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The JVC video anthology of world music and dance, Vol. 4: East Asia IV [videorecording]

Title
The JVC video anthology of world music and dance, Vol. 4: East Asia IV [videorecording]
Publication
1986-1987.

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Description
1 cassette. 55 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Donor/Sponsor
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Series Statement
JVC video anthology of world music and dance, 4
Subject
  • Television. JVC video anthology of world music and dance
  • Dance > China
  • Ritual and ceremonial dancing > China
  • Folk dancing > China > Yunnan Sheng
  • Music > China
  • Funeral dances
  • Wedding dances and music
  • Sword-dance
  • Drum dances
  • Yi (Chinese people)
  • Dance > China > Tibet
  • Dance drama > China > Tibet
  • Ritual and ceremonial dancing > Tibet
  • Music > Tibet
Note
  • Video series produced by JVC (Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.), in collaboration with the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan. Producer: Katsumori Ichikawa. Directors: Kunihiko Nakagawa and Yuji Ichihashi. Editorial director: Tomoaki Fujii. Distributed by Rounder Records, Cambridge, Massachusetts. For the accompanying program guide, see: *MGS (General) 92-2700.
Contents
CONTENTS: China. Yi people. No. 4-1: Dage [group dance]. Perf. as part of funeral rites. -- No. 4-2: Dage: "Xianzige." Perf. as part of wedding ceremonies. -- No. 4-3: Shange [mountain song]. -- No. 4-4: Shange. -- No. 4-5: Narrative song: "Kaitian pidi" ("The origin of heaven and earth"). Description missing in program guide. -- No. 4-6: Sword dance: "Eruyeba shuadao." -- No. 4-7: Dage. -- Naxi people. No. 4-8: Datiao [group dance]. -- No. 4-9: Lushengtiao [group dance]. -- No. 4-10: Dance with song and lusheng [reed mouth organ]: "Amengda." -- No. 4-11: Dance with song: "Orere." -- No. 4-12: Dance with song: "Alili." -- No. 4-13: Gugi [lyric song]: "Ximasha." -- No. 4-14: Lusheng, flute, and kouxian [Jew's harp]. -- Tibet. No. 4-15: Masked dance drama: "Rgya-lu Rngon-pa" and dance of battle. Perf. by Tibetan Masked Drama Troupe.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1450
OCLC
NYPY926040875-F
Title
The JVC video anthology of world music and dance, Vol. 4: East Asia IV [videorecording]
Imprint
1986-1987.
Series
JVC video anthology of world music and dance, 4
Summary
Music and dance of China (Yi and Naxi people of Yunnan province) and Tibet. Nos. 1 to 14 recorded in Yunnan province in May 1987. No. 15 recorded in Tokyo, Japan, in September 1986.
Local Subject
Television. JVC video anthology of world music and dance.
Dance -- China.
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- China.
Folk dancing -- China -- Yunnan Sheng.
Music -- China.
Funeral dances.
Wedding dances and music.
Local Subject
Drum dances.
Yi (Chinese people)
Local Subject
Dance drama -- China -- Tibet.
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Tibet.
Music -- Tibet.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1450
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