History of a cultural conquest: The Piano in Japan

• Authors: Veronica Gaspar
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Any short review of the penetration of European music into Japan and its enthusiastic appropriation calls for a different approach to the controversial question of acculturation. The rapid growth in the pianos popularity in Japan, together with the implicit musical revolution, could also occasion a parallel with the similar process of acculturation which occurred in Eastern Europe (for instance the Romanian Principalities). Musical Westernization (including the institutional and educational reform) might, in contradicting the traditional local musical concepts, mirror a different perspective on intercultural communication and contemporary cultural education.

Keywords

EN

Piano; Japan; Acculturation; Europeanization; synchronic comparison

• Publisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 27
• Pages: 83-99

Contributors

author

Veronica Gaspar

• National University of Music, Bucharest, Romania