Comparing Resources

The architectural difference between the article about music in Japan in Grove, and the book Music in Japan by Bonnie C. Wade which interests me is the fact that Wade spends a much greater time discussing international influences on Japanese music, than the author of the article in Grove does.  Wade looks in different directions in discussing the influences of different cultures on Japanese music, and it looks to be that these discussions of musical influences from different countries complete most of Wade's book. A similar discussion in the Grove article, from looking at the table of contents, seems to only discuss Western influence, and does not do so in nearly as much detail as Wade does.  The grove article focuses on different uses for music such as use in religious, theatre, and folk music.