Kiyoshi Nobutoki
Kiyoshi Nobutoki | |
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| 信時 潔 | |
 Kiyoshi Nobutoki (shot in 1949) | |
| Born | 29 December 1887 |
| Died | 1 August 1965 (aged 77) |
| Occupation | Composer |
Kiyoshi Nobutoki (信時 潔, 29 December 1887 – 1 August 1965) was a Japanese composer, teacher and cellist.
Career
His pupils included Kan'ichi Shimofusa, Kunihiko Hashimoto, Saburō Takata, Midori Hosokawa (細川碧), Yoshio Hasegawa (長谷川良夫), Taijiro Goh (呉泰次郎), Megumi Ohnaka (大中恩), and Toshio Kashiwagi (柏木俊夫).
Works, editions and recordings
- "Umi Yukaba" (海行かば) 1937 - patriotic song (gunka) based on a waka poem by Ōtomo no Yakamochi in the Man'yōshū.[1][2]
- Song cycle Sara (沙羅) - recording by Kazumichi Ohno (tenor), Kyosuke Kobayashi (piano). Thorofon CD. 1994[3]
- String Quartet (1922)
- Cantata "Kaido-tosei (Along the Coast, Conquer the East)", text by Hakushū Kitahara, based on Nihon Shoki (1940)
Awards and honours
Translated from the Japanese Wikipedia article
- Member of the Japan Academy of Art (1942)
- Asahi Prize (1943)
- Person of Cultural Merit (1963)
- Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, Third Class (1964)
References
- ^ Jesús González Valles, Filosofía de las artes japonesas. Artes de guerra y caminos de paz Page 127 - 2008 "Unas palabras del poema, “Umi yukaba” (Si voy al mar), inspiraron al Ministerio de Marina japonés un himno oficial en 1880, y al compositor Nobutoki Kiyoshi (1887-1965), una famosa canción en 1937."
- ^ Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney — Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms Page 139 2002 "In 1937 Nobutoki Kiyoshi composed a melody to accompany lyrics from a long poem from the Man'yōshū by Ōtomo no Yakamochi (716–785), who was in charge of the imperial guards (sakimori) in ancient Japan."
- ^ Japanese sung texts and English and German commentary
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