Gagaku (雅楽, lit. "elegant music") is a type of Japanese classical music that was historically used for imperial court music and dances. Gagaku was developed...
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Gagaku (雅楽) is the debut solo album by Miyavi. It was released on October 31, 2002. All tracks are written by Miyavi "雅楽" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved...
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Gagaku & Beyond is an album by jazz flautist Herbie Mann featuring shakuhachi player Minoru Muraoka which was recorded in Japan in 1974 but only released...
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Biwa (section Gagaku-biwa)
generally played with a bachi instead of the fingers, and is often used to play gagaku. One of the biwa's most famous uses is for reciting The Tale of the Heike...
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music') as a category separate from other traditional forms of music, such as gagaku (court music) or shōmyō (Buddhist chanting), but most ethnomusicologists...
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(2001) Spiritual Sight II for gagaku, reigaku, shomyo and cello (2001) Encounter for cello, ancient instruments, gagaku and shomyo (2002) Space Line for...
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Manyo Gagaku Performance Festival is celebrated around "Culture Day" at the Manyo Botanical Garden. The event aims to increase appreciation for gagaku. It...
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bell tree with three tiers of pellet bells Kakko (羯鼓) – small drum used in gagaku Kane (鉦) – small flat gong Kokiriko (筑子、 こきりこ) – a pair of sticks which...
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November 1979) is a Japanese composer and music producer who specializes in gagaku, a type of classical Japanese music. He is best known for arranging the...
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and saibara (催馬楽), which are forms of gagaku, More simply, mikagura can be considered dances accompanied by gagaku music. The kagura-uta is the sacred vocal...
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