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China: History, Culture, and Geography of Music

By: Xiao Mei
In: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture
Edited by: Janet Sturman
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Popular Music
Keywords:China; geography and music; instruments; music

China, located in East Asia, reached a population of 1.36 billion in 2013. China has 56 officially recognized ethnic groups, with the Han as the largest group, comprising 91.5% of the total population. In general, people of different nationalities reside throughout the country, although the ...

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  Mei, X. (2019). China: history, culture, and geography of music. In J. Sturman (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of music and culture (Vol. 1, pp. 513-520). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n156
  
  Mei, Xiao. "China: History, Culture, and Geography of Music." In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, edited by Sturman, Janet, 513-20. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n156.
  
  Mei, X. 2019. China: History, Culture, and Geography of Music. In: Janet Sturman Editor, 2019. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 513-520 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n156> [Accessed 2 Aug 2021].
  
  Mei, Xiao. "China: History, Culture, and Geography of Music." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Edited by Janet Sturman. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019, pp. 513-20. SAGE Knowledge. 2 Aug 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n156.
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