Yōgaku : Japanese music in the twentieth century / Luciana Galliano ; translated by Martin Mayes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galliano, Luciana, 1953-

Standardized Title:

Yōgaku. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Music--Japan--20th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Japan.

Physical Description:

xvi, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Japanese music in the twentieth century

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002.

Contents:

Introduction : Traditional Japanese cultural values and Japan's transition into the twentieth century

The introduction of western music

The evolution of a western-style musical language in the first half of the twentieth century

A new musical world

Nationalism and music

The cultural and social situation in the post-war period

The post-war avant-garde

The 1960s

The closing decades of the twentieth century.

Notes:

Rev. and expanded ed. of Yōgaku : percorsi della musica giapponese nel Novecento. Italy : Cafoscarina, c1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-334) and index.

ISBN:

0810843250

OCLC:

49225423