MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Teizo Matsumura

Composition Name: Shikyoku (Poem)

Composition Date:                       1969 
Configuration:                         Small Ensemble
Featured Instrument:                   Koto
                                       Shakuhachi
Japanese Instrument(s):                Y
Length:                                X
Players:                               2
Version (Original/Revised):            O
MFJ Presented:                         Y

MFJ Performance Information:
Venue:                                 Corcoran Gallery of Art
City:                                  Washington, D.C.
Date:                                  
Performers:                            R. Kamata, R. Samuelson
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           The Washington Post
Title:                                 From Japan, Ancient Tones
Author/Critic:                         Joseph McLellan
Publication Date:                      1/11/89
Reaction:                              Positive
Synopsis:                              "...the sustained, breathy tones of his archaic wooden flute
                                       contrasted with the fast-moving scintillation of her plucked
                                       strings."
Origin (American/Japanese):            A