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SKU: A0.1233821
Composed by Public Domain. Arranged by Yoshie Nakayama. A Cappella,Barbershop,Classical,Multicultural,World. Octavo. 8 pages. Yoshie Nakayama #829383. Published by Yoshie Nakayama (A0.1233821).A mixed acappella quartet arrangement of the most popular Japanese folk song.
The YouTube example is the other arrangement for a quintet. This SATB arrangement is a modification of the quintet arrangement just to be able to sing only with four singers.
The song Furusato (Japanese: 故郷, "old home" or "hometown") is a well-known 1914 Japanese children's song, with music by Teiichi Okano and lyrics by Tatsuyuki Takano. The lyrics describe a person working in a distant land, expressing his nostalgia for the hills and fields of his childhood home.
The Japanese government has designated Furusato as a Japanese children's song to be taught in the Japanese public school system.
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