TY - BOOK
T1 - Harmoniousness
T2 - Essays in Chinese Musicology
AU - Jao, Tsung-i
A2 - Huehns, Colin
A2 - Chen, Zhi
A2 - Schwartz, Adam C.
A2 - Williams, Nicholas Morrow
PY - 2022/8/29
Y1 - 2022/8/29
N2 - From prehistoric bone flutes to Confucian bell-sets, from ancient divination to his beloved qin, this book presents translations of thirteen seminal essays on musical subjects by Jao Tsung-i. In language as elegant and refined as the ancient texts he so admired, his journey takes readers through Buddhist incantation, the philosophy of musical instruments, acoustical numerology, lyric poetry, historical and sociological contexts, manuscript studies, dance choreography, repertoire formulation, and opera texts. His voice is authoritative and intimate, the expert crafting his arguments, both accessible and sophisticated, succinct and richly tapestried; and concealed within a deft modesty is a thinker privileging us with his most profound observation. The musician’s musician, the scholar’s scholar, bold yet cautious, flamboyant yet restrained, a man for all seasons, a harmoniousness of time and place.
AB - From prehistoric bone flutes to Confucian bell-sets, from ancient divination to his beloved qin, this book presents translations of thirteen seminal essays on musical subjects by Jao Tsung-i. In language as elegant and refined as the ancient texts he so admired, his journey takes readers through Buddhist incantation, the philosophy of musical instruments, acoustical numerology, lyric poetry, historical and sociological contexts, manuscript studies, dance choreography, repertoire formulation, and opera texts. His voice is authoritative and intimate, the expert crafting his arguments, both accessible and sophisticated, succinct and richly tapestried; and concealed within a deft modesty is a thinker privileging us with his most profound observation. The musician’s musician, the scholar’s scholar, bold yet cautious, flamboyant yet restrained, a man for all seasons, a harmoniousness of time and place.
U2 - 10.1163/9789004517073
DO - 10.1163/9789004517073
M3 - Book or report
SN - 9789004516816
T3 - Collected Works of Jao Tsung-i: Xuantang Anthology
BT - Harmoniousness
PB - Brill Academic Publishers
CY - Leiden ; Boston
ER -