Japanese folk songs
Japanese folk songs by Ryutaro Hattori
English | 1967 | ISBN: N/A | PDF | 168 pages | 24 MB
English | 1967 | ISBN: N/A | PDF | 168 pages | 24 MB
Students o{ music have on occasions atiempted to put the melodies of some of ihe more outstanding Japanese folk songs to ihe noiaiion of Western music in order to preserve ihem from oblivion. Frorn the literary poini of v;ew, ihese folk-songs have been translated into English and co lected by scholars since the beginning of modern japan. However, a complete collection of ihe melodies has not been assembled. A rhorough stirdy o{ these folk songs wh'ch are characterized by the places of iheir origin requir€s the effods of specialized scholars :nd experis in music and liieraiure. My efforis in compiling ihis book does noi preiend io be such a specialized siudy of lapanese folk songs lt is iniended to be a collection of the mosi repr€sentative songs ol our country and to offer a handbook of the iolk-songs which are still being sung through.
Japanese folk songs
