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Ten Japanese folk songs settings of traditional melodies for medium - high voice and piano
RSN:
65785
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Composition Date:
1981
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Revision Date:
1991
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Duration:
Not Provided
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Cataloguing Information
Call Number
MV 1101 W427te
Genre
Solo Voice with Keyboard
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2011-11-16
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
Additional Information
O-Edo Nihonbashi
Komori Uta
Kiso Bushi
Tsugaru Yama Uta
Ina Bushi
Itsuki Komori Uta
Sado Okesa
Kuroda Bushi
Kariboshi Kiri Uta
Soran Bushi
Master Location
Toronto
Language
Japanese
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Physical Description
Found 1 record(s)
Available Actions
Extent of Item
1 score (vii, 27 p.) ;
Instrumentation
Found 2 record(s)
Available Actions
Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
39534
Voices
Medium voice
1
39534
Keyboard
Piano
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
The folk songs (minyo) of Japan are surely one of that nation’s most secure links with its deep past. There are hundreds of them from all regions, all ways of life, and all classes of society. As early as the 7th or 8th centuries A.D. folk song even entered the exalted world of court music. At that time Japan was in the earliest stages of development of a highly organized socio-political system based on the lines of the T’ang Dynasty in China. There has always been a relationship between folk song and Shinto, the ancient Japanese religion of nature and ancestor worship. Even with the heavy overlay of Buddhist culture introduced from China as early as the sixth century, to this day minyo continues its strong links with various levels of Shinto. Yet there is continued interaction of one kind or another between Shinto and Buddhism. Indeed, there are few Japanese who are not, in some way, followers of both. We find minyo falling into two major categories: 1) songs stemming from the various traditional occupations — farming, fishing, wood-cutting and the like. They are lively, earthy and running over with wit and humour. Countless numbers of them are associated with Shinto shrine festivals as well as the late-summer Buddhist “All-Soul’s Day” known as O-bon; 2) slow, melismatic songs once sung by solitary pack-horse drivers in the remote mountains. The rapid modernization of Japan has had its effects on folk music’s ancient social functions. Old ways of life disappear yet folk song continues to thrive. Minyo may be heard at all kinds of social occasions. Possessing fine “songmanship” is a great attribute in Japan. In many cities one can seek out minyo sakaya (folk song sake bars) where professional performers as well as members of the audience participate in lively performances. In 1991 Mr. Weisgarber re-worked his original 1981 voice and harp arrangements for another singer, changing the keys of all but two songs. Of the remainder, four songs were scored higher and four lower. Other than the key changes the chief differences in the 1991 version are in the accompaniment which is written with the piano specifically in mind.
Found 4 record(s)
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Number of Copies
Toronto
01TO65785
Being Corrected
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1
Montréal
01MO65785
In Circulation
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1
Vancouver
01VA65785
In Circulation
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1
Calgary
01CA65785
Being Corrected
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1
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