264 Pages
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Routledge
264 Pages
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Routledge
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First Published in 1994. In their quest for new sound materials, avant-garde musicians often produce sounds which accidentally bear a strong resemblance to traditional instruments. While conventional Western instruments have taken on a functional role, instruments such as the shakuhachi are still closely associated with their cultural, religious, and historical roots. The colorful and unique... Read more
One Sound, Toru Takemitsu; The Potential of the Shakuhachi in Contemporary Music, Yoshikazu Iwamoto; The Shakuhachi and the Contemporary Instrumentarium - A Personal View, Frank Denyer; An Interview with Yokoyama Katsuya, Yoshihiko Tokumaru; On Writing for the Shakuhachi - A Western Perspective, Tania Cronin; Some Aspects of the Flute in the 20th Century, Pierre-Yves Artaud; The Contemporary Transverse Flute and the Shakuhachi - An Acoustic Analysis of Performance Techniques, Micheele Castellengo and Benotit Fabre; Contemporary Shakuhachi Music by Japanese Composers, Joaquim M. Beniitez and Matsushita Hitoshi.
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