2025年01月19日
Recollection of my childhood in a rural Japanese town. ?V 147〜149(5)
147
He knows the musical term ensemble but doesn't know its exact meaning.
That's because his granddaughter will be appearing in it.
After all, it means "several people playing instruments."
He drove home thinking, "That's how it should simply be expressed in Japanese."
148
He was a member of the reed ensemble when he was in elementary school.
His instrument was the double bass.
The instrument that played the main melody, equivalent to the violin in an orchestra, was the harmonica.
A reed ensemble is a form of ensemble that plays reed instruments such as the accordion and harmonica, and there seems to be an organization called the All-Japan Reed Ensemble Federation, which was formed in 1960.
He was a member of his elementary school reed ensemble from 1962 to 1963, which roughly coincides with the timing when a nationwide organization for reed ensembles was formed in the form of a "federation."
He didn't actually know much about the history of the elementary school reed ensemble, but he did know that at least the ensemble had won a prefectural tournament the year before he joined.
149
At his elementary school, for the sixth graders, especially for music, a specialized teacher taught in the music room.
The music teacher was a single young man.
Music teacher was a fiery man, and very passionate about music.
When he was a member of the reed ensemble, his teacher chose Bizet's "Carmen" as the free piece for a competition.
Carmen is a woman's name, a wild and beautiful gypsy woman.
Recollection of my childhood in a rural Japanese town. ?V 147〜149(5)
