MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Meisho Tosha

Composition Name: The Bird - Snow Grouse in Hida

Composition Date:                       1984 
Configuration:                         Solo
Featured Instrument:                   Shinobue
Japanese Instrument(s):                Y
Length:                                N/A
Players:                               1
Version (Original/Revised):            O
MFJ Presented:                         Y


American Premiere Venue:               The Kennedy Center
American Premiere City:                Washington, D.C.
American Premiere Sponsor:             Music From Japan
American Premiere Date:                3/19/92
American Premiere Performers:          Tosha, Teitelbaum & Braxton

MFJ Performance Information:
Venue:                                 United Nations
City:                                  New York
Date:                                  
Performers:                            Meisho Tosha
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           The Washington Post
Title:                                 From Japan, Anicent Tones
Author/Critic:                         Joseph McLellan
Publication Date:                      1/11/89
Reaction:                              Positive
Synopsis:                              "The Bird", a breathless vision of the Japanese snow grouse
                                       flying amid mountains."
Origin (American/Japanese):            A