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Focus : music in contemporary Japan /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matsue, Jennifer Milioto, 1970- (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016.
Series:Focus on world music.
Subjects:
Music > Japan > History and criticism.
Music > Performance > Social aspects > Japan.
Japanese > Music > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Japanese music in geographical, historical and cultural context
  • Japanese cultural identity and musical modernity
  • Performing music of the pre-modern era
  • Making music in the modern era
  • Taiko and the marketing of tradition in Kyoto
  • Four case studies and some conclusions
  • Conclusion : the future of Japanese music.