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Traditional Folk Song in Modern Japan : Sources, Sentiment and Society.

The Japanese say that 'folk song is the heart's home town'. Traditional folk songs (min'yo) from the countryside are strongly linked to their places of origin and continue to play a role there. Today, however, they are also taught as a quasi-art music, arranged for stage and tele...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hughes, David W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2008.
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  • Table of Contents; List of Musical Examples; List of Figures; List of Tables; Stylistic conventions; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Folk song in Japan: the background; 2. Song and music in the traditional village; 3. Folk song in transition; 4. The modern urban folk song world; 5. The modern countryside and the performing arts; 6. At the edges of the 'folk song world'; 7. Japanese folk song: retrospect, circumspect, prospect; Appendix 1:Texts of shin-min'yo- and related popular songs; Appendix 2: Addresses related to min'yo-; Appendix 3: A marketing guide for min'yo- recordings; Bibliography.