Translations

Below are translations of source materials that are either complete or in progress:

Dobri Hristov, Rhythmic fundamentals of Bulgarian folk music

Gusti Putu Madé Geria, Personal notebooks on rhythmic and melodic patterns in Balinese gamelan

Qian Rong, “My Footsteps and Related Thoughts on Systematic Construction for Linguistics of Music in the 21st Century”

Kemâni Hizir Aga, Tefhîmü'l-makâmât

Eun-Joo Shin, “Two Theories of Ujo and Pyeongjo in Pansori”

Excerpts on flute acoustics from al-Fārābī, Kitāb al-Mūsīqī al-Kabīr

Li Tsing-chu, Conversations on Music 

Li Tsing-chu, A General Discourse on Music 

Mehdi-Qoli Hedāyat, Majma-al-Adwār (Collection of Modal Styles) 

Isang Yun, Interview in Ongaku Geijutsu (Musical Art)

Zhu Zaiyu, Lülü jingyi (Precise principles of the musical pitches)

Nazim Hikmet, sources on Turkish poetry, musicking, listening, loving

Huang Xinde, Ethnographic interview on musical aesthetics in Huangmei opera

Ke Mingfeng, Ethnographic interview on tonalities in Taiwanese opera

Minao Shibata, Ongaku no Gaikotstsu no Hanashi (The Essay on the Skeleton of Music)

Koizumi Fumio, Nihon dento ongaku no kenkyu 1 (Research on Japanese traditional music 1)