THE EARLY BUREAU OF MUSIC AND ITS SONGS

Research Project

Project/Area Number	08610458
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	中国語・中国文学
Research Institution	KOBE UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator	KAMATANI Takeshi Kobe University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (30152838)
Project Period (FY)	1996 – 1997
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000) Fiscal Year 1997: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000) Fiscal Year 1996: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Keywords	Bureau of Music / Classical Music, Popular Music / Acrobatics / Dancing Music / 舞楽 / 雑舞 / 雅楽 / 俗楽 / 宋書楽志
Research Abstract	It is said that the classical dance had been performed at the Suburban Sacrifice and the Family-shrine, the popular dance had been performed at the banquet. However, it is not difficult to point out a few descriptions which contradict such a conclusion. The distinction between classical and popular dance is always in flux. The musical instruments used for classical and popular dance also differed. Classical dance usually used percussion instruments such as bronze bells and stone chimes, but we can not predicate no use of instruments made of string.