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Henry Horaku Burnett

Shamisen & Koto
hburnett@mindspring.com

Henry Horaku Burnett is a Professor at the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College (CUNY) as well as a member of the doctoral faculty at the City University of New York, Graduate Center. Professor Burnett specializes in Japanese chamber music of the Tokugawa period (1603-1868). A principal student of Fusako Yoshida, Henry Burnett received his natori (teaching license) in both koto and sangen, as well as the performing name Horaku, from her school (Seiha Ikuta-ryu) in 1979. He has appeared often in concerts in New York City and elsewhere, including several concert tours of Japan. Besides performing and teaching, Professor Burnett is the executive director of the Traditional Japanese Music Society of the City University of New York, and the editor of its journal, Hogaku.

Tracks Recorded

ShamisenAlbum
Sato no AkatsukiKyomono Series Vol 1 Matsuura Kengyo - NY Sankyoku Kai
WakanaKyomono Series Vol 1 Matsuura Kengyo - NY Sankyoku Kai
ZangetsuPerspectives of New Music
Voice
Sato no AkatsukiKyomono Series Vol 1 Matsuura Kengyo - NY Sankyoku Kai
WakanaKyomono Series Vol 1 Matsuura Kengyo - NY Sankyoku Kai
ZangetsuPerspectives of New Music

Publications

TitleKanjiPublisherYearPagesLanguage
An Antholology of Jiuta Poetry. Compiled and edited by Henry Burnett. Translations by John Tedford.


198446English
An Introduction to the History and Aesthetics of Japanese Jiuta-Tegotomono

Asian Music 11, no. 2198011-29
Glossary of Commonly Used Terms

Perspectives in New Music 27, no. 2198948-51
Hogaku. 1983-1989 (Edited)

New York: Traditional Japanese Music Society1983

Minezaki Koto's Zangetsu: An Analysis of a Traditional Japanese Chamber Music Composition

Perspectives in New Music 27, no. 2198978-117


The International Shakuhachi Society - 2013