MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Hifumi Shimoyama

Composition Name: Exorcism for five strings

Composition Date:                       1970 
Configuration:                         Quintet
Featured Instrument:                   Violin
                                       Viola
                                       Cello
Japanese Instrument(s):                N
Length:                                12'30"
Players:                               5
Commissioned by:                       Ars Nova of Malmo in Sweden
Version (Original/Revised):            O
MFJ Presented:                         N

World Premiere City:                   Malmo, Sweden
World Premiere Sponsor:                Ars Nova
World Premiere Date:                   11/9/70
Name of Publisher:                     Japan Federation of Composers
Origin (American/Japanese):            J
Comments:                              For two violins, viola, cello and contrabass