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Toshiro Mayuzumi

October 15, 2023

Toshiro Mayuzumi (黛 敏郎 Mayuzumi Toshirō Japanese pronunciation: [majɯꜜzɯmi toɕiɾoː]; 20 February 1929 – 10 April 1997) was a Japanese composer known for his implementation of avant-garde instrumentation alongside traditional Japanese musical techniques. His works drew inspiration from a variety of sources ranging from jazz to Balinese music, and he was considered a pioneer in the realm of musique concrète and electronic music,[1][2] being the first artist in his country to explore these techniques.[3] In the span of his career, his works included symphonies, ballets, operas, and film scores,[4] and was the recipient of an Otaka prize by the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the Purple Medal of Merit.[5]

Toshiro Mayuzumi
黛 敏郎
Born(1929-02-20)20 February 1929
Yokohama, Japan
Died10 April 1997(1997-04-10) (aged 68)
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
OccupationComposer
Spouse
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(m. 1953⁠–⁠1997)​
Children1
RelativesYoshie Taira (daughter-in-law)

Biography Edit

Born in Yokohama, Mayuzumi was a student of Tomojirō Ikenouchi and Akira Ifukube at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music immediately following the Second World War, graduating in 1951. He then went to Europe where he attended the Paris Conservatoire national supérieur de musique, studying with Aubin and becoming familiar with the new developments of Olivier Messiaen and Pierre Boulez, as well as with the techniques of musique concrète[6]

He was initially enthusiastic about avant-garde Western music, especially that of Varèse, but beginning in 1957 he turned to pan-Asianism.[7]

A prolific composer for the cinema, he composed more than a hundred film scores between Wagaya wa tanoshii (My House Is Fun) in 1951 and Jo no mai in 1984. The best-known film with a score by Mayuzumi is The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.

Mayuzumi was received a special award from the Suntory Music Award in July 1997.[8]

He died in Kawasaki, Kanagawa in 1997.

Politics Edit

Mayuzumi served as the chairman of the Nihon wo mamoru Kokumin Kaigi (Japanese: 日本を守る国民会議, lit. 'National Conference to Defend [or Protect] Japan'), an ultraconservative organization that supported constitutional revision. He was pivotal in its merger with the Nihon wo mamoru Kai (Japanese: 日本を守る会, lit. 'Society for the Protection of Japan') to form the Nippon Kaigi, and was slated to become the organization's first leader, but passed away shortly before it was inaugurated.[9]

When foreign minister and deputy prime minister Tsutomu Hata stated that "[Japan] must tell [its] children what their forefathers did in Asia before and during the war", Mayuzumi stated in response "It's deplorable that the prime minister of Japan would talk so carelessly. In the past, people have been more indirect about the war".[10]

Works Edit

Operas Edit

  • Kinkakuji (Der Tempelbrand; The Golden Pavilion) (1976, Berlin)
  • Kojiki (Days of the Gods) (1996, Linz)

Ballet Edit

  • Bugaku (1962)
  • Olympics (1965)
  • The Kabuki (1986)
  • M (1996)

Orchestral works Edit

  • Rumba Rhapsody (1948)
  • Symphonic Mood (1950)
  • Bacchanale (1954)
  • Ektoplasm (1954)
  • Tonepleromas 55 (1955)
  • phonology Symphonique (1957)
  • Nirvana Symphony for male chorus and orchestra (1958)
  • Mandala Symphony (1960)
  • Echigojishi (1960)
  • Music with Sculpture (1961)
  • Textures for wind orchestra (1962)
  • Samsara (1962)
  • Essay in Sonorities (Mozartiana) (1963)
  • Essay for string orchestra (1963)
  • Fireworks (1963)
  • Ongaku no tanjō [Birth of Music] (1964)
  • Concerto for percussion and wind orchestra (1965)
  • Concertino for xylophone and orchestra (1965)
  • Shu [Incantation] (1967)
  • Tateyama (1974)
  • ARIA in G for Solo Violin and Orchestra (1978)
  • Capriccio for Solo Violin and String Orchestra (1988)
  • Mukyūdō [Perpetual Motion] (1989)

