Keiko Nosaka “Koto Greensleeves”

Keiko Nosaka

Koto Greensleeves

Victor (Japan) 1980

KVX-1078 (LP) w/obi.

sleeve : EX(slightly collapse on corner.)

media : EX+/EX+(some slightly noises.)


This is an album released in 1980 by Keiko Nosaka, a koto player who invented the 20-string koto herself, gave hundreds of lectures in Japan and abroad, assumed the title of Soju Nosaka 2nd generation in 2002, and sublimated not only classical Japanese music but also Japanese music in the field of contemporary music. This is a 20-string solo piece on English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh folk songs arranged by composer Minoru Miki, the leader of the Japanese Music Group, of which Nosaka is a member. The title track, "Greensleeves," is known as a traditional English folk song with a firm bass melody called romanesca, but it can also be enjoyed as a lighthearted contemporary Japanese song with a peaceful pastoral melody. There are also many ambient effects.