Tamezō Narita
Also recorded as Tamezo Narita · Tamezou Narita
Tamezō Narita

Japanese book "100 years history of inhabitants of Akita prefecture" published by Yamakawa Shuppansha. · Public domain
- Born
- 15 December 1893
- Birthplace
- Kitaakita District, Akita 15 December 1893 – 29 October 1945 was a Japanese composer.
- Died
- 1945
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Born — 15 December 1893 • Birthplace — Kitaakita District, Akita 15 December 1893 – 29 October 1945 was a Japanese composer. Narita was born in Yonaizawa, Kitaakita District, Akita.
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Songs • Kanariya (かなりや "Canary") 1918 • Akai Tori Kotori (赤い鳥小鳥 "Red bird, small bird"); lyrics by Hakushū Kitahara • Hamabe no uta (浜辺の歌 "Song of the beach"); lyrics by Kokei Hayashi. Recording Kazumichi Ohno (tenor), Kyosuke Kobayashi (piano); later recorded by Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Ensemble Lunaire. Japanese Folk Melodies transcribed by Akio Yashiro. CBS Records, 1978. • Akita Prefectural Anthem (秋田県民歌 "Song of Akita Prefecture "); lyrics by Masatsugu Kurata.
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- 1.Yukie Ohta - A Rainbow in the Desert: An Anthology of Early Twentieth-Century ... 2001 -- Page xiv " "Canary" first appeared as a poem in November 1918 in Akai tori, and six months later reappeared in the same journal set to the music of Narita Tamezo (1893—1945), a famous composer of children's songs."
- 2.成田為三先生墓前演奏. 北秋田市ホームページ 住民が主役のもりのまち.
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