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... sung in fast tempo . The ensemble used in present - day South Indian classical music consists of a singer or a main melody instrument , a secondary melody instrument , one or more rhythmic per- cussion instruments , and one or more ...
... sung in fast tempo . The ensemble used in present - day South Indian classical music consists of a singer or a main melody instrument , a secondary melody instrument , one or more rhythmic per- cussion instruments , and one or more ...
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... Sung T'ai Tsu , portrait by an unknown artist . In the National Palace Museum , Taipei . fiable on this point , imply that Chao lacked forewarning of the coup . On the officers ' pledge of obedience and promise not to molest the ...
... Sung T'ai Tsu , portrait by an unknown artist . In the National Palace Museum , Taipei . fiable on this point , imply that Chao lacked forewarning of the coup . On the officers ' pledge of obedience and promise not to molest the ...
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... Sung and Yüan dynasties . Internal developments . The Sung ( 960-1279 ) and Yuan ( 1279- 1368 ) periods witnessed a great religious effervescence , stimulated in part , under the Sung , by the menace of foreign invasion and , during the ...
... Sung and Yüan dynasties . Internal developments . The Sung ( 960-1279 ) and Yuan ( 1279- 1368 ) periods witnessed a great religious effervescence , stimulated in part , under the Sung , by the menace of foreign invasion and , during the ...
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