During the two centuries before 841, the Japanese Court borrowed a
large amount of secular entertainment music from China, chiefly
music of the Sui and Tang Courts. This music, known as 'Tang Music'
is preserved in manuscripts written between the eighth and
thirteenth centuries and to be seen today in the library of the
Imperial Palace in Tokyo and in other Japanese libraries. Fourteen
items, from the second scroll of pieces belonging to the
Ichikotsu-cho mode-key group (Mixolydian on D), are offered in this
fourth fascicle of Music from the Tang Court. With the exception of
two items, each consisting of Prelude and Broaching, all are single
movements. The first piece, in two movements, is overtly linked
with Sogdiana, the Central Asian State which exerted so great an
influence on the entertainment-music of the Tang Court. That some
of the Togaku repertory had its roots in popular music is plainly
shown by the title of this piece: 'Sogdians Drinking Wine'.
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