LISA NEHER | MEZZO-SOPRANO | COMPOSER
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PDF score of first winter rain from Three Basho Haiku for unaccompanied SATB choir.

Price: $1.00/print ($1.00 per singer in your choir)

 

Length: 3 minutes

Difficulty: Medium Advanced


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Program note:

 

When I was growing up, my uncles John and Ken made constant

trips back and forth to Japan. One trained in Zen Buddhism while the other

studied Chinese Philosophy, married my Aunt Yoko, and began their family in

Toyohashi. This was before the email age so we wrote letters back and forth and

it was always an exciting day when an envelope arrived with an international

stamp on it. When they returned to the states, they taught us Japanese phrases,

played VHS recordings of their favorite Japanese movies and TV shows, and my

Aunt dressed us up in her kimonos and taught us how to make sushi, fold

origami, and eat with chopsticks. This introduction to Japanese culture led me

to explore the great haiku writers such as Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, and

Chiyo-ni

 

I was drawn to these three haiku by their emotional content and

striking natural imagery. "harvest moon" conjures the image of a

large, orange moon rising in the autumn sky. "first winter rain"

gently likens the ending of the year with the waning of life, prompting the

search for the comfort of companionship. "this fragrance" relates the

experience of a particular scent awakening emotions and memories. Thanks to my

Uncle Ken and Aunt Yoko for helping me with the translations. 

 

​Three Basho Haiku is the winner of the 2021 Iowa Composers

Forum/Iowa Choral Director's Association Composition Competition

 

Texts by Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), English translations by Lisa

Neher with the assistance of Ken Harvey and Yoko Yamada

 

Text:

 

just for today

let's grow old together

first winter rain

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