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Japanese Folk Song Suite
Contents
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
Cornets 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
Jaoanese 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.
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media
State Ratings
- Virginia: V
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- 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)
- Overture for Symphonic Band (1972)
- Passacaglia for Symphonic Band (1971)
- Song of Youth (1964)
- Suite for Symphonic Band (2000)
- Symphonic ONDO for Symphonic Band (1984)
- Symphonic Variations (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.
