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"Pleiades" is a small duster of seven stars, that are located just around the shoulder of the constellation Taurus. Its Japanese name is "Subaru." Named after these stars, this Pleiades Dances are the results of my attempt to create "a new form of preludes for the modern piano." They are written on the subjects of the seven colors of rainbow, the seven tones of various modes, and the seven rythms in variation. Simultaneously, they are the etudes in which the J.S. Bach's Inventions are projected on the present age through a polarized prism, the transcriptions of imaginary dance music played in fantastical four-dimentional space spreading from ancient times to future and the tiniest dance suites composed only of dots and lines. Total of seven pieces make up one suite of music, and the first suite was released in 1986. After the first suite, following suites have been composed in a pace of one to two years up until the ninth suite of 2001. Of those, Suite VI, VII and IX are dedicated to the pianist, Kyoko Tabe, who has made a beautiful performance in the CD Pleiades Dances of 1996. As to the Suite VIII, the pieces originate in the works of koto called Subaru written for Nanae Yoshimura's 20-gen. Takashi YOSHIMATSU

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