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Japanese composer
Makoto Moroi
Born (1930-12-17 ) 17 December 1930Died 2 September 2013(2013-09-02) (aged 82) Other names 諸井 誠 Occupation composer Relatives father:
Saburo Moroi (composer)
Makoto Moroi (諸井 誠 , Moroi Makoto ) (17 December 1930 – 2 September 2013) was a Japanese
composer .
Biography
Makoto Moroi was born in
Tokyō , and is the son of
Saburō Moroi . He studied composition with
Tomojirō Ikenouchi at the
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music , graduating in 1952. He also studied
Gregorian chant privately with
Paul Anouilh , and
Renaissance and
Baroque music with
Eta Harich-Schneider . He was one of the leading composers who introduced Japanese audiences to new musical styles and devices, including
twelve-tone technique ,
serialism , and
aleatory music .
[1] He was one of the first Japanese composers to embrace
electronic music , and also introduced traditional Japanese instruments like the
shakuhachi into his compositions. He died, aged 82, on 2 September 2013.
[2]
List of works
Opera
1959 – The Stars of Pythagoras
1960 – Red Cocoon
1961 – Die lange, lange Strasse lange
1962 – Yamauba
1965 – Phaeton the charioteer
Choral
1959 – Chamber Cantata No. 1
1959 – Chamber Cantata No. 2
1970 – Izumo, my home
1972 – A romance of playing cards
Orchestral
1953 – Composition No. 1
1958 – Composition No. 2
1958 – Composition No. 3
1960 – Composition No. 4
1961 – Ode to Schoenberg
1966 – The Vision of Cain, symphonic sketch
1968 – Symphony
Concertante
1963 – Suite concertante for violin and orchestra
1964 – Toccata, Sarabande and Tarantella for piano and double string orchestra
1966 – Piano Concerto No. 1
1968 – Three Movements for shakuhachi, strings and percussion
1971 – Piano Concerto No. 2
1973 – Kyoso Symphony, for folk instruments and orchestra
Chamber
1950 – Chamber Music No. 1
1950 – Chamber Music No. 2
1951 – Chamber Music No. 3
1954 – Chamber Music No. 4
1962 – Five Epigramms
1966 – Five conversations for two shakuhachi
1967 – Five metamorphic strata
1972 – Contradiction
1972 – Contradiction II
1976 – Hanafuda denki
Instrumental
1951 – Sonata da camera for piano
1952 – Partita for flute
1954 – Alpha and Beta, for piano
1964 – Five pieces for shakuhachi
1967 – Eight parables for piano
1970 – Les farces, for violin
1972 – Sinfonia for S.M., for sanjugen
1978 – Fantasie and Fugue for organ
Tape
1956 – Seven variations (collaboration with
Toshiro Mayuzumi )
1958 – Transfiguration
1962 – Variété
1968 – Small confession
Sources
Further reading
Ishii, Maki . 1983. "Japan's 'Music of Encounter': Historical Background and Present Role". The World of Music 25, No. 1 (Japan): 80–90.
Loubet, Emmanuelle. 1997. "The Beginnings of Electronic Music in Japan, with a Focus on the NHK Studio: The 1950s and 1960s", translated from the French by Curtis Roads, with assistance from Brigitte Robindoré. Computer Music Journal 21, No. 4 (Winter): 11–22.
Loubet, Emmanuelle. 1998. "The Beginnings of Electronic Music in Japan, with a Focus on the NHK Studio: The 1970s". Computer Music Journal 22, No. 1 (Spring): 49–55.
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