Japanese Folk Song Suite

From Wind Repertory Project
Bin Kaneda

Bin Kaneda


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


Resources

  • Kaneda, B. [1974]. Japanese Folk Song Suite, Warabe Uta [score]. Shawnee Press: Delaware Water Gap, Penn.