Gagaku: The Court Music of Japan (complete)

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  • Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
  • Gagaku: The Court Music of Japan allows the viewer to experience the haunting sounds of the Japanese court orchestra and to see the magnificent costumes and masks of its stately dances. Host for the program is Dr. William P. Malm, Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan, who introduces the instruments of gagaku and the musicians who play them. Also featured in the program is Suenobu Togi, Gagaku Master at UCLA and Dr. Sidney Brown, Professor of Asian Studies of the University of Oklahoma, who explains the historic roots of gagaku. Performances by the Imperial Court Orchestra in Tokyo illustrate the contrasting styles of gagaku. NB: I do not own the rights to this video, and I will remove it upon request from those who hold the copyright. I am trying to make an out-of-print educational resource available to students.

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  • @josepedrogomes4153
    @josepedrogomes4153 8 лет назад +37

    Thanks for sharing culture.

  • @oparasatauwaya
    @oparasatauwaya 7 лет назад +38

    The original gagaku that was played in Japan during the Heian period was a bit faster and "harmonic". A University in Kyoto has accurately recreated the sounds of that era, it shows its Tang dynasty Chinese origins:
    ruclips.net/video/XYpfBDcHJJg/видео.html
    ruclips.net/video/o57bwujPqho/видео.html
    Gagaku had changed to be more tense sounding as it became more ritualised during the militaristic sengoku and edo periods after the Heian period.
    Korean A-Ak better preserves the ensemble and melodious sound of the ancient Tang Dynasty Yayue music than Japanese Gagaku does.
    ruclips.net/video/zs0SJjmzkuk/видео.html
    ruclips.net/video/enUWpN-aoUE/видео.html

  • @SevastianYT
    @SevastianYT 4 года назад +5

    I like this but at 0:08 I regretted that I used headphones on loud volume for this, ouch, my ears.

  • @Crux161
    @Crux161 7 лет назад +12

    I know this isn't japanology but seriously where the hell is Peter Barakan?! lol

    • @yamabikofactory
      @yamabikofactory 5 лет назад

      lol

    • @edienandy
      @edienandy 4 года назад +1

      Did you know Tokyo used to be called Edo and that cranes and pines are auspicious symbols in Japan? Lol

  • @kurackurackurac
    @kurackurackurac 8 лет назад +11

    First time i heard Gagaku, and i'm head over heels with this music. Wow! So calm, for our standards, and yet so hypnotic. What is the name of the big drum?

  • @pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504
    @pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504 3 года назад +3

    15:50 I would imagine every guitar teacher has had a child that takes this approach in their first lesson.

  • @KimmyQueen
    @KimmyQueen 8 лет назад +3

    Begin Japanology had an episode on this but it did not put it on youtube so that is why I am here. I think this is far more informative perhaps but definitely long.

  • @motokilong-nozawa9139
    @motokilong-nozawa9139 7 лет назад +2

    Thank you for distributing the video. This video is really helpful because I have been studying Gagaku.

  • @alcosta3029
    @alcosta3029 10 месяцев назад +1

    I watch this documentary almost every week morning

  • @weaverjumpsuits5199
    @weaverjumpsuits5199 10 лет назад +6

    remarkable presentation

  • @SB-xu8pi
    @SB-xu8pi 4 года назад +1

    The music sounds like a smoke alarm with a dead battery. 55:00 but i must like it i watched the whole video.

  • @blownmoon1462
    @blownmoon1462 6 лет назад +2

    My favorite is the one with the red guy. Literally could watch him do that for hours

  • @LGDubstep1
    @LGDubstep1 6 лет назад +24

    you can feel the chinese influence in this music.

    • @山川川山
      @山川川山 4 года назад +2

      This is ancient Chinese music

    • @bamzel4791
      @bamzel4791 3 года назад +7

      @@キハパイワエナ but it originally came from china

    • @karahafu
      @karahafu Год назад +3

      @@山川川山
      this is japanese culture. just because tang china influenced japan doesnt mean japanese culture is chinese. common sense bruh

    • @karahafu
      @karahafu Год назад

      @@bamzel4791
      yeah so? anime-styled art came from japan. does that mean genshin is japanese? NOPE. common sense bruh

    • @strawberry2292
      @strawberry2292 Год назад

      ​@@karahafuit also influenced by korea

  • @YukiAoki2200
    @YukiAoki2200 12 лет назад +3

    thank you very much for uploading.
    and thank all of you here for watching this ,,,,,,,,,on behalf of Japanese.

