Full Description
This book analyses the processes by which music is passed down to subsequent generations as heritage, and by which music past and present becomes a tourism resource. While the national case study is Japan, the book develops an original theoretical framework that is applicable internationally.
By eschewing genres in favour of performer-focus, composer-focus, community-focus, and place-focus music, and by identifying the three socio-economic music categories of popular culture entertainment, art music, and musical heritage, this framework shifts attention to the social relations generated via music rather than the specific characteristics of musical genres or national cultures. The Japanese case study is particularly suited to illuminating these various processes as Japan has such a rich variety of musical traditions. In addition to traditional musical styles, Japan imported Western musical theory and instruments from the late nineteenth century onwards, and then other worldwide styles throughout the twentieth century and beyond from samba to jazz to K-pop. Japan's polyglot musical scene, therefore, is an ideal milieu in which to observe the heritage and tourism practices relating to diverse musical cultures. Examples of musical heritage and music tourism come from across the Japanese archipelago. There is also a transnational context addressing Japanese music and fans abroad, and inbound music tourism to Japan.
This book will be of interest not only to Japan specialists, but also to scholars and students of ethnomusicology and the social practices generated by the connections between music, heritage and travel in the digital age.
Contents
Introduction PHILIP SEATON; PART I The theoretical and cultural context; 1 Music, heritage, tourism: a theoretical framework PHILIP SEATON; 2 Patterns and sites of music tourism PHILIP SEATON; 3 Music in Japan since the Edo period MARGARET MEHL; PART II Music past and present; 4 Music in Shintō spaces: from kagura performances to anime songs OLGA PRZYBYLSKA; 5 Voices of Amami: the falsetto techniques of minyō in contemporary pop music NOBUYUKI HARADA; 6 Passing on Ainu heritage through playing the mukkuri KYUNGJAE JANG; 7 Popular music as lieu de mémoire: the morning drama Boogie Woogie ELISABETH SCHERER and TIMO THELEN; PART III Musicians and creators; 8 Local songs and music tourism in Japan: the case of Southern All Stars TOSHIYUKI MASUBUCHI (trans. PHILIP SEATON); 9 The overseas tours of rock band SCANDAL NOBUYUKI HARADA; 10 Promoting regional heritage and tourism through classical music: the case of Yamagata Symphony Orchestra PHILIP SEATON; 11 The melodies of Hiroshima: a musical history of the A-bombed city YUMI NOTOHARA; 12 Anison and the Japan Self-Defense Forces: JSDF band concerts as pop-style public relations activities RYO KOARAI and TAKAYOSHI YAMAMURA ; PART IV Travelling fans; 13 Travelling with Yuming: 1980s youth culture and the love songs of Matsutoya (Arai) Yumi AKIKO SUGAWA-SHIMADA; 14 The imagination of Japan through music at Japanese cultural events in Indonesia HIMAWAN PRATAMA; 15 The tourist practices of Yorushika's Japanese fans: from Tokyo to Sweden ALEKSANDRA JAWOROWICZ-ZIMNY; 16 Journeys to the soundscapes and musicscapes of Switzerland: sound collection by the creators and sound pilgrimage by the fans of Heidi TAKAYOSHI YAMAMURA; PART V Coda; Coda PHILIP SEATON
