Roh Ogura
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Roh Ogura, 小倉 朗, was a Japanese composer and writer.
He was born in Kitakyushu and lived in Tokyo
and Kamakura
. First he learned French Modern Music under Shiro Fukai and Tomojiro Ikenouchi
. Then he studied under Joseph Rosenstock
, who lived from 1895 to 1985, about how to conduct Beethoven's symphonies and he became very interested in German classical music and wrote many symphonies that made him end up being called, "Ogurahms". Then he faced a deadlock and abandoned most of his works.
Gradually, he became very interested in Bartók. Finally he broke a new ground and started writing his original music inspired by Japanese traditional folk songs and old nursery rhymes. He was also gifted writer who published several books. In the late period of his life he was passionate painter too who painted oil paintings.
He was a friend of Minoru Matsuya
(1910-1995) and taught his son Midori Matsuya
(1943-1994) harmony and composition. He was also a teacher of Hiroaki Zakoji
(1958-1987) .
He was born in Kitakyushu and lived in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
and Kamakura
Kamakura, Kanagawa
is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, about south-south-west of Tokyo. It used to be also called .Although Kamakura proper is today rather small, it is often described in history books as a former de facto capital of Japan as the seat of the Shogunate and of the Regency during the...
. First he learned French Modern Music under Shiro Fukai and Tomojiro Ikenouchi
Tomojiro Ikenouchi
was a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music and professor born in Tokyo, Japan. The son of a haiku poet, Ikenouchi traveled to Paris in 1927, where he studied composition with Henri Büsser and piano with Lazare Levy. His music is influenced by French Impressionist music...
. Then he studied under Joseph Rosenstock
Joseph Rosenstock
Joseph Rosenstock was a Polish Jewish conductor.-Early years:He worked at the State Opera in Wiesbaden before being brought into the Metropolitan Opera in New York to replace Artur Bodanzky in 1928...
, who lived from 1895 to 1985, about how to conduct Beethoven's symphonies and he became very interested in German classical music and wrote many symphonies that made him end up being called, "Ogurahms". Then he faced a deadlock and abandoned most of his works.
Gradually, he became very interested in Bartók. Finally he broke a new ground and started writing his original music inspired by Japanese traditional folk songs and old nursery rhymes. He was also gifted writer who published several books. In the late period of his life he was passionate painter too who painted oil paintings.
He was a friend of Minoru Matsuya
Minoru Matsuya
Minoru Matsuya 松谷穣 was a Japanese jazz pianist, graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He was also known as Jo Matsuya or Yuzuru Matsuya. He lived in Kamakura....
(1910-1995) and taught his son Midori Matsuya
Midori Matsuya
Midori Matsuya, 松谷翠 was a Japanese pianist, graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, studied under Kichigoro Sato, Noboru Toyomasu, Naoya Fukai and Lay Lev....
(1943-1994) harmony and composition. He was also a teacher of Hiroaki Zakoji
Hiroaki Zakoji
was a Japanese composer and pianist.-Biography:He was born in Tokyo on the 20th of January 1958. He was brought up in Hokkaidō from the age of 4 and lived there until he was 20 years old. He started learning to play the piano when he was 4 years old. From the age of 16, he studied composition...
(1958-1987) .
Works
- 1937 Sonatine for piano
- 1953 Dance Suite for two pianos
- 1953 Dance Suite for orchestra
- 1954 String Quartet in B
- 1957 Five Movements on Japanese Folk Songs for orchestra
- 1958 Nine Pieces on Children's Songs of Tohoku Region for female chorus a cappella
- 1959 Burlesque for orchestra
- 1960 Sonatine for violin and piano
- 1963 Sonatine for string orchestra
- 1966 Composition I for piano
- 1968 Composition II for piano
- 1968 Symphony in G
- 1971 Concerto for violin and orchestra
- 1972 Composition for string orchestra
- 1975 Composition in F# for orchestra
- 1977 Composition for flute, violin and piano
- 1980 Concerto for violoncello and orchestra