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Picken, Laurence

(Nottingham 1909-2007 Cambridge) : Biologe, Musikologe, Sinologe, Fellwo Jesus College Cambridge

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Index of Names : Occident / Natural Sciences / Sinology and Asian Studies : Europe : Great Britain

Chronology Entries (18)

# Year Text Linked Data
1 1928-1935 ca. Laurence Picken studiert am Trinity College in Cambridge und beginnt Chinesisch zu lernen.
2 1935 Laurence Picken promoviert in Natural Sciences am Trinity College, Cambridge.
3 1936 ca.-1938 ca. Laurence Picken studiert an der Geneva School of Chemistry.
4 1939-???? Laurence Picken lernt Chinesisch beim British Council und ist Officer-in-charge der Eastern Region Blood Transfusion Lab.
5 1944-1976 Laurence Picken ist Fellow für Biologe des Jesus College, Cambridge.
6 1944-1945 Laurence Picken reist mit Joseph Needham für die British Council Scientific Mission nach Chongqing (Sichuan). Er lernt von Zha Fuxi, Vize-Vorsitzender der Chinese Musicians Association Zither (qin) spielen.
7 1946-1966 Laurence Picken ist Assistant Director of Research für Zoology der University of Cambridge.
8 1952-1966 Laurence Picken macht jährliche Reisen in die Türkei.
  • Document: Widdess, Richard. Obituary : Laurence Picken. In : Ethnomusicology forum ; vol. 17, no 2 (2008). (Pick1, Publication)
9 1959 Laurence Picken erhält den Walker-Ames Professor in Zoology der University of Washington.
10 1966-1976 Laurence Picken ist Assistant Director of Research für Oriental Music an der University of Cambridge.
11 1972 Laurence Picken kauft und kopiert eine Sammlung von Togaku Manuskripten des Heian Court, die aus der Tang Dynastie stammen, in Japan.
12 1973 Laurence Picken wird Fellow of the British Academy.
13 1977-1984 Laurence Picken ist Mitherausgeber von Musica asiatica.
14 1977 Laurence Picken übergibt seine ca. 700 Musikinstrumente dem Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology der Harvard University, Cambridge.
  • Document: Widdess, Richard. Obituary : Laurence Picken. In : Ethnomusicology forum ; vol. 17, no 2 (2008). (Pick1, Publication)
15 1979 Laurence Picken erhält den Walker-Ames Professor in Music der University of Washington.
16 1981-2007 Laurence Picken ist Herausgeber von Music from the Tang Court.
17 1990 Laurence Picken überwacht Übersetzungen von Tang und Song Stücken am Konservatorium in Shanghai.
18 1995 Laurence Picken erhält den Curt Sachs Award.

Bibliography (7)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1957 Picken, Laurence. Chiang K'uei's Nine songs for yueh. (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1957). [Jiang Kui]. Publication / Pick10
2 1973 Picken, Laurence ; Pont, Kenneth. Ancient Chinese tunes : nine pieces for recorders, tuned percussion, rhythmic percussion, plucked strings, guitar and optional clarinets in B flat. (London : Oxford University Press, 1973). [Musikpartitur]. Publication / Pick8
3 1977 Picken, Laurence. Medieval musics of Asia. (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1977). Publication / Pick11
4 1979 Picken, Laurence ; Widdess, Richard. Music and tradition : essays on Asian and other musics presented to Laurence Picken. (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1979). Publication / Pick4
5 1981-2000 Music from the Tang court : transcribed from the original, unpublished, Sino-Japanese manuscripts, together with a survey of relevant historical sources (both Chinese and Japanese). With editorial comments by Laurence Picken, with Rembrandt F. Wolpert [et al.]. Vol. 1-7. (London : Oxford University Press, Music Department, 1981-2000). Publication / Pick6
6 1984 Li, Bai. Poems. Translations by Elling Eide. (Lexington, Ky. : Anvil Press, 1984). [Enthält] : Tunes from the T'ang. Transcribed and arranged by Laurence Picken. [Li Bo]. Publication / Pick9
7 1995 Picken, Laurence ; Nickson, Noel John. The emperor destroys the formations : Huang-di pozhen-yue / Odai hajin-raku : in three movements : transcribed from the earliest sources for di, guan, sheng, zheng and pipa. (Sydney : University of Western Sydney, Department of Music, 1995). Publication / Pick7

Secondary Literature (4)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1975 Perspectives on Asian music : essays in honor of Laurence E.R. Picken. Fritz A. Kuttner, Fredric Lieberman, ed. (New York, N.Y. : Society for Asian Music, 1975). (Asian music ; 6). Publication / Pick5
2 2007 Laurence Picken. In : Times online 24 march 2007 : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1560431.ece. Web / Pick3
3 2007 Laurence Picken. In : The Independent 31 march 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1560431.ece. 		Web / Pick2
4 2008 Widdess, Richard. Obituary : Laurence Picken. In : Ethnomusicology forum ; vol. 17, no 2 (2008). Publication / Pick1
  • Cited by: Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich (AOI, Organisation)