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In Silent Homage to Amaterasu: Kagura Secret Songs at Ise Jingū and the Imperial Palace Shrine in Modern and Pre-modern Japan
This dissertation explores the essence and resilience of the most sacred and secret ritual music of the Japanese imperial court—kagura taikyoku and kagura hikyoku—by examining ways in which these two songs have survived since their formation in the twelfth century. Kagura taikyoku and kagura hikyoku together are the jewel of ...
P'ungmul Kut (Percussion Music Rituals): Integrating Korean Traditions with Modern Identities
While exploring the relationships between tradition, modernity, and identity, I focus on <italic>p'ungmul kut</italic>, which are Korean rituals featuring percussion music and dance. Although <italic>p'ungmul kut</italic> is sometimes referred to as "farmers' music" (<italic>nongak</italic>), it actually encompasses much more ...
Music and media in the Dutch East Indies: Gramophone records and radio in the late colonial era, 1903-1942
(2013-07-25)
This dissertation is intended as an ethnomusicological contribution to the history of music and media in Indonesia. It deals with topics and resources that have never been systematically examined for this region: gramophone records and radio broadcasting from the years before World War II, the last years of Dutch colonial ...
The Pursuit of Modernity: The Evolution of Korean Popular Music in the Age of Globalization
This dissertation examines the various meanings of modernity in the history of Korean pop music, focusing on several crucial turning points in the development of K-pop. Since the late 1980s, Korean pop music has aspired to be a more advanced industry and establish an international presence, based on the economic leap and ...
Confucianist and Daoist Philosophies in Chinese Art Songs
This dissertation presents discussions of approximately 100 Chinese art songs with a view toward their historical background and textual content as well as their connections to Confucianist and Daoist philosophies as they relate to culture and art. It is also an interpretive guide to enhance the appreciation and performance ...