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Yashiro, Akio : Danse des guerriers

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Music ID : 4598
Composition Year:1949 
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:Various works
Total Playing Time:3 min 30 sec
Copyright:Under Copyright Protection

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Author : Nakatsuji, Maho

Last Updated: April 24, 2018
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

The work "Aramusha no Odori" (Dance of the Wild Warrior) is the last piece included in "Sekai Dai Ongaku Zenshu: Kigaku-hen, Vol. 33, Nihon Piano Kyokushu 1" (Ongaku no Tomo Sha, 1957). "Aramusha no Odori" is one of the pieces from the dance drama "Yoshida Goten". "Yoshida Goten" was created by Hideo Ashihara and premiered in 1946. "Aramusha no Odori", commissioned by Hanayagi Sumi II, was originally an orchestral work, but a piano score was also written through the composer's own arrangement.

This work leaves such a strong impression that once heard, its melody spontaneously comes to mind. A vibrant energy permeates the entire piece, and particularly from the sounds and rhythms of the main theme, centered around B and F#, a sense of earthiness can be felt. In the middle section, the tension builds through the deployment of triplets, sixteenth notes, chromatic scales, and quintuplets. Then, from measure 70, as the recapitulation of the theme begins, the initial motif, layered in octaves, is struck with explosive force. Here, it is performed ff, and above all, the insertion of glissandos makes the characteristic theme even more powerful. However, the piece does not end there. From this point, the harmonic density increases, and the tempo accelerates along with the volume, leading to a grand, expansive finale.

Writer: Nakatsuji, Maho

Author : Nakatsuji, Maho

Last Updated: April 24, 2018
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

It is “Dance of a Brave Warrior” that is included in the last part of a publication “The World Music Collection, instrumental music section, vol. 33”.

This piece is one of musical pieces written for a dance drama “Yoshida-goten (Yoshida palace)”, which was made by Eiryō Ashihara and put on the stage in 1946. “Dance of a Brave Warrior” was originally an orchestral work, but arranged for a piano by the composer later on.

This piece will leave a strong impression and you will hum the melody involuntarily as once you listen to this music. It is full of life force on the whole as well as the sound and rhythm of the main part centering the tone of H and Fis which smell like a soil. In the middle part, the tense atmosphere runs high as triplets, sixteenth tones, chromatic tones and quintuplets been repeated. Then the first tone pattern, which is in octave, appears explosively when the main subject reappears from 70th bar. It is played in ‘ff’ in this part, and after all, increases its musical power to the distinctive subject by inserting glissandos. However, this piece does not come to an end yet. From here, the thickness of chords grows, and the speed accelerate itself along with volume. The vigor of this piece gains force toward its ending.

Writer: Nakatsuji, Maho
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