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Autumn Fantasy

[Genre]Modern
[Composed]Miki Minoru - Shakuhachi
Miki Minoru - Koto

Autumn Fantasy appears on the following albums

Album Artist

Minoru Miki Selected Works II Koto : Nosaka Keiko
Shakuhachi : Sakata Seizan
Composed in 1980 for shakuhachi and twenty string koto, it begins with a 5-minute prologue. This first section is i1 gentle dialogue between the two instruments, and the second section sets the two instruments in simultaneous contrast. Here, the shakuhachi unfolds a long sustained melody. Against this floating melody, the koto provides a rapid counterpoint, contrastive in temperament and rhythmic density. Flute (or Ob., Cl., Vn.) and Piano (or Hp.) version is published by Ongaku-no-Tomo Sha, Tokyo.