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#1 2008-02-05 03:21:30
Book on min'yo
Hi all.
If any of you want to know more about min'yo, Dr. David W. Hughes has finally published what started out as his PhD thesis at wesleyan University - with 30 more years of research added. This book is not focusing on shakuhachi in min'yo as such, but on min'yo as a whole in modern Japan. So, perhaps not directly linked to us shakuhachi buffs, but still very well-worth a read if min'yo awakes your curiousity.
The chapters include:
1. Folk Song in Japan: the background
2. Song and music in the traditional village
3. Folk song in transition
4. The modern urban folk song world
5. The modern countryside and the performing arts
6. At the edges of the 'folk song world'
7. Japanese folk song: retrospect, circumspect, prospect
David W. Hughes 2008
Traditional Folk Song in Modern Japan: Sources, Sentiment and Society
Folkstone, UK: Global Oriental.
I am a hole in a flute
that the Christ's breath moves through
listen to this music
Hafiz
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#2 2008-02-05 09:39:42
Re: Book on min'yo
are there song too? (to play I mean)
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#3 2008-02-05 14:11:30
- mrosenlof
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Re: Book on min'yo
Here's the publisher:
http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/
Search on "Hughes" as Author and you'll find it.
$95.00 with a CD.
Mike Rosenlof
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#4 2008-02-21 11:29:40
Re: Book on min'yo
geni wrote:
are there song too? (to play I mean)
Sorry to be so slow at getting back to this. This is not a song book for players as such, but an academic book about min'yo. There are some transcriptions from the music, but those are specific versions. There is an excellent CD that comes with the book as mrosenlof wrote.
I am a hole in a flute
that the Christ's breath moves through
listen to this music
Hafiz
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#5 2008-02-21 11:54:51
Re: Book on min'yo
thank you the info.
I will check it out.
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#6 2008-02-21 14:43:20
- rpowers
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- Registered: 2005-10-09
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Re: Book on min'yo
If you want minyo to play, there is a collection arranged by Yamamoto Hozan that Monty carries. They are in staff notation, and most of them seem to start out with a fairly simple version of the melody followed by more ornamented variations.
Monty's catalog number is HS-1.
SHAKUHACHI MINYO SHEET MUSIC
Folk Music Scores
30 of the most popular folk music pieces written in 5-line staff notation arranged by Living National Treasure Hozan Yamamoto.
Titles include:
1. Akita Umagata Bushi
2. Akita Obako
3. Aidu Otsue
4. Aizu Bandai San
5. Itsuki no Komori Uta
6. Oedo Nihon Bashi
7. Otemoyan
8. Owase Bushi
9. Kaigara Bushi
10. Kariboshikiri Uta
11. Kiso Bushi
12. Kuroda Bushi
13. Kokiriko Bushi
14. Komoro Mago Uta
15. Sangai Bushi
16. Sado Okesa
17. Sansa Shigure
18. Souma Bon Uta
19. Soran Bushi
20. Tairyo Utaikomi
21. Chakkiri Bushi
22. Tsugaru Yama Uta
23. Nanbu Ushioi Uta
24. Hanagasa Odori
25. Hakata Bushi
26. Hietsuki Bushi
27. Hokkai Bon Uta
28. Mogamigawa Funa Uta
29. Yagi Bushi
30. Yamanaka Bushi
Published in Japan. 64 pages. HS-1
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