Music of Jikken Kobo - National Flute Association · II. Itinerant (1989) by Toru Takemitsu ......

Music of Jikken Kobo 実験工房の音楽

Presented by Dr. Mihoko Watanabe The 39th NFA Convention, Charlotte, North Carolina

August 14, 2011

2011©Mihoko Watanabe

I. Jikken Kobo (実験工房):

1951 - Jikken Kobo（Experimental Workshop) established • Takiguchi Shuzo（瀧口修造） • To experiment in combinations of traditional

Japanese modalities with its modernistic procedure

• Toru Takemitsu(1930-1966), Joji Yuasa(b.1927), Keijiro Sato (b.1927), Hiroyoshi Suzuki (b.1931), Kazuo Fukushima (b.1930), and Takahiro Sonoda (b.1928).

1955 - Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire” in the form of Noh play

II. Itinerant (1989) by Toru Takemitsu (武満徹) Toru Takemitsu Isamy Noguchi

MA (間)

Shakuhachi (尺八)

• Timbre trill

• Portamento

• Muraiki (ムラ息)

• Controlled vibrato

Western Techniques

• Multiphonic

• Whistle tone

Performance

Music of Jikken Kobo 実験工房の音楽

Presented by Dr. Mihoko Watanabe The 39th NFA Convention, Charlotte, North Carolina

August 14, 2011

2011©Mihoko Watanabe

III. Mai Bataraki II (1987) by Joji Yuasa (湯浅譲二) Joji Yuasa

• Noh • Noh kan - Construction • Mai Bataraki (舞働き) - Dance movement/piece • Jo-Ha-Kyu (序−破—急) • 3 Kusari (chain)

o Hishigi (ヒシギ)

o Ashirai fuu (あしらい風)

o MA

Performance

IV. Mei (1962) by Kazuo Fukushima (福島和夫) Kazuo Fukushima

• Mei (冥) – Dark, Parl, Untouchable, world of the dead • Wolfgang Steinecke • Servino Gazzelloni • “You say Shakuhachi, I say NOH!”

• Hishigi

• Unstable Pitches

• MA (see Example for Hishigi

above)

Performance * Flutist Quarterly – “Essence of Mei: An exploration of the inspiration behind Mei through interviews with the composer,” Spring 2008

V: Comments & Questions: Please contact Dr. Mihoko Watanabe (watanabe@bsu.edu)