REFERENCE
MATERIAL
The following represent additional materials, books, articles, cds, websites, and video clips, presented for your
pleasure and convenience. It is by no means a complete listing of all works or sources on Asian musical, artistic,
performance traditions. It continues in the spirit of our "Materials for Inspiration" section and is intended
to serve as a reminder of the richness and variety of musical instruments and performance traditions in Asia. The
challenge still remains: Are you creating contemporary art that forms some sort of dialogue or convergence with Asian
musical traditions?
DISCOGRAPHY
OF INTEREST
Ensemble Nipponia.
Japan: Kabuki & Other Traditional Music. ©1995
by Nonesuch,
ASIN B00005IWQ, Audio cassette, Compact disc, MP3 download.
Fiesta Filipina.
Traditional Museum from the Philippines.
©1999by Arc Music,
ASIN B00000HYW1, Compact disc.
Chum Ngek.
Homrong: Classical Music from Cambodia. ©2009,
2004 by Celestial Harmonies,
ASIN B0006VF756, Compact disc.
Kulintang Arts, Kulintang Ensemble.
World Kulintang Institute: 3rd Century
Gong/Ensemble Music
from the Southern Philippines. ©1994 by World Kulintang
Institute,
ASIN B000000LXN, Compact disc.
Liu Fang.
Chinese Traditional Pipa Music. ©1997 by Oliver
Sudden.
ASIN B00000JFPM. MP3 Download, Compact disc.
Lui Fang
Orchestre Hsaing Waing.
Myanmar: Burmese Harp.
©2001 by Unesco, ASIN B00005IC8C, Compact disc.
Sunazaki, Tomoko.
Tegoto: Japanese Koto Music. ©1992 by Fortuna
Records, ASIN B0000007UQ,
Audio cassette, MP3 Download, Compact disc.
Takahashi Yujiro and friends.
Min'yô: Folk Songs From Japan.
©1999 by Nimbus Records, ASIN B00001ZT1A, Compact disc.
Various Artists.
The Best: Nihon no Dentô Ongaku Meikyoku Shû
(Traditional Japanese Music). ©2008
by Columbia Music Entertainment,
ASIN B001GkXR0I, JAN4988001040309, Compact disc.
Various Artists.
Borneo: Music of Dayak & Of Punan.
©1999 by Buda Musique,
ASIN B00000HY47, Compact disc.
Various Artists.
The Music of Cambodia Box Set. ©1994
by Celestial Harmonies,
ASIN B00000080A, Compact disc.
Various Artists.
Music of Indonesia (Smithsonian Folkway Series), 20 vols. ©1992,
1991 by Smithsonian Folkways,
ASIN B000001DIQ, MP3 Download, Compact disc.
Various Artists.
The Ongaku Masters, An Anthology of Japanese Classical Music,
5 cd
boxed set. ©2005 by Celestial Harmonies, ASIN B0007GD4LE, Compact disc.
Various Artists.
Music of Vietnam, 3 cd boxed set. ©1995
by Celestial Harmonies, ASIN B000000808,
Compact disc.
BOOKS
AND ARTICLES
Addiss, Stephen.
The Resonance of the Qin in
East Asian Art. New York: China Institute Gallery, 1999.
Brandon, James R.
"Kabuki and Shakespeare: Balancing Yin
and Yang." TDR 43, no. 2 (Summer, 1999): 15-53,
James Brandon
Broughton, Simon, Mark Ellingham, and Richard Trillo,
with Orla Duane and Vanessa Dowell, eds.
World Music:
The Rough Guide Volume One: Africa, Europe & The Middle East.
London: Rough Guides, 1999,
Google Books
Cooler, Richard M.
The Karen Drums of Burma: Types, Iconography,
Manufacture and Use. Leiden, Boston, Tokyo:
Brill Academic Publishers, 1997.
Dunning, Jennifer.
