China Ethnic Minority Traditional Music (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Tian Liantao, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2001-10-01
Features: This book is a large-scale monograph that comprehensively introduces and discusses the traditional music of 55 ethnic groups in China (including folk music, religious music, and court music). Each ethnic group is treated as an independent chapter, focusing on the historical and cultural background, origins, categories, morphological characteristics, and the relationship between music and life of the respective ethnic group. Each chapter includes multiple typical musical examples. The five appendices following the main text introduce the traditional music of ethnic groups with undetermined tribal affiliation, such as the Kemu, Pondo, Sherpa, Mang, and Kongge people. This book is the collective achievement of numerous ethnic musicians in China, with all content based on in-depth field research.