Book Review
Dec. 22nd, 2009 10:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariMusic in Japan
by Bonnie C. Wade
This is the next to last in the series of short ethnomusicology textbooks I have been reading since the summer. This one took a particularly long time because grad school applications ate my life for about a month.
This book was very thorough, despite its brevity. I especially liked the fact that, even though it concentrated on traditional indigenous music, it covered the entirety of the contemporary Japanese music scene, including film music, J-pop, and the work of modern Japanese composers like Toru Takemitsu. I also enjoyed the extensive treatment given to music in the Noh and Kabuki theaters, since I started the book knowing very little about either form.
by Bonnie C. Wade
This is the next to last in the series of short ethnomusicology textbooks I have been reading since the summer. This one took a particularly long time because grad school applications ate my life for about a month.
This book was very thorough, despite its brevity. I especially liked the fact that, even though it concentrated on traditional indigenous music, it covered the entirety of the contemporary Japanese music scene, including film music, J-pop, and the work of modern Japanese composers like Toru Takemitsu. I also enjoyed the extensive treatment given to music in the Noh and Kabuki theaters, since I started the book knowing very little about either form.
