To sing in pairs : Austronesian chants among Taiwan's Indigenous peoples /
"By presenting ritual chants of the Pinuyumayan people, one of Taiwan's sixteen Austronesian-speaking ethnic groups, this edition provides a glimpse into little-known aspects of Austronesian music and culture. The Austronesian geographical realm extends southward from Taiwan and includes i...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Austronesian (Other) |
| Language Notes: | Texts in Piyumamayan (romanized) with English translations; commentary in English. |
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Middleton, Wisconsin :
A-R Editions,
[2025]
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| Series: | Recent researches in the oral traditions of music ;
15. |
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| Summary: | "By presenting ritual chants of the Pinuyumayan people, one of Taiwan's sixteen Austronesian-speaking ethnic groups, this edition provides a glimpse into little-known aspects of Austronesian music and culture. The Austronesian geographical realm extends southward from Taiwan and includes insular Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Madagascar, making the Austronesian language family the most widespread language family in the world. By revealing the interrelated dualities that permeate Pinuyumayan ritual chants and sociocultural practices, this edition argues that parallelism, a prominent feature of Austronesian languages pointed out by James J. Fox, lays a foundation for the social and ritual functions performed by Pinuyumayan chants. Through an examination of the Pinuyumayan people's practice of singing in pairs, the editor introduces the elaborate prosodic design and antiphonal singing practices of Pinuyumayan ritual chants to general readers, performers, composers, and music scholars." -- Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 81 pages : illustrations, map, facsimiles, music ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-81). |
| ISBN: | 9781987209143 1987209141 9781987209150 198720915X |