Ritual and Music of North China

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The rich local traditions of musical life in rural China are still little known. Music-making in village society is largely ceremonial, and shawm bands account for a significant part of such music. This is the first major ethnographic study of Chinese shawm bands in their ceremonial and social context. Based in a poor county in Shanxi province in northwestern China, Stephen Jones describes the ...
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The rich local traditions of musical life in rural China are still little known. Music-making in village society is largely ceremonial, and shawm bands account for a significant part of such music. This is the first major ethnographic study of Chinese shawm bands in their ceremonial and social context. Based in a poor county in Shanxi province in northwestern China, Stephen Jones describes the ...
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  • Formats: pdf
  • ISBN: 9781351902991
  • Publication Date: 5 Dec 2016
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM