Tang-era piece: Yang Gong Yue
《央宮樂》
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 Yang Gong Yue《央宮樂》(Central Palace Music), which exists in the form of instrumental parts for a single-movement piece in the Dorian mode, comprising 12 measures of 8/4.
As preserved in Sino-Japanese sources, this piece is called Yōgūraku『央宮樂（ようぐうらく）』, 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)
5) Rosei Yōroku『蘆聲要録』(perhaps 1661)
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Videos and recordings of Yang Gong Yue
● Full-ensemble realization of Yang Gong Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds (Japan, 2021)
● Full-ensemble realization of Yang Gong Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version 1 (Japan, 2021)
● Full-ensemble realization of Yang Gong Yue, done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version 2 (Japan, 2021)
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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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