ASIAN MUSIC
Journal of the Society for Asian Music
Volume 30, Number 2  Spring/Summer 1999

Contents

  Articles  
Keith Howard Minyo in Korea: Songs of the People and Songs for the People 1
Sue Tuohy The Social Life of Genre: The Dynamics of Folksong in China 39
Rolf Groesbeck "Classical Music," "Folk Music," and the Brahmanical Temple in Kerela, India 87
Rachel Kollender "Patterns of Social Organization in the Sabbath and Holy Day Services of the Karaite Community in Israel 113
     
  Book Reviews  
Su Zheng Stephen Jones, Folk Music of China: Living Instrumental Traditions 135
Allyn Miner Bonnie C. Wade, Imaging Sound: An Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art, and Culture in Mughal India 139
Brita Renée Heimarck Edward Herbst, Voices in Bali: Energies and Perceptions in Vocal Music and Dance Theater 143
R. Anderson Sutton Craig A. Lockard, Dance of Life: Popular Music and Politics in Southeast Asia 149
Susan Lee Toru Mitsui and Shuhei Hosokawa (editors), Karaoke Around the World: Global Technology, Local Singing 153
     
  Audio Recording Reviews  
Terry E. Miller Hugo Zemp (coordinator), Vietnam: Musiques des Montagnards / Vietnam: Music of the Montagnards 155
David Harnish Christopher Vasile (producer), Be Not Afraid to Strike the Gong: The Music of Lombok 157
David Henderson Hans Weisenthaunet (producer), The Real Folk Music of Nepal: "The Nepalese Blues" 161
     
  Video Recording Review  
Terry E. Miller Amy Catlin (producer), Hmong Musicians in America, 1978-1996: Interactions with Three Generations of Hmong-Americans 166

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1 August, 1999