Music from the Tang Court: Volume 7: Some Ancient Connections Explored

by Noël J. Nickson, Laurence Picken, Nicholas Gray, et al.

The series of volumes of Music from the Tang Court considers a repertory of music at least 1400 years old. During the two centuries before 841 the Japanese Court borrowed a large amount of secular entertainment music from China. This 'Tang Music' (Togaku) survives in Japan in a substantial body of manuscripts, but is transformed in character in contemporary performance. This edition transcribes and comments on the music as it survives in its earliest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521543363
• ISBN13: 9780521543361
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"