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Y-Bell Yung, 1976-1988, 1992, undated

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 12
Identifier: 0039_PER_Pian_Series_1_Subseries_13_Folder_12
-Letter from Rulan Chao Pian to Roger Garcia. Dec. 21, 1982. 1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy). On the operator of Choi Fook Kee(蔡福記), a ch’in(琴) maker in Hong Kong

-Letter from Bell to Pian. Oct. 14, 1979. 4 sheets. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. Sept. 3, 1979. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed. With handwritten postscript (Note 2)

-Letter to Bekkong. Oct 29, 1979. Typescript, with handwritten notes dated Nov. 13 (photocopy)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. Nov. 18, 1979. 4 sheets. Typescript, signed (carbon copy)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. Dec 2, 1979. 1 aerogramme. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. Aug 4, 1979. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed. With handwritten notes. Accompanied by: M.A. Program in Music (Specialization in Chinese Music). 1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy). “Aug 4, 1979 BY” (Note 2)

-Unaddressed and unsigned letter. Dec. 12, 1979. 1 sheet. Typescript. On reviewing old chyn pieces with Shen, piano instructorship at CU for Benny Tsao, and other matters. With duplicate copy (carbon copy) (Note 2)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. Nov 20, 1979. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed (carbon copy)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. Oct 15, 1979. 1 aerogramme. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

-劇”粵曲”。10/3/78。筆記手稿 1 葉

-南音:客途秋恨。手稿 2 葉(影印本)。”9/28/78”。”白駒榮唱”。曲詞。有手寫筆記 (Note 2)

-粵劇《玉簪記――琴挑》。香港:聲藝唱片公司。排印本 1 葉(影印本)。曲詞。”華聲唱片”。”ATC-228”。有手寫筆記 (Note 2)

-Joseph Wed 1050, Oct 4. 1 sheet. Holograph. Notes

-越天楽 = Etenraku。芝祐泰採譜。排印本 2 葉(影印本)。五綫譜 (Note 2)

-Sounds of Buddhist Music ; Condensing formula in Singing. 1 sheet. Holograph. “Wed 10/11 Asian Music.” Notes

-凝然:音律通致章。手稿 1 葉

-Letter from Bell. Aug. 21, 1979. 2 sheets. Holograph, signed. On Chan Wing Wah, 余少華, 饒宗頤, Tanaka Issei, 神功戲 and other matters (Note 2)

-Letter to Pian. 1 sheet. Holograph. Accompanied by: Proposal for the Establishment of a Postgraduate Programme leading to the Degree of Master of Philosophy in Chinese Music Studies. 3 sheets. Typescript (photocopy). With handwritten notes (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. July 24, 1979. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. June 12, 1979. 1 aerogramme. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. June 22, 1979. 1 aerogramme. Typescript, signed. On attending a conference at Harvard, dinner with John Ward and others, taking away the strings of Rulan Chao Pian’s old ch’in(琴), and other matters (Note 2)

-Letter to Bell. Aug. 30, 1979. 2 sheets. Typescript (carbon copy). On the Master of Philosophy proposal , Rao Tzongyih(饒宗頤), the house in Cambridge, the chyn borrowed from Achilles Fang, revising the “Music in the Chinese Context” course, and other matters

-Letter from Iris to Bell. Oct 3, 1979. 2 sheets. Typescript, signed (carbon copy). On writing to Yang Yinn-liou and Wang Chiu-kui for advices on the graduate program on music at Chinese University, the revised outline of “Music in the Chinese Context”, the teaching assistant for 3rd year Chinese (Nishimura, Lao Chen), problems facing Chinese visitors, and other matters

-Letter from Bell to Pian. Dec. 23, 1979. 1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages). Holograph, signed (Note 2). Accompanied by:

 1) Functional approach to the categorization of Chinese music. 1 sheet. Typescript, with handwritten notes in Chinese or English (Note 2)

 2) Proposal for the Establishment of a Postgraduate Programme leading to the Degree of Master of Philosophy in Chinese Music (Third Draft). 4 sheets. Typescript (photocopy). With handwritten notes on verso of sheet 4 (Note 2)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. Feb 7, 1980. 2 sheets. Typescript, signed (carbon copy)