"Baryshnikov Flirts with
Kabuki."New York Times, Jan. 12, 1999,
Article
Dunning, Jennifer.
"Stage: At the Metropolitan, Grand
Kabuki's 'Sakura-hime.'" The New York Times, Jul. 15, 1985.
Gutierrez, Peter.
Eastern Asia. Chicago:
Heinemann/Raintree, 2007,
Google Books
Harich-Schneider, Eta.
A History of Japanese
Music. London: Oxford University Press, 1973.
Ho, Edward.
"Aesthetic Considerations in Understanding Chinese Literati
Musical Behaviour." British
Journal of Ethnomusicology 6 (1997): 35-49.
Kisselgoff, Anna.
"City Ballet: 'Bugaku,' A Balanchine
Revival." The New York Times, April 24, 1984,
Article
Kisselgoff, Anna.
"Dance: Tamasaburo
Bando, Kabuki." The New York Times, May 6, 1984,
Maceda, Jose.
Gongs & Bamboo: A Panorama of Philippine
Music Instruments. Quezon City: University of
Philippines Press, 1998.
Malm, William P.
Japanese Music and Musical
Instruments. Rutland, VT and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1959.
Miller, Terry.
"From Country Hick to Rural Hip: A New Identity through Music
for Northeast Thailand." Asian Music 36,
no. 2 (Summer - Autumn, 2005): 96-106.
Miller, Terry E. and Sean Williams, eds.
The Garland Handbook of
Southeast Asian Music. New York and Oxon, UK: Routledge, 2008,
Google Books
Morton, David.
The Traditional Music of Thailand. Berkeley,
Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1976,
Google Books
Nakamura, Ryoko M.
"Bando Tamasaburo Revives Tradition of
Men Playing Women in China." The Japan Times, Mar. 13, 2009,
Article
Nettl, Bruno, Stone, Ruth M., Porter,James, and
Timothy Rice, eds.
The Garland Encyclopedia of World
Music. Ten volumes. New York: Garland Pub., 1998.
Piggott, Francis Taylor, Sir.
The Music and Musical
Instruments of Japan. New York: De Capo Press, 1971.
Rees, Helen, ed.
Lives in Chinese Music.
Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2009,
Google Books
Reynolds, Roger and Toru Takemitsu.
"Roger Reynolds and
Toru Takemitsu: A Conversation." The Musical Quarterly 80, no 1
(Spring, 1996): 61-76,
Book
Simonini, Ross.
"They Call Him Mawlummawkhaenfalang: Meet
Jonny Olsen, former semi-pro skater and downtown scenester.
He's
now a Laotian pop star." LA Weekly, Nov. 19, 2008,
Article
Susilo, Hardja.
"Musics of Southeast Asia." Music Educators
Journal 59, no. 2, Music in World Cultures (Oct., 1972): 35-39.
Terasaki, Hironori and Gotô Yukihiro.
"Trends in the Japanese
Theatrical World." Asian Theatre Journal 1, no. 1 (Spring, 1984): 104-108,
Book
Wade, Bonnie C.
Imaging Sound: An Ethnomusicological Study of
Music, Art, and Culture in Mughal India (Chicago Studies in
Ethnomusicology).
Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1999.
Wade, Bonnie C.
Music in Japan: Experiencing Music,
Expressing Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Wade, Bonnie C.
Thinking Musically: Experiencing Music,
Expressing Culture, 2e. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Watt, James.
"The Qin and the Chinese Literati."
Orientations Magazine (Nov. 1981): 38-49.
Article
Wolfgang Breyer.
"Toru Takemitsu: My music is like a garden, and I am
the gardener" (1996),
originally published in Soundtrack! Magazine.
