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This volume of nine essays draws together leading scholars in anthropology, social history, musicology, and ethnomusicology to address the roles and functions of music in the Chinese ritual context.

Table of Contents
Introduction Bell Yung, Evelyn S. Rawski, Rubie S. Watson 1. The nature of Chinese ritual sound Bell Yung Part I. Behind the Scenes: Creating Legitimacy: 2. Ritual and musical politics in the court of Ming Shizong Joseph S. C. Lam 3. State sacrificial music and Korean identity Robert C. Provine 4. Musical assertion of status among the Naxi of Lijiang County, Yunnan Helen Rees Part II. Musical Transformations: Rites of Passage: 5. Chinese bridal laments: the claims of a dutiful daughter Rubie S. Watson 6. Processional music in traditional Taiwanese funerals Ping-Hui Li 7. The creation of an Emperor in eighteenth-century China Evelyn S. Rawski 8. Sing to the spirits of the dead: a Daoist ritual of salvation Judith Magee Boltz 9. Ritual opera and the bonds of authority: transformation and transcendence Ellen R. Judd Notes Index.

Harmony and Counterpoint Ritual Music in Chinese

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      Publisher Stanford University Press
      Published 1 August 1996
      ISBN-13 9780804726580
      978-0804726580
      ISBN-10 0804726582
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      Art music, orchestral and formal music Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume of nine essays draws together leading scholars in anthropology, social history, musicology, and ethnomusicology to address the roles and functions of music in the Chinese ritual context.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Bell Yung, Evelyn S. Rawski, Rubie S. Watson 1. The nature of Chinese ritual sound Bell Yung Part I. Behind the Scenes: Creating Legitimacy: 2. Ritual and musical politics in the court of Ming Shizong Joseph S. C. Lam 3. State sacrificial music and Korean identity Robert C. Provine 4. Musical assertion of status among the Naxi of Lijiang County, Yunnan Helen Rees Part II. Musical Transformations: Rites of Passage: 5. Chinese bridal laments: the claims of a dutiful daughter Rubie S. Watson 6. Processional music in traditional Taiwanese funerals Ping-Hui Li 7. The creation of an Emperor in eighteenth-century China Evelyn S. Rawski 8. Sing to the spirits of the dead: a Daoist ritual of salvation Judith Magee Boltz 9. Ritual opera and the bonds of authority: transformation and transcendence Ellen R. Judd Notes Index.

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