目次
Text chapters: Singing the story : continuity and change in Japanese performed narratives -- Musical Buddhist preaching : kōshiki shōmyō -- Heike narrative : the musical recitations of The tale of the heike -- Dance and narrative : Kōwaka and nō -- Sung narratives and kabuki bance : bungo-kei jōruri -- Sung narratives and kabuki dance : nagauta and ōzatsuma-bushi
CD contents: Chinese prosimetric narrative (2:19) -- Japan : Goze uta (1:36) -- Kōshiki : Nehan kōshiki : selection from the first dan (7:45) -- Heike : Yokobue (5:57) -- Heike : Nasu no Yoichi (6:43) -- Kōwaka : Togashi (8:55) -- Nō : Ataka (5:11) -- Gidayū : Kanadehon chūshingura : "Kanpei seppuku no dan" (10:50) -- Itchū : Wankyū michiyuki (3:39) -- Tokiwazu : Seki no to (3:42) -- Sinnai : Ranchō (4:50) -- Kiyomoto : Kasane (5:11) -- Ōzatsuma : Ya no ne (5:57) -- Nagauta : Kanjinchō (4:07)