Article
WEBSITES
OF INTEREST
Khmer Traditional Music
keosambathmusic.com
Chinese Kunqu Opera
kunqu.org
List of Chinese Musical Instruments
wikipedia.org
Chinese traditional instruments/music
sinohits.net
The Chinese pipa instrument, The Metropolitan Museum
of Art Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
metmuseum.org
The Chinese qin instrument, The Metropolitan Museum
of Art Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
metmuseum.org
Music India Online
musicindiaonline.com
Music in Java, Indonesia
asiasound.com
The khaen instrument, Laos
laomusic.la
Making the khaen instrument, Laos
watch
Korean Bongsan talchum (mask dance)
wikipedia.org
Korean Samul nori (percussion music)
wikipedia.org
Lao Classical Music
asianclassicalmp3.org
Lao Music, diverse genres with video clips
laopress.com
The Lao Rocket Festival, NIU's Center
for Southeast Asian studies
seasite.niu.edu
Myanmar traditional music
myanmar-image.com
Traditional Music of Southeast Asia (information on music
of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand,
"Myanmar," Malaysia,
Indonesia, and the Philippines)
istov.de
Pop/Contemporary Thai (sampling online)
EThaimusic.com
Vietnamese Music (music and video)
vietnamesemusictv.com
Wang Fei, Director, North American Guqin Association
chineseculture.net
Wu Rujun, Peking Opera performer of female roles, actor,
and musician of the jinghu, a two-stringed bowed instrument
"New Peking Opera Adds Kabuki, Ballet." Shanghai
Daily, Nov. 28, 2007.
artsbird.com
Wu Rujun, Peking Opera performer of female roles, actor,
and musician of the jinghu, a two-stringed bowed instrument
Global Times, Jun. 9, 2009
cultural-china.com
VIDEO
LINKS
Balinese Traditional Music
Gamelan Cenik Wayah, CW Ubud Bali, PKB
watch
Gamelan Gong Kebyar from Bali
watch
Burmese (Myanmar) Traditional Music
Brass Gong (Maung Saing)
watch
Orchestra and Dance performance
watch
Yadano Oo, Burmese Harp
watch
Saing Waing, Pat-waing
watch
Puppet Dance, JVC Anthology of World Music and Dance
watch
Village musical dance, "U Shwe Yo & Daw Moe"
watch
"Mani Sandar," Poe E. San
watch
Cambodia Traditional Music and Performance
Apsara Dancers, JVC Anthology of World Music and Dance
watch
Traditional music performed by land mine victims, Angkor Wat
watch
"Kun and Phoung Wedding (The Groom's Processional)"
watch
Buddhist monks chanting ceremonial blessing, Kandal Province
watch
Khmer New Year 2011
watch
Chinese Traditional Music
Guqin (stringed zither)
watch
Pipa, performed by Liu Fang
watch
NIU Chinese Music Ensemble
watch
Chinese Contemporary Pop with
Elements of Traditional Music/Theater
Lee Hom Wang
watch
Lee Hom Wang
watch
Filipino Traditional and Contemporary
Pandanggo sa Ilaw: Filipino traditional dance
watch
Pandanggo sa Ilaw: Filipino traditional dance 2
watch
Grace Nono, contemporary folk
watch
Indian Performance Traditions
Classical Hindustani sitar, Pandit Nikhil Banerjee
watch
A modern Lavani performance
watch
Rajshri Marathi's Media youtube channel,
including clips from Indian musicals
watch
Rajshri Marathi's Media 2
watch
Indonesian Traditional Music
Javanese gamelan, "Ketawang Mijil Wigaringtyas"
performed by Marsudi Raras from Delft
watch
Javanese gamelan, Gamelan Kusuma Laras, in New York
watch
Ramayana, Golden Deer excerpt, Central Java
watch