  • @mutroom9914
    @mutroom9914 5 лет назад +1

    Sounds like Pink Floyd after strong acid.....

  • @jabrown
    @jabrown 4 года назад +1

    I've only listened to the first piece so far, but it's beautiful. It reminds me a little of some of the music from the second-generation Pokémon games.

  • @chimoio100
    @chimoio100 12 лет назад +2

    awesome beautiful sound ,sweet music music in the high happys!!!in the exodus,when the order of march was set, the musicians marched at the head of the procession,leading the way.

  • @andrewc.2952
    @andrewc.2952 7 лет назад +1

    Wow, so fascinating. I simply love documentaries like this.

  • @chimoio100
    @chimoio100 12 лет назад +1

    wow!! is the commentator alan whickers long lost twin brother!!!??

  • @robinzhang8176
    @robinzhang8176 Год назад

    Hello sir, I would like to ask for a chance to transmit it to Bilibili with Chinese subtitles. Can I get your agreement?

  • @brainsmasher666
    @brainsmasher666 4 года назад +1

    This is fascinating. Thanks for uploading it.

  • @Kasumi8779
    @Kasumi8779 10 лет назад +1

    Anyone know where I can get Gagaku instruments such as the Sho for a CHEAP price. I don't want a 1000 USD instrument that I won't be able to afford no matter how much money I make.

    • @KamiNoEka
      @KamiNoEka 10 лет назад +5

      The sho is a delicate instrument. It must be be made from real materials (that is, not PVC) and put together by a talented craftsman. Unfortunately, 1000 dollars is cheap for a sho. If you would like to try learning gagaku, I recommend starting with the ryuteki. A student's ryuteki (made form PVC) is only about 50 dollars and doesn't require special care. The hichiriki is also about 50 dollars. But the reed must be replaced sometimes, which is probably a little troublesome if you don't live in Japan.

    • @ksol1460tv
      @ksol1460tv 8 лет назад +1

      +Kasumi97 Take what Yamaga Soko says seriously and go to Lark in the Morning's online store.

  • @Kiyoko504
    @Kiyoko504 12 лет назад +16

    It takes a select mind to handle the spiritual level of this music and form of art

  • @danball4410
    @danball4410 5 лет назад +1

    4:58 look for controlled symmetry and not emotion or a story

  • @Thezippyxx
    @Thezippyxx 12 лет назад +1

    Thanks for downloading this. Pity it does not appeal to more people.

  • @Danlovar
    @Danlovar 3 года назад

    You can hear how party blowers influenced this music.

  • @ALEXGIBSONCMG
    @ALEXGIBSONCMG 9 лет назад +1

    thnx for sharing bro

  • @EnergyOM
    @EnergyOM 11 лет назад +1

    indeed.

  • @kylekatayamadaisuke
    @kylekatayamadaisuke 5 лет назад +4

    This is nostalgic for me. I feel i have heard this as it was yesterday day.

  • @cyberslaw
    @cyberslaw 12 лет назад +1

    yes

  • @ceciliamackie
    @ceciliamackie 10 лет назад

    Great work! :) Cecilia xo

  • @xnessayx
    @xnessayx 6 лет назад

    I’m intrigued, why is this performed? For what occasion? What is the context here??

    • @DavidMacDonald
      @DavidMacDonald  6 лет назад +1

      Just as art. It's not ceremonial or functional.

  • @shiblets
    @shiblets 11 лет назад

    Thanks for posting! This Extra credit for one of my classes ;D

  • @92wbradford
    @92wbradford 11 лет назад +1

    Can anyone list all the instruments used?

  • @cletcher
    @cletcher 11 лет назад +1

    1989 - it says at the end of the video.

  • @marcojaimejardina7526
    @marcojaimejardina7526 2 года назад

    VERY NICE FOREIGN 🎶

  • @georgiowee
    @georgiowee 11 лет назад

    really a great instructive lesson!
    I now will try to compose in such a way , humbly saying so
    Best Regards

  • @gabrieldaumasraoux8103
    @gabrieldaumasraoux8103 8 лет назад +3

    Pas mal

  • @user-ti2xi9bd4u
    @user-ti2xi9bd4u 7 лет назад

    Music 3 lol

  • @zupergozer
    @zupergozer 8 лет назад +4

    This is pretty savage

    • @nos8141
      @nos8141 3 года назад +1

      ? lol, wierd way to say cool

  • @NadineCarinaMusic
    @NadineCarinaMusic 4 года назад

    so beautiful.

