MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Akira Nishimura

Composition Name: Heterophony for String Quartet

Composition Date:                       1975 
Revised Date:                           1987 
Configuration:                         String Quartet
Japanese Instrument(s):                N
Length:                                13'30"
Players:                               4
Version (Original/Revised):            R
MFJ Presented:                         Y

Recording Title:                       Arditti Strg.Quartet for Japan
Released:                              1990
Performers:                            Arditti String Quartet
Label Name:                            Fontec
Recording Format:                      Compact Disc
Commercial/Non-Commercial:             C
Recording (American/Japanese/Other):   J
Release (American/Japanese/Other):     J
Solo/Compilation:                      C
Item Number:                           FOCD3113
Number of Copies:                       1 


American Premiere Venue:               The Asia Society
American Premiere City:                New York City
American Premiere Sponsor:             Music From Japan, Inc.
American Premiere Date:                2/8/91
American Premiere Performers:          Kronos Quartet
Name of Publisher:                     Zen-On Music Company
Date:                                  1991
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           WRSU 88.7 FM Fine Arts Review
Title:                                 Music From Japan
Author/Critic:                         John Michael Koroly
Publication Date:                      2/10-16
Reaction:                              Positive
Synopsis:                              Dramatic without being melodramatic, Nishimura's music has a
                                       piquant way of seeming to balance on and jump back and forth
                                       from different levels of tone and meter while remaining gradeful.
Origin (American/Japanese):            A