Shin Kusakawa (草川 信 (くさかわ しん)) (February 14, 1893,
Nagano, Nagano, Japan - September 20, 1948) was a
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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 ...
famous for his
doyo
are Japanese children's songs that are well-known across Japan.
Background
After Japan was opened to the West in 1867 and following the Meiji Restoration, music teachers were invited from abroad, and some of them adapted Japanese words to simp ...
, "夕やけこやけ (Yūyake koya ke)"/"Sunset Glow."
His eldest son, Hiroshi, was killed in
World War II. He was also a composer, and his works were discovered and performed in 2017.
["Music pieces by famous composer's son who died in battle to be performed at alma mater." '' The Mainichi'', July 23, 2017. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170722/p2a/00m/0na/022000c]
Partial Discography
* "Sunset"
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And His Orchestra - ''Cherry Blossom Time In Japan''.
Decca Records
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, 1957
* "Yuyake Koyake" (Evening Glow) on
Jean Pierre Rampal
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,
Ensemble Lunaire
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* ''Ensem ...
, ''Japanese Folk Melodies'' transcribed by
Akio Yashio.
CBS Records, 1978.
* Jojou Danshou Akira Kamiya~Seishun no Monologue CQ-7030 (September 1979)
* 夕やけこやけ (Yūyake koya ke) "Sunset" Columbia String Orchestra,
Yasuo Minami ''Japanese Favourite Melodies''.
Denon
is a Japanese electronics company started in 1910 by Frederick Whitney Horn, an American entrepreneur. Denon produced the first cylinder audio media in Japan and players to play them. Decades later, Denon was involved in the early stages of de ...
35C32-7277, 1984
* Omoide no Douyou Meikyokushuu Mikan no Hanasaku Oka / Masako Kawada 30CC-2190 (March 21, 1988)
* Project A-ko Original Song Book D30G-0080 (October 21, 1988)
* Project A-ko Original Song Book X25X-1009 (October 21, 1988)
* Oriental Green / Eri Kawai DDCZ-1625 (August 26, 2009)
* Shimamura-san and bermei.inazawa: Bokura no Ongaku - Lonesome Life CPNL-0016/OEMM-0202 (December 31, 2019)
* Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE Opening Theme: ASTER LORE KSLA-0168 (April 30, 2020)
References
External links
*https://vgmdb.net/artist/33556
*https://www.discogs.com/artist/1637665-Shin-Kusakawa
1893 births
1948 deaths
20th-century Japanese composers
People from Nagano (city)
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