Music in Japan: Book & CD

Contents

• Foreword
• Preface CD Track List:
• 1. International Interface: Looking Westward Setting the Scene "The West" Goes to Japan Meiji-Period Modernization World War I and Immediately Following
• 2. International Interface: Looking Eastward Tradition in a Time of Change Interface in the First Millennium The Gagaku Ensemble as We Hear It Aerophones: Chordophones: Membranophones and an Idiophone: Percussion Parts in Gagaku Music Strokes and Stroke
• 3. Focusing Inward and Across Boundaries Beyond Classical Music Training Beyond the Palace Beyond the Temple Fuzzing of Folk and Popular Tsugaru syamisen The Syamisen Drumming Ensembles: Matsuri bayashi Within the World of Koto Keiko Nosaka and the Twent
• o: Michio Migyai and Shin nihon ongaku Traditional Music for Koto Contemporary Composition for Koto: From Theater to Film
• 4. Intertextuality in the Theatrical Arts The No Drama and Ataka The Staging: The Plays and Musical Setting: The Acting Forces: Movement: The Musicians and Instruments: The Kabuki Theater From No to Kabuki Kanjincho The Musicians: The Music: The Film Men
• 5. Managing International Interface Continuing Interface Looking to the East: Niche Musics from Around the World: Jazz and the Authenticity Issue: Hip-hop in Japan: Continuing the Inward Look National Cultural Policies: The Choral Phenomenon: Music and t
• 6. From Japan Outward Japanese Diasporas Karaoke: Jazz and "Japaneseness": Kurasiku ongaku Sharing the concern about "Japaneseness" Expressing "Japaneseness" Aesthetically The Seasons in Japanese Music Keiko Abe and the Marimba:
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• References Resources:
• Index