Ryōhei Hirose
July 17, 1930 in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan – November 24, 2008 in Kyoto; given name also spelled Ryouhei was a Japanese composer.
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Ryōhei Hirose
- Name
- Ryōhei Hirose
- Born
- 17 July 1930
- Birthplace
- Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
- Died
- 24 November 2008
- Place of death
- Kyoto, Japan
- Occupation
- composer
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July 17, 1930 in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan – November 24, 2008 in Kyoto; given name also spelled Ryouhei was a Japanese composer.
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• Name — Ryōhei Hirose • Born — 17 July 1930 • Birthplace — Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan • Died — 24 November 2008 • Place of death — Kyoto, Japan • Other Names — 廣瀬 量平 • Occupation — composer • Website — Ryouhei Hirose official website
Biography
Biography
He studied at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, with Tomojirō Ikenouchi and Akio Yashiro. He served as a professor in the music department of the Kyoto City University of Arts from 1977 to 1996, afterwards filling various administrative posts there. He has also served as lecturer at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg (1997), Essen Music University (2003), the Kunitachi College of Music (1977–79), and the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (1991–1998). He has composed for both Japanese and Western instruments, but is best known for his compositions for shakuhachi and recorder. He has also composed for viola da gamba. Hirose's recorder music has been widely recorded. See Recorded Recorders for a comprehensive discography. Hirose died on November 24, 2008.
Compositions
• Triste (cello concerto) (1971) • Festival Overture (orchestra) (1971) • Concerto for Shakuhachi and Orchestra (1976) • Blue Train (flute orchestra) (1979) • Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord (1964) • Hare for 3 shakuhachi (1969) • Aki 2 Shakuhachi (1969, arr. for Rec 1988) • Composition for Percussions, Viola and Violoncello (1970) • Potalaka Rec(A), Vc, Hp (1972) • Padma for oboe solo (1973) • Pāramitā for alto-flute solo with accompaniment of organ-point (1973) • Kakurin for shakuhachi solo (1973) • Karavinka Rec, Ob, Vn, Va, Vc, Perc (1973) • Mitsu no mai Rec, Guit (1974) • Mitsu no uta Rec, Perc, Koto (1974) • Lamentation Rec-ens(A, A, T, B) (1975) • Meditation Rec(A or T) (1975) • Idyll 1 Rec-ens.(Sn.A.T.B.) (1976) • Tenral-Cbikyo 4 Rec, 4 Perc, Shaku, etc. (1976) • Topography 2 Rec, Perc, etc. (1976) • Kama Rec-pl(Sn-B), Va da Gamba, Cem, etc. (196?, arr. for Rec 1978) • Hymn Rec(A) / 1979 (arr. for Fl (1982) • Ode I 2 Rec-pl(A-B, 'r-B) (1979) • Ode II Rec-pl(A-B, A-T-B) (1980) • Aubade 2 Rec.(A.T-S.Sn-A.T-S.T-A.A) (1989) • Suite for noble cats 5 Vdg (1990, arr. Rec-ens(S, A, T, B, CB) 1991) • Dirge of Troja 2 Rec-pl(2B) (1995) • Lamenta of Inca Rec(B) (1995) • Illusion of the Crescent 1 Rec(T) (2005)
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 8
- Works by Japanese composers 1991-1992, Compiled by the Japan Federation of Composers, Tokyo: Japan Federation of Composers.
- Works by Japanese composers 1983-1984, Compiled by the Japan Federation of Composers, Tokyo: Japan Federation of Composers.
- Works by Japanese composers 1981-1982, Compiled by the Japan Federation of Composers, Tokyo: Japan Federation of Composers.
- Works by Japanese composers 1980, Compiled by the Japan Federation of Composers, Tokyo: Japan Federation of Composers.
- James L. Limbacher, H. Stephen Wright: Keeping score: film and television music, 1980-1988 (with additional coverage of 1921-1979), Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1991.
- Hitoshi Matsushita: A checklist of published instrumental music by Japanese composers, Tokyo: Academia Music Ltd., 1989.
- Paul Frank, Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner: Kurzgefasstes Tonkünstler Lexikon - Zweiter Teil: Ergänzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937, 15. Aufl., Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, Band 1: A-K. 1974. ; Band 2: L-Z. 1976.
- Japanese composers and their works (since 1868), Tokyo: 1972.
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