Listening to China : sound and the Sino-Western encounter, 1770-1839 / Thomas Irvine.
Listening to China : sound and the Sino-Western encounter, 1770-1839 / Thomas Irvine.
Listening to China : sound and the Sino-Western encounter, 1770-1839 / Thomas Irvine.
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
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G 2020/3760
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English
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263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction : Process and perspective -- China and the enlightened ear -- Soundscapes in the contact zone : Listening in Canton, 1770-1839 -- Charles Burney discovers China -- Sound and the Macartney Mission, 1792-1794 -- Reading Burney listening to China -- Listening to China with Forkel and Marx...
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2020.
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"Listening to China is our first important foray in the field of global music history, which is rapidly establishing itself as the main area of growth in music studies. Compellingly and expertly written by a seasoned scholar, it tells the story of how Westerners experienced China with their ears at the time of the Sino-Western encounter of ca. 1800...
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Listening to China : sound and the Sino-Western encounter, 1770-1839 / Thomas Irvine.
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New material histories of music
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-249) and index.
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ebook version : 9780226667263
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G 2020/3760
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74VKaMwpgPpb
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022666712X (hardcover)
9780226667126 (hardcover)
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780.951
MMS ID
991024345718702626
