Japanese Folk Song Suite
General Info
Year: 1974
Duration: c. 8:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Shawnee Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Movements
1. Where are you from?
2. Lullaby
3. An ancient priest in a mountain temple
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute I
Flute II-III
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bells (or Glockenspiel)
- Bongos
- Gong
- Sleigh Bells
- Tambourine
- Tom-Tom
- Triangle
- Wood Block
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Japanese Folk Song Suite consists of three songs for children -- warabe-eta -- from old Japan. The first movement is based on a tune Where are you from? -- Antagata-Dokosa -- which is a simple, lively tune that often accompanies the children's game of bouncing a handball. The movement is played by brass and percussion sections.
The second movement is based on perhaps the best known lullaby in Japan, Komori-Uta, expressing the joys and sorrows of child care and is played by the woodwind instruments and percussion.
The third movement is based on the tune An Ancient Priest in a Mountain Temple-- Yamadera-no-Oshosan -- and is also a song that children sing while bouncing a ball. Combining the instruments used in the first and second movements, it is played by all the instruments. The words to this song are humorous.
Media
State Ratings
- Virginia: V
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Rockville (Md.) Concert Band (Christian Folk, conductor) - 18 November 2023
- University of New Hampshire (Durham) Symphonic Band (Trevor Frost, conductor) - 14 October 2020
- Musikgesellschaft Konkordia Reinach (Reinach, Switzerland) (Miguel Etchegoncelay, conductor) - 1 December 2019
- Santa Ana (Calif.) College Symphonic Band - 23 November 2014
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Ah! (1985)
- Ballade I (1981)
- Ballade V (1999)
- Divertimento (Kaneda) (1967)
- Divertimento for Symphonic Band II (1997)
- Japanese Folk Song Suite (1974)
- March "Wakakusa" (1982/2015)
- Overture for Symphonic Band (1972)
- Passacaglia for Symphonic Band (1971)
- Song of Youth (1964)
- Suite for Symphonic Band (2000)
- Symphonic Moment (1976)
- Symphonic ONDO for Symphonic Band (1984)
- Symphonic Variations (Kaneda) (1977)
- Symphony for Wind Orchestra (Kaneda) (1994)
- Theme and Variations for Band (1972)
Resources
- Kaneda, B. [1974]. Japanese Folk Song Suite, Warabe Uta [score]. Shawnee Press: Delaware Water Gap, Penn.