Ensemble/Instrumental works Edit

  • Sonata, for violin and piano (1946)
  • Twelve Preludes, for piano (1946)
  • Hors d'œuvre, for piano (1947)
  • Divertimento, for 10 instruments (1948)
  • String Quartet (1952)
  • Sextet, for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, trumpet, and piano (1955)
  • Pieces, for prepared piano and string quartet (1957)
  • Mikrokosmos, for clavioline, guitar, musical saw, vibraphone, xylophone, percussion, and piano (1957)
  • Bunraku, for violoncello solo (1960)
  • Prelude, for string quartet](1961)
  • Metamusic, for saxophone, violin, and piano (1961)
  • Shōwa Ten-pyō Raku, for gagaku ensemble (1970)
  • Rokudan, for harp (1989)

Electronic music Edit

  • X, Y, Z for musique concrète (1953)
  • Boxing for Radio Drama (1954)
  • Music for Sine Wave by Proportion of Prime Number (1955)
  • Music for Modulated Wave by Proportion of Prime Number (1955)
  • Invention for Square Wave and Saw-tooth Wave (1955)
  • Variations on Numerical Principle of 7 (1956; with Makoto Moroi)
  • Aoi no ue (1957)
  • Campanology for multi-piano (1959)
  • Olympic Campanology (1964)
  • Mandala for solo voice and electronic sounds (1969)

Film scores Edit


See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ Editors of the Encyclopædia Britannica n.d.
  2. ^ Kozinn 1997.
  3. ^ Layne.
  4. ^ Kennedy and Kennedy 2007.
  5. ^ Kirkup 1997.
  6. ^ Kanazawa 2001.
  7. ^ Herd 1989, 133.
  8. ^ "過去の受賞者 サントリー音楽賞" [Past winners - Suntory Music Award]. サントリー (in Japanese). Suntory. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  9. ^ Katayama, Morihide (17 December 2018). "「日本会議」誕生の知られざるキーパーソン・黛敏郎" [The unknown key figure in the birth of the "Nippon Kaigi": Toshiro Mayuzumi]. Gentosha plus. Gentosha. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  10. ^ Reid, T. R. (16 August 1993). "OPENLY APOLOGETIC, JAPAN RECALLS WAR'S END". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

Sources

  • Editors of the Encyclopædia Britannica (n.d.). "Toshiro Mayuzumi, Japanese composer". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  • Herd, Judith Ann. 1989. "The Neonationalist Movement: Origins of Japanese Contemporary Music". Perspectives of New Music 27, no. 2 (Summer): 118–163.
  • Kanazawa, Masakata. 2001. "Mayuzumi, Toshirō". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan.
  • Kennedy, Michael, and Joyce Bourne Kennedy. 2007. "Mayuzumi, Toshiro". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, fifth edition, edited by Michael Kennedy and Joyce Bourne Kennedy. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-920383-3.
  • Kirkup, James. 1997. "Obituary: Toshiro Mayuzumi". The Independent (20 May) (accessed 29 March 2018).
  • Kozinn, Allan (11 April 1997). "Toshiro Mayuzumi, 68, Eclectic Composer". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  • Layne, Joslyn. Toshiro Mayuzumi at AllMusic

Further reading Edit

  • Heifetz, Robin J. 1984. "East-West Synthesis in Japanese Composition: 1950-1970". The Journal of Musicology 3, no. 4 (Autumn): 443–455.
  • Loubet, Emmanuelle, Curtis Roads, and Brigitte Robindoré. 1997. "The Beginnings of Electronic Music in Japan, with a Focus on the NHK Studio: The 1950s and 1960s". Computer Music Journal 21, no. 4 (Winter): 11–22.

