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2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The study of the process of the emergence and the development of dormitory songs (Ryo-Ka) :Reconsideration of the value as the transformational culture.

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 26370110
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Aesthetics and studies on art
Research InstitutionTokyo College of Music

Principal Investigator

Shitamichi Ikuko  東京音楽大学, 音楽学部, 准教授 (50421110)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Keywords寮歌 / 旧制高等学校 / 西洋音楽受容 / コミュニティソング / 音楽教育史 / 音楽伝承
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Dormitory songs of the old system high schools emerged under the influence of singing national anthems such as Germany, France, and the United States. At the beginning, the meanings of singing dormitory songs were functional and educational at a ceremony and a sports game. As time went by, the singing dormitory songs grew musical activity. In Taisho era, students improved the compositional and performance skills of western music and acquired a special knowledge of western music. As a result, students directed the both musical and singing styles of dormitory songs to those of art music.
Today, dormitory songs are sung as fight songs and this singing style tends authentic. This study reveals that the singing style of dormitory songs is controversial in terms of the tradition and the transformation.

Free Research Field

Music Education

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Published: 2018-03-22  

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