Xiandi pipa pu (Ch.1 (Special Collections))
A pamphlet of thirteen pieces of music with Gongche notation, a system of traditional Chinese music score. The compiler has used a soubriquet or style name (hao). By the Nanxi master ; woodblocks carved by Fuwen Hall (Fuwen tang),probably the name of a publisher.
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- Physical Location: St John's College Library
- Classmark: Ch.1 (Special Collections)
- Alternative Title(s): [Music score for Chinese lute and flute]
- Uniform Title: 絃笛琵琶譜
- Subject(s): Music--China
- Origin Place: Unknown
- Date of Creation: 1770
- Language(s): Chinese
- Former Owner(s): Inman, James, 1776-1859
- Note(s):
With one illustration of Sanxian (three-stringed Chinese lute), flute, and vertical flute. This short pamphlet is probably a unique surviving copy.
- Extent: Wood-block print. One fascicle consisting of a title page and five leaves of text.
- Material: Paper
- Format: Codex
- Provenance: Along with other Chinese items this work was acquired by the Reverend James Inman (1776-1859), a mathematics graduate of St John's College, during a brief stay in Guangzhou in mid-December 1803 on the way back to England on a Royal Navy voyage to the Antipodes.
- Author(s) of the Record: Kathryn McKee, ZHENG Cheng, and Janet Chow
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- Physical Location: St John's College Library
- Classmark: Ch.1 (Special Collections)
- Alternative Title(s): [Music score for Chinese lute and flute]
- Uniform Title: 絃笛琵琶譜
- Subject(s): Music--China
- Origin Place: Unknown
- Date of Creation: 1770
- Language(s): Chinese
- Former Owner(s): Inman, James, 1776-1859
- Note(s):
With one illustration of Sanxian (three-stringed Chinese lute), flute, and vertical flute. This short pamphlet is probably a unique surviving copy.
- Extent: Wood-block print. One fascicle consisting of a title page and five leaves of text.
- Material: Paper
- Format: Codex
- Provenance: Along with other Chinese items this work was acquired by the Reverend James Inman (1776-1859), a mathematics graduate of St John's College, during a brief stay in Guangzhou in mid-December 1803 on the way back to England on a Royal Navy voyage to the Antipodes.
- Author(s) of the Record: Kathryn McKee, ZHENG Cheng, and Janet Chow
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