MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Teruyuki Noda

Composition Name: Hymn

Composition Date:                       1973 
Configuration:                         Solo
Featured Instrument:                   Harp
Japanese Instrument(s):                N
Length:                                10:10
Players:                               1
Commissioned by:                       Ayako Shinozaki
Version (Original/Revised):            O
MFJ Presented:                         Y

Recording Title:                       Shun-Shu-Ka
Released:                              1989
Performers:                            Ayako Shinozaki
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:                           FOCD-3253
Number of Copies:                       1 


Other Premiere Venue:                  The Asia Society
Other Premiere City:                   New York City
Other Premiere Sponsor:                Music From Japan, Inc.
Other Premiere Date:                   2/25/89
Other Premiere Performers:             Ayako Shinozaki
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           The New York Times
Title:                                 Harp Enchantment in Jap. Mode
Author/Critic:                         Allan Kozinn
Publication Date:                      2/27/89
Reaction:                              Positive
Synopsis:                              ..a kind of rondo in which permutations of a murky figure at the
                                       bottom of the harp's range punctuate more flighty passages full of
                                       cascades, strummed passages and bent pitches.......
Origin (American/Japanese):            A