Commissioned by Rissho Kosei-kai for the Tokyo Wind Orchestra on the occasion of the seventieth birthday celebration of Nikkyo Niwano, the ensemble’s founder.
Composer:
Year(s) Composed:
1978
Difficulty:
Grade 6
Duration:
17 minutes
Instrumentation:
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Band: 2.picc.2.eh.3(5).ecl.acl.bcl.cbcl.2-2ax.tx.bx-4.0.4crt.3.bhn.1-timp.perc(4)[scym.cym.bd.sd.4timb.tri.gong.tamb.vib.xyl.chi.bl]-cel.pno-hp.db
Movements:
I. Shogyō-Mujō (All Things Are Impermanent)
II. Shohō-Muga (Nothing Has an Ego)
III. Nehan-Jakujō (Nirvana Is Quiescence)
Publication Information:
Kjos (1978)
Premiered:
Availability:
Available for Purchase
Recordings:
Resources:
- Jager Website
- HEBM
- MusicWeb International
- Kjos
- WASBE Journal
- Smith Program Notes
- Suppan Neue Lexikon