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Musicology Lab
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A musicology lab exploring the history of music theory and contemporary music culture.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring music theory and culture, from history to the present.
In Professor Hiroko Nishida's lab, research covers music theory and analysis, as well as their cultural background.
The lab also studies a wide range of contemporary music cultures, especially the relationship between music content and management.
It investigates how Western music theory was received in modern Japan, and the history of music theory centered on Germany and Austria.
The lab is led by a faculty member of the Acoustic Design Course in the School of Design.
Key terms
- Music theory
- A theoretical account that organizes and explains how music is constructed and how it works
- Harmonic theory
- A theory that seeks to explain the sound of harmony, the way musical tones sound together
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies music theory and analysis and their cultural background, and investigates the reception of Western music theory in modern Japan and the history of music theory centered on Germany and Austria. It also studies contemporary music culture from the perspective of the relationship between music content and management.
*Illustrative imageReception of Western Music Theory in Modern Japan
The lab investigates how modern Japan received Western music theory. Topics include the reception of Western harmonic theory and the development of the study of harmony.
History of Music Theory in Germany and Austria
The lab studies music theory centered on Germany and Austria from a historical perspective. Methodology is listed among its research keywords.
*Illustrative imageContemporary Music Culture and Management
The lab studies a wide range of contemporary music cultures from the perspective of the relationship between music content and management. It also works on the experience of music in an era when subscription services have become widespread.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorHiroko Nishida
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “"2me Solo de Concert Pour le hautbois avec accompagnement à grand orchestre composé par G. Vogt" (manuscrit autographe) - btv1b of 88)” Vogt, Gustave ( ). Compositeur / Public domain (cropped)
- Reception of Western Music Theory in Modern Japan: “Kimigayo-Anthem-Japan-Sheet-Music-1888” Yoshiisa Oku and Akimori Hayashi (arranged by Franz Eckert, 1880). / Public domain (cropped)
- Contemporary Music Culture and Management: “Record shop in Heidelberg” assillo / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Musicology Lab (Hiroko Nishida)): “Sorabji, Organ Symphony No. 3 manuscript, page 124” Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (composer); Alistair Hinton (copyright to the music); screenshot from the electronic copy of the score: User:Toccata quarta / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Musicology (Japanese Music History) Lab): “Satsuma Biwa MET 189128” 作者不詳 / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Musicology (Japanese Music History) Lab): “Japanese theatre performance (211)” Savannah Rivka / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Cognitive Science Lab): “Metronome Nikko” Vincent Quach (Invincible) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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