State sacrifices and music in Ming China : orthodoxy, creativity, and expressiveness /

State sacrifices and music in Ming China : orthodoxy, creativity, and expressiveness /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Lam, Joseph Sui Ching.
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 205 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:SUNY series in Chinese local studies
SUNY series in Chinese local studies.
Subject:
Rites and ceremonies -- China.
Sacrifice -- China.
Music -- Religious aspects.
Music -- Religious aspects.
Rites and ceremonies.
Sacrifice.
China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
China.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11105032
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ISBN:0585056307
9780585056302
0791437051
079143706X
9780791437056
0791437051
9780791437063
079143706X
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index.
Print version record.
Summary:This book presents a wealth of historical, ritual, and musical data preserved in authentic Ming documents, describing ritual and musical structures, thoughts, and actions of Ming emperors and scholar-officials who practiced court ritual and music for official and personal purposes. Not only the significance of Ming dynasty state sacrifices and music are illustrated, but also the roles they played in imperial China. -- Provided by publisher.
Other form:Print version: Lam, Joseph Sui Ching. State sacrifices and music in Ming China. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998 0791437051

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