CONTENTS

Preface

Part I Introduction

Part II The Dbyangs Yig^* (Yang-Yig, “Song Book”)
Commentary, Transcriptions, Translations

Part III Stylistic Analysis

General Observations

Intonation and Style

Intervals

Ornaments

Text and Melody

Accents

Notational Symbols

K Interpretations

S Interpretations

Part IV The Dbyangs Deb^* (Yang-Deb, “Text Book”)
Commentary, Transcriptions, Translations

Bibliography

Index

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* The pages of the Yang-Yig and the Yang-Deb do not figure in the pagination of the book; the former precede page 29 of the text, and the latter, page 537. The following MS pages of the Yang-Deb have been deleted: 2A, 3B, 4B, 5A, and 6A.