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Nagayo Motoori

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Motoori Nagayo
Born(1885-04-04)4 April 1885
Tokyo, Japan
Died14 October 1945(1945-10-14) (aged 60)
Other names本居 長世
Occupationcomposer

Nagayo Motoori (sometimes spelled Motohori) (本居 長世; 4 April 1885 – 14 October 1945) was a Japanese composer.[1][2][3]

Biography

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  1. ^ Phaedrus - Volumes 10-11 - Page 109 1985 The poem by Ujyo Noguchi, one of the leading children's poets of his time was set to music by the composer, Nagayo Moto'ori (1885-1945)
  2. ^ Haruhiko Kinda'ichi Nagayo Motoori a critical biography of the composer
  3. ^ 20-seiki no Ajia no sakkyokukatachi - Page 225 Nihon Sakkyokuka Kyōgikai - 2002 "Komatsu, Kiyomi Fujii (1889-1944), and Shinpei Nakayama (1887-1952) based their songs on traditional folk songs, while Yamada, Nagayo Motoori (1885-1945), and Ryutaro Hirota (1892-1952) tried to use idioms of traditional Japanese ..."