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UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: John C. Vincent recordings: Kimigayo; Let's Sing Minyo, 1987
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Vincent, John C.
- Title
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: John C. Vincent recordings: Kimigayo; Let's Sing Minyo
- Dates
- 198719871987
- Quantity
- 1 videotapes : 1 vct (VHS, sp, color); Duration: 1:00:00; hand-written logsheet.
- Collection Number
- 1990030
- Summary
- Recorded from Japanese television (NHK) by John C. Vincent, 1987; Archives copy made from J.C. Vincent's copy.
- Repository
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access is restricted.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives has been collecting and curating unique ethnographic music recordings for over 50 years. Its holdings of more than 15,000 items include field recordings documenting music traditions of all kinds from most areas of the world, concert recordings of visiting musicians, and films and videos of a variety of musical events, as well as several hundred musical instruments. The Archives serves the students and faculty in the UW Ethnomusicology Program, the broader university community, Pacific Northwest tribes, and an international clientele of musicians, students, and teachers.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Performers: listed on tape in Japanese.
Contents: 1- Dub of the NHK-TV sign-off with "Kimigayo" (Your Reign), the (unofficial) Japanese "national anthem", which is interesting as it is a good example of the first attempts to combine Western and Japanese musical forms; the melody was composed. 2- Dub of the final broadcast of "Let's Sing Minyo", a mini series on traditional Japanese folk music; other episodes were devoted to one musical composition each, performed by different guest artists and taught to guest students; in this final episode, all the guest artists were brought back and performed all of the featured music in sequence; they are - 1) Otachizake - shakuhachi and voice, 2) Gunjo No Odori - 2 shamisen, taiko, solo voice, vocal hayashi (2 men), fue, 3) Karihosu Giri-Uta - shakuhachi and voice, 4) Tonan Kuzetsu - tsugarujamisen, taiko, voice, 5) Ondo No Funa-Uta - voice and kakigoe (responsorial voice), 6) Tsugaru Yama-Uta - shakuhachi and voice, 7) Esashi-Oiwake - shakuhachi, voice, "soikake" (responsorial voice); these all represent various styles and regional variants of Minyo.
Notes by John Christian Vincent.
Documentation: Photo-copy of description & translation of Kimigayo from Eta Harich-Schneider's history of Japanese music, 1973
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Asia
- Japan
