Bøger af Alison McQueen Tokita

This book explores art song as an emblem of musical modernity in early twentieth century East Asia and Australia. It appraises the lyrical power of art song-a solo song set to a poem in the local language in Western art music style accompanied by piano-as a vehicle for creating a localized musical identity.

Presents a series of case studies that demonstrate the persistence of Japanese sung narratives in a multiplicity of genres over ten centuries, including the way they flourished and declined, together with factors contributing to development and change in narrative performance.