JAPANESE MUSICAL TASTE
An interesting sidelight on Japanese musical taste is given by Mr. Archibald Winter, the English tenor, who recently return home after a stay of three months in Japan, where his singing was much appreciated, and where he was greatly struck by the interest shown in Western music. He says: " The Japanese aro great music-lovers. In every home one finds players on the koto—an instrument with from 13 to 17 strings—and on the three-stringed samiesen. The violin also attracts them immensely. Western music is indeed becoming more and more assimilated in Japan. I heard an excellent orchestra of 80 players in Tokip. A Japanese chorus sang ' Lohengrin ' in German, and this was followed by a magnificent performance of the Choral Symphony. English music is included in all formal recitals. At concerts in Japan the custom —strange to us—is that floral tributes are offered before the performance."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21716, 3 February 1934, Page 9 (Supplement)
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148JAPANESE MUSICAL TASTE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21716, 3 February 1934, Page 9 (Supplement)
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