I. Parallax Ethnic Series of monographies Series editor: Bernard Kleikamp. Publisher: Parallax Music Publishing. Accompanying CDs produced by PAN Records.

• Vol. 1: Irina Raspopova’s method of voice training in folk styles of Russian polyphony Developed and described by Irina Raspopova. The book goes together with a music cassette with the examples that are described in the book. There are numerous examples in music notation inside the book. Some recordings of PAN 2039 are analyzed here. This book is the first publication that gives an analysis and a teaching method of Russian folk polyphony. 64 pages, photographs + music notations + exercise cassette. ISBN: 90-75718-01-2. a

• Vol. 2: Prince Nhosang—Tibetan Opera Transcribed according to the oral rendering of Pema Dhundrup, written down by the Yalong Art Troupe, and translated from the Tibetan into English by Tenzin Shenphen. Introductory chapters by Tian Liantao and Bernard Kleikamp. This book is the first translation into English of one of the ‘eight famous operas’ of Tibet and gives extensive background information about an art form of which little is known in the West. 80 pages, 22 colour photographs. Tibetan Opera recordings are found on PAN 2046. ISBN: 90-75718-02-01. Paard van Marken - Bert Aalbers Dance tunes and other melodies 1975 - 2005 This book of tunes contains almost 250 dance melodies, a selection that was made by Bert Aalbers from the almost 600 that he wrote between 1975 and 2005, a selection which he hopes may survive eternity. Hornpipes, jigs, reels, polka’s, waltzes, schleiffers, musettes, slow dances. Bert Aalbers has been a landmark figure in Dutch folkmusic since the mid-1960s as a composer, solo musician, multi-instrumentalist, member of folkgroups (Crackerhash, Windkracht Acht, Foo Foo Band) and as one of the founders/cooperators of Dutch folkmagazine Janviool (now called New Folksounds). Some of these melodies have become quite popular and were recorded by various Dutch folk bands, but many have not been recorded yet and are published here for the first time. ISBN 978-90-75718-04-01. II. Chime Studies in East Asian Music Series editor: Frank Kouwenhoven. Publisher: Chime Foundation. Accompanying CDs produced by PAN Records. Vol. 1: Chinese Folk Songs and Folk Singers (Shan’ge traditions in Southern Jiangsu) This impressive Ph.D. thesis by Antoinet Schimmelpenninck is a broad introduction to Chinese folk song, based on 10 years of field research in the countryside near Shanghai. It is one of the first comprehensive studies of Chinese folk songs, dealing with the lyrics as well as the music. There is ample attention for the singers and how they figure in folk mythology and in daily reality. The book (449 pages plus numerous illustrations) is accompanied by a 75+ min CD. ISBN: 90-803615-1-8. Volume 2: Plucking the Winds: Lifes of Village Musicians in Old and New China Author: Stephen Jones. The book is accompanied by a 70+ min CD. Other publications “Brass Unbound. Secret children of the colonial brass band”, by R. Boonzajer Flaes. Brass bands accompanied the armies that colonised Africa, Asia and America. Local musicians quickly discovered that their instruments could also be used for more than just European music. Anthropologist Rob Boonzajer Flaes shows how brass band music was picked up and changed into African highlife, Indian and Nepalese band parties, Surinamese winti bands and Indonesian bamboo and zinc orchestras. Previously published in Dutch as “Bewogen Koper” by ‘De Balie’, the English edition now makes this fascinating phenomenon accessible to an international audience. ISBN 90 6832 278 8. Hardcover; 165 pp.; ill.; CD included. “Brass Unbound” is sold out, “Bewogen Koper” is still available via PAN Records. Faka Pasifika #1. Dances for children from the age of 3 upward. Faka Pasifika #2. Dances for children from the age of 8 upward. Faka Pasifika #3. Dances for adults and children from the age of 12 upward. This set of three books contains dances from various parts of the South Pacific, as collected by Ad and Lucia Linkels during field trips between 1982 and 2000. The original aim was to learn about daily life in the South Pacific by participating in the singing and dancing. But for instruction purposes and in order to preserve these dances, they are now published as books accompanying three DVDs. Each DVD has a length of around 60 minutes and contains 30 - 40 dances. The books contain descriptions of the dances, as well as lyrics, translations, musical notations, and other background information. "Faka Pasifika" (three volumes in English, corresponding to the separate DVDs).