recommended materials for

Music 691: Chinese Arts

Participants are encouraged to purchase materials from the following list, according to the needs of their personal situations.

Vendors:

• http://www.amazon.com
  
• http://www.westmusic.com
  
• Some books and recordings will be available for purchase at the workshop.

Chinese literature

• The Seven Chinese Brothers
  by Margaret Mahy, et al.
  paperback available from amazon @ $4.79
  hardback available from amazon @$13.40
  
  
• Favorite Children's Stories from China and Tibet
  by Lotta Carswell Hume
  Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont
  
  
• other Chinese story books (search amazon)

Chinese song collections

• China section of Multicultural Perspectives in Music Education
  edited by William M. Anderson and Patricia Shehan Campbell
  2nd edition
  MENC, 1806 Robert Fulton Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4348
  
  
• Dragon Boat: 20 Chinese Folksongs for Voices and Instruments
  by Gaik See Chew
  Chester Music, 8/9 Frith Street, London W1V 5TZ
  
  
• Songs of China: Traditional Children's Folksongs Arranged for Orff Instruments
  by Gloria J. Kiester and Martha Chrisman Riley
  MMB Music, 3526 Washington Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63103-1019
  
  

Other

• The Lion's Roar: Chinese Luogu Percussion Ensembles
  by Han Kuo-Huang and Patricia Shehan Campbell
  World Music Press, Danbury, CT 06813
  
  

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Updated: 2/22/00