Mamiya, Michio : Nihon no Kodomo - for Young Pianists
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Instrumentation:Piano Solo
Genre:for children
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Author : Sudoh, Eiko
Last Updated: April 24, 2018
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Author : Sudoh, Eiko
《Nihon no Kodomo no Tame ni (For Japanese Children, for Piano)》 is a collection of piano pieces for children, composed over two years starting in 1977. Japanese children's songs (warabe-uta) and folk songs, as well as folk music from Finland and Africa, are used as source material. The 90 pieces, serialized and published in the monthly magazine "Humming," were compiled into two volumes in order of difficulty. Especially in Volume 2, there are many challenging pieces that frequently involve accidentals and changes in time signature. Eight pieces for piano duet are also included.
In the score, the traditional songs used as source material are first presented as melody lines with lyrics. Following this, various variations based on the source material are presented under the name "Sketches." "Sketches" include various types, such as embellishments of the source melody or additions of harmony to the melody, but polyphonic arrangements are the most common.
Each piece includes commentary by the composer himself. There are many explanations regarding sound structure, such as intervals and tonality, which provide significant hints for phrasing and intonation during actual performance. It can be described as a unique collection of piano study pieces that utilize music familiar to children's lives, such as children's songs and folk songs, as source material.
Author : Sudoh, Eiko
Last Updated: April 24, 2018
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Author : Sudoh, Eiko
“Nihon No Kodomo for Young Pianists” is a piano music collection for children, which was composed between 1977 and 1979. It uses several traditional musics, such as Japanese traditional children’s songs, folk songs, and ethnic music from Finland and Africa, as material. The 90 songs, announced in the monthly magazine “Humming”, were gathered in two volumes in order of difficulty. Especially in Volume two, there are many good works to practice upper level skills that have frequent temporary signs and beat changes. This collection has eight works of duets.
In the music score, at first, traditional music used as material is shown in the melody with words. After that, variations based on the traditional music continue being referred to as ‘Sketch’. There are various types of ‘sketches’ such as melodically decorated ones and harmonically decorated ones, but the most common arrangement is a polyphonic decoration.
Each song has an explanation including pitch and tonality by the composer, and it becomes a great hint of phrasing and intonation in actually playing. This collection is said to be a unique piano textbook, using familiar music to children’s lives, such as traditional children’s songs and folk songs.
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