Tang-era piece: Gan Cheng Yue《感城樂》

Tang-era piece:  Gan Cheng Yue

《感城樂》

compiled by David Badagnani (rev. 6 March 2023)

In an effort to make this information more accessible, this document contains resources related to the Tang-era piece entitled Gan Cheng Yue《感城樂》, which exists in the form of instrumental parts for a single-movement piece in the Dorian mode consisting of 18 measures of 8/4.

As preserved in Sino-Japanese sources, this piece is called Kanjōraku or Kanzeiraku『感城樂（かんじょうらく or かんぜいらく）』, 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) Ruisō Chiyō『類箏治要』(1296 or c. 1261)

5) Rosei Yōroku『蘆聲要録』(perhaps 1661)

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Videos and recordings of Gan Cheng Yue

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlFMo9bbK_w

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AALE_c-ZxJ0

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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.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0193232340/

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