Ritual and music in North China
Subtitle: shawm bands in Shanxi
By: Stephen Jones.
Series: SOAS musicology series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754661634
Subjects: Music -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanxi Sheng; Music -- Religious aspects -- China -- Shanxi Sheng; Bands (Music) -- China -- Shanxi Sheng; Musicians -- China -- Shanxi Sheng; Band music -- China -- Shanxi Sheng -- History and criticism; Shanxi Sheng (China) -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Lives of shawm band musicians; title: Shawm bands and Daoists in performance : funerals and temple fairs; title: Don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.