Japan (Grove Music Online)
Wade (2005)_Music in Japan_Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Gagaku
- Gagaku documentary, with William Malm
- Definitions (12:05), Nara (12:45)
- Shosoin, 13:50
- Hyojo netori 25:20
- Etenraku breakdown, 28:40
- Etenraku performance, 32:10
- Gagaku (Unesco)
- Kurosawa, Dreams (15:40): YouTube; Wesleyan subscription
- Hinamatsuri (Doll Day or Girl’s Day)
- Notation systems (Grove Dictionary of Music)
Ma
Kotzuzumi
Toru Takemitsu, “November Steps” (1967), performed by Sieji Ozawa and New Japan Philharmonic
Bizarre, entertaining history of Japan
ANIME
1. Poketto Monsutaa (Rika Matsumoto, 1997): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycNtbNFXAso&list=PLp6vQgCL7MXPNcI0u4pOQw59Ebp3TEwv-&index=2
2. Pokerap (Babi Floyd and James “D-Train” Williams, 1999): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMk8wuw7nek
Additional listening for history of the anime music industry:
1. Astro Boy theme song (Takai Tatsuo, 1963): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4SmuiiwCV0
Composer is still alive! Born 1933
2. Vampire Hunter D soundtrack (Tetsuya Komuro, 1985): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkkBVSXPa9o&list=PLqzriTyZWFk3T865LVwfNUNvjkGlmpN5n
Went one to become one of the biggest figures in the Japanese pop music industry
3. Cruel Angel’s Thesis (Yōko Takahashi, 1995): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6wtDPVkKqI
4. Merry-go-round of Life (Joe Hisaishi, 2004; recording 2023): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pQKqQ9sG50
5. Reverse Situation (Yasunaru Takahashi, from Naruto Shippuden soundtrack 2007): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABfxqZK31OE
Influential in blending Japanese instruments such as shamisen, shakuhachi, and taiko drums with rock and metal sounds; has been increasingly touring globally, including in North America, in the last few years
6. Tenkyū (Migiwa Hashimoto, 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5LDoMHlqHw
From koto-focused anime Kono Oto Tomare