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Akatombo
(also transliterated as ''Akatombo'', ''Aka Tombo'', ''Aka Tonbo'', or ''Aka Tomba'') is a famous doyo, Japanese children's song (''dōyō'') composed by Kōsaku Yamada in 1927, with lyrics from a 1921 poem by Rofū Miki. It is a nostalgic depiction of a Sympetrum frequens, Japanese red dragonfly seen at sunset by an infant being carried on an older sister's shoulder. Text The poem is written in the voice of someone recalling his infancy and being carried on the back of his sister (or nursemaid; the Japanese lyrics are ambiguous). The speaker now longs for this mother figure, who married at the age of 15, moved far away, and no longer sends news back to the speaker's village. Symbolist poet Rofū Miki (1889–1964), who wrote the poem in 1921, had a similar background. His mother had been married at the age of 15. His parents divorced when Miki was five years old, and his mother moved away, never to return. He was thereafter raised by his paternal grandfather. When he was 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rofū Miki
(23 June 1889 – 29 December 1964), better known by his pen name , was a Japanese poet, children's book author and essayist. He is considered a significant representative of Japanese symbolism. Life file:Rofu Miki House01n4592.jpg, alt=Rofū Miki's childhood home in Tatsuno, Rofū Miki's childhood home in Tatsuno Miki was born in Tatsuno in Hyōgo Prefecture in 1889, the oldest son of Setsujirō Miki and Kata Midorikawa (1869–1962). Midorikawa married at 15, and was a nurse and a significant figure in the Feminism in Japan, women's movement of the Meiji period. He had one brother, Tsutomu. After the divorce of his parents in 1895 when he was 5 years old, Miki grew up with his grandfather, who was the first mayor of Tatsuno. He attended elementary and middle school in Tatsuno and wrote poems, haiku and tankas as a student. At the age of 17, he published his first collection of poems, and at 20 his poetry collection ''Haien'', which received attention at the time for its free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sympetrum Frequens
The Autumn darter is a species of dragonfly endemic to Japan. It lives near grasslands and can grow up to 40 mm in length.''ふしぎがわかる しぜん図鑑 こんちゅう'', page 36. Froebel-Kan CO., LTD., 1999 After emerging, these dragonflies migrate to high mountains where they feed until descending to breeding pools (often temporary or artificial, including rice fields) at lower levels. See also *Akatombo (also transliterated as ''Akatombo'', ''Aka Tombo'', ''Aka Tonbo'', or ''Aka Tomba'') is a famous doyo, Japanese children's song (''dōyō'') composed by Kōsaku Yamada in 1927, with lyrics from a 1921 poem by Rofū Miki. It is a nostalgic depi ...—beloved Japanese song about this dragonfly References * Libellulidae Insects described in 1883 {{dragonfly-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihon No Uta Hyakusen
is a selection of songs and nursery rhymes widely beloved in Japan, sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the Parents-Teachers Association of Japan. A poll was held in 2006 choosing the songs from a list of 895. The results were announced in 2007. Although it is called a compilation of 100 songs, the list actually includes 101 songs. The idea for the compilation came from famed psychologist and agency chief Hayao Kawai, with an aim to prevent juvenile delinquency and to combat the "weakening" of Japan's shared cultural heritage. The agency released a CD and a songbook with printed melodies for all 101 songs to be used in public schools. The ''Asahi Shimbun'' used this list to compile a list of 15 most endangered children's songs.Asahi Shimbun. 「歌い継いでいきたい童謡・唱歌ランキング」 March 20, 2010. The composer and lyricist for several songs published by the Japanese Ministry of Education in the early 1900s are unknown. The songs are numbered by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuno, Hyōgo
is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 74,414 in 31119 households and a population density of 6200 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The city's name is spelled "たつの," using hiragana, but the name of Tatsuno Station uses the kanji characters "竜野," while the historic name for the place uses the characters "龍野." According to the ''Harima no Kuni Fudoki'', the origin of the name "Tatsuno" was that upon the death of Nomi no Sukune in Ibo District (now in the city of Tatsuno), many came from Izumo and used rock from the Ibo River to make a grave, standing stones in a row on the plain. Thus, it was called "立野," with characters meaning "stand" and "plain," from which it is thought to have changed to "龍野". Nomi no Sukune Shrine is located at the place said to be his grave. Geography Tatsuno is located in southwestern Hyōgo Prefecture extending largely south to north. The city's northern region is mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōsaku Yamada
was a Japanese composer and conductor. Name In many Western reference books, his name is given as Kôsçak Yamada. During his music study in Berlin from 1910 to 1913, he became annoyed when people laughed at him because the normal transliteration of his first name 'Kōsaku' sounded like the Italian ''cosa'' ('what?' or 'thing') plus the German '' Kuh'' ('cow'); therefore he chose the transliteration 'Kôsçak Yamada'. Biography Born in Tokyo, Yamada started his music education at Tokyo Music School in 1904, studying there under German composers and Heinrich Werkmeister. In 1910, he left Japan for Germany where he enrolled at the Prussian Academy of Arts and learnt composition under Max Bruch and Karl Leopold Wolf and piano under Carl August Heymann-Rheineck, before returning to Japan in late 1913. He travelled to the United States in 1918 for two years. During his stay in Manhattan, New York City, he conducted a temporarily-organized orchestra composed of members of New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Akiko Meyers
Anne Akiko Meyers (born May 15, 1970) is an American concert violinist. Meyers was the top-selling classical instrumentalist of 2014 on Billboard's traditional classical charts. Early life and education The daughter of an artist and a college president, Meyers was born in California. Her mother is of Japanese descent, and her father American. She was raised in Southern California, studied with Shirley Helmick, and then with Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld at the preparatory division of the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles. In 1980, the Thornton School of Music and its preparatory division ended their relationship, and the preparatory division moved locations and was renamed the Colburn School. She then studied with Josef Gingold at Indiana University, and with Dorothy DeLay, Felix Galimir, and Masao Kawasaki at the Juilliard School in New York City. She graduated from Juilliard at age 20 and began touring internationally and recordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeaki Saegusa
