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Japanese music industry (5 C, 3 P) Japanese musical instruments (8 C, 61 P) L. Japanese music-related lists (4 C, 15 P) M. Music organizations based in Japan (8 C, 13 ...
John William Fenton (12 March 1828 – 28 April 1890) was an Irish musician of Scottish and English descent and the leader of a military band in Japan at the start of the Meiji period. He is considered "the first bandmaster in Japan" [1] and "the father of band music in Japan."
This page is a timeline of Japanese music and also indexes the individual year in Japanese music pages. 1880s. 1888 - Kimigayo adopted as national anthem; 1890s
The oldest forms of traditional Japanese music are: shōmyō (声明 or 聲明), or Buddhist chanting; gagaku (雅楽), or orchestral court music; both of which date to the Nara (710–794) and Heian (794–1185) periods. [3]
In 1990, the Japanese subsidiary of Tower Records defined J-pop as all Japanese music belonging to the Recording Industry Association of Japan except Japanese independent music (which they term "J-indie"); their stores began to use additional classifications, such as J-club, J-punk, J-hip-hop, J-reggae, J-anime, and Visual kei by 2008, after ...
The Indian music industry is mainly contributed by local music, and the Indian top 5 favorite genres are new Bollywood music, old Bollywood music, Indian classical music, pop, and rock. [ 15 ] 96% of Indian consumers use smartphones while listening to music, and this is the highest rate all over the world.
Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社, Yamaha Kabushiki gaisha, / ˈ j ɑː m ɒ ˌ h ɑː /; Japanese pronunciation:) is a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer. It is one of the constituents of Nikkei 225 and is the world's largest musical instrument manufacturing company.
In 1982 (Shōwa 57), Japanese music was released on records and performed in concerts, and there were charts, awards, contests and festivals.. During that year, Japan continued to have the second largest music market in the world, [1] [2] and the second largest market for jazz musicians.