Volume 18 no. 2
1995
Keywords: Music, World, China, Acoustics, Aesthetics, Music Theory, Orchestration, Structure, Formal Design, Composition, Analysis, Musicology, History, Criticism, Musicians, Musical Instruments, Cultural Relics, Performance
ANALYSIS
24 Dynamic Aspect of Music-As a Complement to Static Analysis in Music Research II
How do you notate the voice and articulation in singing the Mongolian madrigal, the Tibetan ode, the Dai Nationality's love song, the Yi Nationality's folk song or the Wa Nationality's elegy. Currently prevalent methods of music analysis tend to be static and less useful when it comes to stylistic and performance analysis. Methods of incorporating the dynamic aspects of music into everyday research is proposed for the first time.
Qian Kangning
ARCHAEOLOGY
39 On the Disappearing Archaeological Finds
A new trend for newly unearthed archaeological finds is for part or all of the find to find their way overseas and into the hands of collectors. A case study shows how such smuggling networks are connected. The threat to scholarship and study of archaeology and history of civilization in general is emphasized.
Shen Sin-yan
MUSICOLOGY
28 "Blue Skies and Emoluments": Minhe Monguor Men Sing II
The first presentation of Minhe Monguor male songs as they are actually sung. Wang and Stuart collected them from the noted singer Bao Chengyuan.
Wang Xianzheng and Kevin Stuart
BOOKS RECEIVED
27 Xu Yuan-bai Danchen Yibai Zhounian Jiniance (Memorial Volume for the Centennial of the Birth of Xu Yuan-bai)
27 A Bing Zhuanlue (A Brief Biography of A Bing)
§ COVER: The Silk & Bamboo has
taken the American and European
musical scene by storm. The
Silk & Bamboo Ensemble is shown
in Italy. (Photo: M.C. Lee)
ANALYSIS
34 A Preliminary Study of the Numerical Characteristics of Chinese Folk Songs
The general system structure of a Computer System (CS) for studying Chinese folk songs is formulated. The problem of continuity of melodic progress in a song is systematically tackled. Definitions and algorithms are established. The rate of continuous couples for over 1,000 Chinese folk songs are presented. More to come.
Ye Gan-lin
Chinese Music International Journal | Chinese Music Society of North America