies and musical material from operas, have
been writing original works for wind instruments and incorporating modern techniques
into them, combining national elements with European innovations.
Keywords: wind instruments, arrangements of folk songs, genres for wind instruments,
repertoire for teaching, compositional techniques, performing wind music
