The making of a musical canon in Chinese Central Asia
Subtitle: the Uyghur Twelve Muqam
By: by Rachel Harris.
Series: SOAS musicology series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754663829
Subjects: Uighur (Turkic people) -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu -- Music -- History and criticism; Maqām -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu; Canon (Musical form)
Genres: Music
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of Uyghur music; title: A short history of the canon; title: Abdulla Mäjnun : muqam expert; title: Negotiating the canon; title: Situating the Twelve Muqam; title: The impact of canonisation.