Wa
わ
| [Genre] | Modern |
| [Composed] | Miki Minoru - Shakuhachi - 1976 |
Wa appears on the following albums
| Album | Artist | |
| Minoru Miki Selected Works I |
Shakuhachi : Miyata Kōhachirō Koto : Nosaka Keiko Koto : Miyamoto Sachiko Shamisen : Sugiura Hirokazu | |
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This work was written in 1976 especially for the US-Canada tour by the Shudan Nipponia which took place from February 16th to March 19th of this year. Premier performance was given at 16 different places including Carnegie Hall. Performers included: Kohachiro Miyata/shakuhachi, Hirokazu Sugiura/sangen, Ayako Handa/biwa, Kelko Nosaka/20-string koto, Sachiko Miyamoto/17-string bass koto, Minoru Miki/ percussion. Every Japanese syllable has many possible meanings, depending on the context in which the word is used the Chinese characters actually employed. The title, "Wa" likewise is an agglomeration of various meanings associated with this sound. These include: 1. peace, harmony, totality; 2. a circle, a ring, a link, a wheel; 3. as an interjection, Oh! in the sense of one being surprised; 4. Japan. The instruments shakuhachi, shamisen, 20-string koto, percussion (shimedaiko, binzasara, kane etc.) are representative of Japanese traditional instruments. Both the prelude, where the instruments are employed at random, and the rhythmic second half have been written improvisatorially. Furthermore, despite the differences in the "atmosphere" between the two, the style of the joint performance, based on heterophyony is consistent throughout the entire work. | ||