Minoru miki biography books
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Laureates
Mr. MIKI Minoru is a composer renowned not only in Japan but also throughout Asia, and his vast output, including the‘Operatic Cycle on Japanese History’has won international praise. While taking the lead in modernizing and globalizing Japanese music, he has made a significant contribution to promoting musical creativity and intercommunication between Japan and Asia and between the East and the West.
Based on his belief that Japanese culture has always possessed a universal character throughout history, and therefore has a value which deserves to be recognized internationally, he has been engaged, as his lifework, in composing a series of operas which are set in Japan. The most famous of all is the‘Operatic Cycle on Japanese History’(9 parts altogether) including Shunkin sho, which explore the characteristics of each period in Japanese history from the 5th to the 20th centuries. This series includes three works commissioned outside Japan, and is often performed to great acclaim.
In 1964, with his friends, he founded‘Pro Musica Nipponia’, which presented an entirely new style of musical performance with diverse Japanese musical instruments in concert. This created a great sensation both at home and abroad. Mr. Miki served as
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Miki, Minoru
Biography
Born: 1930
Died: Dec 8, 2011
Country: Tokushima Nihon
Studies: Yeddo National Institution of higher education of Symphony
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Website:http://www.m-miki.com/
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Composing for Japanese Instruments - (Eastman Studies in Music) by Minoru Miki (Paperback)
About the Book
A practical but scholarly guide to Japanese instruments by one of the country's leading composers.
Book Synopsis
A practical but scholarly guide to Japanese instruments by one of the country's leading composers. The unique sounds of the biwa, shamisen, and other traditional instruments from Japan are heard more and more often in works for the concert hall and opera house. Composing for Japanese Instruments is a practical orchestration and instrumentation manual with contextual and relevant historical information for composers who wish to learn how to compose for traditional Japanese instruments. Widely regarded as the authoritative text on the subject in Japan and China, it contains hundreds of musical examples, diagrams, photographs, and fingering charts. Many of the musical examples can be heard on a companion website. The book also contains valuable appendices, one of works author Minoru Miki composed using Japanese traditional instruments, and one of works by other composers -- including Toru Takemitsu and Henry Cowell -- using these instruments. Minoru Miki was a composer of international renown, recognized in Japan as a pioneer in writing for Japanes