CONTENTS
List of Plates = xiii
List of Figures = xv
List of Maps = xvii
List of Musical Examples = xix
Note on Musical Examples and the Cipher Notation System = xxi
Pronunciation Guide = xxiii
Table of Dynasties and Periods = xxiv
Chronology 1911-1989 = xxv
Abbreviations = xxvi
Ⅰ. The Social Background = 1
1. Introduction = 3
2. Ceremonial Music = 14
3. The Republican Period and the 1950s = 33
4. Instrumental Music since the End of the Cultural Revolution = 55
5. Social Aspects of Instrumental Music = 72
Ⅱ. The Musical Background = 89
6. Genres and Instrumentation = 91
7. Basic Musical Features = 109
8. Melodic Repertories : The 'Labelled Melodies' = 130
9. Variation Techniques and Large-Scale Structure = 141
Ⅲ. Some Regional Genres = 153
10. Northern Shawm-and-Percussion Bands : Liaoning and Shandong = 157
11. Northern Ritual Ensembles : Hebei, Beijing, and Tianjin = 181
12. Northern Ritual Ensembles : Shanxi and Shaanxi = 213
13. Southern Jiangsu : Shifan genres and Jiangnan Silk-and-Bamboo = 246
14. Fujian : Nan guan and Other Traditions = 286
15. Guangdong : Chaozhou, Hakka, and Cantonese Music = 322
Coda = 365
Bibliography = 368
Index = 402
