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... Asia , native arts continued to flour- ish because , after centuries of warfare , they finally emerged as strong kingdoms . The predominant themes of Southeast Asian arts have been religion and national history . In religion the main ...
... Asia , native arts continued to flour- ish because , after centuries of warfare , they finally emerged as strong kingdoms . The predominant themes of Southeast Asian arts have been religion and national history . In religion the main ...
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... Asia , ch . 2 and 5 ( 1967 ) , discusses the music of the Southeast Asian region ; LAWRENCE PICKEN , " The Music of Far Eastern Asia and Other Countries , " in The New Oxford History of Music , vol . 1 , Ancient and Oriental Music , pp ...
... Asia , ch . 2 and 5 ( 1967 ) , discusses the music of the Southeast Asian region ; LAWRENCE PICKEN , " The Music of Far Eastern Asia and Other Countries , " in The New Oxford History of Music , vol . 1 , Ancient and Oriental Music , pp ...
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... ASIAN THEATRE Although the emergence of Asian theatre was not simul- taneous with that of ancient Greece and Rome , it merits discussion here rather than as an appendage to the history of Western drama . Asian theatre , to speak in ...
... ASIAN THEATRE Although the emergence of Asian theatre was not simul- taneous with that of ancient Greece and Rome , it merits discussion here rather than as an appendage to the history of Western drama . Asian theatre , to speak in ...
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