Music And Tradition: Essays On Asian And Other Musics

Description:
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.

Table of Contents:
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.