Taki, Rentaro 1879 - 1903
Author: Nakatsuji, Maho
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Born in Tokyo, he spent his boyhood in Toyama and Oita due to his father's transfer as a government official. He developed an interest in music from an early age, and in 1894, at the youngest age of 16, he entered the Tokyo Music School (now Tokyo University of the Arts). He quickly distinguished himself, studying piano and composition under the German-Russian Kōber and Professor Nobu Kōda, who had returned from studying in Europe. In 1901, he went to study at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig, Germany, as a student dispatched by the Ministry of Education, but developed pulmonary tuberculosis two months later and returned to Japan a year later. He passed away in 1903 at the young age of 23 while recuperating in Oita. He was the first Japanese composer to create original works, following German classical and romantic traditions, during the early period of Western music's reception in Japan. Many of his masterpieces are in the field of lieder (songs), such as "Hana" (Flower) and "Kōjō no Tsuki" (The Moon Over the Ruined Castle).
Reference: Piano Works MADE IN JAPAN Series, Vol. 1 "Japan's First Piano Piece"
Author : Nakatsuji, Maho
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Works(5)
Piano Solo (2)
Various works (3)