Thursday, March 18, 2021

Tang-era piece: Hu Yin Jiu《胡飲酒》

Tang-era piece:  Hu Yin Jiu
《胡飲酒》
compiled by David Badagnani (rev. 26 June 2023)

In an effort to make this information more accessible, this document contains resources related to the Tang-era suite entitled Hu Yin Jiu《胡飲酒》(Sogdians Drinking Wine), which comprises two movements:
1) 序 (Xu / Jo) - prelude/beginning
2) 破 (Po / Ha) - "broaching"/breaking/developing

The suite is in the Mixolydian mode on D, called Yue diao (越調) in Chinese and Ichikotsu-chō (壹越調) in Japanese.

As preserved in Sino-Japanese sources, the title of this piece may be pronounced in several different ways:
1) Konju『胡飲酒(こんじゅ)』
2) Koinju『胡飲酒(こいんじゅ)』
3) Koinzu『胡飲酒(こいんず)』
4) Konzu『胡飲酒(こんず)』
5) Kōnju『胡飲酒(こおんじゅ)』

It appears in the following score collections:
1) and 2) Sango Yōroku and Jinchi Yōroku, both of which were compiled in the late 12th century
3) Ruisō Chiyō『類箏治要』(1296 or c. 1261)

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Videos and recordings of Hu Yin Jiu

● Two recordings of Hu Yin Jiu, as supervised by Laurence Picken and performed by a small ensemble led by Wu Wu-hsing (Taipei, Taiwan, 1972)

● Full-ensemble realization of Hu Yin Jiu, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds (Japan, 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeiROV2RKIk

● Full-ensemble realization of Hu Yin Jiu, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version 
(Japan, 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCqJNzaR7HA

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

● Full-ensemble realization of Hu Yin Jiu, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version 3 (Japan, 2022)

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Bibliography

● Picken, Laurence, and Kenneth Pont, arr.  Ancient Chinese Tunes: Nine Pieces for Recorders, Tuned Percussion, Rhythmic Percussion, Plucked Strings, Guitar, and Optional Clarinets in B Flat.  London: Oxford University Press, 1973. 
● Picken, L.E.R., and R. F. Wolpert.  "Mouth-Organ and Lute Parts of Tōgaku and Their Interrelationships."  Musica Asiatica, vol. 3 (1981), pp. 79-95.
● Picken, Laurence, ed., with Rembrandt F. Wolpert, Allan J. Marett, Jonathan Condit, and Elizabeth J. Markham, and with Yōko Mitani and Noël J. Nickson.  Music from the Tang Court, vol. 4.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 1987.
● Laurence Picken and Noël J. Nickson, eds., with Rembrandt F. Wolpert, Allan J. Marett, Elizabeth J. Markham, Yōko Mitani, and Stephen Jones.  Music from the Tang Court, vol. 5.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 1990.

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