Musica Asiatica
This is the fifth volume in a series of books devoted to the history, documentation and analysis of music in Asia. The five essays each have a different focus ranging from historical change in the Turkish classical repertoire, speech-tones and vocal melody in Thai court song, ritual theatre music in ancient India, pieces for biwa in calendrically correct tunings and an investigation of the sources for Japanese flute scores from the fourteenth century.
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July 2009Paperback
9780521116619
276 pages
229 × 152 × 16 mm
0.41kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Aspects of historical change in the Turkish classical repertoire O. Wright
- 2. The relationship between speech-tones and vocal melody in Thai court song Y. Tanese-Ito
- 3. Form in the ritual theatre music of ancient India L. Rowell
- 4. Pieces for biwa in calendrically correct tunings from a manuscript in the Heian Museum, Kyoto E. J. Markahm, L. E. R. Picken and R. F. Wolpert
- 5. An investigation of sources for Chu Oga ryuteki yoroku-fu, a Japanese flute score of the fourteenth century A. J. Marett.