Two-tone Set-bells Of Marquis Yi

This book is a collection of papers on the set-bells of Marquis Yi to commemorate the 10th anniversary of their discovery. The unearthing of these 5th century bells in 1978 marked one of the most remarkable archeological discoveries in the history of science and technology in Chinese civilization. These bells are two-tone set-bells with textural inscriptions and were cast in chromatical scale over a range of 51/2 octaves. This collection of papers represents the interdisciplinary research initiated by the discovery of the bells over the past ten years.

Product details

• Assisted by: Joseph Cheng Chen (Editor), Joseph Cheng-Yih Chen (Editor), Joseph Cheng-yih Chen (Editor), Z-m Shu (Editor), W-s Tan (Editor)
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.1994
• EAN: 9789810207403
• ISBN: 978-981-02-0740-3
• Series: World Scientific Lecture and C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Organology; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Percussion, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, History of engineering and technology, Archaeology by period / region, History of engineering & technology, Metals technology / metallurgy, Percussion instruments