was a Japanese composer of

contemporary classical music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included seria ...

. Matsudaira was descended, on his father's side of the family, from the

Matsudaira clan The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of th ...

, related to the

Tokugawa clan The is a Japanese dynasty that was formerly a powerful ''daimyō'' family. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) through the Matsudaira clan. The early history of this clan r ...

who ruled Japan as ''

shōgun , officially , was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, though during part of the Kamakur ...

'' during the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

(specifically from the branch of the family which was

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at the

Hitachi-Fuchū Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Hitachi Province (modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Fuchū Jin'ya in what is now the city of Ishioka, Ibaraki. It was also known as or H ...

), and on his mother's side of the family from the

Fujiwara clan was a powerful family of imperial regents in Japan, descending from the Nakatomi clan and, as legend held, through them their ancestral god Ame-no-Koyane. The Fujiwara prospered since the ancient times and dominated the imperial court until th ...

, who were court regents from the 7th to the 12th centuries. His style was influenced by ''

gagaku is a type of Japanese classical music that was historically used for imperial court music and dances. was developed as court music of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and its near-current form was established in the Heian period (794-1185) around t ...

'', the ancient court music of Japan. His music has been frequently performed in Europe. His eldest son, Yoriaki (Yori'Aki) Matsudaira () was also a composer.

Works

Opera

*''Genji-Monogatari The Tale of Genji'' (1990–93) *''

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-jujo he ten Chapters of Uji' (1998)

Orchestral

*''Pastorale'' (1935) *''Tema e variazioni sul tema di

Etenraku is a Japanese gagaku melody and dance. It is usually played with a hichiriki or ryūteki, and is accompanied by other traditional instruments such as the shō, koto and kakko. History The origin of Etenraku is not fully known. There are th ...

'' per pianoforte e orchestra (1951) *''Figures sonores'' (1956) *''U-mai'' (1957) *''Sa-mai'' (1958) *''Suite di danze'' nelle stile dell'antico "

Bugaku is a Japanese traditional dance that has been performed to select elites, mostly in the Japanese imperial court, for over twelve hundred years. In this way, it has been known only to the nobility, although after World War II, the dance was ope ...

" giapponese (1959) *''Sinfonietta'' (1961) *''Bugaku'' per orchestra da camera (1962) *''Tre movimenti'' per pianoforte e orchestra (1962) *''Danza rituale e finale'' (1963) *''Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra'' (1964) *''Concerto da camera'' per clavicembalo, arpa e strumenti (1964) *''Prelude'' (1965–66) *''Dialogo coreografico'' (1966) *''Mouvements circulatoires'' (1971) *''Portrait C'' per orchestra da camera (1977) *''Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra n. 2'' (1979–80) *''Concertino'' per pianoforte e orchestra (1988) *''Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra n. 3'' (2001)

Chamber/Instrumental

*''Souvenirs d'enfance'' pour piano (1928–30) *''Prélude en ré'' pour piano (1934) *''Sonatine'' pour flûte et piano (1940) *''Prélude en sol'' pour piano (1940) *''Sonatine'' pour flûte et clarinet (1940) *''Sonata per violoncello e pianoforte'' (1942) *''Six danses rustiques'' pour piano (1939–45) *''Sonatine'' pour piano (1948) *''Sonata per violino e pianoforte'' (1948) *''Pianoforte trio'' per pianoforte, violino e violoncello (1948) *''Sonata per pianoforte'' (1949) *''Quartetto d'archi n. 1'' (1949) *''Quartetto d'archi n. 2'' (1951) *''Somaksah'' per flauto solo (1961) *''Serenata'' per flauto e strumenti (1962) *''Portrait'' per due pianoforti (1968) *''Dodici pezzi facile'' per pianoforte (1968–69) *''Portrait B'' per due pianoforti e due percussionisti (1969) *''Pièces de piano pour les enfants par les chansons des enfants et populaires'' (1969) *''Pièces de piano pour les enfants par les chansons de enfants'' (1970) *''Etudes pour piano d'apres modes japonais'' (1970) *''Le beau Japon'' pour piano (1970) *''Somaksah'' per arpa o pianoforte (1970) *''Somaksah'' per oboe (1970) *''Somaksah'' per percussione (1970) *''Sonatine'' pour guitare (197?) *''6 Préludes'' pour piano en forme de thème et variations (1975) *''Concerto per gagaku'' (1975) *''6 diapason'' per pianoforte e arpa (1978) *''Rapsodia'' per 10 strumenti (1983) *''Tema e variazioni sul tema di Etenraku'' per pianoforte (1983)

Vocal

*''Chansons populaires de Nanbu I'' (1928–30) *''Chansons populaires de Nanbu II'' (1938) *''Metamorfosi'' per soprano e strumenti (1953) *''Koromogae'' per voce e strumenti (1954) *''Katsura'' pour chant avec flûte, clavecin, harpe, guitar et percussions (1959) *''Roei jisei'' per voce e strumenti (1966) *''3 Airs du Genji-Monogatari'' (1990) *''3 Airs du Genji-Monogatari No.2'' (1992) *''Ka-ryo-bin'' per soprano e orchestra (1996)

Ancestry

Notes

External links

Yoritsune Matsudaira biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matsudaira, Yoritsune 1907 births 2001 deaths 20th-century classical composers 20th-century Japanese composers 20th-century Japanese male musicians Japanese classical composers Japanese male classical composers Japanese opera composers Male opera composers Mitorenshi-Matsudaira clan