Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China Peter Scharff Smith

Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China Peter Scharff SmithExplores the religious, political, and cultural significance attributed to music in early China. Winner of the 2013 Reading Committee Accolade for a Specialist Publication in the Humanities presented by the International Convention of Asia Scholars In early China, conceptions of music became important culturally and politically. This fascinating book examines a wide range of texts and discourse on music during this period (ca. 500100 BCE) in light of

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