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Author : David Loeb
Release : 1975
Genre : Koto and violin music
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Book Synopsis Six compositions for Japanese instruments by : David Loeb
Download or read book Six compositions for Japanese instruments written by David Loeb. This book was released on 1975. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William P. Malm
Release : 1990-06-15
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 354/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Japanese Music & Musical Instruments by : William P. Malm
Download or read book Japanese Music & Musical Instruments written by William P. Malm. This book was released on 1990-06-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interesting and authoritative book includes essential facts about the various forms of Japanese music and musical instruments and their place in the overall history of Japan. Japanese Music and Musical Instruments has three main orientations: The history of Japanese music Construction of the instruments Analysis of the music itself. The book covers in a lucidly written text and a wealth of fascinating photographs and drawings the main forms of musical expression. Many readers will find the useful hints on purchasing instruments, records, and books especially valuable, and for those who wish to pursue the matter further there is a selected bibliography and a guide to Tokyo's somewhat hidden world of Japanese music. It will be found an invaluable aid to the understanding and appreciation of an important, but little-known, and fascinating aspect of Japanese culture.
Author : Minoru Miki
Release : 2008
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 730/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Composing for Japanese Instruments by : Minoru Miki
Download or read book Composing for Japanese Instruments written by Minoru Miki. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unique sounds of the biwa, shamisen, and other traditional instruments from Japan are heard more and more often in works for the concert hall and opera house. Composing for Japanese Instruments is a practical orchestration/instrumentation manual with contextual and relevant historical information for composers who wish to learn how to compose for traditional Japanese instruments. Widely regarded as the authoritative text on the subject in Japan and China, it contains hundreds of musical examples, diagrams, photographs, and fingering charts, and comes complete with two accompanying compact discs of musical examples. Its author, Minoru Miki, is a composer of international renown and is recognized in Japan as a pioneer in writing for Japanese traditional instruments. The book contains valuable appendices, one of works Miki himself has composed using Japanese traditional instruments, and one of works by other composers -- including Toru Takemitsu and Henry Cowell -- using Japanese traditional instruments. Marty Regan is Assistant Professor of Music at Texas A&M University; Philip Flavin is a Research Fellow in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University, Australia.
Author : William P. Malm
Release : 2000
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 957/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Traditional Japanese Music and Musical Instruments by : William P. Malm
Download or read book Traditional Japanese Music and Musical Instruments written by William P. Malm. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Malm's scholarship is impeccable... Of equal importance is the fact that he is an excellent performing musician who has studied extensively in Japan." -Choice
Author : Minoru Miki
Release : 1977
Genre : Sextets (Shakuhachi, biwa, kotos (2), shamisen, percussion)
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Book Synopsis Wa by : Minoru Miki
Download or read book Wa written by Minoru Miki. This book was released on 1977. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
