Nocturne
NA
| [Genre] | Modern |
| [Composed] | Hosokawa Toshio - Koto - 1982 |
Nocturne appears on the following albums
| Album | Artist | |
 | Tradition and Avantgarde in Japan |
Koto : Gotō Makiko |
|
Nocturne, my first composition for a traditional Japanese instrument, was written for the jushichigen, a seventeen-string koto, which is the bass instrument of the zithers as the cello is of the strings. In comparison to the more common thirteen-string koto, the jushichigen has a fuller sound and greater dynamics. My explanation for the composition's title Nocturne is based on my conception of a music that seems to hover in the silence between the individual notes, that is, in the dark. Even in this early work I was searching for a music that sends the world in the deepest region of the human heart into violent vibrations. And this tendency in my music has continued to the present day in my compositions.
| ||