Festival of Japanese Music in Hawaii, Vol. 1

In 1962 musician and ethnomusicologist Jacob Feuerring organized a two-part concert with a dual goal: to raise awareness among the people of Hawaii of the Japanese culture in their midst, and to excite enough interest so that the Japanese music and dance traditions would be maintained. These concerts, recorded live by Feuerring, were the first of their kind in the state. Volume 1 exhibits the music of different religions, dance, epic poetry, Noh theatre, chant, and court music. Liner notes give brief descriptions of each piece and the genre it illustrates.

Track Listing

101	Shinto	Sotetsu Tanabe and Shigeo Fujino	04:54
102	Goeika	Soto Zen Temple Group	03:53
103	Mikagura (Uta)	Yorozuyo Hasshu and players From Tenrikyo Mission	05:23
104	Etenraku (Gagaku)	Gordon K. Inoue	06:15
201	Chushingura	Kyokko Shozuya, Kyokubun Asari, Kyokusho Shigemura	08:18
202	Hagoromo	Hawaiʻi Kita Kai Group	06:20
203	Kenbu	Tomoo Hidano and Jundo Nagao	06:03