MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Toshio Hosokawa

Composition Name: Fragments for Birds II

Composition Date:                       1990 
Configuration:                         Duets
Featured Instrument:                   Sho
                                       Percussion
Japanese Instrument(s):                Y
Length:                                10'
Players:                               2
Version (Original/Revised):            O
MFJ Presented:                         Y

MFJ Performance Information:
Venue:                                 J.I.C.C.
City:                                  Washington, D.C.
Date:                                  
Performers:                            Mayumi Miyata, Midori Takada
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           Washington Post
Title:                                 The Pipes Are Calling
Author/Critic:                         Joseph McLellan
Publication Date:                      2/23/95
Synopsis:                              "Toshio Hosokawa's 'Fragments for Birds II' balances the sho with
                                       the extremes of percussion sound."
Origin (American/Japanese):            A