Yamada Shôtarô: Japan's First Shamisen Professor

Profiles composer and first Shamisen professor in Japan Yamada Shotaro beginning with his early years and early compositions. Includes musical notation for a couple of his songs and provides in-depth details about the pieces. Discusses the "new-style" Nagauta and tells of his final composi...

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Published in:Asian music 1998-10, Vol.30 (1), p.35-76
Main Author: Malm, William P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Choreography
Cognitive problems, arts and sciences, folk traditions, folklore
Composers
Dancing
Drums
Ethnology
Ethnomusicology
Japanese Music
Kabuki
Music
Music composition
Music Teachers
Musical performance
Musical phrases
Musicians
Shotaro, Yamada
Sound pitch
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Summary:Profiles composer and first Shamisen professor in Japan Yamada Shotaro beginning with his early years and early compositions. Includes musical notation for a couple of his songs and provides in-depth details about the pieces. Discusses the "new-style" Nagauta and tells of his final composition in some detail. Includes an appendix of his "surviving" compositions and a discography of the recordings discussed.
ISSN:0044-9202
1553-5630
DOI:10.2307/834263