Rentarō Taki
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Taki was born in Tokyo, but moved to many places during his childhood owing to his father's job. He went to Tokyo Music School (now known as Tokyo University of the Arts) and was taught by Nobu Koda, graduating in 1901.[2] One of his famous pieces is "Kōjō no Tsuki" (Moon Over the Ruined Castle), which was included in the songbook for junior high school students, along with the "Hakone-Hachiri" (箱根八里). "Hana" (花, "Flower") is also a well-known song.[1][3]
In the same year, Taki went to the Leipzig Conservatory in Germany for further studies, but fell seriously ill with pulmonary tuberculosis and therefore returned to Japan. He lived quietly in the country afterwards, but soon died at the age of 23. His posthumous work is a solo piano piece called "Urami" (憾, "Regret"), which he wrote four months before he died.
Recordings
- "Kōjō no Tsuki" performed by Jean-Pierre Rampal and Ensemble Lunaire, Japanese Folk Melodies. transcribed by Akio Yashiro, CBS Records, 1978.
- "Kōjō no Tsuki" performed by New Kyoto Ensemble, Distant Winds: The Music of Japan. Intersound, 1992. (no composers are credited on this album)
References
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- Template:Trim Template:Replace on YouTubeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Kojo no Tsuki
- Template:Trim Template:Replace on YouTubeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Kojo no Tsuki
- Template:Trim Template:Replace on YouTubeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Urami (regret)
- Free scores by Rentarō Taki at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Free scores by Rentarō Taki in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
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- 1879 births
- 1903 deaths
- 19th-century classical composers
- 19th-century classical pianists
- 19th-century Japanese composers
- 19th-century Japanese male musicians
- 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- 20th-century Japanese classical composers
- 20th-century Japanese classical pianists
- 20th-century Japanese male musicians
- Composers from Tokyo
- Japanese male classical composers
- Japanese male classical pianists
- Japanese Romantic composers
- People of the Meiji era
- Tokyo Music School alumni
- Tuberculosis deaths in Japan