PUBLICATIONS

Gert-Matthias Wegner




1982a    Die Tablå im Gharånå des Uståd Munir Khån (Laliyånå) - Studien zum
Trommelspiel in der nordindischen Kunstmusik.  (Ph.D. thesis) Hamburg:  Wagner.

1982b  'Musik und Malerei im Warli-Land' in P. Ausländer and J. Fritsch, eds., Weltmusik 2 -Feedback Papers.  Köln:  Feedback Studio Verlag

1984    Lieder der Erde.  Köln: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum.

1986a 'Anruf der alten Götter - Notation und Analyse einer newarischen Trommelkomposition' in B. Kölver, ed., Formen kulturellen Wandels und andere Beiträge zur Erforschung des Himalaya.  St. Augustin.  VHG Wissenschaftsverlag.  pp. 312-340.

1986b  The Dhimaybåjå of Bhaktapur - Studies in Newar Drumming I.  Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

1987  'Navadåphå of Bhaktapur - Repertoire and Performance of the Ten Drums' in N. Gutschow and A. Michaels, eds., Nepalica 4/22. St. Augustin.

1988    The Nåykh∞båjå of the Newar Butchers - Studies in Newar Drumming II.  Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

1990 'Review: Nepal - Musique de fête chéz les Newar, AIMP XIII CD-553 Archives internationales de Musique Populaire' in the world of music 3/1990

1992a  'Bauerntrommeln aus Bhaktapur' and 'Nordindische Kunstmusik' in Festival traditioneller Musik '90.  International Institute of Comparative Music Studies Berlin.  pp. 6-13.

1992b 'Wie ich mit den Flöhen in Bhaktapur zurechtkomme' and with U. Kölver, 'Newarische Trommel "sprache" ' in R. Schumacher, ed., Wort und Musik Nr. 12:  Von der Vielfalt Musikalischer Kultur - Festschrift Josef Kuckertz.  Anif/Salzburg: Ursula Müller-Speiser

1992c 'Invocations of Nåsa˙dya˙' in B. Kölver, ed.,  Aspects of Nepalese Traditions.  Stuttgart: Franz Steiner. pp.125-134.

1993a 'The Goat and the Music God' and with O.Sattaur 'Where is Shastriya Sangeet?' in K.M. Dixit, ed., Himal vol. 6 no.6. Lalitpur

1994a 'Review of Pirkko Moisala: Cultural Cognition in Music - Continuity and Change in the Gurung Music of Nepal' in Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. University of Pennsylvania

1994b with N. D. Sharma, 'The Båjå Gu†hi of Ba∂ikhel' in M. Allen, ed, The Anthropology of Nepal: Peoples, Problems and Processes.  Kathmandu: Mandala Book Point.

1995a with N. D. Sharma, 'The Båjå Gu†hi of Ba∂ikhel'  in K.W.Niemöller, U. Pätzold, Chung Kyo-chul, eds., Lux Oriente - Begegnungen der Kulturen in der Musikforschung - Festschrift Robert Günther. Kassel: Gustav Bosse

1995b  'Learning how to Become a Musician', in D. C. Regmi, ed., Sargam  vol. 1.  Kathmandu.

1996  'Music and Death' in S. Lienhard, ed., Change and Continuity: Studies in the Nepalese Culture of the Kathmandu Valley.  Torino: CESMEO, pp. 505-513

1994 - 1998  'Nepal', 'Tablå', 'Tåla' in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.  Kassel: Bärenreiter

2000 (online) and 2001 (printed version) 'Nikhil Ghosh' and (with R. Widdess) 'Nepal: Kathmandu Valley' in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.  London:  Macmillan,

2002 Review:  The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 5, South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent.  'Ethnomusicology Online Vol. 8', http://www.research.umbc.edu/eol/8/wegner/

2002 'Nepal: Traditional Music in a Changing World', in G. Berlin and A. Simon, eds., Music Archiving in the World.  Berlin: Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung

2004a Vintage Tablå Repertory:  Drum Compositions of North Indian Classical Music.
New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal

