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Text Tone and Tunes. Delhi Talk 1986-87-WADE PAPER, 1960, 1962, 1969, 1986-1987, 1989, undated

 File — Box: 73, Folder: 8
Identifier: 0039_PER_Pian_Series_1_Subseries_73_Folder_8
-Materials enclosed by 1 folded sheet. "Letter and Examples Sent to Wade. Aug 17, 1989". Includes:

 1) Letter from Rulan to Bonnie. Aug. 17, 1989. Typescript, signed (photocopy). On the enclosed nine documents and related information on the paper

 2) Excerpts from the opera, The King's Farewell. 1 score (2 sheets). Holograph (photocopy). 5-line staff notation with lyrics in Romanized text, Chinese, and English translation. Includes two examples. With duplicate copy (Note 2)

 3) The Gai Shiah Ge (The Gai Shiah Song) from the Peking Opera, The King's Farewell to His Favorite (as sung by Yuan Shyh Hai, playing the role of the King) M-107. Typescript (photocopy). Lyrics in Romanized text and English translation (Note 2)

 4) The Peking Drum Song: Boat Return in the Rain (as sung by Sheau Tsae Wuu) M-110, 1962. 1 sheet. Typescript. Lyrics in Romanized text and English translation (Note 2)

 5) Gai Shiah Ge. "The Gai Shish Song" 垓下歌. 1 score. Holograph (photocopy). 5-line staff notation with lyrics in Romanized text, Chinese, and English translation. "78". With duplicate copy (Note 2)

 6) Letter from Bonnie to Rulan. July 19, 1989. Holograph, signed. On Rulan's paper for the Indian ARCE volume (Note 2)

-Materials enclosed by 1 folded sheet. Includes:

 1) 西河大鼓《楊家將》。影印本 1 張。唱詞 (Note 2)

 2) The West River Drum Song: The Yang Family Saga (As sung by Jang Lihjiun 張勵君, 1960, Taipei. Stevens Taps No. 57. See CHINOPERL No. 4, p.69). 1 socre. Typescript (photocopy). Empty music staff with lyrics in Romanized text and English translation. Pages 1-3. With duplicate copy (Note 2)

-1 folded sheet. "四"

-Materials enclosed by 1 post-it note. "Tune. T.T.T.". Includes:

 1) The West River Drum Song: An episode from The Yang Family Saga (As sung by Jang Lihjiun, 1960 in Taipei. Stevens #57.). Typescript (photocopy). Lyrics in Romanized text and English translation (Note 2)

 2) 妓女告狀。張喜海唱(Taipei 1969)。手稿(影印本)。唱詞 (Note 2)

 3) Lament of a Whore. A. As sung by Jang Shiihae (Taipei, 1969). Typescript (photocopy). Lyrics in Romanized text and English translation (Note 2)

 4) The Water Vat Man 大鋸缸 (Hernan Juey.tz 河南墜子). As sung by Cherng Yuhlan 程玉蘭唱. Mingfenq CO-103. Typescript (photocopy). Lyrics in Romanized text, Chinese, and English translation (Note 2)

 5) Ballad Opera 越劇 西廂記(鳴鳳CO-23)。手稿(影印本)。唱詞和賓白 (Note 2)

 6) Ballad Opera from Chekiang. The Western Chamber. Typescript (photocopy). Pages 1-2. Libretto (Note 2)

 7) The Western Chamber. 1 socre. Holograph (photocopy). 5-line staff notation with lyrics in Romanized text and English translation. Pages 1-3. "Ballad Opera from Chekiang" (Note 2)

 8) 樂譜 1 張。手稿(影印本)。有中文、羅馬拼音和英文翻譯的歌詞。"4"。京韻大鼓《風雨歸舟》 (Note 2)

