Henry Horaku Burnett - The International Shakuhachi Society

Henry Horaku Burnett

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	Kanji	Length	Album	Instrument
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
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
Zangetsu	残月	21'30	Perspectives of New Music	Voice

Publications

Title	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