Ode to ‘Personal Challenge’: Reconsidering Japanese Groupism and the Role of Beethoven’s Ninth in Catering to Socio-Cultural Needs

Music is a means by which people can achieve self-understanding, express their individuality and even defy social restraints and prejudice, while facilitating the shaping of individual and collective identities. In Japan, this emerged in the form of personal challenge through what is known asdaiku g...

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1. Verfasser:	Eddy Y.L. Chang
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anthropology Applied anthropology Art music Arts Asian studies Behavioral sciences Celebrations Choirs Cultural anthropology Cultural customs Cultural studies East Asian studies Ethnography Ethnology Festivals High culture Instrumental music Japanese culture Japanese studies Literary genres Literature Music Music ensembles Musical performance Odes Orchestral music Orchestras Performing arts Poetic forms Poetry Singing Social institutions Symphonies Vocal ensembles Western art music
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Zusammenfassung:	Music is a means by which people can achieve self-understanding, express their individuality and even defy social restraints and prejudice, while facilitating the shaping of individual and collective identities. In Japan, this emerged in the form of personal challenge through what is known asdaiku genshō(第九現象) – a modern socio-cultural phenomenon with individuals coming together to sing theOde to Joyof Beethoven’sNinth Symphonyen masse and mostly in the form of annual year-end concerts throughout Japan. Althoughdaikuhas been featured in various media, most works on the subject present different origins of the phenomenon