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Meiji at 150

Dr. Hiromu Nagahara (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Nagahara, Hiromu; Grunow, Tristan

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In this episode, Dr. Nagahara charts the popular music of the Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa eras, noting the politics of music and sounding the potential of songs to voice popular discontent. We discuss the formation of national music in the Meiji Period, the spread of protest tunes in the Popular Rights Movement, the lingering popularity of wartime propaganda anthems, and the counterculture sentiments of postwar jazz standards and Enka ballads.

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Title
Dr. Hiromu Nagahara (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Alternate Title
Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 36
Creator
Nagahara, Hiromu; Grunow, Tristan
Date Issued
2018-06-20
Description
In this episode, Dr. Nagahara charts the popular music of the Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa eras, noting the politics of music and sounding the potential of songs to voice popular discontent. We discuss the formation of national music in the Meiji Period, the spread of protest tunes in the Popular Rights Movement, the lingering popularity of wartime propaganda anthems, and the counterculture sentiments of postwar jazz standards and Enka ballads.
Subject
Meiji period, 1868-1912; music; protest music; Popular Rights Movement; public protests
Geographic Location
Japan
Type
Sound
Language
eng
Date Available
2022-07-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0415929
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81922
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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