Preface -- Contents -- Conventions -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One Sizhu Music in South China -- Music Categories: Sizhu as a Domain -- Music Cultures of South China -- Social Perspectives -- Chapter Two Yuelun: the Confucian Foundation -- Confucian Ideology -- Government Theory and Music -- Other Trends -- Chapter Three Qingshang Music and the Historic Legacy -- The Ancient Heritage -- The Eclectic Tang -- Emergence of the Common-practice Traditions -- Chapter Four Yuelü: Music Theory and Practice -- Chinese Melody -- Pitch Systems and Notation -- Mode in Southern Music -- Chapter Five Baban and the Sizhu Repertoire -- Sizhu Repertoire -- The 'Variation' Ideal in Compositional Practice -- The Suite Forms -- Chapter Six Bianzou: Performance Practice and Aesthetics -- 'Variation' in Performance Practice -- Performance Variation Types -- Values and Aesthetics: the Rujia Ideal -- Ideologies and Styles -- Postscript -- Appendix A: Gongche Notation System and Selected R epertoire -- Appendix B: Cipher Notation System and Selected R epertoire -- Glossary of Chinese Technical Terms and Repertoire -- Bibliography -- Index.