External links Edit

  • by Peter Burt
  • Music of Toshiro Mayuzumi 22 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  • Toshiro Mayuzumi at IMDb

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Toshiro Mayuzumi news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Toshiro Mayuzumi 黛 敏郎 Mayuzumi Toshirō Japanese pronunciation majɯꜜzɯmi toɕiɾoː 20 February 1929 10 April 1997 was a Japanese composer known for his implementation of avant garde instrumentation alongside traditional Japanese musical techniques His works drew inspiration from a variety of sources ranging from jazz to Balinese music and he was considered a pioneer in the realm of musique concrete and electronic music 1 2 being the first artist in his country to explore these techniques 3 In the span of his career his works included symphonies ballets operas and film scores 4 and was the recipient of an Otaka prize by the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the Purple Medal of Merit 5 Toshiro Mayuzumi黛 敏郎Born 1929 02 20 20 February 1929Yokohama JapanDied10 April 1997 1997 04 10 aged 68 Kawasaki KanagawaOccupationComposerSpouseYōko Katsuragi m 1953 1997 wbr Children1RelativesYoshie Taira daughter in law Contents 1 Biography 2 Politics 3 Works 3 1 Operas 3 2 Ballet 3 3 Orchestral works 3 4 Ensemble Instrumental works 3 5 Electronic music 3 6 Film scores 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksBiography EditBorn in Yokohama Mayuzumi was a student of Tomojirō Ikenouchi and Akira Ifukube at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music immediately following the Second World War graduating in 1951 He then went to Europe where he attended the Paris Conservatoire national superieur de musique studying with Aubin and becoming familiar with the new developments of Olivier Messiaen and Pierre Boulez as well as with the techniques of musique concrete 6 He was initially enthusiastic about avant garde Western music especially that of Varese but beginning in 1957 he turned to pan Asianism 7 A prolific composer for the cinema he composed more than a hundred film scores between Wagaya wa tanoshii My House Is Fun in 1951 and Jo no mai in 1984 The best known film with a score by Mayuzumi is The Bible In the Beginning 1966 for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Mayuzumi was received a special award from the Suntory Music Award in July 1997 8 He died in Kawasaki Kanagawa in 1997 Politics EditMayuzumi served as the chairman of the Nihon wo mamoru Kokumin Kaigi Japanese 日本を守る国民会議 lit National Conference to Defend or Protect Japan an ultraconservative organization that supported constitutional revision He was pivotal in its merger with the Nihon wo mamoru Kai Japanese 日本を守る会 lit Society for the Protection of Japan to form the Nippon Kaigi and was slated to become the organization s first leader but passed away shortly before it was inaugurated 9 When foreign minister and deputy prime minister Tsutomu Hata stated that Japan must tell its children what their forefathers did in Asia before and during the war Mayuzumi stated in response It s deplorable that the prime minister of Japan would talk so carelessly In the past people have been more indirect about the war 10 Works EditOperas Edit Kinkakuji Der Tempelbrand The Golden Pavilion 1976 Berlin Kojiki Days of the Gods 1996 Linz Ballet Edit Bugaku 1962 Olympics 1965 The Kabuki 1986 M 1996 Orchestral works Edit Rumba Rhapsody 1948 Symphonic Mood 1950 Bacchanale 1954 Ektoplasm 1954 Tonepleromas 55 1955 phonology Symphonique 1957 Nirvana Symphony for male chorus and orchestra 1958 Mandala Symphony 1960 Echigojishi 1960 Music with Sculpture 1961 Textures for wind orchestra 1962 Samsara 1962 Essay in Sonorities Mozartiana 1963 Essay for string orchestra 1963 Fireworks 1963 Ongaku no tanjō Birth of Music 1964 Concerto for percussion and wind orchestra 1965 Concertino for xylophone and orchestra 1965 Shu Incantation 1967 Tateyama 1974 ARIA in G for Solo Violin and