Drums And Drum Ensembles Along The Great Silk Road

Author : Xiao Mei,Gisa Jähnichen
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9783832553982

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Drums and Drum Ensembles along the Great Silk Road by Xiao Mei,Gisa Jähnichen Pdf

This volume comprises fifteen selected papers in five chapters from the 27th ICTM Colloquium on Drums and Drum Ensembles along the Great Silk Road. It testifies to how human cultures are never created in seclusion. The richness of drums and drum ensembles, including their repertoires, are also connected to long-term exchanges in military affairs, trades, and religions of various peoples. Despite the obvious prevalence of drums among all peoples around the world, their understanding and their repertoires vary due to different contexts. The studies of music originating on the Silk Road presented in this volume pay particular attention to the multiple flows of knowledge between numerous distinctive regions in the narrower geographical and temporal scope.

Author : Xiao Mei,Gisa Jähnichen
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783832556860

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Musical Bows and Zithers along the Great Silk Road by Xiao Mei,Gisa Jähnichen Pdf

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.

Author : Fen Gao,Qiang Li
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789813202979

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Silk Road: The Study Of Drama Culture by Fen Gao,Qiang Li Pdf

Silk Road: The Study of Drama Culture is the translated edition of the Chinese academic book of the same title written by Professor LI Qiang from Shaanxi Normal University, China. The book breaks through the concept of regarding Han Drama as the center, yet elaborates the Silk Road drama as an inclusive culture and a prevailing literary art form in human civilization. Relying on his extensive experience and broad vision, the author conducts the thorough study by means of literature, artifacts and academic fieldwork. The book studies the drama culture of all ethnic groups from Asia, Europe and Africa and touches upon the cultural exchanges between China and its neighboring countries, between the East and the West. The carefully presented details in this book are aimed to explore all the related fields such as dramaturgy, philology, phonology, religion, history, geography, archeology, ethnology, and folklore between the East and the West from the perspective of cultural anthropology. The explanations in the book contribute to an in-depth study on the origins of the Silk Road and the drama culture along the Silk Road.

Author : Xifan Li
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783110790887

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A General History of Chinese Art by Xifan Li Pdf

This volume studies the evolution of Chinese art during the Qin and Han Dynasties, The Three Kingdoms, Eastern and Western Jin, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It traces the initial artistic vocabularies of Chinese calligraphy as well as the rapid development of the performing and the decorative arts. A General History of Chinese Art comprises six volumes with a total of nine parts spanning from the Prehistoric Era until the 3rd year of Xuantong during the Qing Dynasty (1911). The work provides a comprehensive compilation of in-depth studies of the development of art throughout the subsequent reign of Chinese dynasties and explores the emergence of a wide range of artistic categories such as but not limited to music, dance, acrobatics, singing, story telling, painting, calligraphy, sculpture, architecture, and crafts. Unlike previous reference books, A General History of Chinese Art offers a broader overview of the notion of Chinese art by asserting a more diverse and less material understanding of arts, as has often been the case in Western scholarship.

Author : Elaine Keillor
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780773533912

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Music in Canada by Elaine Keillor Pdf

Offers a history of Canadian musical expressions and their relationship to Canada's cultural and geographic diversity. This book features a survey of 'musics' in Canada and includes forty-three vignettes highlighting topics such as Inuit throat games, the music of k d lang, and orchestras in Victoria.

Author : Edgar Knobloch
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752497921

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Treasures of the Great Silk Road by Edgar Knobloch Pdf

Turkestan – the great landmass of Central Asia and Western China – is an intriguing meeting point of civilizations. Four major invasions – Greek, Arab, Mongol and Russian – together with Persian, Turkic and Chinese cultural influences, have made their mark on this vast and sometime forbidding region. The Great Silk Road ran to the West through it, while nomad and urban peoples combined over the centuries to produce a cultural flowering under Timur and his successors in the late medieval and early modern periods, through a rich profusion of artistic and architectural styles and ornament. In this comprehensive account of the culture and history of Central Asia, Edgar Knobloch describes the main centres of our human civilization. He spices the text with quotations from the works of contemporary travellers, while providing an expert's commentary on the archaeological, architectural and decorative features of the sites he describes. The stunning and evocative photographs are supplemented by numerous maps, incorporating the recent developments in the region's borders and frontiers. With up-to-date information on borders, check points and visas, Treasures of the Great Silk Road should appeal not only to scholars and those interested in the great cultural heritage of this region, but also to travellers to the region.

