Music and Tradition
Essays on Asian and other Musics Presented to Laurence Picken

The book aims to reflect characteristic aspects of Dr Picken's study of Oriental and other non-Western musics.

D. R. Widdess (Author), R. F. Wolpert (Author)

9780521105965, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 April 2009

260 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.39 kg

Laurence Picken has long been recognised as a pioneer in the study of Oriental and other non-Western musics. Some of his pupils, colleagues and friends from four continents have here brought together this volume of essays as a tribute to him on his seventieth birthday. The book aims to reflect characteristic aspects of Dr Picken's work: his conception of musicology as a science, his sense of historical perspective and - perhaps most importantly - his delight in music of almost every kind. Appealing in particular to those engaged in the study of non-Western music, the volume will also interest everyone concerned with musical structures and their development.

Preface
1. Two song-dynasty Chinese tunes preserved in Korea Jonathan Condit
2. 'Banshiki Sangun' and 'Shoenraku': metrical structure and notation of two Tang-music melodies for flute Allan Marett
3. Tang-music maunscripts for lute and their interrelationships Rembrandt Wolpert
4. Some melodic features of Chinese qin music Yoko Mitani
5. Aspects of form in North Indian alap and dhrupad Richard Widdess
6. Theme and variation in kora music: a preliminary study of 'Tutu Jara' as performed by Amadu Bansang Jobate Lucy Duran
7. A Sogdian friction-chordophone Harvey Turnbull
8. The iconography of arched harps in Burma Muriel C. Williamson
9. An Anglo-Saxon harp and lyre of the ninth century Graeme Lawson.

Subject Areas: Folk & traditional music [AVGH]