TY - CHAP
T1 - The Kyushu 'Biwa' Traditions
AU - de Ferranti, Hugh
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This chapter is concerned with a regional music culture. The 'biwa' music of Kyushu and the near reaches of southwestern Japan has a history that overlaps with that of the canonical 'heike-biwa' tradition (Chapter 4) but differs in many respects, including the incorporation of 'biwa' as a tool for Buddhist ritual, the relations of sung or recited text to written text sources, the kinds of narrative repertory performed, the contexts for performance, and the types of instruments played. The Kyushu 'biwa' traditions can be seen as distinctive regional practices which at times have been formative influences upon the 'biwa' narrative music favoured in Japan's historical centres of cultural and political power, while at other times being deeply influenced by those canonical styles.
AB - This chapter is concerned with a regional music culture. The 'biwa' music of Kyushu and the near reaches of southwestern Japan has a history that overlaps with that of the canonical 'heike-biwa' tradition (Chapter 4) but differs in many respects, including the incorporation of 'biwa' as a tool for Buddhist ritual, the relations of sung or recited text to written text sources, the kinds of narrative repertory performed, the contexts for performance, and the types of instruments played. The Kyushu 'biwa' traditions can be seen as distinctive regional practices which at times have been formative influences upon the 'biwa' narrative music favoured in Japan's historical centres of cultural and political power, while at other times being deeply influenced by those canonical styles.
KW - Musicology and Ethnomusicology
UR - http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an41341274
UR - http://books.google.com.au/books?id=W2JTgQGc99EC&lpg=PP1&pg=RA1-PA105
UR - http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1&title_id=8230&edition_id=9574
M3 - Chapter
SN - 0754656993
SN - 9780754656999
T3 - SOAS Musicology Series
SP - 105
EP - 126
BT - The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music
A2 - McQueen Tokita, Alison
A2 - W. Hughes, David
PB - Ashgate Publishing
CY - London, United Kingdom
ER -