Owl's Glasses A Suite for Female Chorus (Fukuro Megane)

(Composer's note translated by Hirohisa KANNO)
I made an attempt in composing these choral songs. The 
attempt is rather a adventurous one in vocal music work in 
general. And you will find ornamental figuration as 
experimental passageworks in every part of the songs. Such 
instrumental passages as frequently appear in the songs have
come from my pursuit of the possibility of expressing in a 
cappella style and are indispensable to the realization of 
my intrinsic images. All songs in the suite have many 
theatrical elements, which means that you can hear a type of
performing arts created simply by voices. I intended to 
evoke visual images from the audience by vocal expressions. 
You will easily understand it from the chord progression and
the colourfulness elicited by the modulations of 'Flower 
Coloured Chameleon,' the third piece of this suite. The main
image which features female choirs is pureness, but it is 
expected that more female choirs able to allure the audience
by their variety of expressions will appear. I would like 
these songs to be performed by such fascinating female 
choirs as can sing with humorous and bravely masculine 
expressions as well as beautifully and elegantly.

• Composer: MATSUSHITA, Ko
• Arranger:
• Publisher: Pana Musica
• Author of the text: KUDO, Naoko
• Text arranger:
• Type of Choir: Female
• Number of Voice Parts:
• Voicing: SSAA div.,SSA div.
• Accompaniment: A Cappella
• Language 1: Japanese
• Language 2: Romanized
• Duration: 16'15"
• Page: 44
• Artist:

Song List

Song Details

1. Owl's Glasses (Fukur? Megane)
   Composer: MATSUSHITA, Ko

   Arranger:

   Artist:

   Author of the text: KUDO, Naoko

   Text arranger:

   Tonality:

   Type of Choir: 4

   Voicing: SSAA div.

   Accompaniment: A Cappella

   Language 1: Japanese

   Language 2: Romanized

   Duration: 2'15"
   
   
2. The Birth of a Firefly (Hotaru Tanjo)
   Composer: MATSUSHITA, Ko

   Arranger:

   Artist:

   Author of the text: KUDO, Naoko

   Text arranger:

   Tonality:

   Type of Choir: 3

   Voicing: SSA div.

   Accompaniment: A Cappella

   Language 1: Japanese

   Language 2: Romanized

   Duration: 4'30"
   
   
3. Flower Coloured Chameleon (Hanairo Kamereon)
   Composer: MATSUSHITA, Ko

   Arranger:

   Artist:

   Author of the text: KUDO, Naoko

   Text arranger:

   Tonality:

   Type of Choir: 4

   Voicing: SSAA div.

   Accompaniment: A Cappella

   Language 1: Japanese

   Language 2: Romanized

   Duration: 3'00"
   
   
4. Tiger's Clothes (Tora no Yofuku)
   Composer: MATSUSHITA, Ko

   Arranger:

   Artist:

   Author of the text: KUDO, Naoko

   Text arranger:

   Tonality:

   Type of Choir: 4

   Voicing: SSAA div.

   Accompaniment: A Cappella

   Language 1: Japanese

   Language 2: Romanized

   Duration: 2'50"
   
   
5. Owls' Wish (Fukuro no Onegai)
   Composer: MATSUSHITA, Ko

   Arranger:

   Artist:

   Author of the text: KUDO, Naoko

   Text arranger:

   Tonality:

   Type of Choir: 4

   Voicing: SSAA div.

   Accompaniment: A Cappella

   Language 1: Japanese

   Language 2: Romanized

   Duration: 3'40"
   
   
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