• Traditional Japanese Music and Musical Instruments (Yamaguchi Kan Series)

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    Traditional Japanese Music and Musical Instruments (Yamaguchi Kan Series)

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    When William Malm published his wide-ranging study of traditional Japanese music in 1959, it was the first time in the twentieth century that such a work had been brought out in a Western language.

    Malm’s book has still not been replaced as the single most interesting and authoritative text on the subject. But until now it was never revised or updated, nor were its illustrations ever changed. With the present publication, however, an extensively improved edition that includes a CD of sample music has been made available.

    Professor Malm’s aim has always been to attract the layman reader as well as the musicologist, which has given this book its strength and durability. The writing is clear, lively, and informed, the scope of his study being broadened by frequent comparisons with other traditions, East and West. Accompanying it all is a generous number of drawings and photographs of the players and their various instruments.

    The book opens with a brisk and eloquen

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