Tang-era piece: Cheng Qiu Yue
《承秋樂》
compiled by David Badagnani (rev. 1 July 2022)
In an effort to make this information more accessible, this document contains resources related to the Tang-era piece entitled Cheng Qiu Yue《承秋樂》, which exists in the form of instrumental parts for a single-movement piece in the Dorian mode on B, called Panshe diao (盤渉調) in Chinese and Banshiki-chō in Japanese, comprising 10 measures of 8/4.
As preserved in Sino-Japanese sources, this piece is called Shōshūraku『承秋樂（しょうしゅうらく）』, and 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) Sango Yōroku, which was compiled in the late 12th century
3) Rosei Yōroku『蘆聲要録』(perhaps 1661)
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Videos and recordings of Cheng Qiu Yue
● Full-ensemble realization of Cheng Qiu Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds (Japan, 2021)
● Full-ensemble realization of Cheng Qiu Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version (Japan, 2022)
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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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