Sakura Hensōkyoku
さくら変奏曲
| [Genre] | Shinkyoku |
| [Style] | Sokyoku |
| [School] | Miyagi |
| [Composed] | Miyagi Michio - Koto - 1923 |
History (Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto):
| This is a set of variations on an old Japanese song, Sakura Sakura (Cherry Blossoms). This work is a trio for two koto parts and a jushicigen, devised by Miyagi. The form consists of an exposition of the theme with seven variations. In the first section, however, the first koto plays the first variation while the other instruments have the theme. The main features are the delicate rhythms of the first koto in the second and third sections, the vivid lightness of the fifth section in the triple time and, above all, the mandolin-like tremolo technique in the sixth variation, the first attempt at such an effect in koto music. |
Sakura Hensōkyoku appears on the following albums
| Album | Artist | |
 | Haru no Umi - Koto no Meikyoku |
Koto : Kobashi Mikiko Koto : Miyagi Kazue |
| Masterpieces of the Koto |
Koto : Sawai Tadao |
| Miyagi Michio - Best One | ||
| Miyagi Michio Sakuhin Dai Zenshu - 09 | |
| Nihon no Shirabe - Sō-Shamisen-Shakuhachi ni yoru |
Koto : Ōtsuki Sōmei Koto : Sugimoto Dōbushi Shakuhachi : Yamamoto Hōzan | |
| Sō - Meikyoku no Shirabe (Koto music of Japan) |
Koto : Kobashi Mikiko Koto : Miyagi Kazue Koto : Mori Yūji |