Michio Mamiya

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Michio Mamiya ( Japanese 間 宮 芳 生 , Mamiya Michio ; born June 29, 1929 in Asahikawa , on the island of Hokkaidō , Japan ) is a Japanese composer .

As early as 1940 he received composition lessons from Moroi Saburō . He was a student of Hiroshi Tamura in piano and Tomojirō Ikenouchi in composition at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music . He is particularly interested in original Japanese music. Nevertheless, he tries to achieve a synthesis of European music and traditional Japanese music in his works. He has also dealt intensively with authentic music from Africa , Scandinavia as well as numerous Asian countries and not least Japan. As a speaker and lecturer, he worked at workshops and so-called clinics in Finland , the former Soviet Union , Canada , the United States of America , Hungary and China .

He lectured at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and at the Toho Gakuen School of Music . His works have received numerous prizes and awards at home and abroad.

Works

Works for orchestra

  • 1954 Piano Concerto No. 1
  • 1955 symphony
  • 1959 Violin Concerto No. 1
  • 1965 Deux tableaux pour orchester '65
  • 1970 Piano Concerto No. 2
    1. Molto lento - Vivace - Lento
    2. Allegretto
  • 1975 Violin Concerto No. 2
  • 1975 cello concerto
  • 1978 concert for orchestra
  • 1985 Tableau pour orchester '85
  • Chasse au tigre en Inde
  • 1990 Piano Concerto No. 3
  • 1997 Piano Concerto No. 4
  • 2002 Mates of the Earth
  • 2005 Tableau pour orchester 2005

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1986 Overture for Band
  • 1989 March: Glory Of Catalonia
  • 1993 Berry and Step a Dance

Choral music

  • 1958 Composition for Chorus No. 1 for mixed choir
  • 1962 Composition for Chorus No. 2 for mixed choir, flute and percussion
  • 1963 Composition for Chorus No. 3 for male choir
  • 1963 Composition for Chorus No. 4 “Children's Field” for church choir and orchestra
  • 1966 5 children's songs for children's or women's choir
    1. Zuizuizukkorobashi
    2. Otedama-uta (Song of Hand Ball)
    3. Sansai-odori
    4. Tenman no ichi wa
    5. Karasu Kanemon Kanzaburo
  • 1966 Composition for Chorus No. 5 "Chojugiga" for mixed choir, double bass and percussion
  • 1968 Composition for Chorus No. 6 for male choir
  • 1972 Composition for Chorus No. 7 "Mammoth Cemetery" for children's choir
  • 1979 Até netsik for children's choir (SSA) - Text: Clive W. Nichol
  • 1981 Composition for Chorus No. 10 for mixed choir and piano
  • 1983–1999 Etudes for Chorus
    1. Etude I.
    2. Etude II
    3. Etude III
    4. Etude IV
    5. Etude V fifth
    6. Etude VI furyu
    7. Etude VII rhythm and shōga
    8. Etude VIII harmony
  • 1984 Composition for Chorus No. 11 for mixed choir, biwa and percussion
  • 1986 Composition for Chorus No. 12 for children's choir and string orchestra
  • 1988 Motet Vernale for children's choir
  • 1993 Composition for Chorus No. 13 for mixed choir and percussion
  • 1994–1995 Kigi no uta (Song of Trees) composed with Olli Kortekangas , for children's choir and percussion - Text: Hajime Kijima and Samuli Paulaharju (Japanese, Finnish, English)
  • 1994 Composition for Chorus No. 14 for male choir and percussion
    1. Shingon
    2. Kanjô
    3. Cash ad
  • 2002 Composition for Chorus No. 15 for children's choir and piano
  • 2004 Composition for Chorus No. 16 for mixed choir

singing

  • 1955–1999 Japanese Folk Song Collection for voice and piano
  • 1992 postage stamp for singer, 2 recorders and lute

Chamber music

  • 1962 Three Movements for wind quintet
  • 1963 String Quartet No. 1
  • 1966 sonata for violin, piano, percussion and double bass
  • 1969 sonata for cello solo
  • 1970 Sonata for violin solo
  • 1971 Serenade for soprano, 2 violins, viola, cello and piano
  • 1972 Six Japanese Folk Songs for violoncello and piano
  • 1972 Concerto for 9 players for small ensemble
  • 1974 Homage to Chestnut Hill for violin, cello and piano
  • 1977 5 Finnish Folk Songs for violoncello and piano
    1. Miero vuotti uutta kuuta
    2. Joiku of reindeer for winter
    3. The day of Deer dance
  • 1977 Piano Trio for piano, violin and violoncello
  • 1980 String Quartet No. 2
  • 1982 string quintet
  • 2001 Serenade No. 3 "Germ" soprano, two violins, viola, two violoncellos and percussion - Text: Walt Whitman and Hajime Kijima

Piano music

  • 1955 3 Inventions
  • 1955 m Piano Sonata No. 1
  • 1973 Piano Sonata No. 2
  • 1977-1984 Six Preludes
  • 1983 Differencias
  • 1987 Piano Sonata No. 3, "Spring"

Stage works

  • 1959 Mukashibanashi hitokai Tarobei (Tarobei the slave trader) radio opera , 1 act - libretto: Ichiro Wakabayashi
  • 1963 Gion Festival Ballet
  • 1965 Nihonzaru Sukitoorime (The Clairvoyant Ape Painter) Radio opera , 1 act - Libretto: Hajime Kijima
  • 1974 Naru Kami television opera, Act 1 (Excellent 1974 with de Grand Prix of the composition competition in Salzburg )
  • 1990 Yonaga-hime to Mimio (Yonaga-hime and Mimio) opera, 1 act
  • 1991 Chisaki Mono no Uta-monogatari: Tobikura Giga-kan Musical fairy tale for children for Kyogen actors, shōmyō (Buddhist chants), children's choir, 3 flutes, biwa and 4 percussionists
  • 1992 The Path of the White Wind for 2 Nō actors and 3 percussionists
  • 1999 Sugaebon Oku-jooruri (Dramatic ballad about the book by Sugae ) for singers, Japanese instruments and percussion, 3 parts

Music for traditional Japanese instruments

  • 1957 Music for 4 Kotos
  • 1957 Music for 3 kotos
  • 1962 Quartet for Shakuhachi, Sangen & Two Kotos
  • 1988 Kio Homage to Japanese Poet Kio Kuroda , for violoncello and Shakuhachi (traditional Japanese instrument = bamboo flute)

Film music

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personal data
SURNAME Mamiya, Michio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 間 宮 芳 生 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Asahikawa , Japan