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The Greening

This contemporary composition features a 20-string koto - a modern version of the traditional 13-string koto-developed in 1969 by the composer in collaboration with Keiko Nosaka. The piece is the fifth in Miki's Ballades for Koto Solo, Vol. II. a cycle that depicts the various phases of the spring. Hanayagi describes the period when spring passes into summer - when the trees and plants approach the height of their vitality.

Hanayagi appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Ensemble Nipponia - Kabuki and other Traditional Music  (Listen)
The Greening This contemporary composition features a 20-string koto - a modern version of the traditional 13-string koto-developed in 1969 by the composer in collaboration with Keiko Nosaka. The piece is the fifth in Miki's Ballades for Koto Solo, Vol. II. a cycle that depicts the various phases of the spring. Hanayagi describes the period when spring passes into summer - when the trees and plants approach the height of their vitality.
Koto - Keiko Nosaka  (Listen)		Nosaka Keiko
Minoru Miki Selected Works II  (Listen)		Nosaka Keiko
This piece was originally the fifth selection in Ballades for Koto solo, vol. II, composed in 1976 for Keiko Nosaka. A dynamic piece, it signs of the beauty of the plants and trees as spring yields to summer. In 1978 a prelude has been added. This piece is the most popular solo piece for twenty-string Koto, and each soloist of this instrument plays the Greening frequently in the world.