The study of self-taught musicians in modern Japan

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520155
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Ueno Masaaki 大阪大学, 文学研究科, 研究員 (00379215)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ヴァイオリン / ハーモニカ / 通信教育 / 遠隔地教育 / 独学 / 独習 / 近代日本 / 音楽

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The progress of the study of music history shows that the performance practice of Western music was very active early in the beginning of twentieth century in japan. Concerts were given even in the rural part of Japan. However, it was very difficult to find music teachers in Japanese countryside at that time. How did country folk learn Western music?
This study elucidates the importance of self-taught practice of playing musical instruments and self-taught circumstances. As behind the harmonica boom was huge amount of publications of self-taught harmonica books and low-price supply of harmonicas, prepared self-taught circumstances induce musical practice, and follow the diffusion of music.

Free Research Field

音楽学