 9) Text Setting and the Use of Tune Types in Chinese Dramatic and Narrative Music. Rulan Chao Pian. Typescript (photocopy). Pages 1-24. A paper read at the Seminar on"Texts, Tunes and Tones" held by the American Institute of Indian Studies at New Delhi, on Dec. 29, 1986 to Jan. 1, 1987. With duplicate copy (Note 2)

 10) List of Words in Chinese Characters. Typescript (photocopy). With duplicate copies

 11) List of Works Cited. Typescript (photocopy). Pages 1-4. With duplicate copies

 12) Text Setting and the Use of Tune Types in Chinese Dramatic and Narrative Music. Rulan Chao Pian. Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten notes. Pages 1-24. A paper read at the Seminar on"Texts, Tunes and Tones" held by the American Institute of Indian Studies at New Delhi, on Dec. 29, 1986 to Jan. 1, 1987. "III". With a post-it: New Delhi Paper (Note 2)

 13) Fiddle. Prelude (The Narrative Aria, Yuan-baan 原版). 1 score. Holograph (photocopy). 5-line staff notation with lyrics in Romanized text, Chinese, and English translation (Note 2)

 14) Percussion pattern: Fenq Dean Tour 鳳點頭 "The Phoenix Nods". 1 score. Holograph (photocopy). 5-line staff notation with lyrics in Romanized text, Chinese, and English translation (Note 2)

-Materials enclosed by 1 folded sheet. "II". Includes:

 1) Text Setting and the Use of Tune Types in Chinese Dramatic and Narrative Music. Rulan Chao Pian. Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten corrections. Pages 1-24. A paper read at the Seminar on"Texts, Tunes and Tones" held by the American Institute of Indian Studies at New Delhi, on Dec. 29, 1986 to Jan. 1, 1987. "II" (Note 2)

 2) Text Setting and the Use of Tune Types in Chinese Dramatic and Narrative Music. Rulan Chao Pian. Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten corrections. Pages 1-24. A paper read at the Seminar on"Texts, Tunes and Tones" held by the American Institute of Indian Studies at New Delhi, on Dec. 29, 1986 to Jan. 1, 1987. "I" (Note 2)

 3) List of Works Cited. Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten corrections. Pages 1-4

-Materials enclosed by 1 blank folded sheet. Includes:

 1) Text Setting and the Use of Tune Types in Chinese Dramatic and Narrative Music. Rulan Chao Pian. Typescript with handwritten corrections (photocopy). With handwritten notes. Pages 1-24. A paper read at the Seminar on"Texts, Tunes and Tones" held by the American Institute of Indian Studies at New Delhi, on Dec. 29, 1986 to Jan. 1, 1987. "Wade version" (Note 2)

 2) List of Works Cited. Typescript with handwritten corrections (photocopy). Pages 1-4

 3) Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten corrections. From: Text Setting and the Use of Tune Types in Chinese Dramatic and Narrative Music. Pages 18-24. With handwritten notes. "My revised version" (Note 2)

 4) Letter to Rulan. March 21, 1989. 4 sheets. Typescript with handwritten notes (photocopy). On Rulan's paper. With handwritten notes (Note 2)

 5) Wade Note #27. About 2nd paragraph. Typescript (photocopy). "Retyped version of entire paragraph", "P.16"

 6) Your Item #14 (on my p.10. par.2). 1 sheet. Typescript with handwritten notes

 7) List of Works Cited. Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten notes. Pages 1-4

-Abstract. Text Setting and the Use of Tune Types in Chinese Narrative and Dramatic Music. Rulan Chao Pian. Typescript (photocopy) (Note 2)

-Letter from Rulan to Bonnie. May 21, 1989. Holograph, signed (carbon copy). On rewrite and rearrange the paper, and send back the items with red marks

-Letter to Rulan. March 21, 1989. 1 sheet. Typescript with handwritten notes (photocopy). Page 1 only. On Rulan's paper. With handwritten notes (Note 2)

-Information about manuscripts. Typescript (photocopy) (Note 2)

