Toshiro Mayuzumi  

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Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929 – 1997) was a Japanese composer known for his implementation of avant-garde instrumentation alongside traditional Japanese musical techniques. His works drew inspiration from a variety of sources ranging from jazz to Balinese music, and he was considered a pioneer in the realm of musique concrète and electronic music.

Works

Operas

• Kinkakuji (Der Tempelbrand; The Golden Pavilion) (1976, Berlin)
• Kojiki (Days of the Gods) (1996, Linz)

Ballet

• Bugaku (1962)
• Olympics (1965)
• The Kabuki (1986)
• M (1996)

Orchestral works

• Rumba Rhapsody (1948)
• Symphonic Mood (1950)
• Bacchanale (1954)
• Ektoplasm (1954)
• Tonepleromas 55 (1955)
• phonology Symphonique (1957)
• Nirvana Symphony for male chorus and orchestra (1958)
• Mandala Symphony (1960)
• Echigojishi (1960)
• Music with Sculpture (1961)
• Textures for wind orchestra (1962)
• Samsara (1962)
• Essay in Sonorities (Mozartiana) (1963)
• Essay for string orchestra (1963)
• Fireworks (1963)
• Ongaku no tanjō [Birth of Music] (1964)
• Concerto for percussion and wind orchestra (1965)
• Concertino for xylophone and orchestra (1965)
• Shu [Incantation] (1967)
• Tateyama (1974)
• ARIA in G for Solo Violin and Orchestra (1978)
• Capriccio for Solo Violin and String Orchestra (1988)
• Mukyūdō [Perpetual Motion] (1989)

Ensemble/Instrumental works

• Sonata, for violin and piano (1946)
• Twelve Preludes, for piano (1946)
• Hors d'œuvre, for piano (1947)
• Divertimento, for 10 instruments (1948)
• String Quartet (1952)
• Sextet, for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, trumpet, and piano (1955)
• Pieces, for prepared piano and string quartet (1957)
• Mikrokosmos, for clavioline, guitar, musical saw, vibraphone, xylophone, percussion, and piano (1957)
• Bunraku, for violoncello solo (1960)
• Prelude, for string quartet](1961)
• Metamusic, for saxophone, violin, and piano (1961)
• Shōwa Ten-pyō Raku, for gagaku ensemble (1970)
• Rokudan, for harp (1989)

Electronic music

• X, Y, Z for musique concrète (1953)
• Boxing for Radio Drama (1954)
• Music for Sine Wave by Proportion of Prime Number (1955)
• Music for Modulated Wave by Proportion of Prime Number (1955)
• Invention for Square Wave and Saw-tooth Wave (1955)
• Variations on Numerical Principle of 7 (1956; with Makoto Moroi)
• Aoi no ue (1957)
• Campanology for multi-piano (1959)
• Olympic Campanology (1964)
• Mandala for solo voice and electronic sounds (1969)

Film scores

• Home Sweet Home (1951)
• The Woman in the Rumor (噂の女 Uwasa no onna) (1954)
• Street of Shame (1956)
• The Balloon (1956)
• The Unbalanced Wheel (気違い部落 Kichigai buraku) (1957)
• Enjō (1958)
• Stolen Desire (1958)
• When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
• The Warped Ones (1960)
• Black Sun (1964)
• Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
• The Pornographers (1966)
• The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
• Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
• Thirst for Love (1967)
• Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
• Jo no Mai (1984)

See also

• List of members of Nippon Kaigi
• Masao Ohba