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Different Tunes, Different Strings: Court and Chamber Music in Ancient China.

Authors :
So, Jenny F.
Source :
Orientations; May2000, Vol. 31 Issue 5, p26-34, 9p, 10 Color Photographs, 7 Black and White Photographs
Publication Year :
2000

Abstract

The article focuses on the discovery of musical instruments in the fifth century BCE tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng in Suizhou, China. It says that the opening of the tomb did not only restore to China some of its oldest surviving musical instruments, but it also provides earliest reliable, detailed writings on musicology, and music systems. It notes that it pushed the history of Chinese music back to ancient times. It also discusses the discovery of the tomb in the winter of 1977.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00305448
Volume :
31
Issue :
5
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Orientations
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
33609414