Musical Bows and Zithers along the Great Silk Road
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Xiao Mei (Hg.), Gisa Jähnichen (Hg.), Musical Bows and Zithers along the Great Silk Road (2023), Logos Verlag, Berlin, ISBN: 9783832583217
Descripción / Abstract
The musical bow is usually considered one of the earliest instruments in the history of instrumental development; yet, the validity of this view has not been proven. In all likelihood, it was one among many other early instruments created to produce sound. The same can be said in general for all the simple chordophones called zithers, of which the musical bow is one type.
The papers collected in this volume have been initially presented at the International Council for Traditional Music Colloquium (ICTM) held in Shanghai in December 2022. They try to challenge some previous depictions of instrumental development and one-sided explanations of musical histories. They specifically focus on exploring the interrelationship between instrumental development and the availability of natural resources in particular geographical regions. While the papers at the colloquium focused on sound production, they also explored the role of ethnomusicology as a discipline in guiding local decision making and interregional research co-operation.
The papers collected in this volume have been initially presented at the International Council for Traditional Music Colloquium (ICTM) held in Shanghai in December 2022. They try to challenge some previous depictions of instrumental development and one-sided explanations of musical histories. They specifically focus on exploring the interrelationship between instrumental development and the availability of natural resources in particular geographical regions. While the papers at the colloquium focused on sound production, they also explored the role of ethnomusicology as a discipline in guiding local decision making and interregional research co-operation.
Descripción
Xiao Mei and Gisa Jähnichen are both working at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and they are long standing ICTM members.
Índice
- BEGINN
- An Overview of Chinese Bowed Zither Instruments: Types, Constructions, Performances, and Changes - Xiao Mei [萧梅] and Xiong Manyu [熊曼谕]
- Study of the Patterns of Ya Zheng Instruments in Northern China - Cui Xiaona [崔晓娜]
- The Performance, Musical Properties and Evolution of the Zhuang Seven-string Half-tube Zither - Chu Zhuo [楚卓]
- The Bidayuh Pratuokng and Pretong’s Sound Faculties in Sarawak Ahmad Faudzi Musib
- A Dialogue with a Lonely Zither: Social Applications and Symbolic Meanings of Jakhay from Thailand - Pornprapit Ros Phoasavadi
- An Iconographic Study on the Historical Origin of the Paoqin in Southeast Asia - Wei Qingbing [韦庆炳]
- Stick Zithers and Their Sound in the Regional Context of Mainland Southeast Asia - Gisa Jähnichen
- From Swarmandal to Taishogoto: South Asian Reputation of Zithers - Chinthaka P. Meddegoda
- Some Zithers as Documents of Prehistoric Times - Juan Sebastián Correa Cáceres
- The Practice of Playing Zithers in Bosnian and Herzegovinian Coffeehouses from a Historical Perspective - Jasmina Talam & Lana Šehović
- A Perspective on the Modernization of the Chinese Zheng Through Reflections on My Study of Contemporary Koto Music - Mei Han [梅韩]
- Sounding Silk: The Koto, Heritagization and Zithers along Japan’s Maritime Silk Road - Henry Johnson
- Evolution of the Qin: From Musical Bow to Guqin - Long Fei [陇非]