Description: Further DetailsTitle: Composing for Japanese InstrumentsCondition: NewISBN-10: 1580465528EAN: 9781580465526ISBN: 9781580465526Publisher: University of Rochester PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/30/2015Description: A practical but scholarly guide to Japanese instruments by one of the country's leading composers.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 and 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. Many of the musical examples can be heard on a companion website. The book also contains valuable appendices, one of works author Minoru Miki composed using Japanese traditional instruments, and one of works by other composers -- including Toru Takemitsu and Henry Cowell -- using these instruments. Minoru Miki was a composer of international renown, recognized in Japan as a pioneer in writing for Japanese traditional instruments. Marty Regan is associate professor of music at Texas A&M University. Philip Flavin is associate professor at the Osaka University of Economicsand Law and adjunct senior research associate of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Minoru MikiTranslator: Marty ReganContributor: Marty Regan (Translated by), Philip Flavin (Edited by)Genre: Music Dance & TheatreBook Series: Eastman Studies in MusicRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Composing for Japanese Instruments
Title: Composing for Japanese Instruments
ISBN-10: 1580465528
EAN: 9781580465526
ISBN: 9781580465526
Release Date: 11/30/2015
Release Year: 2015
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Marty Regan
Contributor: Philip Flavin (Edited by)
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Number of Pages: 286 Pages
Publication Name: Composing for Japanese Instruments
Language: English
Publisher: University of Rochester Medical Press
Subject: Asia / Japan, Instruction & Study / Composition, Ethnic, Musical Instruments / General
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.5 Oz
Author: Minoru Miki
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Music, History
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Eastman Studies in Music Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback