Alan R Thrasher

Biographic Data

ID	174493
NAME	Alan R Thrasher
GIVEN NAMES	Alan R
FAMILY NAME	Thrasher
SIGNATURE	THRASHER A R
AFFILIATIONS	University of British Columbia
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	41
TOTAL CITATIONS	12
AUTHOR COUNT	40
EDITOR COUNT	1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1978
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2016
H-INDEX	2

Archaeology of instruments
Robert Anderson, Robert H Anderson et al.CHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2016
Qupai in Chinese Music
Alan R ThrasherBOOKQupai in Chinese Music2016
Xiyaogu
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2015
Bangu
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2015
Erxian
Alan R Thrasher, Jonathan P J StockCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2015
Gu
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2015
Bofu
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2015
Jiangu
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2015
Bajiao gu
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2014
Ban
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2014
Sizhu instrumental music of South China ethos, theory and practice
Alan R Thrasher, Alan ThrasherBOOKSizhu Instrumental Music of South…2008Cited by: 3
According to a reader's report, this is "one of the finest studies on (any kind of) Chinese music to emerge in recent years." Based on extensive fieldwork and a thorough knowledge of the scholarly literature, the author examines the theoretical underpinnings of the 'silk and bamboo' instrumental ensemble traditions of the Chaozhou, Hakka and Cantonese peoples of South China. Stepping back far into history, the book opens with a penetrating examin…
Chinese Musical Instruments
Yu Siu Wah, Alan R ThrasherARTICLEYearbook for Traditional Music2002
Lusheng
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Xun
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Gong
James Blades, James Holland et al.CHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Sheng
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Zither
Mark Lindley, Andreas Michel et al.CHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Qing
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
China, People’s Republic of
Alan R Thrasher, Joseph S C Lam et al.CHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Bronze drum
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
China, Introduction
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Bronze drum
Mantle Hood, Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Huqin
Alan R Thrasher, Jonathan P J StockCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Suona
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Baban
Alan R Thrasher

A Discussion on Chinese National Musical Traditions
Fang Kun, Keith Pratt et al.ARTICLEAsian Music1981Cited by: 4
By all accounts, the second Durham (England) Oriental Music Festival (4-17 August 1979) was a great success. Ensembles from eight Asian countries gave a total of eighteen performances, ten scholars delivered fifteen lectures, and, perhaps most important, participants in the Festival (performers, scholars, and residents) spent much of the two weeks communing informally over meals, tea, and warm English ale. Although the concerts were perhaps its m…
Sizhu instrumental music of South China ethos, theory and practice
Alan R Thrasher, Alan ThrasherBOOKSizhu Instrumental Music of South…2008Cited by: 3
According to a reader's report, this is "one of the finest studies on (any kind of) Chinese music to emerge in recent years." Based on extensive fieldwork and a thorough knowledge of the scholarly literature, the author examines the theoretical underpinnings of the 'silk and bamboo' instrumental ensemble traditions of the Chaozhou, Hakka and Cantonese peoples of South China. Stepping back far into history, the book opens with a penetrating examin…
Hakka-Chaozhou Instrumental Repertoire
Alan R ThrasherARTICLEAsian Music1988Cited by: 1
In both the Hakka and Chaozhou instrumental repertoires, as in most regional repertoires of China, the outside listener is struck not only by the continuity in style among pieces, but also by the similarity in melody. At the root of this perceived melodic similarity lies the historic use of melodic models as bases for new compositions. The 68-beat model examined in this study, which survives under numerous names and variant, is easily the most pe…
The Melodic Structure of Jiangnan Sizhu
Alan R ThrasherARTICLEEthnomusicology1985Cited by: 1
T he structure of Chinese melody is one of the most imperfectly understood aspects of world music theory. Traditional Chinese music theorists, whose writings were actually more a rationalization of Confucian ideology than an explanation of practice, have for the last two thousand years ignored the musical traditions outside of the court. Their writings dealt largely with temperament theory, associations of music with cosmology, and the ethical im…
"Concerning the Variants of "Lao Lioban
Huang Jinpei, Jinpei Huang et al.ARTICLEAsian Music1982Cited by: 1
The Sociology of Chinese Music
Alan R ThrasherARTICLEAsian Music1981Cited by: 1
The Transverse Flute in Traditional Chinese Music
Alan R Thrasher, Alan ThrasherARTICLEAsian Music1978Cited by: 1
known by the name di-dze_ i 4 . Chinese musicologists frequently begin discussion of its early development with the imported heng-chui i r~' , of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.220 A.D.) or the eearlier indigenous chih flute. Some writers, in following the time-honored Chinese tradition, as cri4be the origin to the 2698 B.C. culture hero Huang ti , who ordered Ling lun f~4) , as the story goes, to cut some bamboo and make a flute imitating the sound of…

