About this minute
- Title
- Lullaby of Itsuki
- Contributor
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Year
- 1961 – 1962
- Location
- Itsuki, Japan
- Collections
- Collection 1
- Related resource guides
- Compositions , Human , Music , Similarity , Tempo , Texture , Traditional , Vocal , Voice , Voice
Collection 1 #43
You just heard an old Japanese folk song. Just like the English folk music we have already listened to, Japanese folk songs have a very long history and get passed down from generation to generation, until the person who first wrote the song is forgotten! There are all sorts of different styles and subjects for…