Yuzuru & The Black Ships Koscak Yamada Japan Opera NM box set FREEPOST
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Description
The two disc box set in outstanding condition - near as new
1960 Japan issue Toshiba Records JSC-1002-3 in Cherry Red Vinyl, with 16 page booklet with libretto in Japanese and notes in English
2 LP box-set issue: Opera The Black Ships - by Koscak Yamada
Issued in commemoration of Japan-US Amity and Trade Centennial. The Black Ships Opera see Japanese music - Gagaku, Shomyo, Biwa | Britannica
Yamada Kōsaku was training in Germany when the Meiji era ended (1912) and returned to Japan with a new name, Koscak, and a strong interest in the founding of opera companies and symphony orchestras, as well as in the teaching of Western music. His opera Kurobune (1940; The Black Ships) deals with the opening of Japan to the West and reflects his knowledge of Wagnerian style. Attempts at nationalistic operas can be represented better by the work Yuzuru (1952; Twilight Crane) by Ikuma Dan. The plot is a Japanese folktale, and, although the musical style is a mixture of the music of Maurice Ravel and the late works of Giacomo Puccini, one finds as well deliberate uses of folk songs and idioms.
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1952 Tokyo Japan issue Victor Red Seal Record JL-3 in Black Vinyl
LP issue after 1952 premiere: Opera Yuzuru - by Koscak Yamada
Yūzuru) (Twilight Crane), is a Japanese opera in one act composed by Ikuma Dan after the play of the same name by Junji Kinoshita. The story takes place in an isolated mountain village in ancient Japan. It is winter. The scene is the interior and exterior of Yohyō's snow-covered, straw-thatched hut.
The simple-minded peasant Yohyō lives with his gentle and beautiful wife, Tsū. Once, long before, he saved the life of a wounded crane by pulling an arrow from its body. Unbeknownst to Yohyō, the crane assumed human form to become his wife. Tsū loves her husband with all her body and soul. Wishing to make life easier for Yohyō, she secretly weaves a gorgeous cloth from her own feathers. Wrapped in the chaste love of his wife, the simple-hearted Yohyō has forgotten the evils of human greed.
This has been played, it plays through correctly without defect and has a few light paper grazes and label spindle marks. The sleeve is near perfect having been issued and kept in its Victor Record Patent Jacket plastic protector
Registered and trackable shipping is included in the price and therefore shown as FREE to any destination world-wide.. Components wrapped separately and packed in thick sealed rigid high density expanded polystyrene encapsulation. Sent Priority Airmail.
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This is coming to you from CYPRUS in the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN - Some 6,000 miles distant from the USA
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