The Global Music Show for the month of January was kicked off with two tunes from Japan, and from there progressed through other Asian songs from Korea, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and the Philippines. From beginning to end the show was informational and engaging, and that probably attests to the guest, Dr. Eric Henry, that brought all of these songs to the attention of the WXYC listeners. Guest is an understatement, expert is more suitable.
Dr. Henry obtained his PhD in Chinese Literature at Yale in 1979. He knows Chinese fluently, Korean, a quality amount of Tagalog, and Vietnamese. His knowledge in the Vietnamese language derived from his service in the United States Army from 1968-1971 where he engaged in a one-year intensive course in Vietnamese at the Defense Language Institute at Fort Bliss, Texas, and a one-year tour of duty in Vietnam.
Dr. Henry was a professor at Dartmouth (1980- 82) and at the University of North Carolina (1982- 2011). His publications include; Chinese Amusement: The Lively Plays of Li Yu (Archon Books, 1980), various articles on early Chinese history and culture in the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies and other journals, and articles on Vietnamese literature and historical legend in Vietnam Forum, Crossroads, the Michigan Quarterly. In the summer of 2004, Dr. Henry led an eight-week student research seminar in Vietnamese music in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).
The songs that made up the show on January 25 were translated mostly by Dr. Henry and the others by hired translators.
For more information about the songs that were played for the “East Asian Popular Music” Global Music Show e-mail info@wxyc.org. The entire show will be available in the form of a podcast from the Global Studies website.
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