Music from the Tang Court: Volume 6
Download or Read eBook Music from the Tang Court: Volume 6 PDF written by Laurence E. R. Picken and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-10-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Laurence E. R. Picken |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 1997-10-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0521621003 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780521621007 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Music from the Tang Court: Volume 6 by : Laurence E. R. Picken
Book excerpt: This volume brings to an end the transcription and description of thirty-one items from the Court Entertainment Music of the Tang. Of particular interest are a tune for a birthplace-ode by the Taizong Emperor, music for spear throwing, and a piece imitating calls between sexual partners in a flock of geese. Important appendices discuss stylistic differences between music of the Tang and imitative Japanese compositions, Tang compositions with military associations, and relatedness between movements in suites from the Tang.