Author : John H. Beck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317747680

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Encyclopedia of Percussion by John H. Beck Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Percussion is an extensive guide to percussion instruments, organized for research as well as general knowledge. Focusing on idiophones and membranophones, it covers in detail both Western and non-Western percussive instruments. These include not only instruments whose usual sound is produced percussively (like snare drums and triangles), but those whose usual sound is produced concussively (like castanets and claves) or by friction (like the cuíca and the lion’s roar). The expertise of contributors have been used to produce a wide-ranging list of percussion topics. The volume includes: (1) an alphabetical listing of percussion instruments and terms from around the world; (2) an extensive section of illustrations of percussion instruments; (3) thirty-five articles covering topics from Basel drumming to the xylophone; (4) a list of percussion symbols; (5) a table of percussion instruments and terms in English, French, German, and Italian; and (6) an updated section of published writings on methods for percussion.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UM Libraries
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015057479282

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Michigan Muse by Anonim Pdf

Author : Terada Yoshitaka,Gisa Jähnichen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3832548696

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Double Reeds Along the Great Silk Road by Terada Yoshitaka,Gisa Jähnichen Pdf

Author : Matt Dean
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810881709

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The Drum by Matt Dean Pdf

In The Drum: A History, drummer, instructor, and blogger Matt Dean details the earliest evidence of the drum from all regions of the world, looking at cave paintings, statues, temple reliefs, burial remains, even existing relics of actual drums that have survived for thousands of years. Highlighting the different uses and customs associated with drumming, Dean examines how the drum developed across many cultures and over thousands of years before it became the instrument we know today. A celebration of this remarkable instrument, The Drum explores how war, politics, trade routes, and religion influenced the instrument's development. Bringing its history to the present, Dean considers the modern cultural and commercial face of the drum, detailing its role in military settings and the creation of the modern drum kit, as well as the continuing evolution of the drum, manufacturers, and the increased dependence on electronic drums, sampling machines* and drum recorders. Finally, drum fans will have at their fingertips the biographies of great drummers and major drumming achievements in the history of performance. The Drum: A History will appeal to every drummer, regardless of genre or style, as well as readers with a general interest in the evolution of this universal instrument. Book jacket.

Author : Don Michael Randel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-11-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 0674011635

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The Harvard Dictionary of Music by Don Michael Randel Pdf

This classic reference work, the best one-volume music dictionary available, has been brought completely up to date in this new edition. Combining authoritative scholarship and lucid, lively prose, the Fourth Edition of The Harvard Dictionary of Music is the essential guide for musicians, students, and everyone who appreciates music. The Harvard Dictionary of Music has long been admired for its wide range as well as its reliability. This treasure trove includes entries on all the styles and forms in Western music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Near East; descriptions of instruments enriched by historical background; and articles that reflect today’s beat, including popular music, jazz, and rock. Throughout this Fourth Edition, existing articles have been fine-tuned and new entries added so that the dictionary fully reflects current music scholarship and recent developments in musical culture. Encyclopedia-length articles by notable experts alternate with short entries for quick reference, including definitions and identifications of works and instruments. More than 220 drawings and 250 musical examples enhance the text. This is an invaluable book that no music lover can afford to be without.

Author : Mitchell Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015057533633

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Sounds of the Silk Road by Mitchell Clark Pdf

The companion volume to an exhibit of the same name at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston from July 2005 to January 2006 illustrates and describes the Museum's collection of instruments from Korea south to Java and west to Turkey, along with some loaned by local organizations. Clark, a researcher at the Museum's Department of Musical Instruments, includes notes on the pieces, a map, a glossary of musical terms, and lists of further reading and suggested listening. Annotation 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author : William E. Mierse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440858291

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Artifacts from the Ancient Silk Road by William E. Mierse Pdf

Artifacts from the Ancient Silk Road explores the interconnectivity of the Eurasian continent from 4000 BCE to 1000 CE. It focuses on the role played by Central Asia through which passed the major trade routes, the Silk Roads. Artifacts from the Ancient Silk Road covers life along the Silk Road over 5000 years as it can be understood by considering objects. In this first object-based study to consider all of the peoples involved on the Silk Roads, objects provide the vehicles for explorations of different aspects of life for the various peoples of the Silk Roads, including the sedentary peoples who established urban life on the Silk Roads, the steppe nomads who regularly interacted with the settled peoples, and the peoples at either end of the Silk Roads who drove certain kinds of economic exchanges. The book looks at Central Asia as an international zone during ancient times when multiple religious, political, and technological ideas found acceptance in the region and allows for a better understanding of how some ideas and forms developed in Central Asia while others passed through or were modified.

Author : Will Schmid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 0634083929

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World Music Drumming by Will Schmid Pdf

A Cross-Cultural Curricular supplement. In just five short years, WORLD MUSIC DRUMMING has become the hottest new addition to the school music curriculum in years. In thousands of classrooms (grades 3-12) across the U.S. and Canada, teachers have found that this active, hands-on approach really works. Through the teamwork approach to learning West African and Caribbean drum ensembles with songs and movement, teachers are able to reach all of the students - even in middle school! Now comes Will Schmid's new book and playalong CD, World Music Drumming: NEW ENSEMBLES AND SONGS, that supplements the original World Music Drumming curriculum. These new pieces expand the drumming spectrum to include new culture areas and contemporary drumming styles. All pieces and songs have been kid-tested by grades 3-12. Available Book/CD Pak.

Author : Tadao Umesao,Tō Sugimura
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Acculturation
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000444146

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Significance of Silk Roads in the History of Human Civilizations by Tadao Umesao,Tō Sugimura Pdf