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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: 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
Book Description
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: Egon Wellesz
Author: Egon Wellesz
Author: Ingrid Maren Furniss
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Author: Egon Wellesz
Author: E. WELLESZ
Author: Egon Wellesz
Author: A. Louis Burkhalter
Author: Warren D. Anderson
Author: Egon Wellesz
Author: New Oxford History of Music