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Author: Egon Wellesz Publisher: ISBN: Category : Islamic music Languages : en Pages : 594
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A survey of all music outside the Christian European field including music of primitive people, music of China and the other countries of Far Eastern Asia, and on the music of India, the music of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Jewish music in biblical times, the music of post-biblical Judaism, the music of ancient Greece and Rome and finally, the music of Islam.
Author: Egon Wellesz Publisher: ISBN: Category : Islamic music Languages : en Pages : 594
Book Description
A survey of all music outside the Christian European field including music of primitive people, music of China and the other countries of Far Eastern Asia, and on the music of India, the music of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Jewish music in biblical times, the music of post-biblical Judaism, the music of ancient Greece and Rome and finally, the music of Islam.
Author: Ingrid Maren Furniss Publisher: ISBN: 9781604975208 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 0
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Many tombs dating to the Eastern Zhou (770-221 BCE) and Han (206 BCE-220 AD) periods contain musical instruments or their visual representations in the form of wood, stone, and ceramic figures, tomb tiles, and engravings. These finds suggest that music was viewed as an important part of the afterlife. While bells have survived more frequently than wooden instruments, and therefore have received the most scholarly attention, strings, winds, and drums are the focus of discussion in this book. The book examines the use of these three instrument types in both solo and ensemble music, as well as the social, ritual, and entertainment functions of each. When combined with bells (and chime stones), strings, drums, and winds appear to have been associated with formal ritual ceremonies. However, when appearing alone or in assemblages with other wooden instruments during Zhou, they appear to be connected with warfare and entertainment. By Han times, strings, winds, and drums seem to be associated almost exclusively with entertainment, pointing to a shift in the social life of the times. Another topic explored in this book is the association of musical instruments with wealth. When combined with bells and chime stones, they are only found in the wealthiest tombs. However, when found by themselves, strings, winds, and drums appear in small to large, modest to wealthy tombs, suggesting that they were available to a broad range of peoples in early Chinese elite society. This book analyzes an often disregarded aspect of early Chinese music, the role of strings, winds, and drums. Music in Ancient China will be a valuable book for those interested in ethnomusicology and music history, Asian art history and archaeology, and Asian studies.
Author: Warren D. Anderson Publisher: ISBN: 9780801484322 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 248
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My chief concern here is with the ways in which lyre and kithara, aulos and harp and percussion--sounding alone or joined with the human voice--had a place in Greek life.
Author: Wang Ningning Publisher: American Academic Press ISBN: 1631816349 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 588
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A History of Ancient Chinese Music and Dance describes the history of music and dance in ancient China in the past five thousand years in the forms of poems, music and dance. It includes court music and dance, music and dance in drama and folk music and dance. It covers historical and professional knowledge such as music, dance, poetry and drama. The book consists of eleven chapters, from ancient times to the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. In each chapter, there are historical background, music and dance works, people, events, and related poetry and images. The Yellow Emperor created tonality for wind instruments. Emperor Yao and Emperor Shun invented musical instruments qin and se. Duke of Zhou made system of rites and music. Apart from these, music, dance and acrobatics in the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, grand compositions in the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty and music and dance in drama in the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty can all lead us to the long developing process of ancient music and dance. The book was the Project of 2003 National Tenth Five-Year Plan for Art Science in China. It was co-funded by the National Publishing Fund and “China Classics International” of the General Administration of Press and Publication.
Author: Curt Sachs Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486466612 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 338
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An eminent scholar explores the evolution of music, from the ecstatic singing of early civilizations to the development of more structured styles in Egypt, East Asia, Rome, and other regions.
Author: Egon Wellesz
Author: Egon Wellesz
Author: Ingrid Maren Furniss
Author: Egon Wellesz
Author: Warren D. Anderson
Author: Egon Wellesz
Author: Egon Wellesz
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