Korean Musical Instruments (Images of Asia) - Hardcover

Howard, Keith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195861779 ISBN 13: 9780195861778

Verlag: OUP Australia and New Zealand, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

The music of Korea is an intriguing blend of earthy, percussive folk rhythms and contemplative court styles. For thousands of years the country has had a distinct and vibrant musical identity, incorporating influences as diverse as Chinese court culture and the traditions of merchants traveling on the Silk Road.
Korean Musical Instruments is a comprehensive guide to Korea's music and musical instruments. Keith Howard, a musician and scholar, provides a background to the cultural and musical history of the peninsula, and addresses both Korean and Chinese-derived court genres, as well as local folk music. He then turns to the instruments themselves, devoting chapters to string, wind, and percussion, and supplying a full catalogue of instruments currently in use and preserved in Korea.
Illustrated with twenty-four colour and fifteen black-and-white images, Korean Musical Instruments is addressed equally to practising musicians and to students of Korean culture and society. It is the only complete discussion of the topic available in English today.

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Keith Howard is Chairman of Music and Lecturer in Korean Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.


Keith Howard is Chairman of Music, and Lecturer in Korean Studies and Music at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: OUP Australia and New Zealand
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0195861779
• ISBN 13: 9780195861778
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 72
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