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Music and Tradition

Essays on Asian and other Musics Presented to Laurence Picken

  • Author: Widdess, D. R.
  • Author: Wolpert, R. F.

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Contents

  • Preface;
  • 1. Two song-dynasty Chinese tunes preserved in Korea Jonathan Condit;
  • 2. 'Banshiki Sangun' and 'Shoenraku': metrical structure and notation of two Tang-music melodies for flute Allan Marett;
  • 3. Tang-music maunscripts for lute and their interrelationships Rembrandt Wolpert;
  • 4. Some melodic features of Chinese qin music Yoko Mitani;
  • 5. Aspects of form in North Indian alap and dhrupad Richard Widdess;
  • 6. Theme and variation in kora music: a preliminary study of 'Tutu Jara' as performed by Amadu Bansang Jobate Lucy Duran;
  • 7. A Sogdian friction-chordophone Harvey Turnbull;
  • 8. The iconography of arched harps in Burma Muriel C. Williamson;
  • 9. An Anglo-Saxon harp and lyre of the ninth century Graeme Lawson.