Tang-era piece: Qiu Feng Yue
《秋風樂》
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 Qiu Feng Yue《秋風樂》(Autumn Wind Music), which exists in the form of instrumental parts for a piece in the Dorian mode on B, called Panshe diao (盤渉調) in Chinese and Banshiki-chō in Japanese. It is in a single movement, which is divided into five sections, each comprising 16 measures of 8/4.
As preserved in Sino-Japanese sources, this piece is called Shūfūraku『秋風樂（しゅうふうらく）』, 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) 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)
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 Qiu Feng Yue
● Duo performance of Qiu Feng Yue by musicians from the Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music at the Kyoto City University of Arts, including Takwa Satoshi (Nagoya, Japan, 2013)
● Full-ensemble realization of Qiu Feng Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds (Japan, 2021)
● Full-ensemble realization of Qiu Feng Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version (Japan, 2021)
● Full-ensemble realization of Qiu Feng Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version 3 (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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