Hiroshi Ohguri
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Hiroshi Ohguri was a Japan
ese composer
.
into a merchant family, his father was an amateur Gidayu player, and he grew up surrounded by traditional Japanese music. He was introduced to European classical music in 1931, upon his entry into high school, where he joined the wind band and learned to play the French horn. After a spell in his family's store, in 1941 he went to Tokyo
, where he joined the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra as a hornist. In 1946 he became principal horn of the Japan Symphony Orchestra
; in 1949 he resigned and returned to Osaka, where in 1950 he joined the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
. Here he remained until 1966. Ohguri also taught music in Kyoto Women's University
and Osaka College of Music
. He died in 1982.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Biography
Born in the Senba district of OsakaOsaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
into a merchant family, his father was an amateur Gidayu player, and he grew up surrounded by traditional Japanese music. He was introduced to European classical music in 1931, upon his entry into high school, where he joined the wind band and learned to play the French horn. After a spell in his family's store, in 1941 he went to 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...
, where he joined the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra as a hornist. In 1946 he became principal horn of the Japan Symphony Orchestra
NHK Symphony Orchestra
The in Tokyo, Japan began as the New Symphony Orchestra on October 5, 1926 and was the country's first professional symphony orchestra. Later, it changed its name to Japan Symphony Orchestra and in 1951, after receiving financial support from NHK, it took its current name...
; in 1949 he resigned and returned to Osaka, where in 1950 he joined the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
The is a classical orchestra based in Osaka, Japan. Founded in 1947 as the Kansai Symphony Orchestra, it took its current name in 1960. Founder Takashi Asahina conducted the orchestra for 55 years from its creation until 2001....
. Here he remained until 1966. Ohguri also taught music in Kyoto Women's University
Kyoto Women's University
is a private women's college in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1899, and it was chartered as a university in 1949.-External links:*...
and Osaka College of Music
Osaka College of Music
is a private university in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1915, and it was chartered as a university in 1958.-External links:*...
. He died in 1982.
Opera
- Akai Jinbaori (The Scarlet Cloak), text by Junji KinoshitaJunji Kinoshitawas perhaps the foremost playwright of modern drama in postwar Japan. He was also a translator and scholar of the plays of Shakespeare.-Life and Career:...
(1955) - JigokuhenHell Screenis a short story written by Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. It was originally published in 1918 as a serialization in two newspapers. It was later published in a collection of Akutagawa short stories, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke zenshū.- Translation :...
(Hell Screen), text by Ryūnosuke AkutagawaRyunosuke Akutagawawas a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "Father of the Japanese short story". He committed suicide at age of 35 through an overdose of barbital.-Early life:...
(1968) - Poseidon Kamensai, text by Kunio Tsuji (1974)
Orchestral
- Fantasy on Osaka Folk Tunes (1955)
- Violin Concerto (1963)
- Rhapsody on Osaka Nursery Rhymes (1979)
Wind Orchestra
- Rhapsody (1966)
- Shinwa (A Myth) - after the Tale of Ama-no-IwayadoAmano-Iwatoliterally means "The cave of the sun god" or "heavenly rock cave". In Japanese mythology, Susanoo, the Japanese god of the seas, was the one who drove Amaterasu into Ame-no-Iwato. This caused the sun to hide for a long period of time....
(1973) - Burlesque for band (1976)
- Kamen Gensō (Mask Fantasy) (1981)
Mandolin Orchestra
- Sinfonietta No.1 (1967)
- Sinfonietta No.2 "Romantic" (1974)
- Sinfonietta No.3 "Gholghola's Hill" (1975)
- Sinfonietta No.4 "Labyrinthos" (1975)
- Sinfonietta No.5 (1977)
- Sinfonietta No.6 "DogūDoguare small humanoid and animal figurines made during the late Jōmon period of prehistoric Japan. Dogū come entirely from the Jōmon period and do not continue into the Yayoi period. There are various styles of Dogū, depending on exhumation area and time period...
" (1978) - Sinfonietta No.7 "Contrast" (1981)
- Suite "Kugutsushi (Puppet master)" (1972)
- Symphonic three movements "Fujutsushi (Shaman)" (1976)
- Suite "Onmyōji (Master of onmyōdōOnmyodois a traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology, a mixture of natural science and occultism. It is based on the Chinese philosophies of Wu Xing and Yin and yang, introduced into Japan at the turn of the 6th century, and accepted as a practical system of divination...
)" (1977) - Kodaibukyoku (Ancient Dances) (1978)
- Meditation (1978)
- Buyōshi (Dance poem) (1979)
- Burlesque for mandolin orchestra (1980)