Yoshinao Nakada

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Yoshinao Nakada ( Japanese 中 田 喜 直, Nakada Yoshinao ; August 1, 1923 in Shibuya , Tokyo - May 3, 2000 ) was a Japanese composer and music teacher .

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Nakada was the third son of the composer and music teacher Akira Nakada (1886-1931). He studied piano and composition at the Tokyo Music School ( Tōkyō Ongaku Gakkō , today: Tokyo University of the Arts ) and graduated in 1943. He became known among other composers in Japan for composing songs. With Natsu no Omoide (memories of summer) , Medaka No Gakko (school of the killifish) and Chiisai Aki Mitsuketa (I found a little autumn) , he became an important composer for this genre at the beginning of the Second World War . From 1953 to 2000 he was first a lecturer and later professor or emanated professor at Ferris University (Feriesu Jogakuin Daigaku) , a women's college in Yokohama .

Compositions

Work for orchestra

Cantatas

  • A new mountains and rivers , cantata for baritone, female choir and orchestra

Vocal music

Choral works

  • Afternoon in the garden , for mixed choir
  • Ascension , suite for mixed choir
  • Butterfly , suite for mixed choir
  • City , suite for mixed choir and piano
  • Composition of the sea , suite for mixed choir
  • Festival Evening , for mixed choir

Songs

  • 1949 Natsu no Omoide (Memories Of Summer) , for vocals and piano - Text: Shoko Ema
  • 1950 Medaka No Gakko (School of killifish) , for vocals and piano - Text: Shigeru Chaki
  • 1955 Chiisai aki mitsuketa (Found a Little Autumn) , for voice and piano - Text: Hachiro Sato
  • Yuki No Furu Machiwo (A Walk Through The Town In The Snow) , for vocals and piano
  • Sakura Yokochô (Cherry Blossoms Lane) , for countertenor or soprano and piano
  • Mother , for vocals and piano - Text: Shoko Ema
  • Six Children's Songs , for children's voices (or soprano) and piano
    1. Pram
    2. Crow
    3. Taanki Poonki
    4. Children of the Wind
    5. Silk tree
    6. Goodnight
  • Six Children's Songs , for soprano and piano - Text: Misuzu Kaneko

Kamermuziek

  • 1993 Japanese Autumn Song , for flute and piano - Text: Hachiro Sato

Piano pieces

  • Four Seasons of Japan , for piano (four hands)
  • Light and Shadow , suite for piano
  • Music , for 2 pianos
  • Paraphrase of Warship , for 2 pianos
  • Rainy night
  • sonata
  • Variational Etude
  • Japanese Festival , 17 pieces for piano solo (Japanese original 1985, reprint 2012: ISBN 978-1-894086-82-0 )

Film music

  • 1955 Utsukushiki haha ​​(A Wonderful Mother)
  • 1957 Kono futari ni sachi are also known as: Be Happy, These Two Lovers in Good Luck to These Two

bibliography

  • Takashi Ushiyama: You remind me of summer - Yoshinao Nakada biography , published by Shinchosha, 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Japanese Autumn Song Instrumental Version Lute
  2. ^ Variational Etude
personal data
SURNAME Nakada, Yoshinao
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 中 田 喜 直 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Shibuya , Tokyo
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 2000