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Item Details
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MUSICIANS FROM A DIFFERENT SHORE
ASIANS AND ASIAN AMERICANS IN CLASSICAL MUSIC |
| By: |
Mari Yoshihara |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£59.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1592133320 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781592133321 |
| Publisher: |
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS,U.S. |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2007 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
Accounts the growing prominence of Asians in the world of Western classical music, this book explores the history of East Asian nations' adoption of Western music to explain why the Japanese, Koreans, and Chinese are the most visible Asian groups in the field. It is also about the lives and work of individual musicians devoted to their art. |
| Synopsis: |
Why do so many Asians devote their lives to playing Western classical music? |
| Illustrations: |
18 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Temple University Press,U.S. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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