The angular harp first appeared 1900 BCE in Mesopotamia and spread across the vast area between Japan and Spain.  To East Asia it cam in two waves along the Silk Road, one as a shamanistic instrument, the other as a Buddhist instrument.  This lecture will illuminate the angular harp's transcendent cultural history , and music from ancient and contemporary times will be performed on the replica of a seventh century angular harp (kugo).
Hosted by: String Division, School of Music

In conjunction with:  Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Center for Global Studies, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies,  Center for World Music,  College of Fine and Applied Arts, Composition/Theory Division,  IJPAN, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Japan House, Lorado Taft Lectureship Fund, Musicology Division,  Program in Medieval Studies, Spurlock Museum, American Harp Society Roslyn Rench Central Illinois Chapter, Japan Foundation