10 POLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAMISEN»
Discover the use of
samisen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
samisen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Polish literature.
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The Kabuki Theatre - Strona 119
The samisen, being plucked, produces the same sharp attack to every note and the consequent lack of legato quality. It is also capable of producing the intermediate tones of the human voice. In scenes of weeping, for example, the samisen ...
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Cool Cardboard Instruments to Make & Play - Strona 16
fi. san. Long. ^. Left Samisen Right Koto (p 64) cardboard construction tube and 2-ply cardboard for sound box body appropriate-size stick for neck small wood pieces for nut and bridge tuners and hitch pins nylon string ...
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The Helmholtz Legacy in Physiological Acoustics - Strona 116
What remains is the names of the performers, and even then it is usually the names of the singers rather than of the samisen players which remain. Most of the composers were samisen players... . It usually happened that the composers were ...
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Renaissance in Japan: A Cultural Survey of the Seventeenth Century
26 In Japan the samisen became the instrument of the common people. It, likewise, was heard in the highways, in the lantern-lit tea-houses, and in the puppet theatre, and at the side of the kabuki stage; it became to jōruri what the orchestra ...
Kenneth P. Kirkwood, 2012
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The Life and Afterlives of Hanabusa Itchō, Artist-Rebel of Edo
banjo-like instrument, the samisen was central to the songs and dances of the pleasure quarters, as well as to Kabuki performances. Its twangy sound differed significantly from that of the stringed instruments used for religious or court rituals.
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The Kabuki Theatre of Japan - Strona 67
It is interesting to note that an instrument, the san hsien, is still occasionally used in the Chinese theatre orchestra; it is a descendant of the same instrument from which the samisen developed and one has only to compare the two to see how ...
Adolphe Clarence Scott, 1999
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In Light of Shadows: More Gothic Tales by Izumi Kyōka ; Translated ...
Please, play your samisen for them, won't you?' Those men are lonely. They want to have some fun. Look. The candles are about to burn out, I've been talking with you so long. Is that all you have to say for yourself — that you don't know how?
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Green Gravy, Monster Bread and Other Adventures: An American ...
OMETIME DURING OUR second year in Japan, I became fascinated with the samisen; a Japanese stringed instrument. A very versatile instrument, it was used during kabukidramas to setmoodsfrom tenderness to terror. It was also used to ...
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The Moon in the Water: Understanding Tanizaki, Kawabata, and Mishima
Inspired by the beauty of the girl's playing upon koto and samisen, he saves money for an inexpensive instrument. Then he sacrifices his sleeping hours to practice." Shunkin offers to become his teacher, and the family indulges this whim.
Gwenn Boardman Petersen, 1992
Sekkyo in its decadent phases assumed the forms of "utazaimon” and"kado-zekkyo,” the former with samisen accompaniment and the latter with the playing of a kokyu (a Japanese violin) and the rubbing of bamboo sticks. The earliest reciters ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAMISEN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
samisen is used in the context of the following news items.
'Allegiance': Theater Review
... and samisen); from insipid romantic ballads to inspirational Broadway anthems whose relentless build seems studied according to the Les Miserables model. «Hollywood Reporter, Nov 15»
Prins Thomas's favourite tracks
Describing it sounds like a big mess but whoever manages to incorporate banjos – or is that a samisen? – disco drums and melancholic 1960s pop samples into ... «The Guardian, Nov 15»
Japan's dainty geishas pull a fast one for fast food
Skilled in Japanese arts such as dance, the lute and three-stringed samisen, the job of a geiko — performing girl — is to entertain exclusive guests, normally ... «The National, Nov 15»
Lisa's Eye on Tokyo: Yanaka--Art culture thrives in bygone-era charm
... I noticed a blue-and-green ornamental emblem in French placed next to an advertisement for traditional Japanese songs-sung-to-samisen music classes. «Asahi Shimbun, Oct 15»
PHOTO: Masked men wow Kagoshima islanders with bizarre …
The men and others performed 11 bizarre dances to local songs and music played on the samisen that also featured drums and finger-whistling at the historic ... «Asahi Shimbun, Oct 15»
Nexus Live unveils its second series for 2015
... his usual beatmaking, the piece will feature traditional Javanese vocals and percussion from Ria Soemardjo and Japanese samisen maestro Noriko Tadano. «Rip It Up, Sep 15»
Hearing Yoko Ono All Over Again
Her mother played the samisen (a string instrument similar to a lute) and sang. Her father had an early career as a concert pianist before going into banking, and ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
New 'Hokuriku Route' on fast track to winning over foreign visitors to …
... an English explanation of such matters as customary tea house games, a pair of "geigi" (another word for geisha) played the samisen and performed a dance. «Asahi Shimbun, May 15»
Najbardziej znani bębniarze świata znowu w Polsce
... gry na tradycyjnych bębnach taiko w połączeniu z dźwiękami również tradycyjnych instrumentów strunowych szarpanych (koto, chappa, shino-bue, samisen, ... «Wprost 24, Nov 14»
Yamato - The Drummers of Japan znów w Polsce
... chappa, shino-bue, samisen, kane). YAMATO wspaniale interpretuje muzyczne tradycje, które od wieków związane są z kulturą i religią Kraju Kwitnącej Wiśni. «Wiadomosci 24, Nov 14»
