[KineJapan] PhD thesis defense on Shinkō sakkyokuka renmei music at Helsinki University

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan]

I take the liberty to post the following, as music is often part of cinema
as well, and the defender's topic especially might touch issues some on the
list are researching in relation to Japanese film history.
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Public examination of doctoral thesis, April 20

Thesis title: "'March from the Age of Imitation to the Age of Creation:'
Musical Representations of Japan in the Work and Thought of Shinkō
sakkyokuka renmei, 1930-1940"
Respondent: Lasse Lehtonen (University of Helsinki)
Opponent: Professor Emerita Bonnie C. Wade (University of California,
Berkeley)
Time: Friday, April 20th, 2018 at 12:15 p.m.
Place: University of Helsinki Main Building (Fabianinkatu 33), lecture room
12

Short description:
Japan in the 1930s was a culturally complex land combining various
syntheses and juxtapositions of Western and Japanese culture and thought.
One phenomenon that exemplifies this is Japanese-style composition—here
defined as music based on Western principles of composition but adopting
elements from Japanese music and culture—which became a notable and debated
new trend among Japanese composers in the late 1930s. Through the analysis
of the work and thought of the composer group Shinkō sakkyokuka renmei
(Federation of Emerging Composers), this thesis examines Japanese-style
composition as a phenomenon in the 1930s: what it was musically, why it
emerged, and how it related to the social developments of the time.
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Eija Niskanen
University of Helsinki
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