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Silk and Bamboo: Instrumental Chamber Music from the Chinese South (Wong). A-R EDITIONS, INC. - large score
Silk and Bamboo: Instrumental Chamber Music from the Chinese South (Wong). A-R EDITIONS, INC. - large score
 
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This volume features twenty-four popular melodies from the Southeast Chinese instrumental music genre known broadly as �silk and bamboo��a term denoting the materials used to construct the string and wind instruments on which these melodies are traditionally played. Though primarily an oral tradition, a major part of this repertoire has also been passed down through notation. Each melody is here presented in three forms: a facsimile of the traditional gongche score drawn from various manuscripts and early published anthologies, a transcription of the gongche notation in the jianpu numeric cipher system often used by silk and bamboo musicians today, and a corresponding transcription in staff notation. Each transcription is presented in two parallel forms: the relatively unornamented version faithfully reproduced from the gongche score and an ornamented realization based on one or more recordings of modern silk and bamboo musicians. This collection offers a glimpse into the contexts and performance practices surrounding this beloved repertoire while also presenting an alternative to the overly prescriptive editions of traditional Chinese music often encountered today.