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This rendition of Les Sauvages is actually quite amazing

Fascinating!

I - Noh Music Noh is one of the two major form of traditional theater in Japan together with kabuki. It was created during the 14th and the 15th century by Kan'ami and his son Zeami and combines theatre, singing and dance. The music in now plays allows to set the atmosphere of the scenes. It is ensured by a choir of 8 to 12 people and a small ensemble of instruments including a nohkan (a type of flute), and three drums of different types : shime-daiko, ōtsuzumi (hip drum) and kotsuzumi (shoulder drum). 00:00 Melodic cells of nohkan The melodic element is ensured by the nohkan. A certain number of standardized melodic cells exists for the nohkan that are combined to create melodies. 1:04 Rhythmic cells of kotsuzumi The drums ensure the rythmic element. Like for the nohkan, a certain number of stereotyped rhythmic patterns exists. Here are presented some rhythmic cells for the kotsuzumi. 2:20 Superposition of rhythmic cells of kotsuzumi and ōtsuzumi Each drum plays different rythmic cells that superpose themselves. Here, we can hear the superposition of different rhythmic cells of the kotsuzumi and the ōtsuzumi. 3:06 Yowagin (weak song) : extract from Kagekiyo There are two main types of singing in noh music. The tsuyogin or "strong song" and the yowagin or "weak song". Whereas the yowagin gives a greater attention to melody and is mainly used to express pathos or elegance, the tsuyogin gives a greater attention to rythm, and is used to express boldness, excitement, or profound emotion. Here is an example of yowagin from the play Kagekiyo. 3:55 Hagoromo - Instrumental prelude In noh music, there are 9 different rhythmic degrees which allow to create tension and relaxation in the pace of the play. This instrumental prelude that opens the famous noh play Hagoromo is set in the sixth rhythmic degrees. 6:46 Hagoromo - Final song In the play Hagoromo, a fisherman named Hakuryō, walking to go fishing with his companions at night, finds a beautiful robe hung on a pine branch. This robe happens to be a Hagoromo, a celestial feather robe owned by a tennin, a celestial maiden who had gone down on heart. When he attempts to take it home, the celestial maiden appears and asks him to return the robe to her since she cannot go home to heaven without it. Moved by her complaints, he finally accept to return the robe at the condition she will show him a celestial dance. She agrees. This final song take place whereas she achieves her dance, and takes flight before desapearing in the sky. It is set in the 9th rhythmic degree, the highest, which allows to finish the play in an apotheosis. II - Shakuhachi music A shakuhachi is a type of Japanese flute that made of bamboo. Shakuhachi as we know it appeared in the 16th century. It was originally exclusively played by the Zen Buddhist monks of the Fuke sect who used it as a tool of meditation, but its use secularized since then. 10:41 Fuke school : San'an ("Peaceful Birth") (extract) This piece of the Fuke school transmits a legend according to which a woman gave birth whereas her husband was playing shakuhachi in the next room. 14:46 Tozan school : Kōgetsuchō (extract) The Tozan school was founded by Nakao Tozan in the end of the 19th century. It is nowadays the most important Japanese school of shakuachi. This piece, composed by the founder of the school in 1904, express both the worries and the desires of peace he felt when the Russo-Japanese War broke out. III - Koto music The koto is a Japanese plucked instrument originally imported from Korea around the 8th century. Its repertoire, originally limited to only 6 pieces, was greatly expanded in the 17th century by Yatsuhashi Kengyo, laying the foundation of the modern Japanese school of koto. 18:42 Rokudan ("Six section") (extract) This piece, a classic of the koto repertoire, is attributed to Yatsuhashi himself. As indicated by its title, it is composed in 6 sections of 104 beats each. 22:28 Chidori no Kyoku ("Song of Plovers") (extract) This song accompagnied by koto and shakuachi was composed in the middle of the 19th century by Yoshizawa. It is composed in the tegoto form (song with intrumental interludes) and with a neoclassical spirit. The text evocates plovers singing the prosperity of the beloved one. IV - Shamisen music The shamisen is a type of Japanese lute that developped from the 16th century during the Edo period. It is mainly used as accompaniment, potentially with other instruments, for songs that can belong to two main great categories : the narrative style and the melismatic style. Shamisen music is at the base of bunraku music (the traditional Japanese puppet theater), and kabuki music (the other major form of traditional theater in Japan that developped from the 17th century for the city audiences of Edo period). 1 - Narrative genres 27:15 Sekkyō-bushi : Sanshō Dayū ("Sansho the Steward") (extract) Sekkyō-bushi is a style of narrative song develloped in the 16th century by Japanese monks to convey Buddha's message and incite to lead a virtuous life. This piece, here sung by Wakamatsu Wakadayu, tells the story of an old blind nobleman that gets his son and his eyesight back thanks to a statuette of Buddha. 31:39 Jōruri : Ehon Taikōki - 10th act (extract) The jōruri is a form of narrative music that develloped from the sekkyō-bushi in the 18th century. It is the music of the bunraku. The play Ehon Taikōki was written in 1799 for the puppet theater Toyotakeza in Osaka and is composed of 13 acts. It tells the story of the trahison by Akechi Mitsuhide of his master Nobunaga, and the tragic end of his familly. 2 - Melismatic genres 35:01 Jiuta : Zangetsu ("The Moon at Dawn") (extract) The juita, song accompanied with shamisen, is one of the oldest from of shamisen music, whose origin dates back from the 16th century. This song was composed in the end of the 18th century by Minezaki for a woman that died very young. It is in the tegoto form with two parts separed by an instrumental interlude. The first part expresses the wish she would live in the Moon capital, the second one evocates the flow of time that passed so fast since her death. 40:36 Nagauta : Niwaka Jishi ("Dance of the lions at Yoshiwara festival") (extract) The nagauta, or "long song", is a form of song that developped from juita in the 18th century. It is the traditional music of kabuki theater. Composed in 1834 by Kineya Rokusaburô IV, this song depicts the atmosphere of the Yoshiwara District of Edo during a festival : the sake flows freely whereas the lions swallow sickness and misfortune, and happyness, health and wish of longevity go out of their mouth.

