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9780195907773
Chinese Musical Instruments
by Thrasher, Alan R.
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- ISBN-13: 9780195907773
- ISBN: 0195907779
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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The Chinese instrumentarium is unquestionably the largest and most diverse of any civilization, ancient or modern. Inscriptions on tortoise shells and cow bones from more than 3000 years ago recorded various instruments including drums, stone chimes, and panpipes. In this volume, Alan R. Thrasher discusses the evolution of Chinese musical instruments, detailing their construction, regional variations, and role in musical accompaniment.Thrasher, Alan R. is the author of 'Chinese Musical Instruments' with ISBN 9780195907773 and ISBN 0195907779.
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