Tang-era piece: Xue Wen Ti
《薛問提》
compiled by David Badagnani (rev. 10 April 2021)
In an effort to make this information more accessible, this document contains resources related to the Tang-era piece entitled Xue Wen Ti《薛問提》, which exists in the form of an instrumental part for a single-movement piece.
In the Sino-Japanese tradition, this piece is called Setsumondai『薛問提（せつもんだい）』, and it appears in the following score collection:
● Gogen Fu『五絃譜』or Gogen Kinfu『五絃琴譜』, the manuscript itself simply bearing the title《五絃》(Gogen); individual pieces in the collection bear the dates 773 and 842 and the music is believed to be of Tang Chinese origin, though the manuscript was probably copied in Japan in the 11th century during the mid-Heian period.
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Bibliography
● Wolpert, R. F. "A Ninth-Century Score for Five-Stringed Lute." Musica Asiatica, vol. 3 (1981), pp. 107-135.
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Thanks to Steven G. Nelson for assistance with this page.
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