Plucking the winds
Subtitle: lives of village musicians in old and new China
By: Stephen Jones
Series: CHIME studies in East Asian music -- v. 2; CHIME studies in East Asian music -- v. 2.
Publisher: CHIME Foundation
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9789080361522
Subjects: Ethnomusicology; Music; Music and state; Folk music; History and criticism; Field recordings
Other titles: Lives of village musicians in old and new China
Description: Tells the story of 20th-century China through the eyes of local village musicians in North China, and shows the resilience of their ritual traditions under all kinds of onslaughts. The book portrays the lives of members of a village "music association," an amateur group performing solemn music for wind and percussion instruments as well as mantric vocal liturgy, serving funerals and the rituals of the Chinese New Year. The villagers remain determined to preserve their heritage even as they participate in the constant transformation of their social environment.
Notes: Companion CD contains field recordings made in South Gaoluo and nearby by Stephen Jones, 1989-1999  (PAN Records: 040AS).

"Descriptive notes to CD": p. 424-425.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-405) and index.