It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read The Instrumental Music of Wutaishan's Buddhist Monasteries by Dr Beth Szczepanski
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Beth Szczepanski examines how traditional and modern elements interact in the current practice, reception and functions of wind music, or shengguan, at monasteries in Wutaishan, one of China's four holy mountains of Buddhism. The book provides an invaluable insight into the political and economic history of Wutaishan and its music, as well as the instrumentation, notation, repertoires, transmission and ritual function of monastic music at Wutaishan, and how that music has adapted to China's current economic, political and religious climate. The book is based on extensive field research at...
The Instrumental Music of Wutaishan's Buddhist Monasteries by Dr Beth Szczepanski is 196 pages long, and a total of 50,176 words.
This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 34 minutes to read The Instrumental Music of Wutaishan's Buddhist Monasteries aloud.
The Instrumental Music of Wutaishan's Buddhist Monasteries is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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