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Henry Horaku Burnett

Shamisen & Koto
hburnett@mindspring.com

Henry Horaku Burnett is a Professor at the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College (CUNY) as well as a member of the doctoral faculty at the City University of New York, Graduate Center. Professor Burnett specializes in Japanese chamber music of the Tokugawa period (1603-1868). A principal student of Fusako Yoshida, Henry Burnett received his natori (teaching license) in both koto and sangen, as well as the performing name Horaku, from her school (Seiha Ikuta-ryu) in 1979. He has appeared often in concerts in New York City and elsewhere, including several concert tours of Japan. Besides performing and teaching, Professor Burnett is the executive director of the Traditional Japanese Music Society of the City University of New York, and the editor of its journal, Hogaku.

Tracks Recorded

Pieces KanjiLengthAlbumInstrument
Sato no Akatsuki 里の暁 18'40 Kyomono Series Vol 1 Matsuura Kengyo - NY Sankyoku Kai Shamisen
Wakana 若葉 20'44 Kyomono Series Vol 1 Matsuura Kengyo - NY Sankyoku Kai Shamisen
Play Button Zangetsu 残月 21'30 Perspectives of New Music Shamisen
Sato no Akatsuki 里の暁 18'40 Kyomono Series Vol 1 Matsuura Kengyo - NY Sankyoku Kai Voice
Wakana 若葉 20'44 Kyomono Series Vol 1 Matsuura Kengyo - NY Sankyoku Kai Voice
Play Button Zangetsu 残月 21'30 Perspectives of New Music Voice

Publications

Title Kanji Publisher Year Pages Language
An Antholology of Jiuta Poetry. Compiled and edited by Henry Burnett. Translations by John Tedford.


1984 46 English
An Introduction to the History and Aesthetics of Japanese Jiuta-Tegotomono

Asian Music 11, no. 2 1980 11-29
Glossary of Commonly Used Terms

Perspectives in New Music 27, no. 2 1989 48-51
Hogaku. 1983-1989 (Edited)

New York: Traditional Japanese Music Society 1983

Minezaki Koto's Zangetsu: An Analysis of a Traditional Japanese Chamber Music Composition

Perspectives in New Music 27, no. 2 1989 78-117