"Silk and Bamboo" Music in Shanghai The Jiangnan Sizhu Instrumental Ensemble Tradition

John Lawrence Witzleben, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Chinese Music Theory J Lawrence Witzleben — 1995

This is a study of one of China's most influential regional musical traditions, the Jiangnan sizhu - string and wind music - of Shanghai. The in-depth approach adopted reveals much about Chinese musical culture.