{"id":1910,"date":"2013-10-15T07:45:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T12:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2013-10-23T10:02:49","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T15:02:49","slug":"the-music-of-hayakawa-yoshio-5-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=1910","title":{"rendered":"The Music of Hayakawa Yoshio (5): ?Music???"},"content":{"rendered":"

(In anticipation of the October 18, 2013 concert by Hayakawa Yoshio and Sakuma Masahide at the University of Chicago, over the next few weeks I will be posting a series of entries here introducing Hayakawa?s music. More information about the concert, which is free and open to the public, is available here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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With the song ?Music??? (Ongaku), Hayakawa returns to a theme he?s explored in a number of compositions: the basic purpose of music. Suspicious of attempts to analyze his art rationally, Hayakawa seeks the meaning of music at a more basic, erotic level of emotion and physical existence. Musically, the song enacts its lyrical sentiment, stripping the arrangement down to the very basics: pulsating piano chords that underscore Hayakawa?s passionate vocals. <\/p>\n

The song first appeared on his 2000 solo album, Hear songs from where there is no song<\/em> (Uta wa uta no nai tokoro kara kikoete kuru). Hayakawa also included a concert performance of the song on his 2002 live album, Those who speak don?t understand, those who understand don?t speak <\/em>(Iu mono wa shirazu, shiru mono wa iwazu). <\/p>\n

Here is the original 2000 recording of the song:<\/p>\n