Six Hidden Views of Japanese Music (Ernest Bloch Lectures in Music)

The author, Professor of Music at the University of Michigan and Director of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments, is a specialist in Japanese music and their instruments. In this book he discusses the art of ko tsuzumi drum making and drum lessons; general principles of Japanese music; Shakkyo; Kanda matsuri; Horai; and two Noh plays. William P. Malm. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.