was a Japanese

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and professor of music. He was the father of pianist, composer and musicologist Takejiro Hirai and cellist Jyoichiro Hirai.

Works, editions and recordings

*Idyl for clarinet 1941The Clarinet: Volume 12 International Clarinet Society, Idaho State University. Dept. of Music - 1984 "His recital featured two works by Japanese composers, one of which is considered the first for clarinet by a Japanese composer, Idyl by Kozaburo Hirai from 1941." *Song ''Nara-yama'' (平城山, Nara mountain), recorded by Jean-Pierre Rampal (

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

) and

Ensemble Lunaire Ensemble may refer to: Art * Architectural ensemble * ''Ensemble'' (album), Kendji Girac 2015 album * Ensemble (band), a project of Olivier Alary * Ensemble cast (drama, comedy) * Ensemble (musical theatre), also known as the chorus * ''Ensem ...

. ''Japanese Folk Melodies'' transcribed by

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, Tomoji ...

. CBS Records, 1978. *Song ''Yuri-kago'' (ゆりかご, the rocking cradle)

References

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