This suite is truly a masterpiece that is worthy of being played on the flute.

Where can I find the sheet music...

Glad i've found this channel, renaissance music is peak music.

beautiful

the painting is Descent from the Cross, by van der Weyden...

The painting is The Descent from the Cross (or Deposition of Christ, or Descent of Christ from the Cross, or in Flemish Kruisafneming) by the Flemish artist Rogier van der Weyden created c. 1435, now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.

28:30

Putin sings.

No.2のintroductionは発見されているのになぜそれを含めた演奏が少ないのか..

How can a performer as educated as Brigitte Haudebourg have played small 8th notes (appogiaturas) before the beat e.g. at 2:42?

I would love to hear this piece with an intelligent tempo ( much slower in other terms ) and with real sensibility , because actually it just sound awful with this velocity ... especially the climax ... I'm sure Alkan will be pissed of about it if he was alive now ! All the intentions of this beautiful composition were annihilated ...

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W. I contributed to at least 10 views to this video lmaooo

II. 6:47 (?) III. 13:40 (?)

Here before WIM calls this piece trash and alkan a bad composer

Hey, where did you find this recording?

this is a treasure

Magnicifent

D'une originalité inspirée...Merci à vous.

Who's the painter ?

the part begins at 1:16 is just amazing, alkan has so much humor

Where can I find the complete sheet music for this piece

What's the original idea behind chanting?

I play in a quintet that has performed a few of these movements. Where did you find a recording? We have desperately been looking for one. These extracts are lovely but I'd like to find the other 12 quintets. 1st, 2nd and 5th quintet of d'Hiver, for example, which are lovely.

PS.24 polyphonies à 4:25

How did you get the audio for this album? I can't find it anywhere

+ Notations 7, 4 & 9?!? And to the accompaniment of someone hammering in the next room...

This is really beautifull! I love Alkan's work I hope he would be more famous in the future!

Beautifull and playfull piece! Anothere Alkan's forgotten masterpiece!

Really beutifull! I love this piece!

Very beautifull and interesting piece. Unfortunetelly it's extremelly underated.

Thank you for these beautiful quartets of Félicien David. Is the last movement really an Adagio ?

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We are supposed to believe that this is the original tune that King David wrote and that is was somehow magically "reconstructed" from some mysterious sources and recorded as it would have sounded originally? Sorry but i am highly doubtful of that. I would buy "reimagined", and it is skillfully done. But i really doubt it is "reconstructed" in any way.

I love these works. I remember buying this CD when it first released. A few more pianists have learned and performed 2, but I am hopeful more pianists take up the complete set.

Intetesting, but how to find secular or folk.songs from that time + place?

Beautiful Voice

OK this is hebrew music but the mosaic I think that displays Orpheus (with his phrygian cap) instead of Salomon or David, unless one of these hebrew kings is depicted with the attributes of Orpheus in an attempt of syncretisizing both or because both characters are similar.

Here is my playlist of the same album (with Hebrew & English words): th-cam.com/play/PL1CE9ay2N5E8v6rEICzlWPMiPmKmQEkNa.html This playlist has Esther Lamandier's rendition of the same text (no written words provided): th-cam.com/play/PL1CE9ay2N5E9MD_zGO-13Q9XXq7OPYh57.html

LEGEND: ‎} BV G D H W Z X + Y KKh L M N S { PF C Q R $ T ‎ a e i o u : a: e: o: -ei -oW -uW -aY -aYiK -eiK ‎11:11 Ecclesiastes 1:1, 2 ((upper))=appoggiatura, (lower)=scale‎ ‎1:1 DiVRei((pashta)) QoHe(munax)LeT BeN-DaWi((zaqef))D ‎Me(tifxa)LeK ViRu$aLai(sof-pasuq)M דִּבְרֵי֙ קֹהֶ֣לֶת בֶּן־דָּוִ֔ד מֶ֖לֶךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ ‎1:2 Ha:Ve((mahpakh))L Ha:VaLiM((pashta)) ]aMa(munax)R ‎QoHe((zaqef))LeT Ha:Ve(merkha)L Ha:VaLi(tifxa)M ‎HaKo(merkha)L Ha(sofpasuq)VeL הֲבֵ֤ל הֲבָלִים֙ אָמַ֣ר קֹהֶ֔לֶת הֲבֵ֥ל הֲבָלִ֖ים הַכֹּ֥ל הָֽבֶל׃

Hauntingly beautiful

Thanks for this! The complete works are found here (more by Esther Lamandier, Mira Zakai and others are coming): th-cam.com/channels/tt7fUa44hznWrEVQaBMCEA.html

Thanks for this! The complete works are found here (more by Esther Lamandier, Mira Zakai and others are coming): th-cam.com/channels/tt7fUa44hznWrEVQaBMCEA.html

This is amazing... It brought tears to my eyes... Thank you 🙏

Is there any score of this piece?

Muchas gracias por tu trabajo Saludos

Wow very well played by Lloyd buck