Musicalizing the Heart Sutra: Buddhism, Sound, and Media in Contemporary Japan
In Japan, explicitly religious content is not commonly found in popular music. Against this mainstream tendency, since approximately 2008, ecclesiastic and non-ecclesiastic actors alike have made musical arrangements of the Heart Sutra. What do these musical arrangements help us to understand about...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Religions |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/9/759 |