Toshio Mashima

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Toshio Mashima ( Japanese 真 島 俊 夫 , Mashima Toshio ; born February 21, 1949 in Tsuruoka , Yamagata Prefecture , on the main island of Honshu , Japan ; † April 21, 2016 ) was a Japanese composer and arranger .

biography

First he studied engineering. He interrupted his studies to study music. He graduated from Kanagawa University , where he took the Yamaha Band Director course through major on technology . He also studied composition and arrangement there with Bin Kaneda and jazz theory with Makoto Uchibori . He graduated in 1971 and after graduating he played the trombone in jazz and pop bands. After that he worked as Naohiro Iwai's assistant and intensified his work on compositions for wind orchestra.

His own works, especially for wind orchestras, are distributed through publishers in Europe and the United States of America and are thus performed by orchestras all over the world. Recently he has also been composing for television series and films. He is currently working as an instructor at the Sobi Institute of Education and as a special instructor at the Yamaha Music School .

He won the 7th Academy Award in the Composition Section of the Academic Society of Japan for Winds Percussion and Bands .

Works

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1992 A Prelude to Applause
  • 1997 Mirage à Paris
    1. St. Germain des Pres
    2. La Fontaine de Medicis (Luxembourg Gardens)
    3. Montmartre Place du Tertre-Sacre Coeur
  • 1997 Yacobs Ladder To a Crescent
  • 1998 Yosakoi
  • 1999 The Glowing Sun Appeared on the Horizon
  • 2000 Les Gens du Nord
  • 2000 Iroha
    1. Theme Largo
    2. 1st variation Allegro
    3. 2nd variation Adagio
    4. 3rd Variation and Finale Presto
  • 2000–2001 Les trois notes du Japon
    1. La danse des grues (dance of the cranes)
    2. La rivière enneigée (The river in the snow)
    3. La fête du feu (fire-proof)
  • 2001 Quiet Sunset
  • 2003 Mirage III
    1. Tune up
    2. Something blue
    3. After hour
  • 2003 Naval Bleu
  • 2004 Deux Belles Ailes
  • A rainbow over Misty Mountain
  • A Season in the Bloom of Cherry Blossoms
  • A Tribute to the Count Basie Orchestra
    1. Jumpin 'at the Woodside
    2. April in Paris (1932)
    3. Lil 'Darlin (195?)
  • Anohi-kiita-uta Folk Medley
  • At The Mambo Inn
  • Bay Breeze
  • Carpenters Forever
  • Dream in the Silent Night
  • Five Okinawa Songs for Band
  • Gelato con Caffee Samba
  • March Spirit for Wind Orchestra
  • Sousa's Holiday-The Thunderer - Samba
  • Sousa's Holiday-The Stars and Stripes Forever - Jazz
  • Sweet Breeze in May Concert-March
  • Takarajima
  • Twilight in Central Park Ballad
  • View with a glimpse of waves
  • Welcome Rock Melody

Chamber music

  • 1995 Urban Suite
    1. Twilight
    2. station　
    3. Day Dream　
    4. City Light
  • 2000 Spinning Spiral for four Trombones
    1. Allegro
    2. adagio
    3. Allegro maestoso
  • 2004 Conversation IV for two Snare Drums, four Tom-toms, Bass Drum, four Timpanis, Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Tam-tam, Castanets, two Wood Blocks, five Temple Blocks, Bongo, Triangle, Wind Chimes, Cabasa, Crotales (opt .), Glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, chimes
  • 2004 La Seine for Clarinet Choir
    1. Pont Neuf
    2. Pont Mirabeau
    3. Pont Alexandre III
  • A Spring Morning for Euphonium
  • Rhapsody for Euphonium
  • Cafe St Germain for Saxophone Quartet

Works for big band / jazz ensemble

  • Cat Race
  • Morning crap
  • Pacific Coast Highway
  • Samba nautica

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Toshio Mashima February 21, 1949 - April 21, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Mashima, Toshio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Tsuruoka , Japan
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 2016