Between the Global, the National and the Local in Japan: Two Musical Pioneers from Sendai

TY - JOUR

T1 - Between the Global, the National and the Local in Japan

T2 - Two Musical Pioneers from Sendai

AU - Mehl, Margaret Dorothea

PY - 2017/8/1

Y1 - 2017/8/1

N2 - Western visitors to Japan are often surprised at how widely European art music can be heard. The roots of what is arguably one of Japan's greatest success stories lie in the systematic introduction and dissemination of Western music by the government after the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Much research has focused on the government's role; but how was Western music disseminated and received in different parts of Japan? This article discusses the roles of two brothers, Shikama Totsuji (1853-1928) and Shikama Jinji (1863-1941), who in different ways contributed significantly to the dissemination of Western music beyond Tokyo and in particular to the northern provincial town of Sendai.

AB - Western visitors to Japan are often surprised at how widely European art music can be heard. The roots of what is arguably one of Japan's greatest success stories lie in the systematic introduction and dissemination of Western music by the government after the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Much research has focused on the government's role; but how was Western music disseminated and received in different parts of Japan? This article discusses the roles of two brothers, Shikama Totsuji (1853-1928) and Shikama Jinji (1863-1941), who in different ways contributed significantly to the dissemination of Western music beyond Tokyo and in particular to the northern provincial town of Sendai.

U2 - 10.1017/s0165115317000389

DO - 10.1017/s0165115317000389

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0165-1153

VL - 41

SP - 305

EP - 325

JO - Itinerario

JF - Itinerario

IS - 2

ER -