Jing Wang. Half Sound, Half Philosophy: Aesthetics, Politics, and History of China’s Sound Art. Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. xiv, 232 pp., glossary of terms, bibliography, index. ISBN 978-1501333484 (hardback) and ISBN 978-1501333507 (e-book, 240 pp.).

Bell Yung is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, and an affiliate professor at the University of Washington. He has published ten books and over 100 journal articles, book chapters, and reviews, in English and in Chinese. His most recent article was “From Humble Beginnings toQinMaster: The Remarkable CrossFertilisation of Folk and Elite Cultures in Yao Bingyan’s Dapu Music” (2021).