Court Music
Grade 6
© 2012, GIA Publications, Inc.
Item #: B-B06603 Status: Available
ZIP for $9.58
Description:
This bundle includes:
1. A digital PDF of the Teacher Resource Guide from the Teaching Music textbook
2. An mp3 recording of the work
The following program note is provided by the composer:
Court Music was commissioned by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra with the request that the work somehow reflect an “East meets West” theme. Naturally I began to listen to a good deal of Japanese folk and ceremonial music, and I was particularly impressed with the literature of the gagaku orchestra. This ancient orchestral tradition features music of great intricacy and timbral beauty. It would have been impossible for me to even begin to absorb the complexities of this music, but I have incorporated some of its most striking and characteristic sounds, partic- ularly those of the hichiriki (double reed instruments), the ryûteki (flutes), and the shô (a bundled reed instrument capable of sustaining several pitches as a drone). I have also employed Japan’s most famous folk song, “Sakura, Sakura,” in three highly contrasting settings at the beginning, middle, and end of the work.
Format: ZIP