The art song and cultural identity in the colonial settings of East Asia and Australia
植民地における近代音楽の帰属意識
―東アジアとオーストラリアの芸術歌曲の場合

This research project investigates the development of the art song in Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan from 1900 to 1950. The case of Australia, as a settler country and former colony of Britain, makes a useful comparator. It is argued that whereas there is ambivalence about the adoption of a foreign music, the creation of songs in one’s native language set to western style music was highly significant in the formation of a modern culture in the era of colonial modernity. We conclude that these processes were strikingly similar in all the countries studied. We address contemporary discourses about art song, the urge to incorporate local musical elements, and the process of canon formation whereby many songs of the period have been erased from historical memory.

Please join us at the following events:

A roundtable at the IMS 2017 Tokyo Congress, March 19-23.

The art song and cultural identity in the colonial settings of East Asia and Australia http://ims2017-tokyo.org/Sessions%20and%20Abstracts/

A Lecture-Recital at Alti Hall, Kyoto, March 25, 18:00.

Flyer (pdf) / Program(pdf)
Singers and songs of Japan, Korea, China and Australia, 1900 to 1950. Guest speaker, KATAYAMA Morihide.

A Symposium at Doshisha Womens College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, March 26, 9:30-17:00.

Program

9:30	Opening remarks, welcome. Alison TOKITA 開催の挨拶時田アリソン
9:40	Setting the scene Motomi TSUGAMI Japanese Art Songs and their Composers as seen in the pages of the journal Gekkan Gakufu 1912-1941 津上智実問題提起：「『月刊楽譜』（1912-1941）にみる芸術歌曲の成立」	summary
10:15	Mamiko NAKA Discourses surrounding the composition of Yamada Kōsaku’s Art Songs 仲万美子「山田耕筰の芸術歌曲創作をめぐる言説」
10:50	Tea break
11:05	Nao TAKEUCHI Itō Noboru and Futurism 竹内直「日本の作曲家：未来派の創作活動、伊藤昇」	summary
11:40	Yuko KUSAKABE The Role of the Lyrics in Japanese Art Songs and their Peculiarity 日下部祐子「日本の芸術歌曲における歌詞の機能の特異性～」	summary
12:10	Commentator: Hideto TSUBOI コメンテイター：坪井秀人
12:25	Lunch break 昼食休憩
13:25	Setting the Scene Beyond Japan Alison TOKITA A Transnational Perspective on Art Songs, Composers and the Formation of a Modern Musical Identity in East Asia and Australia, focusing on Two Modest Composers: Linda Phillips (1899-2002) and Chen Tianhe (1911-1955) アリソン時田問題提起「世界から俯瞰する東アジア・オーストラリアの作曲家群像」	summary
14:00	LIOU Lin-yu The art songs of Jiang Wenye in the 1930s and 1940s: a contact point between Taiwan, Japan and China 劉麟玉「1930-40年代における江文也の芸術歌曲作品ー台湾、日本、中国の接点を考える」
14:35	Kyungboon LEE Kim Sunnam: a Composer caught between Japan and South and North Korea 李京粉「日本・朝鮮・北朝鮮の狭間にいた作曲家、金順男」	summary
15:10	Tea break 休憩
15:25	Joys H.Y. CHEUNG Singing Ancient Piety and Modernity: Musical Translation of Huang Zi (1904-1938) and Filmic Use of an Art Song 張海欣「親孝行とモダニティ：黄自(1904-1938)の音楽的「翻訳」と映画が利用する芸術歌曲」	summary
16:00	Joel CROTTY A reality of the exotic: Australian cultural engagement with East Asia, as demonstrated through a selection of Duncan McKie's mid-20th century songs ジョエル・クロッティ「オーストラリアの作曲家Duncan Mckie (1904-1982)：歌曲創作におけるアジアとの噛み合いとエグゾティシズム」	summary
16:35	Commentator: Toshie KAKINUMA コメンテイター：柿沼敏江
16:50	Summing up: Alison TOKITA 時田アリソン総括
17:00	Finish 修了

The art song and cultural identity in the colonial settings of East Asia and Australia. Papers will be presented on all aspects of the topic by research team members: Alison Tokita, Tsugami Motomi, Naka Mamiko, Kusakabe Yuko, Takeuchi Nao, Joys Cheung, Kyungboon Lee, Joel Crotty, Tsuboi Hidetoshi, Kakinuma Toshie, Liou Lin-yu. Discussion and performance will be included.
Admission free but registration necessary.

The art song and cultural identity in the colonial settings of East Asia and Australia 植民地における近代音楽の帰属意識 ―東アジアとオーストラリアの芸術歌曲の場合