Spring in the Capital - Miyako no Haru

Japanese: 都の春 - みやこのはる

The title of a Yamada-style koto piece. Okutegotokyoku. Composed by Yamase Shoin I. It was performed at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Music School building in 1890, and became popular. It is said that Nagase Katsuoichi and Kushida Eisei assisted in the composition. The lyrics were written by Nabeshima Naohiro, who served as the lord of Saga. The song is about the spring scenery of the capital, and celebrates the development of the world. It is structured as an introduction - an introduction song - an interlude - a middle song - a tegoto - a final song. The introduction is an introduction from Yamada Kengyo's "Azuma no Hana", the interlude is a part of the tegoto from Matsuura Kengyo's "Midnight Moon", and the tegoto is the melody from "Zangetsu". Techniques such as sukui-zume and hajiki are used, and it is known as a gorgeous piece with a strong instrumental quality, even though Yamada-style koto music is centered on songs. The koto is played in a han-kumoi-cho (half-wind) to yo-agari-hira-cho (four-wind) tuning. The sangen is played in a hon-cho (hon-wind) to ni-agari (four-wind) tuning. This is a Yamada style piece, but exceptionally uses a lead string (daihirokoma) on the sangen.

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Japanese:

山田流箏曲の曲名。奥手事曲。1世山勢松韻作曲。 1890年の東京音楽学校の校舎落成式に開曲され，人気を博した。作曲には長瀬勝男一や櫛田栄清の協力があったと伝えられる。作詞は佐賀藩主をつとめた鍋島直大。都の春の景観にこと寄せて，君が世の発展を祝う内容。構成は前弾き－前歌－合の手－中歌－手事－後歌。前弾きには山田検校作曲『あづまの花』の前弾き，合の手には松浦検校作曲『深夜の月』の手事の一部，手事には『残月』の旋律が使われている。スクイ爪やハジキなどの技法が駆使され，歌物中心の山田流箏曲にあって，器楽性の強いはなやかな曲として知られる。箏は半雲井調子から四上り平調子。三弦は本調子から二上り。山田流の曲であるが，例外的に三弦に鉛駒 (台広駒) を用いる。

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