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Locating East Asia in Western Art Music (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780819566621)
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Yayoi Uno Everett
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xHow does a piece of music embody the sound of a different culture?
The traditional musics of China, Japan and Korea have been an important source of inspiration for many Western composers. Some, like Chou Wen-chung and John Cage, have moved beyond superficial borrowing of Eastern musical elements in earnest attempts to understand non-Western principles of composition. At the same time, many Asian composers, often trained in the West or in Western music traditions, have been using Asian elements to create works of unique musical synthesis. As a result of such cultural interpenetrations, the landscape of Western art music has been irreversably altered.
Locating East Asia in Western Art Music is a comparative study of Asian-influenced Western composers and Western-influenced Asian composers, and the first sustained exploration of this cross cultural exchange. Bringing together work by music theorists, musicologists and ethnomusicologists, this book explores how musical notions of East and West are constructed and utilized by composers, and reevaluates the many ways East Asian composers have contributed to developments in twentieth century music. Composers discussed include John Cage, Toru Takemitsu, Chou Wen-chung, Toshiro Mayuzumi, Isang Yun, Tan Dun, John Zorn, and Henry Cowell.
CONTRIBUTORS: Hugh De Ferranti, Yayoi U. Everett, Judith Herd, Ellie Hisama, Eric Lai, Frederic Lau, Fredric Lieberman, Steven Nuss, Nancy Rao, and Yu Siuwah.
Author: Yayoi Uno Everett
ISBN-10: 0819566624
ISBN-13: 9780819566621
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/12/2004
Pages: 388
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.02w x 1.01d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2004 pg. 2054
The traditional musics of China, Japan and Korea have been an important source of inspiration for many Western composers. Some, like Chou Wen-chung and John Cage, have moved beyond superficial borrowing of Eastern musical elements in earnest attempts to understand non-Western principles of composition. At the same time, many Asian composers, often trained in the West or in Western music traditions, have been using Asian elements to create works of unique musical synthesis. As a result of such cultural interpenetrations, the landscape of Western art music has been irreversably altered.
Locating East Asia in Western Art Music is a comparative study of Asian-influenced Western composers and Western-influenced Asian composers, and the first sustained exploration of this cross cultural exchange. Bringing together work by music theorists, musicologists and ethnomusicologists, this book explores how musical notions of East and West are constructed and utilized by composers, and reevaluates the many ways East Asian composers have contributed to developments in twentieth century music. Composers discussed include John Cage, Toru Takemitsu, Chou Wen-chung, Toshiro Mayuzumi, Isang Yun, Tan Dun, John Zorn, and Henry Cowell.
CONTRIBUTORS: Hugh De Ferranti, Yayoi U. Everett, Judith Herd, Ellie Hisama, Eric Lai, Frederic Lau, Fredric Lieberman, Steven Nuss, Nancy Rao, and Yu Siuwah.
Author: Yayoi Uno Everett
ISBN-10: 0819566624
ISBN-13: 9780819566621
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/12/2004
Pages: 388
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.02w x 1.01d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2004 pg. 2054
About the Author
YAYOI UNO EVERETT is Assistant Professor of Music at Emory University. FREDERICK LAU is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
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