The Transverse Flute in Traditional Chinese Music
Alan R Thrasher, Alan ThrasherARTICLEAsian Music1978Cited by: 1
known by the name di-dze_ i 4 . Chinese musicologists frequently begin discussion of its early development with the imported heng-chui i r~' , of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.220 A.D.) or the eearlier indigenous chih flute. Some writers, in following the time-honored Chinese tradition, as cri4be the origin to the 2698 B.C. culture hero Huang ti , who ordered Ling lun f~4) , as the story goes, to cut some bamboo and make a flute imitating the sound of…
A Discussion on Chinese National Musical Traditions
Fang Kun, Keith Pratt et al.ARTICLEAsian Music1981Cited by: 4
By all accounts, the second Durham (England) Oriental Music Festival (4-17 August 1979) was a great success. Ensembles from eight Asian countries gave a total of eighteen performances, ten scholars delivered fifteen lectures, and, perhaps most important, participants in the Festival (performers, scholars, and residents) spent much of the two weeks communing informally over meals, tea, and warm English ale. Although the concerts were perhaps its m…
The Sociology of Chinese Music
Alan R ThrasherARTICLEAsian Music1981Cited by: 1
"Concerning the Variants of "Lao Lioban
Huang Jinpei, Jinpei Huang et al.ARTICLEAsian Music1982Cited by: 1
The Melodic Structure of Jiangnan Sizhu
Alan R ThrasherARTICLEEthnomusicology1985Cited by: 1
T he structure of Chinese melody is one of the most imperfectly understood aspects of world music theory. Traditional Chinese music theorists, whose writings were actually more a rationalization of Confucian ideology than an explanation of practice, have for the last two thousand years ignored the musical traditions outside of the court. Their writings dealt largely with temperament theory, associations of music with cosmology, and the ethical im…
Flying Dragons, Flowing Streams
Open AccessAlan R ThrasherARTICLEAmerican Ethnologist1985
Music of the Billion
Alan R Thrasher, Liang Mingyue et al.ARTICLEEthnomusicology1987
Hakka-Chaozhou Instrumental Repertoire
Alan R ThrasherARTICLEAsian Music1988Cited by: 1
In both the Hakka and Chaozhou instrumental repertoires, as in most regional repertoires of China, the outside listener is struck not only by the continuity in style among pieces, but also by the similarity in melody. At the root of this perceived melodic similarity lies the historic use of melodic models as bases for new compositions. The 68-beat model examined in this study, which survives under numerous names and variant, is easily the most pe…
Structural Continuity in Chinese Sizhu
Alan R ThrasherARTICLEAsian Music1989
The focus of this paper is upon the Chinese concept of musical structure as a force of continuity in their instrumental ensemble repertoires. The repertoires examined are generally known as sizhu ('silk-bamboo'), of which there are many regional variants and related solo traditions along the eastern seaboard of China. These genres function in all areas as a variety of chamber music, a tradition to be enjoyed by performers and listeners in the int…
Cantonese Opera
Alan R Thrasher, Bell YungARTICLEAsian Music1993
The Melodic Model as a Structural Device
Alan R ThrasherARTICLEAsian Music1995
Alan R. Thrasher, The Melodic Model as a Structural Device: Chinese "Zheng" and Japanese "Koto" Repertories Compared, Asian Music, Vol. 26, No. 2, Musical Narrative Traditions of Asia (Spring - Summer, 1995), pp. 97-118
Lusheng
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Xun
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Gong
James Blades, James Holland et al.CHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Sheng
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Zither
Mark Lindley, Andreas Michel et al.CHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Qing
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
China, People’s Republic of
Alan R Thrasher, Joseph S C Lam et al.CHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Bronze drum
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
China, Introduction
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Bronze drum
Mantle Hood, Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Huqin
Alan R Thrasher, Jonathan P J StockCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Suona
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
Panpipes
James W Mckinnon, Robert Anderson et al.CHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001
China, Musical instruments
Alan R ThrasherCHAPTERThe new Grove dictionary of music…2001