"Mission Impossible" music ala Gamelan, Kua Etnika
watch
Classical Performance Traditions in Japan
UNESCO provides excellent descriptions of gagaku
(Japanese Imperial Court Music),
nôgaku (or Noh theater),
bunraku (Puppet Theater), and kabuki theater
Gagaku
watch
Kunaicho website – Gagaku music
(Japanese Imperial Court Music)
watch
Nôgaku Theater
watch
Bunraku (Puppet) Theater
watch
Kabuki Theatre
watch
Folk Traditions and Festivals in Japan
World Heritage Gokayama of the Four Seasons,
In the Evening of Spring (traditional
folk dance and
folk song [minyo] from Shirakawa-go and Gokayama)
watch
Aomori Nebuta Festival, 2007
watch
Nôryô Bon Odori
watch
New York Tokyo Ondo Bon Odori
watch
Japanese Dance-Bon Odori (Bon dance at the
2006 Japanese Festival, Missouri Botanical Gardens)
watch
Japanese Taiko (Drum)
Kodô, Japanese taiko drumming
watch
Kodo - "O-Daiko"
watch
Ondekoza (Demon Drummers)
watch
Ondekoza (Demon Drummers) 2
watch
Traditions Evolving in
Japanese Contemporary Music
Yoshida Brothers
watch
Kitaro, "Sand"
watch
Pop music with Okinawan
(Ryukyuan) folk elements
Begin, "Sanshin no hana" (2006)
watch
Alfredo Casero, "Shima uta"
watch
The Boom, featuring Miyazawa Kazufumi
watch
The Boom, featuring Miyazawa Kazufumi 2
watch
Natsukawa Rimi, "Hana"
watch
Nenes, "No Woman No Cry"
watch
Nenes, "Hiyamikachibushi"
watch
Ry Cooder, "Going Back to Okinawa with Shoukichi Kina"
watch
Korean Traditional Performance
Lion Dance
watch
Traditional court dance, Yeon hwa mu (Lotus flower dance)
watch
Traditional Dance for Peaceful Reign, Taepyeongmu
watch
Drum dance, Samgo-mu (three drums)
watch
Drum dance, Ohgo-mu (five drums)
watch
Drum dance, Chilgo-mu (seven drums)
watch
Traditional Buddhist dance, Seungmu
watch
Traditional Buddhist dance, Seungmu 2
watch
Female percussion dance, Jango-chum
watch
Female percussion dance, Jango-chum 2
watch
Female percussion dance, Jango-chum 3
watch
Female percussion dance, Jango-chum 4
watch
Fan dance
watch
Fan dance 2
watch
Fan dance 3
watch
Traditional folk dance, Kgang Kkgang Sul Rae
watch
Traditional percussion music, Samul nori
watch
Pansori, Sarang-ga (Love song- a part of Pansori Chunhyang)
watch
Traditional Shamanic Dance, Salpuri
watch
Lao Traditional Music
Hmong flute, Ger Xiong (from hmongstudies.org)
watch
Early Hmong Music, Ib Lub Neej Tshab
watch
Traditional dance
watch
Traditional dance 2
watch
Traditional dance 3
watch
Traditional dance 4
watch
Malaysian Performance
Jambatan Tamparuli, Dance from Sabah (Borneo)
watch
Dance, Kota Kinabalu
watch
Zapin Tenglu, Johor's Heritage Foundation dancers
watch
Contemporary Pop singer, Siti Nurhaliza
Prajna-paramita Hridaya Sutram (Heart Sutra), Imee Ooi
Thai Traditional Music
Traditional Puppet Theater with classical music
watch
Fong Naam, music based on Thai classical ensemble
watch
Classical Piphat orchestra
watch
Krakatau, "Barala Duit," music with gamelan influences
watch
Traditional Northeastern Thai music, Lao Mor Lam
watch
Khon, classical Thai mask dance
watch
Thai Sri Chai Singha Dance
watch
Tibetan Traditional Music and "Soundscapes"
Buddhist Chant, Shar Gang-Ri Ma
watch
Vietnamese Traditional Music
Hue Royal Court Music (Nha nhac cung dinh Hue)
watch
Traditional music (Ca tru), where music and poetry meet
watch
Folk Song, Quan ho lung lieng
watch
Nho hue (Memories of Hue), Van Khanh
watch
