Nagayo Motoori (sometimes spelled Motohori) (本居長世 ; 4 April 1885 – 14 October 1945) was a Japanese composer.20-seiki no Ajia no sakkyokukatachi - Page 225 Nihon Sakkyokuka Kyōgikai - 2002 "Komatsu, Kiyomi Fujii (1889–1944), and Shinpei Nakayama (1887–1952) based their songs on traditional folk songs, while Yamada, Nagayo Motoori (1885–1945), and Ryutaro Hirota (1892–1952) tried to use idioms of traditional Japanese ..."

Biography

Selected works

*"Tanpopo", classical children's song to a poem by Shigeru Kuzuhara *"

Akai Kutsu is 1of 2 essays from a Japanese nursery rhyme written in 1922 by Japanese poet Ujō Noguchi, and composed by Nagayo Motoori. Lyrics There is evidence that in the original manuscript the line read "Every time I see red shoes, I remember he ...

", children's song with words by

Ujō Noguchi was a Japanese poet and lyricist of children's songs and traditional Min'yō folk music. He wrote some of the most beloved and familiar pieces for children and youth choirs, such as "Akai Kutsu (Red Shoes)". He, along with Hakushū Kitahara, and ...

*"Nannatsu no Ko" (Baby Crow), recorded by

Jean-Pierre Rampal Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal (7 January 1922 – 20 May 2000) was a French flautist. He has been personally "credited with returning to the flute the popularity as a solo classical instrument it had not held since the 18th century." Biography Ea ...

and Ensemble Lunaire in 1978

References

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