Kikuoka Hiroaki and Nagauta Shamisen in Tokyo
by
Jay Davis Keister
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
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...