Takekuni Hirayoshi

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Takekuni Hirayoshi ( Japanese 平 吉 毅 州 , Hirayoshi Takekuni ; born July 10, 1936 in Kobe , Hyogo Prefecture ; † May 28, 1998 ) was a Japanese composer of classical music .

In 1961 Hirayoshi graduated from the National University of Fine Arts and Music Tokyo (Geidai) with a degree in composition , and in 1967 he completed the graduate course there. Hasegawa Yoshio and Ikuma (?) ( 伊 熊 良 穂 ) were among his teachers . In 1969 he won the Odaka Music Prize ( 尾 高 賞 ). He was then a lecturer at the Geidai, then a professor at the Tōhō Conservatory and later at the Okinawa Prefecture School of Art (Okinawa Kenritsu Geijutsu Daigaku). He is best known for his choir pieces .

He was married and had a son and a daughter.

Selection of works

Orchestral music

  • Variazioni symphonic ( 交響 変 奏 曲 kōkyō hensōkyoku )
  • Concert for guitar and orchestra ( ギ タ ー と オ ー ケ ス ト ラ の た め の 協奏曲 gitā to ōkesutora no tame no kyōsōkyoku )
  • Epitaph ( エ ピ タ フ epitafu ) for string orchestra

Concert band music

  • Rhapsody for Symphonic Band ( シ ン フ ォ ニ ッ ク ・ バ ン ド の た め の ラ プ ソ デ ィ shinfonikku bando no tame no rapusodi )

Chamber music

  • Stars Party ( 星 た ち の 宴 に hoshi tachi no utage ni ) for 5 players
  • Samba Cancion ( サ ン バ ・ カ ン シ オ ン samba kanshion ) for clarinet and piano

Piano music

  • Elegy ( エ レ ジ ー Elejī )
  • South Wind ( 南 の 風 minami no kaze )
  • Rhythm of the rainbow ( 虹 の リ ズ ム niji no rizumu )
  • The Carnival Has Come ( カ ー ニ バ ル が や っ て き た kānibaru ga yatte kita )
  • When Spring Comes ... ( 春 に な っ た ら haru ni nattara )
  • Habanera (ハ バ ネ ラHabanera )

Guitar music

  • Preludio e fantasia ( プ レ リ ュ ー ド と フ ァ ン タ ジ ア pureryūdo to fantajia )

Vocal music

  • The First Love (初恋hatsukoi ) for baritone, violin and piano for 4 hands
  • Dream: A Sketch for Mixed chorus ( 夢 ： 混 声 合唱 の た め の ス ケ ッ チ yume: konsei gasshō no tame no sukecchi ) for mixed choir and piano
  • When the Skies Lost Small Birds ( 空 に 小鳥 が い な く な っ た 日 sora ni kotori ga inaku natta hi ) for mixed choir and piano
  • A single morning ( ひ と つ の 朝 hitotsu no asa ) (choir piece)
  • The Mystery of the Sea ( 海 の 不 思議 umi no fushigi ) (choir piece)
  • The young wings ( 若 い 翼 は wakai tsubasa wa ) (choir piece)
  • In a balloon to the end of the world ( 気 球 に の っ て ど こ ま で も kikyū ni notte dokomade mo ) (choir piece)
  • Samba of the sea breeze ( 潮 風 の サ ン バ shiokaze no samba ) (choral piece)
  • Great March of Dreams ( 大 き な 夢 の マ ー チ ōkina yume no māchi ) ( children's song )
  • Let's rise to the blue sky ( 青 空 に 登 ろ う aozora ni noborou ) (children's song)

See also

personal data
SURNAME Hirayoshi, Takekuni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 平 吉 毅 州 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese classical music composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Kobe , Hyogo Prefecture
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1998