Travels in China

John Barrow
Philadelphia 1805
Houghton Library, Harvard University, Ch 187.93.4

Click for full-size imageBarrow believed that Kambra’s “Moo-Lee-Chwa” was inaccurately transcribed and embellished. Unlike Kambra’s version, Barrow’s “corrected” version represents the melody as pentatonic.

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