Shigeaki Saegusa (, formerly ; ''Saegusa Shigeaki''; born July 8, 1942) is a Japanese composer. Career Saegusa is best known for his opera version '' Chushingura'' of the well-known kabuki epic of the Forty-seven Ronin/Chūshingura with a libretto by the novelist Shimada Masahiko. Written over a period of 10 years, the opera was most recently performed at the New National Theatre, Tokyo in 2002. His newest opera, ''Jr. Butterfly'' is a sequel to Giacomo Puccini's ''Madama Butterfly''. He has also written the background music for anime, the foremost of which being ''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam''. Other anime he has written for are '' Astro Boy (1980)'', ''Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'', '' Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack'', '' Catnapped! The Movie'', and '' Mother: Saigo no Shoujo Eve''. Works Opera *1997 ''Chushingura'' *2004 ''Jr. Butterfly'' Oratorio *1989 ''Yamato Takeru'' Orchestral works *1971 ''Piano Concerto'' *1983 ''The Symphony'' *1985 Symfonic Suite ''Z Gundam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruna Miyake
is a Japanese pianist and composer, who also uses the name Haruna Shibata. She was born in Tokyo and studied music there, making her debut as a pianist at age 14 playing Mozart with the Tokyo Symphony orchestra. She continued her studies at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, and afterward worked as a pianist and composer, touring in the United States. She often collaborates with pianist and composer Yuji Takahashi Yuji or Yu Ji may refer to: * Yuji Naka, is a Japanese video game programmer, designer and producer * Yu Ji (painter), a Qing dynasty painter and calligrapher * Yūji, a common masculine Japanese given name * Consort Yu (Xiang Yu's wife) (虞姬; .... Her composition ''Poem for String Orchestra'' received the Edward Benjamin Award. Works Miyake combines Japanese and Western idiom, and often uses traditional Japanese instruments in her compositions. Selected works include: *''Why Not, My Baby?'' for soprano, piano and trumpet *''Shiyoku'' *''Piano Concert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawai Musical Instruments
is a musical instrument manufacturing company headquartered in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. It is best known for its grand pianos, upright pianos, digital pianos, electronic keyboards and electronic synthesizers. The company was founded in August 1927. History Koichi Kawai, the company founder, was born in Hamamatsu, Japan in 1886. His neighbor, Torakusu Yamaha, a watchmaker and reed organ builder, took him in as an apprentice. Kawai became a member of the research and development team that introduced pianos to Japan. Yamaha died in 1916, and in the 1920s the piano industry faltered in Japan. New management took over control of Yamaha's company, Nippon Gakki Co. (later renamed the Yamaha Corporation), and began to diversify its production line. This led Kawai to leave Nippon Gakki in 1927 and found the Kawai Musical Instrument Research Laboratory. After Koichi Kawai's death in 1955, his son, Shigeru Kawai became company president at 33 and expanded production facilities. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LP Record
The LP (from "long playing" or "long play") is an analog sound storage medium, a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and a vinyl (a copolymer of vinyl chloride acetate) composition disk. Introduced by Columbia in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry. Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound, it remained the standard format for record albums (during a period in popular music known as the album era) until its gradual replacement from the 1980s to the early 2000s, first by cassettes, then by compact discs, and finally by digital music distribution. Beginning in the late 2000s, the LP has experienced a resurgence in popularity. Format advantages At the time the LP was introduced, nearly all phonograph records for home use were made of an abrasive shellac compound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transcription (music)
In music, transcription is the practice of Musical notation, notating a piece or a sound which was previously unnotated and/or unpopular as a written music, for example, a jazz improvisation or a video game soundtrack. When a musician is tasked with creating sheet music from a recording and they write down the notes that make up the piece in music notation, it is said that they created a ''musical transcription'' of that recording. Transcription may also mean rewriting a piece of music, either solo or Musical ensemble, ensemble, for another instrument or other instruments than which it was originally intended. The Beethoven Symphonies (Liszt), Beethoven Symphonies transcribed for solo piano by Franz Liszt are an example. Transcription in this sense is sometimes called ''arrangement'', although strictly speaking transcriptions are faithful adaptations, whereas arrangements change significant aspects of the original piece. Further examples of music transcription include Ethnomusico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akio Yashiro
was a Japanese composer. Biography He was born in Tokyo. Yashiro entered the Tokyo Music School (presently the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music) in 1945, where he studied composition under Saburo Moroi, Kunihiko Hashimoto, Tomojirō Ikenouchi, and Akira Ifukube, and piano under Noboru Toyomasu, Leonid Kreutzer, and Kiyo Kawakami. Upon finishing graduate courses in 1951, he went to Europe with Toshiro Mayuzumi and Sadao Bekku to study with a French governmental fellowship at Paris Conservatory. There he learned composition and orchestration from Olivier Messiaen, Tony Oban, and Nadia Boulanger. He returned home in 1956. He received several prizes for his compositions, including the Eighth Mainichi Music Prize in 1957 for String Quartet, which he had written while studying abroad, and Sixteenth Otaka Prize and the Twenty-first National Art Festival Award in 1968 for his Piano Concerto (1964–1967) which was commissioned by NHK. In 1968, Yashiro was inaugurated as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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