Laurence Picken

Laurence Ernest Rowland Picken (16 July 1909 – 16 March 2007) was an ethnomusicologist and scientist.[1] He had a wide research interest, and published works on cytology, biochemistry, musicology, Turkish musical instruments, and ancient Chinese and Japanese music.

  1. ^ Music and tradition: essays on Asian and other musics presented to Laurence Picken / edited by D.R. Widdess and R.F. Wolpert, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981, i-ix.