Arrival of Western music Music of Japan

1 arrival of western music

1.1 traditional pop music
1.2 art music

1.2.1 western classical music
1.2.2 jazz

arrival of western music
traditional pop music

after meiji restoration introduced western musical instruction, bureaucrat named izawa shuji compiled songs auld lang syne , commissioned songs using pentatonic melody. western music, military marches, became popular in japan. 2 major forms of music developed during period shoka, composed bring western music schools, , gunka, military marches japanese elements.

as japan moved towards representative democracy in late 19th century, leaders hired singers sell copies of songs aired messages, since leaders prohibited speaking in public. street performers called enka-shi. @ end of 19th century, osakan form of streetcorner singing became popular; called rōkyoku. included first 2 japanese stars, yoshida naramaru , tochuken kumoemon.

ichiro fujiyama, influential ryūkōka singer

westernized pop music called kayōkyoku, said have , first appeared in dramatization of resurrection tolstoy. song kachūsha no uta , composed shinpei nakayama, sung sumako matsui in 1914. song became hit among enka-shi, , 1 of first major best-selling records in japan. . ryūkōka, adopted western classical music, made waves across country in prewar period. ichiro fujiyama became popular in prewar period, war songs later became popular when world war ii occurred.

kayōkyoku became major industry, after arrival of superstar misora hibari. in 1950s, tango , other kinds of latin music, cuban music, became popular in japan. distinctively japanese form of tango called dodompa developed. kayōkyoku became associated entirely traditional japanese structures, while more western-style music called japanese pop ( or jpop ). enka music, adopting japanese traditional structures, became quite popular in postwar period, though popularity has waned since 1970s , enjoys little favour contemporary youth. famous enka singers include hibari misora, saburo kitajima, ikuzo yoshi , kiyoshi hikawa.

art music
western classical music

shuji isawa (1851-1917) studied music @ bridgewater normal school , harvard university , important figure in development of western-influenced japanese music in meiji era (1868-1912). on returning japan in 1879, isawa formed ongaku-torishirabe-gakari (music investigation agency), national research center western music; later renamed tokyo music school (tôkyô ongaku gakkô). in 1880, isawa s american friend , teacher, luther whiting mason, took two-year appointment further develop music curriculum of japanese schools. kosaku yamada, yoshinao nakada, , toru takemitsu japanese composers have successively developed known japanese classical music.

western classical music has strong presence in japan , country 1 of important markets music tradition, toru takemitsu (famous avant-garde works , movie scoring) being best known. famous conductor seiji ozawa. since 1999 pianist fujiko hemming, plays liszt , chopin, has been famous , cds have sold millions of copies. japan home world s leading wind band., tokyo kosei wind orchestra, , largest music competition of kind, all-japan band association national contest. western classical music not represent japan s original culture. japanese first exposed in second half of 19th century, after more 200 years of national isolation during edo period. after that, japanese studied classical music earnestly make part of own artistic culture.

orchestras


gunma symphony orchestra
hiroshima symphony orchestra
hyogo performing arts center orchestra
japan philharmonic orchestra
kanagawa philharmonic orchestra
kyoto symphony orchestra
kyushu symphony orchestra
nagoya philharmonic orchestra
new japan philharmonic
nhk symphony orchestra
orchestra ensemble kanazawa
osaka philharmonic orchestra
sapporo symphony orchestra
tokyo metropolitan symphony orchestra
tokyo philharmonic orchestra
tokyo city philharmonic orchestra
tokyo symphony orchestra
yamagata symphony orchestra
yomiuri nippon symphony orchestra

jazz

from 1930s on (except during world war ii, when repressed music of enemy) jazz has had strong presence in japan. country important market music, , common recordings unavailable in united states or europe available there. number of japanese jazz musicians have achieved popularity abroad @ home. musicians such june (born in japan) , dan (third generation american born, of hiroshima fame), , sadao watanabe have large fan base outside native country.

lately, club jazz or nu-jazz has become popular growing number of young japanese. native djs such ryota nozaki (jazztronik), 2 brothers okino shuya , okino yoshihiro of kyoto jazz massive, toshio matsuura (former member of united future organization) , dj shundai matsuo creator of popular monthly dj event, creole in beppu, japan nu-jazz artists, sleepwalker, grooveline, , soil & pimp sessions have brought great change traditional notions of jazz in japan.

some of newer bands include ego-wrappin , sakerock along more experimental musicians such otomo yoshihide , keiji haino.