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Where are These Bands From? – An Historical Overview

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Wind Bands and Cultural Identity in Japanese Schools

Part of the book series: Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education ((LAAE,volume 9))

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The end of the world, according to Christian belief, will be imminent when the archangel Gabriel finally blows on his trumpet. Interestingly, it is also thought among Zen Buddhist monks that enlightenment may be achieved through the blowing of a single perfect tone on the shakuhachi bamboo flute – the ideal of ichi on jobutsu – a venerable objective toward which many devote a lifetime of focused efforts. These musical images from two different cultural traditions are both contrasting and complimentary in nature, with their shared acknowledgement of an eternally sacred relationship between human breath, spirituality and musical meaning, as well as divergence on whether such eternally resonating expression constitutes a music that is provocative and externally projected or, alternatively, contemplative and internalized in nature. There are both striking similarities and differences in the kinds of belief systems and worldviews commonly associated with traditional European and Japanese societies, which is one factor that makes studies in the history of such cultural contact so fascinating, and the role of European wind instruments in Japanese history offers a particularly insightful window into such phenomena.

火のないところに煙は立たず

Hinonai tokoroni kemuriwa tatazu

“There is no smoke without fire” – all effects have a cause

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Hebert, D.G. (2012). Where are These Bands From? – An Historical Overview. In: Wind Bands and Cultural Identity in Japanese Schools. Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2178-4_2

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