The way of the pipa : structure and imagery in Chinese lute music
Ancient Chinese court documents describe how generations of talented musicians developed the music of the pipa. The author translates one of these documents, the Hua Collection of 1819, to introduce readers to the traditional music and artistic philosophy of the Chinese lute.
Print Book, English, ©1992
Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio, ©1992
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xvii, 155 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9780873384551, 0873384555
24429459
Foreword also in Chinese
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1987) under title: A critical study of a 19th century handbook for the Chinese pipa-lute
Foreword also in Chinese