2004b ‘Documenting Nepalese Musical Traditions’ in Anthony Seeger and Shubha Chaudhuri, eds.. Archiving for the Future: Global Perspectives on Audiovisual Archives in the 21st Century. Calcutta: Seagull Books

2004c (with Richard Widdess) 'Musical Miniatures from Nepal: Two Newar Rågamålås' in Pratapaditya Pal, ed., Marg Vol. 56, No. 2. Mumbai

2005a (with Richard Widdess) 'Musical Miniatures from Nepal: Two Newar Rågamålås' in Pratapaditya Pal, ed., Nepal - Old Images, New Insights. Mumbai: Marg Publications

2005b ‘Rhythmus und Trommelspiel in Südasien’ in Rolf W. Stoll, ed., Neue Zeitschrift für MusikVol. 2. Mainz: Schott Musik International

2006a Review of Bruno Nettl’s ‘The Study of Ethnomusicology’, in Bettina Berlinghoff-Eichler, ed., Die Musikforschung Vol.4

2006b ‘Madhu Krishna Chitrakar’ in Pratapaditya Pal, ed., Marg Vol. 57, No. 4. Mumbai

2006c ‘Madhu Krishna Chitrakar’ in Pratapaditya Pal, ed., Chennai not Madras: Perspectives on the City. Mumbai: Marg Publications

2006d ‘Bhaktapur: Musical Change in a Newar Town in the Kathmandu Valley’ in Shashi Mahaju, ed., Matina. London

2006e ‘Die Stadt als Partitur - Buddhistische Prozessionsmusik in Bhaktapur, Nepal’ in Christa Brüstle and Matthias Rebstock, eds., Reflexzonen/Migration - Musik im Dialog VI: Jahrbuch der Berliner Gesellschaft für Neue Musik 2003/2004. Saarbrücken: PFAU Verlag

2009 ‘Music in Urban Space: Newar Buddhist Processional Music in the Kathmandu Valley’ in Richard K. Wolff, ed., Theorizing the Local:  Music, Practice, and Experience in South Asia and Beyond. New York: Oxford University Press

in press (with C. Tingey), 'The Music of Nepal', in N. Ghosh, ed., Encyclopaedia of Music in India.  Motilal Banarsidas

in press 'Nepal: Traditional Music in a Changing World' proceedings of conference ‘Preservation for the Millenium:  An International Collaboration’,  Jakarta:  Libraire Française

in press: ‘Nepal: Music and Performing Arts’, in World and its Peoples. New York 2007: Marshall Cavendish Corporation Reference

unpubl.  The Songbooks of  Krishna Gopal Gaine. 4 vols.

unpubl.  The Yach¢ Navadåphå Songbooks.  2 vols.

under preparation:

The Drums of Bhaktapur


DOCUMENTARY  FILMS


1985  Navabåjå von Bhaktapur (38') UMATIC Lowband

1987  Endzeitmusik (28') UMATIC Highband

1989  Totentanz von Bhaktapur (20') UMATIC Highband

Films produced in collaboration with Worldview Foundation Nepal (WIF), funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft




COMPACT DISCS


1998  Yamdrok Tso (piano)

1999  Music of the Sherpa People of Nepal I: Shebru Dance-Songs from the Everest Region.  Vol. 1:  Shebru dance-songs from Namche (Khumbu)
Vol. 2:  Shebru dance-songs from Thamo (KBC staff).
Funded by Eco Himal

2001  Masterdrummers of Nepal:  Auspicious Drumming Traditions of Bhaktapur
Funded by Pro Musica Viva

2002  Music of the Sherpa People of Nepal II: Ritual Music and Masked Dances
Funded by Eco Himal

2002  Rai Songs and Rituals
Funded by Eco Himal

2003 Music of the Sherpa People II: Ritual Music and Masked Dances.
Funded by Eco Himal

2006 Tibet: Folk Songs From Lhasa
Funded by Eco Himal

All CDs are distributed by
Eco Himal, Salzburg, Austria,
SAC Music International, Kathmandu, Nepal,
Kathmandu University, Department of Music, Bhaktapur, Nepal.