著者

相沢 直樹

出版者

北海道大学スラブ研究センター

雑誌

スラヴ研究 (ISSN:05626579)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.37, pp.43-83, 1990

著者

相沢 直樹

出版者

山形大学

雑誌

山形大学紀要. 人文科学 = Bulletin of Yamagata University. Humanities

巻号頁・発行日

vol.16, no.3, pp.1(118)-31(88), 2008-02-15

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The goal of this paper is to present research of the “Gondola Song” (Gondora-no Uta : words by Isamu Yoshii, music by Shinpei Nakayama), which was one of the most popular songs in the Taisho era and continues to be one of the most well-loved songs even today. The “Gondola Song” is famous for its strikingly simple and straightforward opening message : ”Life is so short. Do love, young girl!” It was originally written for the 1915 performance of Turgenev's “On the Eve” by Art Theater (Geijutsu-za) in Tokyo and was sung on the stage by the famous actress Sumako Matsui. In this paper, we shall examine the following points: 1) To confirm the text of the Song and restore the original text in the stage scenario if necessary. 2) To compare Yoshii's text with that of Ogai Mori's translation of “Venetian Song” , which is inserted into H. C. Andersen's “Improvisator”. 3) To investigate the background of Yoshii's writing of the Song (including the fact of his borrowing from Ogai's “Improvisator” ). 4) To reveal the rhetoric and technique of Yoshii's text as a verse. 5) To examine in what way and to what extent the introduction of the Song into the drama depends on Turgenev's original novel and its translation by Gyofu Soma. 6) To describe specific features of Nakayama's melody from a viewpoint of Japanese and European music while referring to Japanese culture of the Taisho era. Yoshii's now almost unknown open letter to Matsui is also introduced and examined in detail in this paper. Finally, some reflections of the “Gondola Song” in the area of so-called subcultures, such as animations and computer games, in the Heisei era are introduced proving both the longevity of the Song and the magical power of its words .

著者

相沢 直樹

出版者

北海道大学スラブ研究センター

雑誌

スラヴ研究 (ISSN:05626579)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.45, pp.1-33, 1998-03-31