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Older lyrics to "Mo Li Hua". From a Japanese music book, Gekkin Gakufu (月琴楽譜) (1877) The song has been generally cited to originate during the Qianlong era (1735–1796) of the Qing dynasty, [2] though ethnomusicologist Frederick Lau has noted that "we now know that the earliest “Molihua” lyrics appeared during the Ming dynasty Wanli period (1563–1620)."
e. In Japan, music includes a wide array of distinct genres, both traditional and modern. The word for "music" in Japanese is 音楽 ( ongaku ), combining the kanji 音 on (sound) with the kanji 楽 gaku (music, comfort). [ 1] Japan is the world's largest market for music on physical media [citation needed] and the second-largest overall music ...
Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan. Japan's Ministry of Education classifies hōgaku (邦楽, lit. 'Japanese music') as a category separate from other traditional forms of music, such as gagaku (court music) or shōmyō (Buddhist chanting), but most ethnomusicologists view hōgaku, in a broad sense, as the form ...
Gondola no Uta (ゴンドラの唄, "The Gondola Song") is a 1915 romantic ballad [1] that was popular in Taishō period Japan. Lyrics were written by Isamu Yoshii, melody by Shinpei Nakayama. The lyrics of the song are presented as the advice of an experienced individual to younger souls regarding the fleeting nature of youth and the caution ...
Sukiyaki (song) " Ue o Muite Arukō " ( Japanese: 上を向いて歩こう, "I Look Up as I Walk"), alternatively titled " Sukiyaki ", is a song by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto, first released in Japan in 1961. The song topped the charts in a number of countries, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.
A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall. " A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall " is a song written by American musician and Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan in the summer of 1962 and recorded later that year for his second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963). Its lyrical structure is based on the question-and-answer refrain pattern of the traditional British ...
Problems playing this file? See media help. " Sakura Sakura " (さくら さくら, "Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms"), also known as " Sakura ", is a traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring, the season of cherry blossoms. It is often sung in international settings as a song representative of Japan. [ 1] Contrary to popular belief, the ...
The koto ( 箏 or 琴) is a Japanese plucked half-tube zither instrument, and the national instrument of Japan. It is derived from the Chinese zheng and se, and similar to the Mongolian yatga, the Korean gayageum and ajaeng, the Vietnamese đàn tranh, the Sundanese kacapi and the Kazakh jetigen. [ 1] Koto are roughly 180 centimetres (71 in) in ...