| Title |
Song of Doves 鳩の歌 |
| Year |
2005 |
| Composer |
Takashi Koto |
| Instrument/s |
koto |
| Commission |
Written for: Portsmouth Treaty Centennial Concert “Japan Day” |
| First Performance (date, performers, venue) |
August 7, 2005, Ryuko Mizutani, Portsmouth Treaty Centennial Concert “Japan Day, South Church, Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
| Contact for Sheets |
the composer |
| Contact Info |
https://www.facebook.com/takashi.koto.10/ |
| Notes |
Song of Doves (鳩の歌) was written to celebrate the centennial of the Peace Treaty of Portsmouth in 2005. The koto has movable bridges and can be tuned in a variety of ways from modern “atonal” to traditional pentatonic. I have chosen the latter, a little altered from the tradition begun one hundred years ago by Michio Miyagi. Because of the title, this work may sound like a program music with dove’s coos but it is rather mechanical and structural as usual as my composition style which I call “contour composition.” The music language is plain but the body of the piece is elastic, like an accordion, ever changing the tempo and density. [Koto] |
