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This is a Modern piece . Mizuiro no Waltz is also known as: Waltz in Light Blue.

Mizuiro no Waltz appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Music of Japan  (Listen)
This is one of the representative works of modern popular music of Japan. The performance recorded is played by a string orchestra, while the original form had a song. It came into vogue immediately after the World War II. It would be easy to imagine how the sweet, slightly plaintive but elegant melody of this song softened the temper of the Japanese people after the War and fascinated them. It is still popular now and is very frequently performed especially at ball· rooms.