-An outline of the dissertation content. Title: The Music and the Creative Process of the Cantonese Opera. 1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy). With handwritten notes (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. 4 sheets. Holograph, signed. “Letter began on April 6, 1980.” On the visit to Osaka University of Arts, meeting 邢慕寰 on the M.Phil. Program in Chinese Music, colleagues (such as David Gwilt and Harrison Ryker) at and visitors (such as 莊本立 and Robert Mok) to the Muisc Department, Chinese University, and other matters. Accompanied by 1 envelope, postmark dated: 9.4.80 (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell Yung to Joseph Lam, Rulan Pian. 1980.8.23. 1 aerogramme. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. Sept 27, 1980. 2 sheets. Typescript, signed. With handwritten notes. On the Chinese Music Archive and related personnel (such as Lu Ping-chuan, etc), courses offered at the Music Department, a field trip (also attended by Alan Kagan, Tanaka, Larry Witzleben and Barbara Ward) on a Hoklo opera performance for the celebration of the Birthday of the Monkey King, and other matters (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. Oct 12, 1980. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (carbon copy) (Note 1)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. Dec. 2, 1980. 1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages). Typescript, signed (carbon copy). On a p’ansori performance by Kim So-hee at MIT, Joseph, Chan Sau-yan, the New Grow, Lu, and other matters (Note 1)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. November 9, 1980. 1 aerogramme. Typescript, signed (Note 2)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. Jan 22, 1981. 5 sheets. Typescript, signed (carbon copy)

-Letter to Pian. January 15, 1981. 1 sheet (incomplete). Typescript. With handwritten markings (Note 2)

-P.S. 1 sheet ; 8 x 22 cm. Typescript (carbon copy). Postscript on a muffler and some canned seafood sent to Stanley in Hong Kong

-Letter from Bell to Pian. February 3, 1981. 2 sheets. Typescript, signed. Accompanied by: Field Study of Ku-ch’in Music in the People’s Republic of China. A Research Proposal Prepared by Bell Yung. February 3, 1981. 4 sheets. Typescript (photocopy). With duplicate copy (Note 2)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. March 15, 1981. Holograph, signed (carbon copy)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. 1981.3.19. 3 sheets. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. Sept 23, 1980. 1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages). Typescript (carbon copy), signed. With handwritten postscript

-Ethnomusicology at The University of Pittsburgh. Direct mail leaflet (Note 2)

-Piano lesson, music theory tutoring given by Bell Yung 榮鴻曾. 1 sheet. Printout. Draft advertisement with handwritten Chinese (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. February 3, 1981. 2 sheets. Typescript, signed (photocopy). With handwritten markings (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. 1981.6.10. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed. With handwritten postscript (Note 2)

-趙如蘭致姚先生信函。5/20/81。手稿 2 葉(碳紙副本)。關於錄影姚丙炎彈奏古琴

-Notes on Bell in 上海 May 20-June 20 and other matters. 1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages) ; 17 x 10 cm. Holograph

-Letter from Iris to Bell. July 12 ’81. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed (carbon copy)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. Aug 31. 6 sheets. Holograph, signed (carbon copy)

-Ta-p’u – the Re-creative Process for the Seven-String Zither of China (Abstract). 2 sheets. Typescript (photograph). With handwritten message from Bell to Pian on page [1] and Pian’s comment on page 2 (Note 2)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. 8/10/80/. 1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages). Holograph, signed (carbon copy)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. August 5, 1980. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed. With handwritten postscript. On responses from colleagues (such as Harrison Ryker, David Gwilt) upon the letter-writer’s resignation from The Chinese University of Hong Kong; also on meeting Ma Lin, regarding the proposal to invite Yao Ping-yen to come as a visiting research fellow (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. July 28, 1980. 3 sheets. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

-Telegram from Harrison to Rulan Chao Pian. 08/05/80. 1 sheet. Printout. On Bell Yung’s resignation (Note 2)

-Memo from Harrison to Bell. August 5, 1980. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (photocopy). On Bell Yung’s resignation (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Yung paper on Model Opera as Model. 1 sheet. Typescript (carbon copy) (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. May 9, 1980. 1 aerogramme. Holograph, signed. On Pittsburgh, Kishibe, and other matters (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. June 11, 1980. 1 aerogramme. Typescript, signed. On sending a paper to Bonnie McDougall, leaving the Chinese University, and other matters (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. Oct 6, 1981. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (carbon copy). On secret language in China, and other matters

