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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Myers, John, 1951- Way of the pipa. Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, ©1992 (OCoLC)639530171 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Myers |
ISBN: | 0873384555 9780873384551 |
OCLC Number: | 24429459 |
Language Note: | Foreword also in Chinese. |
Notes: | Foreword also in Chinese. Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1987) under title: A critical study of a 19th century handbook for the Chinese pipa-lute. |
Description: | xvii, 155 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Contents: | Music Examples -- Foreword and Translation -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction (starting p. 1) -- Pt. 1 The Background -- 1 A General History of the Pipa (starting p. 5) -- 2 Chinese Music Aesthetics (starting p. 32) -- Pt. 2 The Seamless Cloth -- 3 Musical Structure in the Hua Collection (starting p. 39) -- 4 Levels of Structure (starting p. 46) -- 5 Folds in the Seamless Cloth (starting p. 51) -- 6 Musical Structure in the Xiban (starting p. 58) -- 7 Musical Structure of the Daqu (starting p. 85) -- Pt. 3 Music and Imagery -- 8 Patterns of Correspondence (starting p. 125) -- 9 Glimpses Beyond (starting p. 133) -- Notes (starting p. 137) -- Glossary (starting p. 141) -- References (starting p. 143) -- Select Discography of Solo Pipa (starting p. 149) -- Index (starting p. 150) |
Series Title: | World musics. |
Responsibility: | John Myers. |
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