Asian Music: Volume 15, Number 2

ASIAN MUSIC
Journal of the Society for Asian Music
Volume 15, Number 2 1983

Contents

	Articles
Nettl, Bruno	A Tale of Two Cities	1
During, Jean	La Musique Traditionnelle Iranienne en 1983	11
Miller, Terry E.	Reconstructing Siamese Musical History from Historical Sources: 1548-1932	32
Sumarsam	Gendhing Kalunta: A Historical Metaphor?	43
Simon, Artur	Functional Changes in Batak Traditional Music and its Role in Modern Indonesian Society	58
Tong Kin-Woon	Shang Musical Instruments (Part 2 — Continued) Chapter Seven: Stringed Instruments and Other Wooden Instruments Chapter Eight: Performance and the Performers Chapter Nine: Conclusion	67 68 83 132

	Book Reviews
	Neuman, Daniel M. The Life of Music in Northern India	144
	Sorrell, Neil and Ram Narayan. Indian Music in Performance	152
Thompson, Gordon	Sakata, Hiromi Lorraine. Music in the Mind: The Concepts of Music and Musician in Afghanistan	155

	Record Reviews
	Khamvong Insixiengmai: Thinking about the Old Villabe, Traditional Lao Music	159
	Taqsim—The Art of Improvisation in Arabic Music	162