-Letter from Bell to Pian. Sept. 26, 1981. 2 sheets. Typescript, signed. With handwritten additions. On a variant of Cantonese known as 大圈話, and other matters (Note 2)

-Notes. 1 sheet. Holograph

-Letter from Bell to Pian. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed. With handwritten postscript (Note 2)

-物理博士轉行搞粵劇研究。記者林燕。排印本(葉 48-50)。影印本。”廣角鏡 91 期 1980.4.16” (Note 2)

-研究粵曲的物理學博士:中大講師榮鴻曾「改行」謀發揚中國音樂。李錦洪。影印本。《星島日報》1980 年 5 月 21 日第 40 版《爐峯剪影》專欄 (Note 2)

-物理博士轉行搞粵劇研究。記者林燕。排印本(葉 48-50)。影印本。”廣角鏡 #91, 1980.4.16” (Note 2)

-Suplementary statement A-F. By Bell Yung. 12 sheets. Printout (photocopy). On the research proposal to study Yao Ping-yen(姚丙炎) and the ta-p’u process in ku-ch’in music. Title of research proposal: The Music of Ku-ch’in (seven-string zither) in the People’s Republic of China (Note 2)

-Bell would like one copy each of the following videotapes. 1 sheet ; 8 x 13 cm. Holograph

-Notes from Bell to Pian. 1 sheet ; 8 x 13 cm. Holograph, signed. On a clipping about 樣板戲 (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. 1982.1.25. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

-Brief itinerary. 1 sheet ; 8 x 13 cm. Holograph. 4/24 to early Aug.

-Note from Bell to Pian. 1 sheet ; 8 x 13 cm. Holograph, signed. On the pages not xeroxed, and Mary Wright’s The Last Stand of Chinese Conservatism (Note 2)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. June 3, 1982. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed (carbon copy)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. June 27, 1982. 2 sheets. Typescript, with handwritten additions, signed (carbon copy)

-Note from Rulan Chao Pian to Asian Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh. Jan. 27, 1983. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (carbon copy). On the cost for the dubbing of videotapes of traditional Chinese musical performances made in China in 1981

-信封回郵地址。手稿。”榮寄” (Note 1)

-信封回郵地址。手稿。”榮寄” (Note 1)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. 85-12-9. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed (Note 2). Accompanied by:

 1) Curriculum vitae, Bell Yung. 6 sheets. Typescript (photocopy). With handwritten notes. With duplicate copy (Note 1) (Note 2)

 2) Letter from Bell Yung to Ethnomusicology Search Committee, Department of Music, University of California, Berkeley. Descember 9, 1985. 1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy) (Note 1) (Note 2)

 3) Letter from Bell Yung to Bonnie Wade. December 9, 1985. 1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy). To a professor of Music Department, University of California, Berkeley (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Letter from Robert S. Lord to Rulan Chao Pian. October 21, 1986. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed. From the Chair, Department of Music, University of Pittsburgh, regarding Bell Yung (Note 2)

-Curriculum vitae, Bell Yung. 7 sheets. Typescript (photocopy). “Updated September 15, 1986”—Sheet 7 (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Da Pu : The Recreative Process for the Music of the Seven-String Zither. By Bell Yung. 8 sheets (pages 370-384). Stapled with photocopy of title page of: Music and Context : Essays for John M. Ward. 1985 (Note 2)

-Letter from Amy Leung to Rulan Chao Pian. February 18, 1987. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed. Regarding Bell Yung. “CONFIDENTIAL.” Accompanied by applications notice from The Chinese University of Hong Kong for posts tenable from August 1987 (1 sheet) (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Letter from Rulan Chao Pian to Robert Morris. December 14, 1977. 1 sheet. Typescript (carbon copy). Regarding Bell Yung (Note 1)

-Copy for the Office of Placement Services at Harvard. By Rulan Chao Pian. Jan. 25, 1976. 1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy). Regarding Yung (Note 1)

-Letter from Rulan Chao Pian to Amy Leung. March 7, 1987. 1 sheet. Typescript (carbon copy). Regarding Bell Yung (Note 1)

-Letter from Bell Yung to David Gwilt. March 16, 1987. 2 sheets. Typescript, signed (photocopy). 1 post-it note, with handwritten message from Bell to Pian, attached (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Greeting card from Bell. 5 x 9 cm. Message as follows: Warmest wishes for a special day (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. 86-11-19. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

