Musica Asiatica: Volume 5

The fifth volume of Musica Asiatica is a collection of essays on the music of East Asia.

Richard Widdess (Edited by)

9780521116619, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 July 2009

276 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.41 kg

This is the fifth volume in a series of books devoted to the history, documentation and analysis of music in Asia. The five essays each have a different focus ranging from historical change in the Turkish classical repertoire, speech-tones and vocal melody in Thai court song, ritual theatre music in ancient India, pieces for biwa in calendrically correct tunings and an investigation of the sources for Japanese flute scores from the fourteenth century.

1. Aspects of historical change in the Turkish classical repertoire O. Wright
2. The relationship between speech-tones and vocal melody in Thai court song Y. Tanese-Ito
3. Form in the ritual theatre music of ancient India L. Rowell
4. Pieces for biwa in calendrically correct tunings from a manuscript in the Heian Museum, Kyoto E. J. Markahm, L. E. R. Picken and R. F. Wolpert
5. An investigation of sources for Chu Oga ryuteki yoroku-fu, a Japanese flute score of the fourteenth century A. J. Marett.

Subject Areas: Folk & traditional music [AVGH]