Friday, March 19, 2021

Tang-era piece: Zhu Lin Yue《竹林樂》

Tang-era piece:  Zhu Lin Yue
《竹林樂》
compiled by David Badagnani (rev. 28 June 2022)

In an effort to make this information more accessible, this document contains resources related to the Tang-era piece entitled Zhu Lin Yue《竹林樂》 (Bamboo Grove Music), which consists of 10 measures of 8/4, in the Dorian mode on B, called Panshe diao (盤渉調) in Chinese and Banshiki-chō in Japanese.

As preserved in Sino-Japanese sources, this piece is called Chikurinraku竹林樂(ちくりんらく)』, 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) Ko-fu-Ryoritsu-no-Maki 『古譜呂律巻』, also called Hōshō-fu『鳳笙譜』(1201)

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Videos and recordings of Zhu Lin Yue

● Studio recording of a performance of Zhu Lin Yue by a 4-piece ensemble, from a CD released in 2018 by the Research Centre for Japanese Traditional Music at the Kyoto City University of Arts, dir. Takwa Satoshi
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1mW411U7qF?p=9

● Performance of Zhu Lin Yue by Bilibili user männlichkeit (koto) (China, 2019)

● Full-ensemble realization of Zhu Lin Yue done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds (Japan, 2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uDF6AYTGUk

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

● Full-ensemble realization of Zhu Lin Yue done by Tokinori Yanagita using synthesized sounds, revised version 5 (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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