Author: Schimmelpenninck, Antoinet
Title: Chinese Folk Songs and Folk Singers. Shan'ge Traditions in Southern Jiangsu.
Description: Leiden, Chime Foundation, 1997. Paperback, 24 x 17 cm, xvi + 442 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. Broad introduction to Shan'ge, the most popular type of rural songs, and to the master performers, the 'kings'and 'queens' of this genre. The major focus is monothematism. It is examined here in relation to tune variation, processes of remembering and mechanisms of oral transmission. With CD and propositions. Dissertation. Cond.: zeer goed / very good. ISBN: 19080361518.

Keywords: Shan'ge, folksingers, folkmusic, China, Jiangsu 19080361518


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