2005, ISBN: 019726297X

[EAN: 9780197262979], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: OXFORD UNIV PR Feb 2005], MUSIC / SONGBOOKS; ETHNOMUSICOLOGY; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES LINGUISTICS GENERAL; GENRES STYLES FOLK TRADITIONA… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780197262979], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: OXFORD UNIV PR Feb 2005], MUSIC / SONGBOOKS; ETHNOMUSICOLOGY; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES LINGUISTICS GENERAL; GENRES STYLES FOLK TRADITIONAL, Neuware - The Sibe are an immigrant group, Qing dynasty bannermen who made a three-year 'long march' from Manchuria in the 18th century to serve as a border garrison in the newly conquered Western Regions of the Qing Chinese empire. They preserved their military structure and a discrete identity in themulti-ethnic region of Xinjiang and are now officially recognized as an ethnic minority nationality under the People's Republic. They are known in China today as the last speakers of the Manchu language, and as preservers of their ancient traditions. This study of their music culture reveals notfossilized tradition but a shifting web of borrowings, assimilation, and retention. Singing the Village is a readable, anthropologically interesting and musically informed account of culture and performance in the Chinese region of Xinjiang. The book approaches musical and ritual life in this ethnically diverse region through an understanding of society in terms of negotiation, practice, and performance. It explores the relations between shamanism, song, and notions of externality and danger, bringing recent theories on shamanism to bear on questions of the structural and affective powers of ritual music. It focuses on the historical demands of identity, boundarymaintenance and creation among the Sibe, and on the role of musical performance in maintaining popular memory, and it discusses the impact of state policies of the Chinese Communist Party on village musical and ritual life. Singing the Village draws on a wide range of Chinese, Sibe-Manchu language sources, and oral sources including musical recordings and interviews gathered in the course of fieldwork in Xinjiang. It includesmusical transcriptions, glossaries of Sibe-Manchu and Chinese terms, and is accompanied by afree CD which includes 30 original field recordings., Books<

ISBN: 9780197262979

The Sibe are an immigrant group, Qing dynasty bannermen who made a three-year "long march" from Manchuria in the 18th century to serve as a border garrison in the newly conquere… Mehr…

The Sibe are an immigrant group, Qing dynasty bannermen who made a three-year "long march" from Manchuria in the 18th century to serve as a border garrison in the newly conquered Western Regions of the Qing Chinese empire. They preserved their military structure and a discrete identity in the multi-ethnic region of Xinjiang and are now officially recognized as an ethnic minority nationality under the People's Republic. They are known in China today as the last speakers of the Manchu language, and as preservers of their ancient traditions. This study of their music culture reveals not fossilized tradition but a shifting web of borrowings, assimilation, and retention. Singing the Village is a readable, anthropologically interesting and musically informed account of culture and performance in the Chinese region of Xinjiang. The book approaches musical and ritual life in this ethnically diverse region through an understanding of society in terms of negotiation, practice, and performance. It explores the relations between shamanism, song, and notions of externality and danger, bringing recent theories on shamanism to bear on questions of the structural and affective powers of ritual music. It focuses on the historical demands of identity, boundary maintenance and creation among the Sibe, and on the role of musical performance in maintaining popular memory, and it discusses the impact of state policies of the Chinese Communist Party on village musical and ritual life. Singing the Village draws on a wide range of Chinese, Sibe-Manchu language sources, and oral sources including musical recordings and interviews gathered in the course of fieldwork in Xinjiang. It includes musical transcriptions, glossaries of Sibe-Manchu and Chinese terms, and is accompanied by a free CD which includes 30 original field recordings. Trade Books>Hardcover>Music>Music Hist & Reference>Music Ref, British Academy Core >2<

2004, ISBN: 9780197262979

Music, Memory and Ritual among the Sibe of Xinjiang, Buch, Hardcover, The Sibe are an immigrant group, Qing dynasty bannermen who made a three-year "long march" from Manchuria in the 18th… Mehr…

Music, Memory and Ritual among the Sibe of Xinjiang, Buch, Hardcover, The Sibe are an immigrant group, Qing dynasty bannermen who made a three-year "long march" from Manchuria in the 18th century to serve as a border garrison in the newly conquered Western Regions of the Qing Chinese empire. They preserved their military structure and a discrete identity in the multi-ethnic region of Xinjiang and are now officially recognised as an ethnic minority nationality under the People's Republic. They are known in China today as the last speakers of the Manchu language, and as preservers of their ancient traditions. This study of their music culture reveals not fossilised tradition but a shifting web of borrowings, assimilation and retention. Singing the Village is a readable, anthropologically interesting and musically informed account of culture and performance in the Chinese region of Xinjiang. The book approaches musical and ritual life in this ethnically diverse region through an understanding of society in terms of negotiation, practice and performance. It explores the relations between shamanism, song and notions of externality and danger, bringing recent theories on shamanism to bear on questions of the structural and affective powers of ritual music. It focuses on the historical demands of identity, boundary maintenance and creation among the Sibe, and on the role of musical performance in maintaining popular memory, and it discusses the impact of state policies of the Chinese Communist Party on village musical and ritual life. Singing the Village draws on a wide range of Chinese, Sibe-Manchu language sources, and oral sources including musical recordings and interviews gathered in the course of fieldwork in Xinjiang. It includes musical transcriptions, glossaries of Sibe-Manchu and Chinese terms, and is accompanied by a free CD which includes 30 original field recordings. [PU: Oxford University Press], Seiten: 250, Oxford University Press, 2004<

2005, ISBN: 019726297X

[EAN: 9780197262979], Neubuch, [PU: Oxford University Press], MUSIC SONGBOOKS LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES LINGUISTICS GENERAL ETHNOMUSICOLOGY GENRES STYLES FOLK TRADITIONAL FOLK-STIL, Thi… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780197262979], Neubuch, [PU: Oxford University Press], MUSIC SONGBOOKS LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES LINGUISTICS GENERAL ETHNOMUSICOLOGY GENRES STYLES FOLK TRADITIONAL FOLK-STIL, This book and CD concern the musical and ritual life of the Sibe people, who have lived in Chinese Central Asia since the 18th century. Descendants of the military garrisons of Imperial China, they remember their heritage through song. The book describes co., Books<

ISBN: 9780197262979

Hardback. New. This book and CD concern the musical and ritual life of the Sibe people, who have lived in Chinese Central Asia since the 18th century. Descendants of the military garriso… Mehr…

Hardback. New. This book and CD concern the musical and ritual life of the Sibe people, who have lived in Chinese Central Asia since the 18th century. Descendants of the military garrisons of Imperial China, they remember their heritage through song. The book describes contemporary musical life in their villages, and discusses the impact of 50 years of Communism., 6<