Titles in the Fukuda Rando Collection

This is what can be transmitted from several years of work with Masa Yoshizawa on pieces by Fukuda Rando. From time to time I would take one of the pieces from the Rando notation set up to my lesson with Masa. We would start out with the piece as a way of warming up. I would get him to translate the kana and kanji on the page, and we would play through the piece.

Thinking I had decades of lessons to take with Masa, I never hurried through the project, so some pieces never got done. Many of these were spread over more than one lesson. All of them needed to be.

Where there are links behind the titles, they take you to my notes from those lessons.

I created these files from my lesson tapes, so where there are mistakes below and in my notes, said mistakes should be laid at my door.

This site is not a monument to Masa, so if anyone has anything to add to these pages, please send it to me sugagaki@gmail.com

The CD mentioned below is the Fukuda Rando Shakuhachi Meikyoku Sen recorded by Yokoyama Katsuya, and available through Mejiro, as are the scores.

	Gekko Ryuteki Ryuteki (flute) in the Moonlight This piece is #5 on the CD
	Kikyo Genso Kyoku Chinese Bellflower This piece is #4 on the CD
	Komoriuta Lullaby
	Korogi Tsuki-o Cricket / Moon / Nightime loosely translates as: "In Autumn, you hear crickets in the moonlight"
	Miyama Higurashi A Cicada in the Deep Mountains This piece is #2 on the CD
	Mugibue no Koro Muge = wheat bue = flute Koro = season This piece is #7 on the CD
	Nezumi Guruma Hamster Wheel This piece is #3 on the CD
	Otome Gokoro The Feelings of a Young Girl
	Seki no Aki Kaze The Autumn Wind in Seki (Seki is a place) This piece is #10 on the CD
	Shun Shoo-en The Passing of Cherry Blossoms on a Spring Evening (loose translation)
	Shunrei Beautiful Spring This piece is #12 on the CD
	Tabibito no Uta Wanderer's Song This piece is #8 on the CD
	Tone no Fune Uta The Tone River Boatman's Song This piece is #6 on the CD
	Tsubaki Sakumura Camilia in the Village This piece is #9 on the CD
	Tsukikusa no Yune Moonflower Dream This piece is #1 on the CD
	Yugure Genso Kyoku Sunset Fantasy This piece is #11 on the CD

	These are a set of themes for radio shows that Rando wrote in the 1940s and 1950s. Fue Fuki Doji: "Flute Boy". The main character travelled around the country, solving problems. Masa said it was his favorite show as a child. Benikujaku: "[the] Red Peacock". Kaze no Koro: Kaze = "wind" and Koro is a proper name. These pieces are #14 on the CD
Kaze no Koro	Benikujaku	Fue Fuki Doji Closing Theme	Fue Fuki Doji Opening Theme