KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Toshiro Mayuzumi’s Nō Drama
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
G.MAY.TOS.01Program Length
30 minDates
1961-08-18 | broadcast| 402 | created
Description
A modern Japanese Nō drama with electronic music background, performed in Japanese. [Possibly “The Lady Aoi” or “Aoi-no-Ue”] Born in 1929, Toshiro Mayuzumi was a Japanese composer with an early interest in avant-garde European music, particular that of Edgard Varèse. He later became enthusiastic about Asian instrumentation and wrote a number of operas and ballets on Japanese themes. Mayuzumi is also known for his many cinematic soundtracks, his many pieces for wind band, and his early experimentation's with electronic music in the 1950s.Genres
Music TheaterWorld music
Subjects
Nō musicMusic -- Japan