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Yogaku
Japanese Music in the 20th Century
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2002
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This book introduces us to the world of contemporary Japanese music and it guides us towards a better understanding of their world.—Luciano Berio
Yogaku discusses over a century of musical activity in Japan, detailing, in particular, the music that was inspired by Western music after the Meiji Restoration in the 19th century, and its development through the end of the 20th century. The book not only examines the infiltration of Western music into Japan, but also provides insight into the aesthetic and theoretical aspects of Japanese musical thought.
The word yogaku (Western music) is made up of two characters:yo, which means "ocean" (that is, "over the ocean," meaning Western or foreign) andgaku, which means "music." Divided into two parts, the text covers the period preceding World War I as well as the post-war period. The introduction provides a history of music's role in Japanese society, touching upon the differences in the functions of Japanese and Western music. Part One describes the complex process of a new musical world and the European musical ideas that penetrated Japan. Modernization through westernization is explored; the author details the differences between the traditional Japanese music and that composed under Western influence, as well as the French and German impact on Japanese musical compositions. Galliano looks at the appearance of music in schools and the first Japanese musical compositions, as well as nationalism's effect on music through propaganda and censorship. Part Two explores topics such as the post-war avant-garde, the 1960s boom in traditional music, and the closing decades of the 20th century. The next generation of Japanese composers are also considered.
Japanese history and music scholars, as well as those interested in Japanese music, will want to include Yogaku in their collection.
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Copyright year
2002
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-4325-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-7455-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
357
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Table of Contents No access
Foreword to the Italian Edition No access
Foreword to the English Edition No access
Acknowledgments No access
Note on the Transliteration of Japanese Terms and Names No access
0.1. The Historical and Cultural Background: Considerations on the Theory and Aesthetics of Traditional Japanese Music No access
0.2. The Concept of Time in Japanese Music No access
0.3. The Stratification and Conservation of Traditional Forms of Music No access
1.1. The Role of Western Music in the Program of Modernization: Modernization through Westernization? No access
1.2. Travels and Musical Exchange: The First Foreign Musicians in Japan and the First Japanese Abroad No access
1.3. The Traditional and the New in Japanese Music No access
2.1. The Influence of French and German Music on Japanese Composers No access
2.2. The Avant-Garde and Shinkō No access
3.1. Music Schools and the First Symphony Orchestras No access
3.2. Music Journals No access
3.3. The Birth of Opera No access
3.4. Japanese Society and the Influence of Broadcasting and Recording No access
4.1. Political Movements and the Proletarian Music League No access
4.2. Propaganda and Censorship No access
5.1. Similarities and Differences with Europe No access
5.2. Continuity and Change on the Postwar Music Scene No access
6.1. Jikkenkōbō No access
6.2. Electronic Music No access
6.3. The Twentieth-Century Music Laboratory No access
6.4. Composer's Associations No access
7.1. The Impact of Cage. Happening and Performance. The New Direction Group and Its Activities No access
7.2. The Boom in Traditional Music No access
8.1. The Leading Composers: Matsudaira, Yuasa, Takemitsu, Ishii, and Ichiyanagi No access
8.2. An Overview of the Musical Situation in Japan in the Closing Decade of the Twentieth Century No access
8.3. Hōgaku No access
8.4. Other Composers No access
8.5. The Next Generation No access
Appendix A: List of Japanese Names No access Pages 319 - 324
Appendix B: List of Aesthetic and Musical Terms No access Pages 325 - 326
