Kawasaki, Etsuo : "A Strange Tale of the South Island"
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Music ID :
77579
Instrumentation:Chamber Music Genre:Various works
Total Playing Time:13 min 30 sec
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Author : Kawasaki, Etsuo
Last Updated: December 13, 2021
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Author : Kawasaki, Etsuo
Last Updated: December 13, 2021
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.
Conscious of creating a "Japanese Piano Quartet," I composed a six-movement suite depicting scenes and emotional landscapes of "Southern Islands."
- 1 - Introduction ~ U-no-ji
Following a brief opening, a small set of variations based on "U-no-ji," a children's song from the Kyushu region, unfolds. - 2 - Clouds
A scene of faintly dark clouds, evoking melancholy, drifting by in a minimalist style. - 3 - Scherzo
A Japanese-style "humor" (kaigyaku) in the manner of Hindemith. Bittersweet memories. - 4 - Longing
A fleeting moment of yearning arising within the humid air. - 5 - Island Fugue
A short fugue based on a theme in the Ryukyu scale. Unlike typical structures, this fugue serves as a "prelude" to the following "Wind from the South." - 6 - Wind from the South
A scene of the perpetually azure sea and the all-encompassing sky, along with their emotional landscapes, encompassing a history of sorrow.
(Based on a piece previously composed for a creative dance in Okinawa.)
Writer:
Kawasaki, Etsuo
Movements (6)
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