TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keister,Jay
TI  - Shaped by Japanese music: Kikouka Hiroaki and Nagauta Shamisen in Tokyo 
T2  - Current research in ethnomusicology
SN  - 0415969727
AV  - ML1015.S52 K44 2004
U1  - 781.62956 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Kikuoka, Hiroaki,
KW  - Nagauta
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Music
KW  - Japan
KW  - Tokyo
N1  - Glossary: p. 279-285; Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and index; Acknowledgments --; Introduction : the human life in the music --; Ch. 1; A career in Nagauta : Kikuoka Hiroaki --; Ch. 2; Learning Nagauta : an ethnographic account of teacher-student relationships --; Ch. 3; Nagauta as social institution : the shaping forces of form --; Ch. 4; Nagauta as cultural document : the shaping of Sukeroku --; Ch. 5; The shape of Nagauta in the twentieth century : two compositions by Kikuoka --; Conclusion : shaped by Japanese music --; App. A; Transcription : Sukeroku --; App. B; Transcription : Yuki Musume --; App. C; Transcription : Sakura Emaki --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index and glossary
N2  - "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
ER  -