| Description |
xxv, 446 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Series |
SOAS musicology series
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Ashgate research companion
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SOAS musicology series.
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Ashgate research companion.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [383]-420), audio/videography (pages [421]-425), and index. |
| Contents |
Context and change in Japanese music / Alison Tokita and David Hughes -- Court and religious music (1) : history of gagaku and shōmyō / Steven G. Nelson -- Court and religious music (2): music of gagaku and shōmyō / Steven G. Nelson -- The musical narrative of the Tale of the Heike / Komoda Haruko -- The Kyushu biwa traditions / Hugh de Ferranti -- Nō and kyōgen: music from the medieval theatre / Fujita Takanori -- The shakuhachi and its music / Tsukitani Tsuneko -- Sōkyoku-jiuta : Edo-period chamber music / Philip Flavin -- Gidayū-bushi : music of the bunraku puppet theatre / Yamada Chieko -- Music in kabuki : more than meets the eye / Alison McQueen Tokita -- Popular music before the Meiji period / Gerald Groemer -- Folk music : from local to national to global / David W. Hughes -- The music of Ryukyu / Robin Thompson -- The music of the Ainu / Chiba Nobuhiko -- Popular music in modern Japan / Christine Yano and Hosokawa Shūhei -- Western-influenced classical music in Japan / Judith Ann Herd. |
| Subject |
Music -- Japan -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Tokita, Alison, 1947-
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Hughes, David W. (David Weirick), 1945-
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| ISBN |
9780754656999 (alk. paper) |
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0754656993 (alk. paper) |
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