Tang-era piece: Chang Sheng Yue
《長生樂》
compiled by David Badagnani (rev. 24 June 2024)
In an effort to make this information more accessible, this document contains resources related to the Tang-era piece entitled Chang Sheng Yue《長生樂》(Music of Longevity), which exists in the form of instrumental parts for a suite in the Dorian mode, comprising two movements:
1) 序 (Xu / Jo) - prelude/beginning - 6 measures2) 破 (Po / Ha) - "broaching"/breaking/developing - 20 measures of 8/4
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
2) and 3) Sango Yōroku and Jinchi Yōroku, both of which were compiled in the late 12th century
4) Ruisō Chiyō『類箏治要』(1296 or c. 1261)
5) Rosei Yōroku『蘆聲要録』(perhaps 1661)
This piece's title is not attested in any contemporaneous Chinese source. According to musicologist Steven G. Nelson, the Xu/Jo (序) movement of this piece is actually an instrumental arrangement of the saibara song Aoyagi『青柳（あをやぎ）』, and the Po/Ha (破) movement is also based on a different saibara song, entitled Takasago『高砂（たかさご）』. Thus, he believes that both of these saibara songs, as well as the Tōgaku movements on which they are based, should probably be regarded as Japanese creations.
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Videos and recordings of Chang Sheng Yue
● Full-ensemble realization of Funan, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds (Japan, 2021)
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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.
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