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This is a Modern piece . This piece was composed for koto by Yoshimatsu Takashi in 1992 .

Nabari Op. 54 - Lento appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Subaru - Nanae Yoshimura plays Takashi Yoshimatsu  (Listen)		Yoshimura Nanae
Nabari in obsolete Japanese means "to hide away." It is composed of three parts, lent-allegro-lent, and uses 'hidden mode' (d-es-fis-g-a-b-c). 1. Lento: gloomy theme 2. Allegro: development 3. Lento molto: dim return Written from summer through fall in 1992, commissioned by Teiko Kikuchi, a 17-stringed koto player, this work should be called a vignette pre-echoing Symphony No. 3. The original was written for a 17stringed koto solo, but in this CD it is played three higher with the 20-stringed koto. - Takashi Yoshimatsu