-On Historical Changes in the Music of Ku-Ch’in (Seven-String Zither) (Abstract). Bell Yung. 1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy). “Nov. 1.” With additional typed text, on Bell Yung, by RCP, dated: Nov 3 (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. 84-12-13. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. 85-1-11. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

-Bell Yung of the University of Pittsburgh will discuss “Some Tonal Materials in a 15th Century Repertory for the Chinese 7-String Zither” with demonstration. 1 sheet ; 28 x 22 cm (photocopy). “Colloquim, The Music Department of Harvard University, 4:15 PM March 7, 1985, Davison Room.” Promotional leaflet. Attached with 1 post-it note, with handwritten message from Bell to Pian, dated 86-12-11 (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. 84-4-7. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. Accompanied by: Letter from Bell Yung to Susan Blader. April 5, 1985. 1 sheet. Typescript. Proposing a joint panel for the 1986 AAS and Chinoperl meetings (Note 2)

-Book review on Yuarn Music Dramas. By Bell Yung. 4 sheets. Typescript (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. February 21, 1985. 1 sheet. Tyescript, signed. With handwritten postscript. On the talk at Harvard on March 7, and the review of Lieberman’s book (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. 85-5-3. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. Sept. 24, 1985. Typescript, signed. About the Music in the Life of Man project, Yu Siu-wah, and other matters (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. April 3, 1986. 2 sheets. Typescript, signed. About Joseph, Chan Sau-yan, the videotape on Yao Bingyan, and other matters (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. Feb. 18, 1983. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (carbon copy)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. 87-9-4. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. Accompanied by photocopy (1 sheet) of pages 136-137 of “A Grammar of Spoken Chinese.” With handwritten notes (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. September 6, 1987. 1 sheet. Printout, signed. On the contribution to a Japanese encyclopaedia (Note 2)

-Letter from Iris to Bell. Jan 18, 88. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed

-Letter from Bell to Pian. 1 aerogramme. Holograph, signed. Postmark dated: JAN 1988 (Note 2)

-Birthday card from Bell. 5.2 x 9 cm. Holograph. “1988” (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. March 31, 1988. 2 sheets. Typescript, signed. Comments on the article “Diversity and Interrelationships of the Music of East Asia” (Note 2)

-A recital of guqin music (seven-string zither of China), Bell Yung. 1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages). Program. “Friday April 22, 1988, 8 pm, Asian American Arts Centre ... New York City.” 1 post-it note, with handwritten message from Bell, attached (Note 2)

-Letter from Bell to Pian. April 8, 1988. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed. With handwritten postscript (Note 2)

-Confirmation copy of telegram from Iris to Bell Yung. 07/20/88. 1 sheet. Printout

-Letter from Iris to Bell. Sept 11, 1988. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (carbon copy). Comments on a proposal by Bell Yung

-Proposal for an International Workshop on the Social Context of Chinese Music (First draft, August 30, 1988). 4 sheets. Typescript (photocopy). With handwritten notes. 1 post-it note, with handwritten message from B to Pian, attached (Note 2)

-Materials stapled together. Includes:

 1) NEH application cover sheet. 1 form, filled and signed (photocopy). Applicant: Bell Yung. (Note 1) (Note 2)

 2) Curriculum vitae, Bell Yung. 2 sheets. Typescript (photocopy) (Note 1) (Note 2)

 3) Title of the Project: A book on the Music of the Chinese Seven-String Zither. 5 sheets. Typescript (photocopy) (Note 2)

 4) Referee. 1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy) (Note 2)

 5) Agreement made 12 September 1988 between Bell Yung and A-R-Editions, Inc., regarding the book entitled “Music of the Seven-String Zither of China: The Shenqi Mipu Collection of 1425.” 2 sheets. Typescript, signed (photocopy) (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Letter from Rulan Chao Pian. Oct. 10, 1988. 1 sheet. Typescript, signed (carbon copy). Stating the reasons for the support of the project on the Chinese zither

-Fax from Bell to Pian. 8-22. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On sheet margin: AUG-22-92. On the Ritual Music Conference, funded by NEH and to be held May 5-9, 1993 in Pittsburgh (Note 2)

-卞學鐄與趙如蘭1992年9月中至12月末之行程。打印本(影印本)。 With handwritten message to Bell, dated 8/22

Dates

  • 1976-1988, 1992, undated

Language of Materials

Chiefly in English

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