-Letter from Rulan Chao Pian to Shubha Chaudhuri. March 19, 1986. Typescript, signed (photocopy). On the coming cenference about "Text , Tunes and Tones" and honored to be asked to contribute a paper on the relationship between text and tone in Chinese opera and/or drum songs

-Letter from Bonnie C. Wade to Shubha Chaudhuri. September 26, 1987. Typescript (photocopy), signed. On receiving papers from the seminar "Text, Tone, and Tune" for publication, a brief guide for handling manuscript and sample for References (Note 2)

-List of Works Cited. Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten notes. Pages 1-4

-Letter from Shubha Chaudhuri to Rulan Pian Chao. September 3, 1986. Typescript, signed. On reschedule the dates of the conference and reserve the accommodation (Note 2)

-Letter from Shubha Chaudhuri to Rulan Chao Pian. November 11, 1986. Typescript, signed. Asking to confirm the travel dates due to the dates of the Seminar are changed (Note 2)

-Letter from Rulan Chao Pian to Shubha Chaudhuri. Nov. 18, 1986. Typescript, signed (photocopy). On the revised version of the itinerary

-Itinerary for Theodore H. and Rulan C. Pian. December 19, 1986 - January 11, 1987. 2 sheets. Typescript with handwritten notes

-Letter from Rulan Chao Pian to Chaudhuri. Nov 22, 1986. Holograph, signed (carbon copy). On the travelling plans and details of the meeting

-The Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomisicology of the American Institute of Indian Studies. Schedule of Seminar Sessions: "Texts, Tones and Tunes". 3 sheets. Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten notes. "December 29, 1986 through January 1, 1987" (Note 2)

-The Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomisicology of the American Institute of Indian Studies. Texts, Tones and Tunes. Participants. 2 sheets. Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten notes (Note 2)

-The Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomisicology of the American Institute of Indian Studies. Texts, Tones and Tunes. Observers. 3 sheets. Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten notes (Note 2)

-Itinerary for Theodore H. and Rulan C. Pian. December 19, 1986 - January 11, 1987. 2 sheets. Typescript with handwritten markings

-1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy). "The Indian Musicological Perspective in Text and Music. Prem Lata Sharma." (Note 2)

-1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy). "Musical Meanings: Aurality and Eloquence in the Sung Poetry of Lesotho Migrant Workers. David B Coplan" (Note 2)

-Abstract. Musical Meanings: Aurality and Eloquence in the Sung Poetry of Lesotho Migrant Workers. Coplan, David B. Typescript (photocopy) (Note 2)

-1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy). "Text Setting and the Use of Tune Types in Chinese Narrative and Dramatic Music. Rulan Chao Pian" (Note 2)

-1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy). "Text-Tune and Tone-Tune Relations in Santal Music: Some Preliminary Oberservations. Onkar Prasad" (Note 2)

-Text-Tune and Tone-Tune Relations in Santal Music: Some Preliminary Oberservations. Onkar Prasad. Typescript (photocopy). Pages 1-8. Accompanied by 1 sheet. Appendix (English translation of the songs illustrated in the paper). Typescript (photocopy) (Note 2)

-The Indian Musicological Perspective on Text and Music. Prem Lata Sharma. Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten markings. Pages 1-5. Accompanied by 3 sheets. Notes and references. Typescript with handwritten notes (photocopy) (Note 2)

-Abstract. The Indian Musicological Perspective on Text and Music. Prem Lata Sharma. Typescript (photocopy). Pages 1-2 (Note 2)

-Abstract. Text Setting and the Use of Tune Types in Chinese Narrative and Dramatic Music. Rulan Chao Pian. Typescript (photocopy) (Note 2)

-Letter from Rulan Chao Pian to Shubha Chaudhari. Aug. 29, 1986. Typescript, signed (photocopy). On the confirmation of the flights, schedule of the itinerary and the details of the lecture

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  • 1960, 1962, 1969, 1986-1987, 1989, undated

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