Ogura Rō

Ogura Rō ( Japanese 小 倉 朗 ; born January 19, 1916 in Kitakyūshū ; † August 26, 1990 ) was a Japanese composer and author.

Ogura had lived in Tokyo and Kamakura . He first learned French modern music under Fukai Shirō and Ikenouchi Tomojirō .

Then he studied under Joseph Rosenstock (1895-1985) how to conduct Beethoven symphonies , and he developed a keen interest in German classical music. He wrote so many symphonies that he ended up being called "Ogurahms". He later had an artistic crisis and destroyed most of his work.

Gradually he developed a great interest in Bartók . Eventually he discovered his own style and started writing his own music, influenced by Japanese traditional folk songs and old children's songs. He was also a gifted author who has published several books. At the end of his life he was also a passionate painter who painted oil paintings.

He was a friend of Matsuya Minoru (1910-1995) and taught his son Matsuya Midori (1943-1994) composing. He was also a teacher of Zakōji Hiroaki (1958–1987).

Work

• 1937 Sonatina for piano
• 1953 dance suite for two pianos
• 1953 dance suite for orchestra
• 1954 string quartet in B
• 1957 Five movements of Japanese folk songs for orchestra
• 1958 Nine pieces of children's songs from the Tohoku region for a cappella women's choir
• 1959 burlesque for orchestra
• 1960 sonatina for violin and piano
• 1963 Sonatina for string orchestra
• 1966 Composition I for piano
• 1968 Composition II for piano
• 1968 Symphony in G
• 1971 concert for violin and orchestra
• 1972 composition for string orchestra
• 1975 Composition in F # for orchestra
• 1977 composition for flute, violin and piano
• 1980 concert for violoncello and orchestra

Web links

• Biography (japanese)

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Ogura is the family name, Rō the first name.