Music and tradition : essays on Asian and other musics presented to Laurence Picken

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Music and tradition : essays on Asian and other musics presented to Laurence Picken

edited by D.R. Widdess and R.F. Wolpert

Cambridge University Press, 1981

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographies

ISBN:9780521105965: "First published 1981. This digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso; "Paperback re-issue"--Back cover

Contents of Works

  • Two Song-dynasty Chinese tunes preserved in Korea / Jonathan Condit
  • "Banshiki Sangun" and "Shōenraku" : metrical structure and notation of two Tang-music melodies for flute / AllanMarett
  • Tang-music (Tōgaku) manuscripts for lute and their interrelationships / Rembrandt Wolpert
  • Some melodic features of Chinese qin music / Yoko Mitani
  • Aspects of form in North Indian ālāp and dhrupad / Richard Widdess
  • Theme and variation in kora music : a preliminary study of "Tutu Jara" as performed by Amadu Bansang Jobate / Lucy Durán
  • A Sogdian friction-chordophone / Harvey Turnbull
  • The iconography of arched harps in Burma / Muriel C. Williamson
  • An Anglo-Saxon harp and lyre of the ninth century / Graeme Lawson

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Laurence Picken has long been recognised as a pioneer in the study of Oriental and other non-Western musics. Some of his pupils, colleagues and friends from four continents have here brought together this volume of essays as a tribute to him on his seventieth birthday. The book aims to reflect characteristic aspects of Dr Picken's work: his conception of musicology as a science, his sense of historical perspective and - perhaps most importantly - his delight in music of almost every kind. Appealing in particular to those engaged in the study of non-Western music, the volume will also interest everyone concerned with musical structures and their development.

Table of 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.

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