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  34.  Ga- elegeant gaku-music ‘dignifed, highly refned,

elegant style o music and dance’. ‘excruciatingly leisurely

tempo.’

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1. !ocal music " kagura, azuma asobi,  #amato mai‘The music itsel is deri$ed rom the oldest orms o true

 %apanese music and is used in the ancient rituals and esti$als

cele&rated in the Imperial 'alace.’

(. Instrumental music imported )*++ years ago ‘rom the

sian continent’dapted to suit %apanese tastehina !ietnam - Togaku

/orea and the kingdom o '’o-hai 0in %apanses 1okkai2 3/omagaku

. ncient %apanese $ocal music saibara and roei 4ourished

around the middle o the 5eian period 067*-))892

59. ( used or &an:uets Imperial palace ‘The some three

hundred ;orks in the present Gagaku repertoire ha$e &een

passed do;n, through $arious stages o prosperity and

decay, under the patronage o the imperial and amily and

the aristocracy.’