So moving and informative. My previous experience of Noh has been through various English transactions of the texts. Seeing this beautiful performance of Izutsu provides a wonderful insight into how the music and dancing are integrated with the poetry. Bravo!!
Questions: are the musicians playing from pre-composed, memorized music, or are they improvising? The sounds these these musicians make - the grunting, groaning and other vocalizations - are they also intentional and composed or are they improvising, too?
Every sound, every strike of the drums, every note of the flute……all are specific, scripted, historically accurate in composition and memorized. There is no improvisation at all. ……which makes this wonderful play and dance even more incredible. The body control and movements are astounding…
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So moving and informative. My previous experience of Noh has been through various English transactions of the texts. Seeing this beautiful performance of Izutsu provides a wonderful insight into how the music and dancing are integrated with the poetry. Bravo!!
良かったです。外国の方に分かるように英語で詳しく説明してありますが、僕は字幕には囚われず、純粋に能として楽しみました。
This is fantastic. The old style of Japanese language is as interesting as the visuals. Please more videos like this! 🙏
Thank you very much for your work uploading these wonders.
Questions: are the musicians playing from pre-composed, memorized music, or are they improvising? The sounds these these musicians make - the grunting, groaning and other vocalizations - are they also intentional and composed or are they improvising, too?
All of them are intentional.
Every sound, every strike of the drums, every note of the flute……all are specific, scripted, historically accurate in composition and memorized. There is no improvisation at all. ……which makes this wonderful play and dance even more incredible. The body control and movements are astounding…