Furusato

A collection of five Japanese song arrangements, this edition includes the Japanese texts in the score and separately as an appendix along with English singing translations by prize-winning poet Charles Bennett. Each song in the collection is separately available digitally. Furusato is a popular Japanese children's song, for which the composer and lyricist weren't credited until 1992, 78 years after it was published. Momiji, meaning "Autumn Leaves," was composed by Teiichi Okano (1878-1941) with lyrics from Tatsuyuki Takano (1876-1947). Mura Matsuri is a song of the traditional Japanese festival Matsuri. Oborozukiyo was originally composed for soprano, flute, and harp in 1914; it was taught in Japanese schools and is still sung today. Sunayama translates as "Sand Mountain" and refers to a beach on Japan's Miyako Island where there is an abundance of white sand and warm tropical waters.