Unique and complex in style, traditional Chinese music forms a fascinating part of China's cultural heritage. This accessible, illustrated introduction to Chinese music takes the reader through the 8000-year history of China's musical instruments, the diversity of Chinese folk music, the development of China's famous operas and the modern Chinese music industry.
Call Number: ML336 .J5413 2011
The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music is comprised of essays from The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Volume 4, Southeast Asia (1998). Largely revised and updated, the essays offer detailed, regional studies of the different musical cultures of Southeast Asia and examine the ways in which music helps to define the identity of this particular area.
Call Number: ML330 .G37 2008
This is a comprehensive guide that details not only the history and development of Carnatic Music, but also its ragas, its instruments, composers, leading practitioners and schools.
Call Number: ML338 .P423 1999
This book offers ethnographic case studies regarding the symbolic qualities of idols and how these qualities relate to the conceptualization of selfhood among adolescents in Japan and elsewhere in East Asia.
Call Number: ML3918.P67 A84 2005
This volume breaks new ground by focusing on individual musicians active in different amateur and professional music scenes in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Chinese communities in Europe.
Call Number: ML385 .L54 2009
Music in North India provides a representative overview of this music, discussing rhythm and drumming traditions, song composition and performance styles, and melodic and rhythmic instruments. Drawing on his experience as a sarod player, vocalist, and music teacher, author George Ruckert incorporates numerous musical exercises to demonstrate important concepts.
Call Number: ML338 .R83 2004
Music in South India provides a vivid and focused introduction to the musical landscape of South India, discussing historical and contemporary performance, cultural history and geography, and the social organization of performance traditions. The book centers on Karnatak concert music, aunique performance practice that juxtaposes gorgeous musical compositions with many different types of improvisation.
Call Number: ML338 .V57 2004
Theorizing the Local offers glimpses into rich musical worlds of south and west Asia, worlds which have never before been presented in a single volume. The authors cross the traditional borders of scholarship and region, exploring in unmatched detail a vast array of musical practices and significant ethnographic discoveries-from Nepal to India, India to Sri Lanka, Pakistan to Iran.
Call Number: ML330 .T44 2009
The resources on this page are not a comprehensive list of everything that is available in the library. To find more, try searching the catalog for a specific musician, country, or instrument or use search terms such as 'Chinese music,' 'Japanese music,' 'Indian music,' or 'Asian musicians.'