  • @My_Names_Not_Nigel
    @My_Names_Not_Nigel 11 лет назад

    Richard Stallman brought me here.

  • @CoolWorldMusic
    @CoolWorldMusic 12 лет назад

    Thank you for posting this great educational video on gagaku!

  • @zacheray
    @zacheray 11 лет назад

    this is therapeutically calming

  • @WatashinoYumenoTsuki
    @WatashinoYumenoTsuki 12 лет назад

    Oh great!!! thanks a lot for this!!!

  • @VansenandWellsCo
    @VansenandWellsCo 12 лет назад

    Wow!
    This is fantastic. I've always wanted to know about this style of music and the instruments.
    Thank you so much for posting this!

  • @denisplaysrobloxcatsismyus1456
    @denisplaysrobloxcatsismyus1456 11 лет назад +2

    The dissonance in the sound was used for mesmerism and to trance the people it did so even more effectively to any animals uses as well.

  • @Errol246
    @Errol246 10 лет назад

    that highly incisive flute in mid register, is that hichiriki?

  • @ang7751
    @ang7751 9 лет назад

    Amazing, thanks man!

  • @lee-wy9th
    @lee-wy9th 3 года назад

    ⛩️

  • @Hannes821
    @Hannes821 11 лет назад

    wow

  • @rogelsamuel
    @rogelsamuel 7 лет назад

    THANK....

  • @hilatchikkakul8980
    @hilatchikkakul8980 5 лет назад +1

    It feels like about 2000-year ancient Chinese orchestra.

  • @cyclone975
    @cyclone975 10 лет назад

    wow!

  • @tatasimon
    @tatasimon 11 лет назад

    Wonderful , I was opening Gagaku since one year in my heart !! very good documentary and thanks you a lot !
    Nana.

  • @drox7314
    @drox7314 7 месяцев назад

    I love Gagaku :)

    • @drox7314
      @drox7314 7 месяцев назад

      Gogoku*

    • @drox7314
      @drox7314 7 месяцев назад

      Gojo Satoru*

    • @drox7314
      @drox7314 7 месяцев назад

      Gong*

    • @drox7314
      @drox7314 7 месяцев назад

      Google*

    • @drox7314
      @drox7314 7 месяцев назад

      Whatever it's called

  • @tsnewsad
    @tsnewsad 12 лет назад

    Wonderful. An absolute joy.

  • @thegenius204
    @thegenius204 8 лет назад +1

    This truly is hypnotic.

  • @KBProject16
    @KBProject16 11 лет назад +1

    The そ sounds so pretty.

  • @nicholaspearson4246
    @nicholaspearson4246 6 лет назад

    I've read that gagaku iscourt music of the T'ang Dynasty in China, lost in China, but preserved in Japan.

  • @cayanaraycaudhuri
    @cayanaraycaudhuri 11 лет назад

    What type of music it is when people chant or use strong vocal sounds in such traditional music?

    • @juliancillopillo
      @juliancillopillo 6 лет назад

      There's Saibara, a vocal genre in which the wind and string sections play along with a choir. Some characteristics of the genre is the lack of Aitake chords from the shō players and the only percussion instrument employed is the shakubyoshi: a pair of claps played by the lead singer. Roei is another genre in which ancient texts are singed employing known melodies of the instrumental repertoire because the original melodies are lost.

  • @Inogat
    @Inogat 3 года назад

    I love the costumes, the music is very grating though

  • @harryandruschak2843
    @harryandruschak2843 8 лет назад

    Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

  • @ILOVESAMULNORI
    @ILOVESAMULNORI 2 года назад

    Paekche (Kudara)

  • @chimoio100
    @chimoio100 11 лет назад

    it's called.."sing ing".....

  • @maysaid1950
    @maysaid1950 12 лет назад +2

    the music is so annoying

    • @MishimaToshiro
      @MishimaToshiro 7 лет назад +16

      poor ears

    • @nos8141
      @nos8141 3 года назад +2

      that is what i think of europe opera

    • @ILOVESAMULNORI
      @ILOVESAMULNORI 2 года назад +1

      That is what i think of mozart