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Inori (Seifu)

祈り

[Genre]Shinkyoku
[Also Known As]Adoration
[Composed]Yoshida Seifū - Shakuhachi - 1925

Inori (Seifu) appears on the following albums

Album Artist

Koto Music of Japan - Music for Japanese Instruments Koto : Yamaguchi Eiko
Koto : Yoshida Kyōko
Shakuhachi : Watanabe Kōfū
Koto : Hanabusa Emiko
Shakuhachi : Sasaki Sōfū
(Adoration)
When the Polish nobleman, Count Lubiensky, visited Japan in 1925, he commissioned this music for a bellet of his creation, inspired by ancient Greek sculpture, expressing the chaste devotions offered by the Athenian maidens to their gods. The music takes the following form: Intorduction - The chaste devotion of the maidens - Joy that the gods will answer their prayer - Terror that their prayers may not be answered - Confidence that their prayers, if sufficiently fervent, will surely be heard.

Yoshida Seifu Collection of Famous Performances volume 3 Koto : Yoshida Kyōko
Shakuhachi : Yoshida Seifū