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Celestial airs of antiquity : music of the seven-string zither of China

Title
Celestial airs of antiquity : music of the seven-string zither of China / edited by Bell Yung.
Publication
Madison [Wis.] : A-R Editions, [1997], ©1997.

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CDNotated musicUse in library 03 R247 v.5 CDOff-site
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Additional Authors
  • Yung, Bell.
  • Yao, Bingyan
Description
1 score (viii pages, 160 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles; 31 cm +
Series Statement
Recent researches in the oral traditions of music, 1066-8209 ; 5
Uniform Title
Recent researches in the oral traditions of music ; 5.
Subject
  • Qin music
  • Music > China
Note
  • Contains six compositions for guqin from v. 1 of the Shenqi mipu collection; includes jianzipu notation, together with staff notation transcriptions of Yao Bingyan's interpretations as recorded on the accompanying compact disc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at the home of Yao Bingyan, Shanghai, 1981-1982.
Language (note)
  • Editorial and historical notes in English, in part translated from Chinese.
Contents
Introduction (The guqin ; Notation ; Performance practice ; The Shenqi mipu ; Yao Bingyan ; Jianzipu and performance ; Jianzipu and staff notation ; Note on the transcription) -- Preface translations and commentaries -- Selections from the Shenqi mipu collection. Jiukuang = Wine madness ; Huaxuyin = Song of Huaxu ; Yangchun = Sunny spring ; Liushui = Flowing waters ; Xiaohujia = Little barbarian horn, or, The story of Cai Wenji ; Guanglingsan = Niezheng assassinates the King of Han.
ISBN
089579313X
OCLC
  • 32487995
  • ocm32487995
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries