Musica Asiatica
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Author Description
This volume contains essays on frequency-doubling chordophones and their relevance to the 'plucked' drums and to the string/table angles in harps; different aspects of word-setting in Burmese and Chinese art-song; mouth-organ and lute parts of Togaku; and the five-stringed lute in East Asia.A complete transcription of a ninth-century score in tablature for five-stringed lute is also included.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This volume investigates the technical and historical evolution of specific musical instruments and vocal traditions across diverse Asian cultures. Laurence Picken, a renowned ethnomusicologist, utilizes a combination of historical score analysis, organological research, and comparative musicology to argue for the interconnectedness of musical practices in East and Southeast Asia. The text provides a rigorous examination of how structural mechanics in instruments influence the development of regional musical forms.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Analysis of frequency-doubling chordophones and their relationship to plucked drums.
- Technical examination of string and table angles in historical harps.
- Comparative studies of word-setting in Burmese and Chinese art-song.
- Detailed transcriptions of ninth-century tablature for the five-stringed lute.
- Examination of mouth-organ and lute components within Togaku traditions.
Scope Limits
- The text does not provide a comprehensive survey of all Asian musical traditions.
- It focuses primarily on specific instrumental and vocal technicalities rather than broad cultural histories.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this work as a highly specialized and foundational text for scholars of Asian organology and historical musicology. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the precision of the musical transcriptions provided.
Page Count:
142
Publication Date:
1981-11-12
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0193232367
ISBN-13:
9780193232365
Academic
Music History
Music Asian
Musicology
Asian Studies
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