Tang-era piece: Wan Qiu Yue
《萬秋樂》
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 Wan Qiu Yue《萬秋樂》(Music of Ten Thousand Autumns), which exists in the form of instrumental parts for a suite in the Dorian mode on B, called Panshe diao (盤渉調) in Chinese and Banshiki-chō in Japanese, comprising two movements:
1) 序 (Xu / Jo) - prelude/beginning, in two sections2) 破 (Po / Ha) - "broaching"/breaking/developing, in six sections
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)
5) Rosei Yōroku『蘆聲要録』(perhaps 1661)
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Videos and recordings of Wan Qiu Yue
● Full-ensemble realization of Wan Qiu Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds (Japan, 2021)
● Full-ensemble realization of Wan Qiu 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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