A Correction and a Communication

s A CORRECTION On page 87 of Chinoperl News No.4 the title used by University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, for the texts to accompany the Catherine Stevens Collection of Tapes was wrongly given as Chinese Oral Literature from Taiwan. The correct reference is: Stevens, Catherine, coll. Chinese folk entertainments: a collection of tapes with matching text~ (draft version) Boston, 1960. 6v. (text only). We learn that University Microfilms will only provide complete sets. CHINOPERLis prepared to provide members with tapes and xerox copies of such portions of the material as they need, at cost. A COMMUNICATION David Holm, The Old Farm House, Leinthall Starkes, Ludlow, Salop SYS 2HP, U.K., writes us as follows: I'm sorry not to have been able to attend your sixth annual meeting. Your programme sounded very int,.resting, and I hope to be able to attend in some future year. I have been very busy writing up a thesis chapter on the formal characteristics and social background of vang-ko, and I may have some inforc:ntion on ~-ko dances and music that would be of interPst to your members. I have been working thus far prilJlBrily with tonic sol-fa scores collected ie: field surveys made in Horth Shensi and East ,,ansu in the early l940's, and it would be a great help if some recordings could be located. Is there anything in the Chinoperl archiveo on any of the following genres: 1. Yang-ko ~ ~ (from anywhere in North _China, IJ.1ARand Manchuria - also called >n:L..:K. ::)-:.. ~ ~ ,,oJ, ri7@ -