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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galliano, Luciana, 1953-

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Standardized Title:

Yōgaku. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Campus eBookstore Inc - CEI, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 it also provides insight into the aesthetical and theoretical aspects of Japanese musical thought.

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.

Print Version Record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-41583-1

1-4616-7455-7

OCLC:

855969741