Yasuji Kiyosea
Yasuji Kiyose in 1955
Born13 January 1900
Yamagata, Empire of Japan
Died14 September 1981(1981-09-14) (aged 81)
Other names清瀬 保二
OccupationComposer

Yasuji Kiyose (清瀬 保二 Kiyose Yasuji, 13 January 1900 – 14 September 1981) was a Japanese composer. He studied composition privately with Kōsaku Yamada and Kōsuke Komatsu and in 1930, took an active part in organizing the Shinkō Sakkyokuka Renmei, (which later grew into the Japanese section of the ISCM).[1]

In 1948, Kiyose took on Hiroyoshi Suzuki and Tōru Takemitsu for a brief period as pupils in composition.[2]

His music at times incorporates Japanese pentatonic scales, and other elements of Japanese folk-song; his far better known pupil Takemitsu, developed this tendency further in a great number of his works.[1]

Major works

Notes

  1. ^ a b Kanazawa, Masakata (2001). "Kiyose, Yasuji". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.‎
  2. ^ Burt, Peter (2001). The Music of Toru Takemitsu. Cambridge University Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-521-02695-6.
Categories