Music and Tradition : Essays on Asian and Other Musics Presented to Laurence Picken (Paperback)

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.