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Speaker Bo Lawergren, Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, Hunter College and Tomoko Sugawara, Performing Artist
Date Apr 3, 2012
Time 4:00 pm
Location Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum; 600 South Gregory Street, Urbana
Cost Free and Open to the Public
Sponsor Center for Advanced Study
Contact Liesel Wildhagen
E-Mail wildhage@illinois.edu
Phone 217-333-6729
Event type Lecture
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Originating Calendar Center for Advanced Study
The Eurasian Angular Harp: Crossing Cultures Ancient to Modern
The angular harp first appeared 1900 BCE in Mesoptamia and spread across the vast area between Japan and Spain. To East Asia it came 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 transcedent cultural history, and music from ancient and contemporary times will be performed on the replica of a seventh century angula harp (kugo).
