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Thanks and grateful appreciation go to Ronald Cavaye for his considerable insights into kabuki performance, and Dr. David Hughes (SOAS) for access to his extensive ethnomusicological expertise. Also, thanks to Sarah Pickthall whose first-hand experience of kabuki acting "saved the day".

Particular thanks go to the staff and pupils of All Hallows School (Farnham), Holy Cross School (New Malden) and Icknield High School (Luton) for their spirited support and co-operation in developing this project made even more complicated by the onslaught of the examination period.


We are additionally grateful for the support of: Mr Matazo Nakamura
Mr Kohji Orita - National Theatre of Japan
Japanese Foreign Ministry's "Grass Root Fund".
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
LSO Endowment Fund
The Japan Foundation
Barefoot Cultural Exchange Initiative

Bibliography

Nagauta: The Heart of Kabuki Music William P. Malm: pub. Tuttle
Japanese Music and Musical Instruments William P. Malm: pub. Tuttle
Studies in Kabuki: Its Acting, Music, and Historical Context James R. Brandon, William P. Malm, Donald Shively: pub. University of Hawaii Press
Traditional Japanese Theatre: An Anthology of Plays Ed. Karen Brazell: pub. Columbia Press
Theater as Music C. Andrew Gerstle, Kiyoshi Inobe, William P. Malm: pub. University of Michigan
Kabuki: A Pocket Guide Ronald Cavaye: pub. Charles E. Tuttle Company
Kabuki: Five Classic Plays James R. Brandon: pub. University of Hawaii Press
The Kabuki Theatre Earle Ernst: pub. University of Hawaii Press
Kabuki: Backstage-Onstage Matazo Nakamura: pub. Kodansha International
Kabuki Masakutsu Genji: pub. Kodansha International
The New Kabuki Encyclopedia Samuel L. Leiter: pub. Greenwood Press
Kabuki Costume Ruth M. Shaver: pub. Charles E. Tuttle Company
Asian Music in an Asian Perspective (Musical Scales in Japanese Music) Fumio Koizumi : pub. Tokyo, Heibonsha

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