Locating East Asia in Western Art Music

List of Figures and Examples vii Foreword xi Bonnie C. Wade Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv Yayoi Uno Everett Frederick Lau Notes on the Text xxi Intercultural Synthesis in Postwar Western Art Music: Historical Contexts, Perspectives, and Taxonomy 1(21) Yayoi Uno Everett Fusion or Fission: The Paradox and Politics of Contemporary Chinese Avant-Garde Music 22(18) Frederick Lau The Cultural Politics of Japan's Modern Music: Nostalgia, Nationalism, and Identity in the Interwar Years 40(17) Judith Ann Herd Two Practices Confused in One Composition: Tan Dun's Symphony 1997: Heaven, Earth, Man 57(15) Yu Siu Wah John Zorn and the Postmodern Condition 72(13) Ellie M. Hisama Music from the Right: The Politics of Toshiro Mayuzumi's Essay for String Orchestra 85(34) Steven Nuss Henry Cowell and His Chinese Music Heritage: Theory of Sliding Tone and His Orchestral Work of 1953--1965 119(27) Nancy Yunhwa Rao The Evolution of Chou Wen-Chung's Variable Modes 146(22) Eric Lai Musical Syncretism in Isang Yun's Gasa 168(25) Jeongmee Kim Contemporary Japanese Music: A Lecture by John Cage 193(6) Fredric Lieberman Toru Takemitsu, on Sawari 199(9) Hugh de Ferranti Yayoi Uno Everett Wenren and Culture 208(13) Chou Wen-Chung Notes 221(44) Glossary of Terms 265(26) Bibliography 291(14) List of Contributors 205(104) Index 309