Music of Bunraku /
Shows the exotic drama of Bunraku, the puppet theater of Japan, and is intended to enable the viewer to understand its music as well. The musical styles, notation and performers of Bunraku are introduced by Prof. William P. Malm of the University of Michigan, while the historic roots of Bunraku, as...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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Norman, Okla. :
University of Oklahoma,
[1991]
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| Series: | Early music television.
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| Summary: | Shows the exotic drama of Bunraku, the puppet theater of Japan, and is intended to enable the viewer to understand its music as well. The musical styles, notation and performers of Bunraku are introduced by Prof. William P. Malm of the University of Michigan, while the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints, are explained by Prof. Sidney D. Brown of the University of Oklahoma. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater of Japan demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform Ise ondo koi no netaba (The massacre of a geisha house in Ise). |
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| Item Description: | Japanese narrative with English subtitles in the performance by the National Bunraku Theater of Japan. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Camera, Toshitaka Nishimura and Rob Evans ; editors, David Smeal and Eugene Enrico. |