Chinese music: Bibliography

See J. H. Levis, Foundations of Chinese Musical Art (2d ed. 1964); E. Halson, Peking Opera (1966); bibliography by F. Lieberman (1970, 2d ed. 1979).

• Introduction
• Origins and Characteristics
• Tone and the Instruments
• Musical Notation
• Modern History
• Bibliography

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