Music, Cosmology, and The Politics Of Harmony In Early China.

This book examines the relationship of music to religion and science in early China, through the study of a wide range of texts from the period between 500 and 100 BCE. The author discusses the ways in which the religious and cosmic significance of music was used in political and cultural ways. With a prologue, introduction, notes, bibliography and index.

xi, 225 p.; 23 cm.
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Language: English
ISBN: 1438443137
ISBN13: 9781438443133