Source : Dittrich, Rudolf, Nippon Gakufu first and
second serie, Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig,
1894-1895
History
Rudolf Dittrich (1861-1919), an Austrian musician and
composer, learned this song during his stay in Japan,
1888-1894. After returning to Europe, he published
piano arrangements of this song and five others in
1894. Ten more songs appeared in a second songbook
published in 1895.
"Matsuri-Bayashi" celebrates the popular legend of an
eighth-century girl, T...(+)
Source : Dittrich, Rudolf, Nippon Gakufu first and
second serie, Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig,
1894-1895
History
Rudolf Dittrich (1861-1919), an Austrian musician and
composer, learned this song during his stay in Japan,
1888-1894. After returning to Europe, he published
piano arrangements of this song and five others in
1894. Ten more songs appeared in a second songbook
published in 1895.
"Matsuri-Bayashi" celebrates the popular legend of an
eighth-century girl, Tekona, who lived in the city of
Mama, now part of Tokyo. Her beauty was the cause of
so much violence and tragedy that she drowned herself
in despair. A shrine to the memory of Tekona is the
subject of a famous print by Hiroshige, and today you
can visit the Tekona shrine in Tokyo at
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