Wind Bands and Cultural Identity in Japanese Schools

• Main Author: Hebert, David G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education, 9
• Subjects: Education.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Art education.; Arts Education.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

This well researched volume tells the story of music education in Japan and of the wind band contest organized by the All-Japan Band Association. Identified here for the first time as the world’s largest musical competition, it attracts 14,000 bands and well over 500,000 competitors. The book’s insi...