Composing Japanese Musical Modernity

by Bonnie C. Wade

Book Overview

When we think of composers, we usually envision an isolated artist separate from the orchestra--someone alone in a study, surround by staff paper--and in Europe and America this image generally has been accurate. For most of Japan's musical history, however, no such role existed--composition and performance were deeply intertwined. Only when Japan began to embrace Western culture in the late nineteenth century did the role of the composer emerge...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022608521X
• ISBN13: 9780226085210
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"