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Komoriuta (Seifu)

子守唄

[Genre]Shinkyoku
[Composed]Yoshida Seifū - Shakuhachi - 1926

Komoriuta (Seifu) appears on the following albums

Album Artist

Koto Music of Japan - Music for Japanese Instruments Koto : Yoshida Kyōko
Shakuhachi : Watanabe Kōfū
This piece is in three sections : Lullaby, Love's Dream, and Grief. The music is full of sadness and expresses the feelings of a young mother who has lost her husband. As she sings a gentle lullaby to her little orphaned child, memories of past happiness flow thorugh her mind like a dream, and she is finally overcome with grief.

Yoshida Seifu Collection of Famous Performances volume 3 Koto : Yoshida Kyōko
Shakuhachi : Yoshida Seifū