Bulletin Spring 1975

Archives of Chinese Music The Archives were begun in September 1972, working with a grant from the Commission for the Advancement of Christian Higher Education in Asia. The aims in founding the Archives were to collect and systematically organize as great a variety and quantity of significant materials to be used in the study of Chinese music as was possible within severe budget limitations. These included printed materials such as magazine articles, scores, books, recordings (disc, tape, and cassette), microfilms, films, photographs, video-tapes, and musical instruments. These materials were to be available to any qualified person interested in using the Archives; materials capable of reproduction with the available equipment would be copied and mailed to any overseas scholar willing to pay the costs of reproduction and mailing. As a first step in maintaining the Archives and developing the Chinese Music programme in The Chinese University, the services of two invaluable researchers and teachers: Messrs. Tong Kin-woon and Cheung Sai-bung were secured. It was decided to develop the curriculum in History, Literature, and Instrumental Playing over the first few years and to recruit six of the finest performers of Chinese cultivated music to teach both music majors and others interested in Chinese music. The Archives were developed initially by acquiring all the commercially available pre-recorded materials in Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan ； a huge gift of 8,000 recordings from R T V in 1974 made the collection of recordings (including many old 78 rpm discs) one of the most significant in the world. A modernized Sheng in the Chinese Music Archives Only after this step couldfieldrecording, an essential activity of any archives, begin ； in 1974 recording Buddhist and Taoist temple music in Tai Po, Castle Peak, and Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon was started. In 1975 the acquisition of a Chinon sound movie camera made it possible to film Chinese opera and puppet opera on film cassettes with synchronized sound. In 1974 the Archives published its first Catalogue of Holdings ； this was distributed to other Archives internationally. The Catalogue was warmly received by overseas scholars and archivists. The S In terms of dollars and cents, the organ at the Chung Chi College Chapel may not be one of the most ambitious projects of CUHK. The magnificent instrument, however, standsfor the triumph of human determination in overcoming tremendous odds. For this reason, the Bulletin has asked Mrs. Ingeline Nielsen, who has been involved with this project from the conception to the final installation, to write the intimate story of the Chung Chi College organ. Editor 5