Toro nagashi (Lantern-floating) 17 Peter Bird Chœur SATB (div.) |
Compositeur Arrangeur Editeur | Bird, Peter (1951 - ) | ||||
Instrumentation | Chœur SATB (div.) | ||||
Genre | Hymne - Eglise - Sacre | ||||
Auteur/Parolier | Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (13th c.) | ||||
Langue | Anglais | ||||
Date | 2011 | ||||
Droit d'auteur | Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license | ||||
Ajoutée par peter-bird, 17 Avr 2011
This piece is dedicated to the victims of the 2011
tsunami, and to their surviving relatives. The text is
5 short tanka poems from the 13th-century ?Ogura
Hyakunin Isshu?. The first two poems were selected
because they serve as metaphors for the disaster,
and the last three poems were selected because they serve as metaphors for the summer Obon festival observances that may provide a measure of healing for some. English translations (based on those of Clay MacCauley, 1917) are provided, <...(+) Source / Web : | Fresh Choral Music Online | |
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