UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: John C. Vincent recordings: Sokyoku (various performances)

UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: John C. Vincent recordings: Sokyoku (various performances), 1986,1987,1988

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Vincent, John C.
Title: UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: John C. Vincent recordings: Sokyoku (various performances)
Dates: 1986,1987,1988 (inclusive)
Quantity: 1 videotapes : 1 vct (VHS, sp, color); Duration: 1:17:00; hand-written logsheet.
Collection Number: 1990026
Summary: Recorded from Japanese television (NHK) by John C. Vincent, January 1986, 1987, and 1988; Archives copy from J.C. Vincent's copy.
Repository: University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: 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.

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This is a dub of 3 TV broadcasts of "Sokyoku" (or music for koto and shamisen in various ensemble combinations); the selections include representative Ikuta and Yamada school pieces, as well as Shin-Sokyoku, contemporary Sokyoku in a modern, experimental idiom.

The broadcasts are part of a series televised every New Year's called "Nihou No Shirabe" and include Japan's top performing artists of traditional music:

1. Kojo No Tsuru ("Cranes in the Pines")(Yamada School Tegotomono); 2. Matsu No Kyoku ("Music of Pines") (Shin-Sokyoku); 3. Yachiyojishi ("Lion of 8000 Ages")(Tegotomono performed by Ikuta School players)(translations & additional information in doc file); 4. Kizabaru ("Omen of Spring") (Shin-Sokyoku); 5. Chikubushima (Yamada School Utamono); 6. Onoe No Matsu (Ikuta School Jiutamono; 7. Nijio ("New Tide") (Shin-Sokyoku); 8. Nebiki No Matsu (translations & additional information in documentation file)

Notes by John Christian Vincent.

Documentation: Photo-copy of texts & backgrounds of some pieces from Gen'ichi Tsuge's anthology of Sokyoku & Jiuta song texts, 1983

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