An Anthology of Nagauta: Volume 66

by William P. Malm

From 1964 until 1994, the University of Michigan Japanese Music Study Group performed annual concerts. The concerts included Edo matsuri bayashi festival music and occasional koto compositions, but the major genre was nagauta, a lyrical music originally written to accompany kabuki and classical dances. Students learned to sing in Japanese or play either the three-stringed shamisen or one of three drums of the noh drama as used...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929280572
• ISBN13: 9781929280575
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: U of M Center for Japanese Studies
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"