University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Masters Theses Dissertations and Theses July 2017 A Transformational Approach to Japanese Traditional Music of the Edo Period Kenneth J. Pasciak University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2 Part of the Music Theory Commons Recommended Citation Pasciak, Kenneth J., "A Transformational Approach to Japanese Traditional Music of the Edo Period" (2017). Masters Theses. 527. https://doi.org/10.7275/9993098 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/527 This Open Access Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Dissertations and Theses at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A TRANSFORMATIONAL APPROACH TO JAPANESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF THE EDO PERIOD A Thesis Presented By Kenneth J. Pasciak Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF MUSIC May 2017 Music Theory © Copyright by Kenneth J. Pasciak 2017 All Rights Reserved ii A TRANSFORMATIONAL APPROACH TO JAPANESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF THE EDO PERIOD A Thesis Presented By Kenneth J. Pasciak Approved as to style and content by: ______________________________________________ Brent Auerbach, Chair ______________________________________________ Christopher White, Member ______________________________________________ Anne Prescott, Member ______________________________________________ Roberta M. Marvin, Department Head Department of Music iii DEDICATION To my wife, Sayaka, and my sons, Kai and Konan. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my advisor, Brent Auerbach, for his guidance and advice, his thorough and detailed comments and his patience throughout this entire process.