Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Tang-era piece: An Cheng Yue《安城樂》

Tang-era piece:  An Cheng Yue
《安城樂》
compiled by David Badagnani (rev. 20 August 2021)
 
In an effort to make this information more accessible, this document contains resources related to the Tang-era piece entitled An Cheng Yue《安城樂》(Peaceful City Music), which exists in the form of instrumental parts for a piece (or movement) in the Mixolydian mode, comprising 16 measures of 8/4.

As preserved in Sino-Japanese sources, this piece is called Anzeiraku安城樂あんぜいらく)』, 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) and 3) Sango Yōroku and Jinchi Yōroku, both of which were compiled in the late 12th century
4) Rosei Yōroku『蘆聲要録』(perhaps 1661)

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Videos and recordings of An Cheng Yue

● Full-ensemble realization of An Cheng Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds (Japan, 2021)

● Full-ensemble realization of An Cheng Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version 1 (Japan, 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmPiLiWwYPs

● Full-ensemble realization of An Cheng Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version 2 (Japan, 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqlWiBhyuIs

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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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