MUSICAL WORKS

MOROI Makoto / 諸井 誠

1968

Shosanke (Small Confession) / 尺八、法螺貝、三弦の電子的ヴァリエーション「小懺悔」 / Shakuhachi, horagai, sangen no denshi teki variation Shosanke

Birth Y: 1930-2013 Birth C: JAPAN Gender: Male

Dest: Concert

Media Specification: Tape

First perf.: NHK-FM, March 22, 1968

Duration: 13:29

Perf. Country: JAPAN

Instruments: tape (Shakuhachi, horagai, sangen)

Setup: NHK broadcast production studio

Prog. notes: SHOSANKE is a suite of six variations on a trumpet sound traditionally associated with the Buddhist 'Ceremony of the Water.' Heard at the opening of the work, this sound is subsequently multiplied by electro-acoustic processes, then enhanced in turn by traditional instruments and synthetic sounds. Electronic sound is combined in the second variation with an ensemble of shakuhashi (bamboo flutes), and in the third with the shamisen (a primitive type of lute). Shamisen and shakuhashi then play alone, before joining in final polyphony, which brings in the original trumpet sound. [Electronic Panorama 4-LP, Philips Prospective 21e Siècle]

Reception: Emmanuelle Loubet, 'Beginnings Electronic Music in Japan, with a Focus on the NHK Studio: The 1950s and 1960s', Computer Music Journal 21(4), 1997, p. 16-17.

Editor: M.B., Koji Kawasaki, Tamamo Nagai

Phono: Disc Philips Prospective 21e siècle, 6526.005 Electronic Panorama 4-LP boxed set-Philips Prospective 21st Siecle

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