Composing for Japanese instruments
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Composing for Japanese instruments
（Eastman studies in music）
University of Rochester Press, 2008
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- Other Title
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Nihon-gakkihou
日本楽器法
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Kobe University General Library / Library for Intercultural Studies
: hardcover768-1-M061200800597
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Japanisches Kulturinstitut Köln (The Japan Foundation), Bibliothek
: hardcover768.1||Mik||129122
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Translation of: Nihon-gakkihou
Originally published in Japanese in 1996 by Ongaku No Tomo Sha, Tokyo
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 Japanand 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 internationalrenown 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 worksby 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 theSchool of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University, Australia.
Table of Contents
Wind Instruments
String Instruments (Lutes)
String Instruments (Zithers)
Percussion Instruments
Afterword
Appendix I: Works for Japanese Instruments by Minoru Miki
Appendix II: Contemporary Works for Traditional Japanese Instruments by Composers Other than Minoru Miki, 1981-2005
Notes
Glossary
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"
