Chrysanthemum Song

for koto and 25 string kayageum

Title Chrysanthemum Song for koto and 25 string kayageum
Year 2012
Composer Hyo-shin Na
Instrument/s koto, 25-string gayageum
Commission Commissioned by Shoko Hikage
Duration 5’56”
First Performance (date, performers, venue) March 16, 2012, Shoko Hikage and Hyunyoung Choi, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California
Contact for Sheets hyoshinnaemail@gmail.com
CD, Digital Audio CD: That Old Woman; Hyo-shin Na www.gugakcd.com played by Shoko Hikage (koto) and You Jin Sung (25-string kayageum)
Contact Info http://www.hyo-shinna.com/index.html
Notes

The inspiration of Chrysanthemum Song came from a poem by the Japanese poet Kaen (1697 – 1772).

[Na] A back-yard chrysanthemum
Looked at the setting sun
And faded