Author: William P. Malm
Publisher: Kodansha International
ISBN: 9784770023957
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
"Malm's scholarship is impeccable... Of equal importance is the fact that he is an excellent performing musician who has studied extensively in Japan." -Choice
Japanese Music & Musical Instruments
Author: William P. Malm
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462912354
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
This interesting and authoritative book includes essential facts about the various forms of Japanese music and musical instruments and their place in the overall history of Japan. Japanese Music and Musical Instruments has three main orientations: The history of Japanese music Construction of the instruments Analysis of the music itself. The book covers in a lucidly written text and a wealth of fascinating photographs and drawings the main forms of musical expression. Many readers will find the useful hints on purchasing instruments, records, and books especially valuable, and for those who wish to pursue the matter further there is a selected bibliography and a guide to Tokyo's somewhat hidden world of Japanese music. It will be found an invaluable aid to the understanding and appreciation of an important, but little-known, and fascinating aspect of Japanese culture.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462912354
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
This interesting and authoritative book includes essential facts about the various forms of Japanese music and musical instruments and their place in the overall history of Japan. Japanese Music and Musical Instruments has three main orientations: The history of Japanese music Construction of the instruments Analysis of the music itself. The book covers in a lucidly written text and a wealth of fascinating photographs and drawings the main forms of musical expression. Many readers will find the useful hints on purchasing instruments, records, and books especially valuable, and for those who wish to pursue the matter further there is a selected bibliography and a guide to Tokyo's somewhat hidden world of Japanese music. It will be found an invaluable aid to the understanding and appreciation of an important, but little-known, and fascinating aspect of Japanese culture.
Composing for Japanese Instruments
Author: Minoru Miki
Publisher: University Rochester Press
ISBN: 9781580462730
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The unique sounds of the biwa, shamisen, and other traditional instruments from Japan are heard more and more often in works for the concert hall and opera house. Composing for Japanese Instruments is a practical orchestration/instrumentation manual with contextual and relevant historical information for composers who wish to learn how to compose for traditional Japanese instruments. Widely regarded as the authoritative text on the subject in Japan and China, it contains hundreds of musical examples, diagrams, photographs, and fingering charts, and comes complete with two accompanying compact discs of musical examples. Its author, Minoru Miki, is a composer of international renown and is recognized in Japan as a pioneer in writing for Japanese traditional instruments. The book contains valuable appendices, one of works Miki himself has composed using Japanese traditional instruments, and one of works by other composers -- including Toru Takemitsu and Henry Cowell -- using Japanese traditional instruments. Marty Regan is Assistant Professor of Music at Texas A&M University; Philip Flavin is a Research Fellow in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University, Australia.
Publisher: University Rochester Press
ISBN: 9781580462730
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The unique sounds of the biwa, shamisen, and other traditional instruments from Japan are heard more and more often in works for the concert hall and opera house. Composing for Japanese Instruments is a practical orchestration/instrumentation manual with contextual and relevant historical information for composers who wish to learn how to compose for traditional Japanese instruments. Widely regarded as the authoritative text on the subject in Japan and China, it contains hundreds of musical examples, diagrams, photographs, and fingering charts, and comes complete with two accompanying compact discs of musical examples. Its author, Minoru Miki, is a composer of international renown and is recognized in Japan as a pioneer in writing for Japanese traditional instruments. The book contains valuable appendices, one of works Miki himself has composed using Japanese traditional instruments, and one of works by other composers -- including Toru Takemitsu and Henry Cowell -- using Japanese traditional instruments. Marty Regan is Assistant Professor of Music at Texas A&M University; Philip Flavin is a Research Fellow in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University, Australia.
Japanese Musical Instruments
Author: Hugh De Ferranti
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Long seen as a source of ritual power, Japan's musical traditions continue to serve as a primary realm of aesthetic experience for the nation's people. Fully illustrated and including both historical and present-day images, Japanese Musical Instruments is a comprehensive survey of Japanese traditional instruments. Easy-to-use and concise, the book provides an overview of the nation's musical heritage while describing the historical meanings and uses of the full range of instruments.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Long seen as a source of ritual power, Japan's musical traditions continue to serve as a primary realm of aesthetic experience for the nation's people. Fully illustrated and including both historical and present-day images, Japanese Musical Instruments is a comprehensive survey of Japanese traditional instruments. Easy-to-use and concise, the book provides an overview of the nation's musical heritage while describing the historical meanings and uses of the full range of instruments.
The Koto
Author: Henry Mabley Johnson
Publisher: Hotei Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Henry Johnson is an ethnomusicologist at the University of Otago, New Zealand, where he teaches and undertakes research in Ethnomusicology and Asian Studies.
Publisher: Hotei Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Henry Johnson is an ethnomusicologist at the University of Otago, New Zealand, where he teaches and undertakes research in Ethnomusicology and Asian Studies.
Traditional Japanese Music and Musical Instruments
Author: William P. Malm
Publisher: Kodansha International
ISBN: 9784770023957
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
"Malm's scholarship is impeccable... Of equal importance is the fact that he is an excellent performing musician who has studied extensively in Japan." -Choice
Publisher: Kodansha International
ISBN: 9784770023957
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
"Malm's scholarship is impeccable... Of equal importance is the fact that he is an excellent performing musician who has studied extensively in Japan." -Choice
The Music and Musical Instruments of Japan
Author: Francis Taylor Piggott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Six Hidden Views of Japanese Music
Author: William P. Malm
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780520050457
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780520050457
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Handbook of Japanese Music in the Modern Era
Author: Henry Johnson
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004687173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
Exploring an array of captivating topics, from hybridized Buddhist music to AI singers, this book introduces Japanese music in the modern era. The twenty-five chapters show how cultural change from the late nineteenth century to the present day has had a profound impact on the Japanese musical landscape, including the recontextualization and transformation of traditional genres, and the widespread adoption of Western musical practices ranging from classical music to hip hop. The contributors offer representative case studies within the themes of Foundations, Heritage, Institutions, and Hybridities, examining both musical styles that originated in earlier times and distinctly localized or Japanized musical forms.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004687173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
Exploring an array of captivating topics, from hybridized Buddhist music to AI singers, this book introduces Japanese music in the modern era. The twenty-five chapters show how cultural change from the late nineteenth century to the present day has had a profound impact on the Japanese musical landscape, including the recontextualization and transformation of traditional genres, and the widespread adoption of Western musical practices ranging from classical music to hip hop. The contributors offer representative case studies within the themes of Foundations, Heritage, Institutions, and Hybridities, examining both musical styles that originated in earlier times and distinctly localized or Japanized musical forms.