Suspended Music: Chime-Bells in the Culture of Bronze Age China by Lothar Von Falkenhausen

Suspended Music: Chime-Bells in the Culture of Bronze Age China

Lothar Von Falkenhausen

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The Chinese made the world's first bronze chime-bells, which they used to perform ritual music, particularly during the Shang and Zhou dynasties (ca. 1700-221 B.C.). Lothar von Falkenhausen's rich and detailed study reconstructs how the music of t...

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