Guqin, a seven-string zither, is an important cultural heritage of China. It is regarded as the sole instrument for the literati to nurture its personality in ancient Chinese society. The Music Collection has a fine collection of guqin books, scores, CDs and DVDs.
English
Asian Music
~ Print 1990 - 2017 in Storage
2018 - in Music Collection, Music Serials [S 780. A83 M9]
published
Musical Quarterly
~ Online coverage: via JSTOR 1915-1999
via Oxford Journals 1996-
British Journal of Ethnomusicology
~ Online coverage: via JSTOR 1992-2003
Ethnomusicology Forum
~ Online coverage: via Academic Premier 2004- delay 12 months
published
via Taylor & Francis ejournals 1997-
Yearbook for Traditional Music
~ Print 1991-2008 in Music Collection, Music Serials [S 780 Y3 T7]
published
via IIMP FullText 2001-
Ethnomusicology
~ Print 1953-1990 in Storage
1991- in Music Collection, Music Serials [S 780 E84]
~ Online coverage: via ProQuest 1998-2001
published
via IIMP FullText 1998-2003
CHIME
~ Print 1990-2013 in Storage
Chinese
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I (since 1861) is the most comprehensive source of its kind. It offers abstracts, citations and 24-page previews of dissertations and theses.
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English
for its full-text scholarly writings and bibliographies.
New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians (2001)
See Volume 5:
Call number: MuR 780.3 G88
full-length scholarly articles.
See Volume 7: East Asia:
Lib Use Only: Call number: MuR 780.9 G23 N4
For loan: Call number: Music 780.9 G23 N4
Chinese
Zhongguo da bai ke quan shu zong bian ji wei yuan hui.
Zhongguo da bai ke quan shu. Yin yue, wu dao.
Call number: [R] AE17 .C48 and ebook
Zhongguo yi shu yan jiu yuan.
Zhongguo yin yue ci dian. Xu bian.
Beijing: Renmin yinyue chubanshe, 1992.
Call number: [音R] ML101.C5 C8 1992 and ebook
Zhongguo yi shu yan jiu yuan.
Zhongguo yin yue ci dian.
Beijing: Renmin yinyue chubanshe, 1984.
Cal number: [音R] ML101.C5 C6 1984
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