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Japan's musical tradition : hogaku from prehistory to the present /
""What makes Japanese music sound Japanese? Each genre of Japan's pre-Western music (hogaku) morphed from the preceding one with singing at its foundation. In ancient Shinto prayers, words of power recited in a prescribed cadence communicated veneration and community needs to the divi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson :
McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers,
2020.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Aesthetic Heritage
- 2. Ancient Music and Its Properties
- 3. Simple Instruments
- 4. Two Modes and Tuning of the Instruments
- 5. Singing the Uta (Song/Poetry)
- 6. The Format of Continuity in Hogaku Compositions
- 7. Decorating the Melodic Line
- 8. Why We Are Able to Hear Ancient Music Today: The Iemoto System
- 9. The West, Hogaku Today and the Future
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index