| Work Title
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Art Songs of Japan
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| Alternative. Title
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Yamata Shirabe, Traditional Japanese Themes and Poems ; Yamato Shirabe ; 大和調べ
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| Composer
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Ross, Gertrude
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IGR 1
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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6 songs
- Old Samurai Prayer. Andante
- Butterfly (Chōchō [蝶々]). Leggierézza, non molto allegro
- Fireflies (Hotaru [蛍]). Allegro grazioso, leggiero assai
- Love-Lay Indited by the Mikado Temmu, A. D. 673–86, From the Manyôshiu. Moderato assai
- Slumber Song of Izumo. Andantino
- Fuji (Ode to the Mountain Fujiyama). Lento molto Nobile - Andante maestoso
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| Text Incipit
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see below
- May the Springs purely flow
- Butterfly, Butterfly! Light upon a Na-leaf, pray! ; Chōchō! Chōchō! Na no ha ni tomaré!
- Fireflies, Fireflies, Already sparkling, and it is not yet dark!
- Lo! on Mikane's heights, In fair Yoshino's Land (Man'yōshū, Part 1 No.25)
- Sleep, baby sleep! On mountains steep ; Nenneko O-yama no Usagi no ko
- A thousand times I gaze upon thy form
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| Librettist
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see below
- Komachi Ono no (ca.825–ca.900), translated by Clara A. Walsh
- Child's Song, Province of Izumo, translated by Clara A. Walsh
- Traditional, translated by Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904)
- Emperor Tenmu (ca.631–686), translated by Clara A. Walsh
- Traditional (700 A. D.), translated by Clara A. Walsh
- Arikoto Chigusa (1796–1854), translated by Clara A. Walsh
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| Language
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English, Japanese (Nos.2 and 5)
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| Dedication
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see below
- Ruth St. Denis
- Yvonne de Treville
- Yvonne de Treville
- Estelle Heartt Dreyfus
- Corinne Ross
- E. Templer Allen
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Early 20th century
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| Piece Style
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Early 20th century
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| Instrumentation
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low voice, piano
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