Orchestra 1978 Capriccio for Solo Violin and String Orchestra 1988 Mukyudō Perpetual Motion 1989 Ensemble Instrumental works Edit Sonata for violin and piano 1946 Twelve Preludes for piano 1946 Hors d œuvre for piano 1947 Divertimento for 10 instruments 1948 String Quartet 1952 Sextet for flute clarinet bass clarinet horn trumpet and piano 1955 Pieces for prepared piano and string quartet 1957 Mikrokosmos for clavioline guitar musical saw vibraphone xylophone percussion and piano 1957 Bunraku for violoncello solo 1960 Prelude for string quartet 1961 Metamusic for saxophone violin and piano 1961 Shōwa Ten pyō Raku for gagaku ensemble 1970 Rokudan for harp 1989 Electronic music Edit X Y Z for musique concrete 1953 Boxing for Radio Drama 1954 Music for Sine Wave by Proportion of Prime Number 1955 Music for Modulated Wave by Proportion of Prime Number 1955 Invention for Square Wave and Saw tooth Wave 1955 Variations on Numerical Principle of 7 1956 with Makoto Moroi Aoi no ue 1957 Campanology for multi piano 1959 Olympic Campanology 1964 Mandala for solo voice and electronic sounds 1969 Film scores Edit Waga ya wa Tanoshi 1951 The Woman in the Rumor 噂の女 Uwasa no onna 1954 Street of Shame 1956 The Balloon 1956 Enjō 1958 Stolen Desire 1958 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960 The Warped Ones 1960 Black Sun 1964 Tokyo Olympiad 1965 The Pornographers 1966 The Bible In the Beginning 1966 Reflections in a Golden Eye 1967 Thirst for Love 1967 Profound Desires of the Gods 1968 Jo no Mai 1984 See also EditList of members of Nippon KaigiReferences Edit Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica n d Kozinn 1997 Layne Kennedy and Kennedy 2007 Kirkup 1997 Kanazawa 2001 Herd 1989 133 過去の受賞者 サントリー音楽賞 Past winners Suntory Music Award サントリー in Japanese Suntory Retrieved 23 August 2023 Katayama Morihide 17 December 2018 日本会議 誕生の知られざるキーパーソン 黛敏郎 The unknown key figure in the birth of the Nippon Kaigi Toshiro Mayuzumi Gentosha plus Gentosha Retrieved 23 August 2023 Reid T R 16 August 1993 OPENLY APOLOGETIC JAPAN RECALLS WAR S END Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved 30 September 2023 Sources Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica n d Toshiro Mayuzumi Japanese composer Encyclopaedia Britannica Retrieved 29 March 2018 Herd Judith Ann 1989 The Neonationalist Movement Origins of Japanese Contemporary Music Perspectives of New Music 27 no 2 Summer 118 163 Kanazawa Masakata 2001 Mayuzumi Toshirō The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians second edition edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell London Macmillan Kennedy Michael and Joyce Bourne Kennedy 2007 Mayuzumi Toshiro The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music fifth edition edited by Michael Kennedy and Joyce Bourne Kennedy Oxford and New York Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 920383 3 Kirkup James 1997 Obituary Toshiro Mayuzumi The Independent 20 May accessed 29 March 2018 Kozinn Allan 11 April 1997 Toshiro Mayuzumi 68 Eclectic Composer The New York Times Retrieved 29 March 2018 Layne Joslyn Toshiro Mayuzumi at AllMusicFurther reading EditHeifetz Robin J 1984 East West Synthesis in Japanese Composition 1950 1970 The Journal of Musicology 3 no 4 Autumn 443 455 Loubet Emmanuelle Curtis Roads and Brigitte Robindore 1997 The Beginnings of Electronic Music in Japan with a Focus on the NHK Studio The 1950s and 1960s Computer Music Journal 21 no 4 Winter 11 22 External links Edit Overtones of Progress Undertones of Reaction Toshiro Mayuzumi and the Nirvana Symphony by Peter Burt Music of Toshiro Mayuzumi Archived 22 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine in Japanese Toshiro Mayuzumi at IMDb Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Classical music Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Toshiro Mayuzumi amp oldid 1179087090, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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