Music and the Making of Modern Japan: Joining the Global Concert: by Margaret Mehl, Cambridge, UK, Open Book Publishers, 2024, xci + 456 pp., ISBN-978-1-80064-252-2 (paperback), ISBN-978-1-80064-839-5 (hardback), ISBN-978-1-80064-384-0 (PDF), ISBN-978-1-80064-927-9 (HTML), ISBN-978-1-80064-705-3 (epub)
The main focus of "Music and the Making of Modern Japan: Joining the Global Concert" is the development of modern music in Japan from the 1870s to the 1920s, highlighting its role in the country's modernization efforts. The author, a historian, examines how Japan adopted Western musical practices as...
| Publicado en: | Musicology Australia Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 126 - 131 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2025
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| Sumario: | The main focus of "Music and the Making of Modern Japan: Joining the Global Concert" is the development of modern music in Japan from the 1870s to the 1920s, highlighting its role in the country's modernization efforts. The author, a historian, examines how Japan adopted Western musical practices as part of a broader modernization agenda, which included the establishment of a national music and the marginalization of traditional Japanese music. The book is structured into three parts: the global context of musical modernity, Japan's national policies on music, and a case study of regional musical activities in Sendai. It emphasizes the interplay between Indigenous and Western music, illustrating how musical hybridity was fostered during this transformative period. |
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