 The full title is "Festmusik zur Feier des 2600jährigen Bestehens des Kaiserreichs Japan für großes Orchester (Japanische Festmusik)".The Japanese government commissioned music from composers of six nations to mark the 2600th anniversary of the Japanese Empire (although the historicity of the date of 11 February 660 B.C.given as the founding of the Emperor of Japan has been widely rejected by historians).