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This study situates musical analysis in the context of its creation, demonstrating that traditional Japanese music is an active socio- cultural system that has
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The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music
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Music is a frequently neglected aspect of Japanese culture. It is in fact a highly problematic area, as the Japanese actively introduced Western music into thei
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What makes Japanese music sound Japanese? Each genre of Japan's pre-Western music (hogaku) morphed from the preceding one with singing at its foundation. In anc
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Focus: Music in Contemporary Japan explores a diversity of musics performed in Japan today, ranging from folk song to classical music, the songs of geisha to th