The rich local traditions of musical life in rural China are still little known. Music-making in village society is largely ceremonial, and shawm bands account

The rich local traditions of musical life in rural China are still little known. Music-making in village society is largely ceremonial, and shawm bands account

This second volume of Stephen Jones' work on ritual and musical life in north China, again with accompanying downloadable resources, gives an impression of musi

This book, with its accompanying DVD, gives an impression of music-making in daily life in the poor mountainous region of Shaanbei, northwest China. It conveys

This is a study of one of China's most influential regional musical traditions, the Jiangnan sizhu - string and wind music - of Shanghai. The in-depth approach