Japanese Music and Instruments

MLAN-243

A study of Japan's musical history and life, including: music of Shinto and Buddhism; music of the court and theater (gagaku, nogaku, kabuki); music of Japan's instruments (biwa, shakuhachi, koto, and shamisen); folk and popular music; demonstration of selected instruments; and introduction to notation systems. The class will examine Chinese and other Asian influence on traditional Japanese music, as well as later cross-cultural influence between Japan and other cultures around the world.

Credits
2
Prerequisites
None
Required Of
None
Electable By
All
Major Elective for
Composition
Semesters Offered
Spring only (odd years)
Location
Boston
Department
COMP
Course Chair
Richard Carrick
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