was a Japanese composer, music educator, conductor and clarinetist.

Biography

Setoguchi was born on 28 June 1868, in

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, Japan, in what is now the city of Tarumizu. In 1882, Setoguchi enlisted as a clarinetist in the military band of the Imperial Japanese Navy in Yokosuka. Later, he became an orchestra conductor. During a concert tour in 1907 through 16

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an countries, he enjoyed great success, and became known as the ''Japanese Sousa''. In 1910 he accompanied Prince Yoshihito on his journey to

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for the coronation celebrations of King

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of the United Kingdom. He retired in 1917. After his active service he was a professor of music at various universities and music conservatories. He died in

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, (near Tokyo) on 8 November 1941 of a

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. As a composer he wrote a number of songs and military marches. In addition, he reformed Japanese military music between

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and

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Compositions

Works for wind orchestra (military band)

* 1897: ''Warship March'' (also: "Gunkan March"), based on the song “Warship (Gunkan)" - text: Hiraku Toriyama. Official march of the

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and of its successor, the present-day

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. * 1914: ''Nipponkai Kaisen'' * 1941: ''Mamore Taiheiyo'' * ''Battle of the Yellow Sea'' - text: Takeki Owada * ''Flag of the Naval Ensign'' - text: Takeki Owada * ''Gakushuin 50th Anniversary Song'' * ''Harbor'' * ''Hiroshi Kusunoki (Our Exile)'' * ''Night Battle of the Tsushima Sea'' - text: Takeki Owada * ''Obstruction Corps'' - text: Takeki Owada * ''Qingdao Occupation Songs'' * ''Sixth Submarine Lost'' - text: Takeki Owada * ''Song of the Shikishima Warship (also: Warship -Shikishima- March)'' - text: Masaomi Ban * ''South Manchuria Song'' * ''Spring Dance'' * ''The Athletics Grand March'' * ''The Battle Of Tsushima Sea March'' - text: Takeki Owada * ''The Man of War March'' * 1937: '' The Patriotic March (Aikoku Koshinkyoku)'' - (together with: Ushimatsu Saito) - text:

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* ''The War of Mongolian Invasion'' * ''Tokyo Tokyo ode march'' * ''Watch Out'', march * ''Women's Patriotic Song'' * ''Working Vessels'' - text: Takeki Owada and Nobutsuna Sasaki

Bibliography

* Hitoshi Matsushita: ''A checklist of published instrumental music by Japanese composers'', Tokyo: Academia Music Ltd., 1989, 181 p., * Masazirou Tanimura: "Warship, the 100-year march wake", Omura Bookstore, 2000, * Paul E. Bierley, William H. Rehrig: ''The heritage encyclopedia of band music: composers and their music'', Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991,

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