Shaped by Japanese music : Kikouka Hiroaki and Nagauta Shamisen in Tokyo /
Keister, Jay,
Shaped by Japanese music : Kikouka Hiroaki and Nagauta Shamisen in Tokyo / Jay Keister. - ix, 285 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. - Current research in ethnomusicology ; v. 10 . - Current research in ethnomusicology ; v. 10. .
Glossary: p. 279-285.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction : the human life in the music -- A career in Nagauta : Kikuoka Hiroaki -- Learning Nagauta : an ethnographic account of teacher-student relationships -- Nagauta as social institution : the shaping forces of form -- Nagauta as cultural document : the shaping of Sukeroku -- The shape of Nagauta in the twentieth century : two compositions by Kikuoka -- Conclusion : shaped by Japanese music -- Transcription : Sukeroku -- Transcription : Yuki Musume -- Transcription : Sakura Emaki -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index and glossary. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. App. A. App. B. App. C.
"Shaped by Japanese Music is an in-depth analysis of the musical world of an individual performer, composer, and teacher. Using an ethnographic approach, this study situates musical analysis in the context of its creation, demonstrating that traditional Japanese music is hardly an archaic song form frozen in the present, but an active sociocultural system that has been reproduced in Japan from the seventeenth century to the present day. The dynamics of this cultural system unfold in the musical experiences of Kikuoka Hiroaki, the leader of a school of nagauta music, who struggled to modernize the art form while trying to maintain the qualities he believed to be fundamental to the tradition. Through the focus on Kikuoka's school, readers will become familiar with conflicts in the recent history of this music, traditional Japanese teaching methods, and the technique of modern composition within a traditional form. Underlying all of these different analyzes is the concept of kata (form), a; Japanese aesthetic that helps shape musical forms as well as the behavior of musicians."--Publisher description.
0415969727 9780415969727 0203496558 9780203496558
2003021588
Kikuoka, Hiroaki, 1928-1999
Nagauta--History and criticism
Music--History and criticism--Japan--Tokyo
ML1015.S52 / K44 2004
781.62956
Shaped by Japanese music : Kikouka Hiroaki and Nagauta Shamisen in Tokyo / Jay Keister. - ix, 285 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. - Current research in ethnomusicology ; v. 10 . - Current research in ethnomusicology ; v. 10. .
Glossary: p. 279-285.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction : the human life in the music -- A career in Nagauta : Kikuoka Hiroaki -- Learning Nagauta : an ethnographic account of teacher-student relationships -- Nagauta as social institution : the shaping forces of form -- Nagauta as cultural document : the shaping of Sukeroku -- The shape of Nagauta in the twentieth century : two compositions by Kikuoka -- Conclusion : shaped by Japanese music -- Transcription : Sukeroku -- Transcription : Yuki Musume -- Transcription : Sakura Emaki -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index and glossary. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. App. A. App. B. App. C.
"Shaped by Japanese Music is an in-depth analysis of the musical world of an individual performer, composer, and teacher. Using an ethnographic approach, this study situates musical analysis in the context of its creation, demonstrating that traditional Japanese music is hardly an archaic song form frozen in the present, but an active sociocultural system that has been reproduced in Japan from the seventeenth century to the present day. The dynamics of this cultural system unfold in the musical experiences of Kikuoka Hiroaki, the leader of a school of nagauta music, who struggled to modernize the art form while trying to maintain the qualities he believed to be fundamental to the tradition. Through the focus on Kikuoka's school, readers will become familiar with conflicts in the recent history of this music, traditional Japanese teaching methods, and the technique of modern composition within a traditional form. Underlying all of these different analyzes is the concept of kata (form), a; Japanese aesthetic that helps shape musical forms as well as the behavior of musicians."--Publisher description.
0415969727 9780415969727 0203496558 9780203496558
2003021588
Kikuoka, Hiroaki, 1928-1999
Nagauta--History and criticism
Music--History and criticism--Japan--Tokyo
ML1015.S52 / K44 2004
781.62956