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Music of Jikken Kobo 実験工房の音楽
Presented by Dr. Mihoko Watanabe The 39th NFA Convention, Charlotte, North Carolina
August 14, 2011
2011©Mihoko Watanabe
I. Jikken Kobo (実験工房):
1951 - Jikken Kobo（Experimental Workshop) established • Takiguchi Shuzo（瀧口修造） • To experiment in combinations of traditional
Japanese modalities with its modernistic procedure
• Toru Takemitsu(1930-1966), Joji Yuasa(b.1927), Keijiro Sato (b.1927), Hiroyoshi Suzuki (b.1931), Kazuo Fukushima (b.1930), and Takahiro Sonoda (b.1928).
1955 - Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire” in the form of Noh play
II. Itinerant (1989) by Toru Takemitsu (武満徹) Toru Takemitsu Isamy Noguchi
MA (間)
Shakuhachi (尺八)
• Timbre trill
• Portamento
• Muraiki (ムラ息)
• Controlled vibrato
Western Techniques
• Multiphonic
• Whistle tone
Performance
Music of Jikken Kobo 実験工房の音楽
Presented by Dr. Mihoko Watanabe The 39th NFA Convention, Charlotte, North Carolina
August 14, 2011
2011©Mihoko Watanabe
III. Mai Bataraki II (1987) by Joji Yuasa (湯浅譲二) Joji Yuasa
• Noh • Noh kan - Construction • Mai Bataraki (舞働き) - Dance movement/piece • Jo-Ha-Kyu (序−破—急) • 3 Kusari (chain)
o Hishigi (ヒシギ)
o Ashirai fuu (あしらい風)
o MA
Performance
IV. Mei (1962) by Kazuo Fukushima (福島和夫) Kazuo Fukushima
• Mei (冥) – Dark, Parl, Untouchable, world of the dead • Wolfgang Steinecke • Servino Gazzelloni • “You say Shakuhachi, I say NOH!”
• Hishigi
• Unstable Pitches
• MA (see Example for Hishigi
above)
Performance * Flutist Quarterly – “Essence of Mei: An exploration of the inspiration behind Mei through interviews with the composer,” Spring 2008
V: Comments & Questions: Please contact Dr. Mihoko Watanabe ([email protected])