Nagauta : the heart of kabuki music / by William P. Malm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malm, William P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kabuki.

Music--Japan--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (545 p.)

Place of Publication:

Rutland, Vermont : Charles E. Tuttle, 1963.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Kabuki theater of Japan has achieved a growing reputation as one of the world's most brilliant achievements in the field of theater. And the number of studies made on the subject in the West has been considerable. Yet, in spite of the fact that so much of the unique brilliance of the kabuki stage depends on the character of its music, the manner in which it is used, and its integral connection with the development of the dramatic impact of the plays, very little has been written on this phase of the genre. As the author points out, ""Writers on kabuki recognize the fact that the spectacula

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of Musical Examples and Tables; List of Illustrations; Preface; PART ONE: History and Theory; ONE: A Short History of Nagauta; TWO: Classifications of the Nagauta Repertoire; THREE: Form in Nagauta; The jo-ha-kyū-concept; Noh drama form; Kumiuta form; Jōruri form; Kabuki dance form; Mixed forms; PART TWO: Music and Instruments; FOUR: The Nagauta Voice; FIVE: The Shamisen and Its Music; The instrument; Shamisen music; SIX: Drums of the Hayashi Ensemble; The ō-tsuzumi and ko-tsuzumi; The taiko; Percussion music; Drum music in relation to form

SEVEN: Flutes of the Hayashi EnsembleThe bamboo flute and its music; The noh flute and its music; EIGHT: The Off-stage Ensemble and Its Music; PART THREE: Analysis; NINE: Analysis of Tsuru-kame; TEN: Analysis of Gorō Tokimune; ELEVEN: Conclusions; APPENDIX: Titles and Locations of Nagauta Compositions Studied; Bibliography; Index; PART FOUR: Transcriptions [Insert]; Note on the Notations Used; Tsuru-kame; Japanese text of Tsuru-kame; Gorō Tokimune; Japanese Text for Gorō Tokimune; The Forty-eight Ōzatsuma-te; ""Kyōgen-gakko""; ""Kusabue"" from Shigure; ""Inakabue"" from Utsubozaru; Back Cover

Notes:

Pages 243-344, consisting of transcriptions of Nagauta music in western notation, inserted.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4629-1305-9

OCLC:

881567184