It is not an exaggeration that Matsutoya Yumi-better known by her stage name Yuming-is one of the most influential figures in Japanese popular music history. A singer-songwriter recognized globally for her songs used in Miyazaki Hayao's beloved animations, Yuming has captured the hearts of listeners of different generations since her debut in the early 1970s. Her fourth album, The 14th Moon, released in 1976, was a milestone in establishing her signature style: the posh, "city" sound that later paved the way to the 1980s City Pop and 1990s J-pop. In addition to examining the album's astonishing stylistic versatility, this book explores how Yuming revolutionized the position of women in Japanese popular music and how her work can help us understand social changes in Japan of the 1970s.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 165 mm
Breite: 121 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5013-7812-6 (9781501378126)
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Lasse Lehtonen is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tokyo, Japan, focusing on music in modern Japan, ranging from Western art music composition to popular songs and video game music. He is especially interested in examining different types of music in and as modern Japanese cultural history.
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Postdoctoral researcherUniversity of Tokyo, Japan
Track Listing
Preface
Introduction
1. Becoming Yuming
2. Transient worlds
3. New Music
4. Women's images
5. Soaring women
6. Musical legacies
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
