Kenjirō Urata

Kenjirō Urata ( Japanese 浦 田 健 次郎 , Urata Kenjirō ; * December 15, 1941 in Tokyo Prefecture , Japan ) is a Japanese composer .

He began studying composition in 1965 and graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music . He then completed his studies at the same university until 1972 and then graduated with a Master of Music .

He is a board member of the Japanese section of the International Society for Contemporary Music and a member of the Federation of Japanese Composers. He is currently Professor of Composition at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music .

Works

Works for orchestra

• 1968 Music for celebration
• 1971 3 Movements for Strings
• 1981 Symphony
• 1987 Scena
• 1994 Erhu concerto

Works for wind orchestra

• 1969 Metamorphosis
• 1971 Metaplasm III
• 1979 Prelude
• 1981 Requiem for symhonic band
• 1983 Ballade for band
• 1983 Ode for symphonic band
• 1984 March Opus 1
• 1985 3 Symphonic movements for symphonic band
• 1994 Music for wind instruments, brass instruments and percussions
• 1998 Antiphon for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, 4 percussion, piano, 8 double basses

Chamber music

• 1966 Sonata for Alto-Saxophone and Piano
• 1967 Tautology No. 1 for 8 saxophones, 5 tubas and 5 percussion
• 1969 Metaplasm I solo marimba
• 1969 3 Pieces for saxophon quartet (1 soprano saxophone, 1 alto saxophone, 1 tenor saxophone, 1 baritone saxophone)
• 1971 Metaplasm II for marimbaphone and harp
• 1972 Melos I for flute (also: Piccolo), oboe (also: Oboe d'amore) and clarinet (also: Eb clarinet)
• 1974 Metaplasm IV for oboe and harp
• 1975 Gian-Dung for 2 trumpet players
• 1976 Melos II for flute, violin and piano
• 1977 monlogue for oboe
• 1978 Intermezzo for flute, clarinet, marimbaphone, percussion and double bass
• 1985 Arioso for viola and piano
• 1990 Melos III for flute, clarinet and percussion
• 1995 Godan-henyou for solo percussion
• 1995 Duo II for Shinobue and percussion
• 1997 Duo I for violin and percussion
• 1999 bridge for solo percussion

Piano music

• 1974 Passacaglia for piano
• 1984 25 Songs from "Mother Goose"

Vocal and choral music

• 1968 Oyasumi kabe no Maria-sama for soprano and piano
• 1969 Ruika for alto and piano
• 1974 Akarashibiki uta for alto and piano
• 1992 6 songs from YAGI Jukichi for soprano and piano
• 1981 Gekko? Nikko for mixed choir
• 1985 Yugure for female choir and piano
• 1988 Aru ame no asa for mixed choir and piano
• 1988 Ajisai for mixed choir
• 1988 Hitori no yama for mixed choir and piano
• 1988 Natsu no fukei for mixed choir and piano
• 1990 Umi yo for female choir and piano
• 1992 Kisetu no nakade for mixed choir and piano
• 1992 Wagahai wa neko de aru for children's choir and piano
• 1993 Tebako for children's choir and piano
• 1994 Toi tomo for mixed choir and piano
• 1995 Kaze for female choir and piano
• 1998 3 Chorus from " Misuzu Kaneko " for children's choir and piano
• 1999 2 Chorus from "Misuzu Kaneko" for children's choir and piano

Works for traditional Japanese instruments

• 1989 Hekitan No. 1 for Shinobue , 17-string koto
• 1986 Hekitan No. 2 for solo shamisen
• 1988 Hekitan No. 3 for shakuhachi , 2 kotos, 17-string koto
• 1990 Hekitan No. 4 for Shakuhachi, Shamisen, Koto
• 1993 Kareno for solo koto
• 1993 Hekitan No. 5 for Shamisen, Biwa
• 1994 Hekitan No. 6 for solo kokyu
• 1996 Hekitan No. 7 for solo koto
• 1996 1 Movement for shichiku for Shakuhachi, Shamisen, Biwa, 2 Kotos, 17-string Koto
• 1997 Hekitan No. 8 for solo shinobue
• 1997 5 love songs for vocals, Shinobue, Shamisen, Koto
• 1998 3 songs without words for Shinobue, Shakuhachi, Shamisen, 2 kotos, 17-string koto , percussion
• 1999 Hekitan No. 9 for Shakuhachi, Shamisen