Nagayo Motoori
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Born | Tokyo, Japan | 4 April 1885
Died | 14 October 1945 | (aged 60)
Other names | 本居 長世 |
Occupation | composer |
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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Selected works
[edit]- "Tanpopo" (Dandelion, たんぽぽ), classical children's song to a poem by Shigeru Kuzuhara
- "Akai Kutsu", children's song with lyrics by Ujō Noguchi
- Aoi me no ningyō [ja] (Blue-eyed doll), children's song with lyrics by Ujō Noguchi
- Kisha Poppo [ja], children's song with lyrics also by Motoori
- Nanatsu no Ko, children's song with lyrics by Ujō Noguchi, recorded by Jean-Pierre Rampal and Ensemble Lunaire in 1978
References
[edit]- ^ 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)
- ^ Haruhiko Kinda'ichi Nagayo Motoori a critical biography of the composer
- ^ 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 ..."