Japanese traditional song sakura sakura was primarily
played on shakuhachi (bamboo flute). During World War
II, the sakura being an enduring metaphor for the
ephemeral nature of life, was used to motivate the
Japanese pilots. They would paint them on the sides of
their suicide planes. Their souls were reincarnated in
the blossoms.
Bärenreiter is a distinguished German music publishing house known for its meticulous and scholarly editions of classical music. Founded in 1927, Bärenreiter is renowned for its Urtext editions, which aim to faithfully reproduce the original intentions of the composer, based on thorough research of manuscripts and first prints.