The Instrumental Music of Wutaishan's Buddhist Monasteries: Social and Ritual Contexts
- Author: Szczepanski, Beth
Though primarily an ethnography of contemporary shengguan practice, the book traces this music back to its legendary origins in the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE) and follows it through more recent... — More…
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Contents
- Contents: Preface
- Part I The Music of MaA+/-jusri's Mountain: A history of Wutaishan Buddhist music
- Wutaishan and its Buddhist music today. Part II Music in Ritual at Wutaishan: Donor-sponsored ritual
- Funeral observances
- Calendrical observances. Part III Wutaishan's Shengguan Music: Shengguan instrumentation
- Notation
- Transmission of Shengguan practice
- Shengguan repertoires. Part IV Buddhist Music in a Material World: Buddhist Shengguan in concerts, festivals and recordings
- The politics of Buddhist music
- The business of Buddhist music
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.