Sunday, March 21, 2021

Tang-era piece: Shengming Yue《聖明樂》

Tang-era piece:  Shengming Yue
《聖明樂》
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 Shengming Yue《聖明樂》(Music of August Wisdom), which exists in the form of instrumental parts.

As preserved in Sino-Japanese sources, this piece is called Seimeiraku『聖明樂（せいめいらく）』, and it appears in the following score collections:
1) Gogen Fu『五絃譜』or Gogen Kinfu『五絃琴譜』, the manuscript itself simply bearing the title《五絃》(Gogen); individual pieces in the collection bear the dates 773 and 842 and the music is believed to be of Tang Chinese origin, though the manuscript was probably copied in Japan in the 11th century during the mid-Heian period
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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Chinese historical sources mentioning Shengming Yue

● Jiegu Lu《羯鼓錄》
Jiegu Lu is a book on music in two parts by Nan Zhuo (南卓, fl. 848-850).  The first part was completed in 848 and the second in 850.
https://zh.wikisource.org/zh/%E7%BE%AF%E9%BC%93%E9%8C%84

● Tang Huiyao《唐会要》(Institutional History of Tang)
This history of the Tang Dynasty, comprising 100 volumes and 514 sections, was compiled by Wang Pu (王溥, 922-982) and presented to Emperor Taizu, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, in 961.  Shengming Yue is mentioned in volume 33.

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Tang-era poetic lyrics for Shengming Yue

《杂曲歌辞 圣明乐》
作者：令狐楚（唐）
by Linghu Chu (Tang Dynasty, 766-837)

海浪恬丹徼，边尘靖黑山。
从今万里外，不复镇萧关。


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《杂曲歌辞 圣明乐》
作者：张仲素（唐）
by Zhang Zhongsu (Tang Dynasty, 769-819)

玉帛殊方至，歌钟比屋闻。
华夷今一贯，同贺圣朝君。


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《杂曲歌辞 其一 圣明乐》
作者：张仲素（Tang Dynasty, 唐）
by Zhang Zhongsu (769-819)

九陌祥烟合，千春瑞月明。
宫花将苑柳，先发凤皇城。

Notes:

开元中，太常乐工马顺儿造。又有《大圣明乐》，并商调曲。


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Videos and recordings of Shengming Yue

● Performance of Shengming Yue by Xu Ge and his ensemble (China, 2018)

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

● Full-ensemble realization of Shengming Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version 1 (Japan, 2021)

● Full-ensemble realization of Shengming Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version 2 (Japan, 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_pSGh2Dbhk

● Electronic realization of Shengming Yue by YouTube user 古樂尋蹤_HGofACH (Canada, 2022)

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