Friday, March 19, 2021

Tang-era piece: Bai Zhu《白柱》

Tang-era piece:  Bai Zhu
《白柱》
compiled by David Badagnani (rev. 14 October 2024)

In an effort to make this information more accessible, this document contains resources related to the Tang-era piece entitled Bai Zhu《白柱》 (The White Pillar), which is in the Dorian mode on B, called Panshe diao (盤渉調) in Chinese and Banshiki-chō in Japanese.

As preserved in Sino-Japanese sources, this piece is called Hakuchū白柱(はくちゅう)』, and it exists in two different versions.  It appears in the following score collections:
1) Hakuga Fue-fu『博雅笛譜』, also known as Hakuga no Fue-fu (literally "Hakuga's Fue Scores"), and properly known as Shinsen Gaku-fu (Chōshukyō Chiku-fu) 『新撰樂譜(長秋卿竹譜)』(literally "Newly Compiled Music Scores (Lord Long Autumn's Bamboo [Flute] Scores)") (966)
2) and 3) Sango Yōroku and Jinchi Yōroku, both of which were compiled in the late 12th century
4) Ko-fu-Ryoritsu-no-Maki 『古譜呂律巻』, also called Hōshō-fu『鳳笙譜』(1201)

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Videos and recordings of Bai Zhu

● Full-ensemble realization of Bai Zhu, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds (Japan, 2021)

● Full-ensemble realization of Bai Zhu, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version 2 (Japan, 2022)

● Realization of Bai Zhu for transverse flute and large drum, done by by Bilibili user 冯氏羊肉馆 using synthesized sounds (China, 2022)

● Realization of Bai Zhu for bili and transverse flute, done by by Bilibili user 北林斋主人 (China, 2023)
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1tT411H7qH/

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Bibliography

● Marett, Allan.  "Tunes Notated in Flute-Tablature from a Japanese Source of the Tenth Century."  Musica Asiatica, vol. 1 (1977), pp. 1-59.
● Wolpert, Rembrandt.  "Tang-Music  (Tōgaku) Manuscripts for Lute and Their Interrelationships."  In Music and Tradition:  Essays on Asian and Other Musics Presented to Laurence Picken, ed. D. R. Widdess and R. F. Wolpert (Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press,1981), pp. 69-121.

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