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Masaru Kawasaki (川崎 優, Kawasaki Masaru, 19 April 1924 – 29 November 2018) was a Japanese conductor and composer. [1] [2] He was known for writing original compositions specifically for concert band, as did Toshio Akiyama and Ichitaro Tsujii, [3] but has also written many works for the flute.
The shinobue (kanji: 篠笛; also called takebue (kanji: 竹笛) in the context of Japanese traditional arts) is a Japanese transverse flute or fue that has a high-pitched sound [citation needed]. It is found in hayashi and nagauta ensembles, and plays important roles in noh and kabuki theatre music.
Japanese folk song Vocal: 1983: 島へ: To the Island (Shima e) for voice and piano: words by Mitsuru Izawa: Vocal: 1985: 明日ハ晴レカナ、曇リカナ: Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear? (Ashita wa hare kana, kumori kana) for voice and piano: words by the composer Vocal: 1985: ぽつねん: All Alone (Potsunen) for voice and ...
Most of the work is written in free time, with no bar lines (except in the second version, to facilitate conducting). In each version, the flute has the primary melodic line, based in part on a motif spelling "sea" in German musical notation: E ♭ –E–A. This motif reappeared in several of Takemitsu's later works.
Traditional solo shakuhachi music (honkyoku) is transmitted as a semi-oral tradition; notation is often used as a mnemonic device. However, the master-disciple relationship is given emphasis within the tradition, and written sources are considered of little value 'without experience of the living tradition of actual training within the school'. [1]
This is a list of notable compositions for the flute (particularly the Western concert flute). Flute alone. C. P. E. Bach: Sonata in A minor (1763) J.S. Bach:
A rehearsal letter, sometimes referred to as rehearsal marks, [1] [2] rehearsal figures, [3] or rehearsal numbers, is a boldface letter of the alphabet in an orchestral score, and its corresponding parts, that provides the conductor, who typically leads rehearsals, with a convenient spot to tell the orchestra to begin at places other than the start of movements or pieces.
The melody arranged by Ongaku Torishirabe-gakari was included in Collection of Japanese Koto Music issued in 1888, for beginning koto students in the Tokyo Academy of Music. [ 4 ] Often, It is the first piece that koto beginners learn because they can play any phrase by picking closer strings without skipping to distant strings. [ 2 ]