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The quintessential insider's view of Japan's culture and music. Originally written in Japanese and winner of the Rennyo Award for non-fiction, author Christopher Yohmei Blasdel - an American who has resided in Japan since 1972 - writes about his experiences studying, performing and teaching the traditional shakuhachi bamboo flute. His encounters with various Japanese - from world-famous artists, wealthy patrons, respected scholars to arrogant diplomats - provide thoughtful insight into the Japanese mind. He also demonstrates the universal appeal of the shakuhachi by performing it around the in the jungles of Guatemala, the ancient banquet halls of the Republic of Georgia, and the wind-swept Indian reservations of New Mexico.
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The Single Tone, Christopher Yohmei Blasdel
- Jazyk
- Rok vydania
- 2005
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- Titul
- The Single Tone
- Podtitul
- A Personal Journey into Shakuhachi Music
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Vydavateľ
- Printed Matter Press
- Rok vydania
- 2005
- Väzba
- mäkká
- Počet strán
- 167
- ISBN10
- 1933175095
- ISBN13
- 9781933175096
- Série
- Štítky
- Hudobná tematika, Japonsko
- Anotácia
- The quintessential insider's view of Japan's culture and music. Originally written in Japanese and winner of the Rennyo Award for non-fiction, author Christopher Yohmei Blasdel - an American who has resided in Japan since 1972 - writes about his experiences studying, performing and teaching the traditional shakuhachi bamboo flute. His encounters with various Japanese - from world-famous artists, wealthy patrons, respected scholars to arrogant diplomats - provide thoughtful insight into the Japanese mind. He also demonstrates the universal appeal of the shakuhachi by performing it around the in the jungles of Guatemala, the ancient banquet halls of the Republic of Georgia, and the wind-swept Indian reservations of New Mexico.