Series | Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
Edited book | The Aesthetics of Emptiness
Chapter | Un’assoluta e imperturbabile staticità

Un’assoluta e imperturbabile staticità

Lettura e ascolto di Lettera alla madre per shō

Abstract

In this article the author recalls his encounter with the shō, a traditional Japanese musical instrument, and the following composition of Lettera alla madre, a piece of music conceived under the aegis of syncretism between East and West, poised between an expanding strophic structure and childhood memories.


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Submitted: Oct. 24, 2022 | Accepted: Nov. 24, 2022 | Published April 21, 2023 | Language: it

Keywords Shō • Lettera alla madre • Greek lullaby Κοιμήσου καί παρήγγειλα • Music composition and childhood memory • Synaesthesia • Japanese mouth organ

Copyright © 2023 Riccardo Vaglini. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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