Pocket education series that can be understood in one book: The history of modern Japan's reception of Western music as seen from the guitar

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The sound of the West that arrived with the Black Ships.

Tracing the history of Japanese music, which flourished during the Taisho era after the guitar was introduced, through valuable testimonies from that time and the work of our predecessors!

This book describes how the guitar was first introduced to Japan during the Meiji era and how it took root. It not only contains the valuable history of that time, but also the thoughts of our predecessors from concerts that were held and books and letters that remain. It also touches on the history of Western music in modern Japan, making it a valuable book for both guitar history and Western music history. For the Japanese, this is the day the shamisen changed into the guitar.

◆Chapter 1: Prehistory of the guitar ◆Chapter 2: Western music comes to the city ◆Chapter 3: People fascinated by the guitar and the miracle of Segovia ◆Chapter 4: Takei Morinari and the mandolin orchestra ◆Chapter 5: The legendary guitarist Ikegami Fukuichiro ◆Chapter 6: The untimely death of Okawara Yoshie and Sawaguchi Chuzaemon ◆Chapter 7: Ogura Shun and Nakano Jiro's tenacity and their results ◆Chapter 8: The future lost in the war and the new sounds that sprouted

※This book is a paperback version of "Japanese people who met the guitar: The history of modern Japanese acceptance of Western music" (published by our company) published in 2010, with additions and corrections.

■About the author Takeuchi Kikuo Music culture historian, music critic, and book editor. Born in 1949. Since his CD "Early Japanese Guitar Pieces" (performed by Kazuhito Yamashita, Nippon Crown), which he conducted detailed research and commentary on, won the Grand Prize at the Arts Festival sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, he has been deeply interested in and continues to research the history of modern Japanese reception of Western music. He is also well-known as a record and CD collector, and the results of his collection provide a unique perspective in the form of classical music criticism that takes into account the changes in performance styles. His books include "The Truth about 100 Songs and Children's Songs" (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings), "The Pleasure of a Collector: A Classical Treasured Records File" (Yosensha), co-authored "A Journey to Masterpieces" (Ongaku No Tomosha) and "Anti-Introduction to Classical Music" (Seikyusha), and he has edited and written "Classical Masterpieces and Masterpieces Encyclopedia" (Natsumesha), "Rekiden: Western Music Masterpieces - A Selection of Monthly Reviews of the LP Notebook" (Ongaku Shuppansha), and others. He has also written many CD commentaries from a perspective that takes into account the history of performance.