Musical Traditions in Japan
Dürfen wir von "japanischer Musik" sprechen? (1995)
Das Leben einer Geisha (2015)
Grundriss der Japanologie: Musik (2001)
Sumiyoshi, Enoshima and Yoshino - On the function of meisho in traditional Japanese music (2000)
Peter Ackermann (1990) Kumiuta. Traditional Songs for Certificates. A Study of their Texts and Implications. Bern (P. Lang). Schweizer Asiatische Studien, Monographie Band 10.
Systematic sequences of emotion
click Kumiuta Part 1 (File 1073A)
Introduction, Sources, The concept "kumiuta", "Tradition"
click Kumiuta Part 2 (File 1073B)
Training and instruction, Matsu no ha (1703) collection of song texts, Development of shamisen kumiuta
click Kumiuta Part 3 (File 1073C)
Shamisen kumiuta: Ryûkyû-gumi, Fushô-gumi, Hinda-gumi, Hayafune
click Kumiuta Part 4 (File 1073D)
Koto kumiuta, Development of the koto music tradition
click Kumiuta Part 5 (File 1073E)
Koto kumiuta: Fuki, Ume-ga-e, Kumo no ue, Shiki no kyoku
click Kumiuta Part 6 (File 1073F)
How coherent is a kumiuta?
click Kumiuta Part 7 (File 1073G)
Concluding observations
Peter Ackermann (1981, ed.1986) Studien zur Koto-Musik von Edo. 2 Bde. Kassel/Basel/London (Bärenreiter) (Studien zur traditionellen Musik Japans, Band 6)
click PDF File (Western Japan) (File 1074 B)
click PDF File (Jiuta, tegotomono, later developments) (File 1074 C)
click PDF File (Contents and form of selected pieces 2) (File 1074 F)
click PDF File (Instrumental playing techniques) (File 1075 A)
Instrumental playing techniques
click PDF File (Sakuragari Sumiyoshi Yuki) (File 1075 B)
Koto pieces: Sakuragari, Sumiyoshi
Shamisen piece: Yuki