Saibara

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Saibara (催馬楽) is a genre of accompanied vocal Japanese court[1] music that existed during the Heian period in the region of Nara and Kyoto. [2] It draws from traditional folk music from the Nara period [3] [4] set to togaku and komagaku melodies.

[edit] References

  1. ^ saibara and roei vocal music in gagaku.
  2. ^ Journal of the Musicological Society of Japan vol. XLIX (1), 2003.
  3. ^ Japanese Traditional music.
  4. ^ (Japanese music) Glossary.
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