This volume of essays and research papers is dedicated to David Hughes in honour of his contribution to research, teaching and dissemination of the music of Japan, South-East Asia, and other countries over many years. Dr Hughes’ academic output from the 1970s to the present has covered many aspects of Japanese traditional music-making, in particular the min'yō (folk song) genre of which he remains the primary scholar outside Japan. His groundbreaking work has also encompassed theories of musical grammars, oral notation systems in cross-cultural perspective, as well as several papers on cultural heritage and preservation societies. The contributors to this volume comprise many of David’s former students, as well as scholars from Japan and elsewhere with whom Dr Hughes has collaborated over the years. The papers reflect the depth and breadth of Hughes’ research output, demonstrating his continuing influence over ethnomusicologists around the world.
Matt Gillan is Professor of Musicology at International Christian University in Tokyo. His research focuses particularly on the music of Okinawa, theories of the voice in Japanese music, the shakuhachi and the uses of music in Japanese religions. He is also an active performer and teacher of Okinawan uta-sanshin in Tokyo.
Kiku Day is an ethnomusicologist, shakuhachi player, and Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research focus is shakuhachi, and she performs traditional and new music, and improvises. She is a founding member of the European Shakuhachi Society and was Chair of the Executive Committee of the World Shakuhachi Festival 2018.
Patrick Huang graduated from SOAS University of London with a Master’s degree in Ethnomusicology. He is currently a PhD student at Western University in Ontario. His research focuses on the transmission of Ancient Greek music knowledge between Late Antiquity and the Early Medieval period, as well as a comparative study between Ancient Chinese and Graeco-Latin musical systems.
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