Tang-era piece: Liu Hua Yuan
《柳花苑》
compiled by David Badagnani (rev. 12 March 2023)
In an effort to make this information more accessible, this document contains resources related to the Tang-era piece entitled Liu Hua Yuan《柳花苑》(Willow Flower Garden), which exists in the form of instrumental parts for a single-movement piece consisting of 24 measures of 8/4, in the Mixolydian mode on G, called Shuang diao (雙調) in Chinese and Sōjō in Japanese. According to Hakuga Fue-fu, this melody originally had lyrics.
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)
----------------------------------------------
Videos and recordings of Liu Hua Yuan
● Full-ensemble realization of Liu Hua Yuan, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds (Japan, 2021)
● Full-ensemble realization of Liu Hua Yuan, in two modes, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds (Japan, 2021)
● Full-ensemble realization of Liu Hua Yuan, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version (Japan, 2021)
----------------------------------------------
Bibliography
● Marett, Allan. "Tunes Notated in Flute-Tablature from a Japanese Source of the Tenth Century." Musica Asiatica, vol. 1 (1977), pp. 1-59.
----------------------------------------------
No comments:
Post a Comment