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Toshiro Mayuzumi was a Japanese composer who was born on February 20, 1929, in Yokohama, Japan. He was a prolific composer who left a significant mark on the modern classical music world. Mayuzumi was interested in music from an early age, and he later went on to study composition at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
Mayuzumi's early works were influenced by eclectic Western avant-garde styles, which he blended with traditional Japanese music genres. He composed in a wide range of styles, including orchestral, chamber, choral, and music for films. He also wrote ballets, operas, and music for theater productions.
Mayuzumi's interest in traditional Japanese music led him to explore the Shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese bamboo flute, and he wrote several compositions for it. The Shakuhachi features prominently in his meditation-inspired works, such as "Nirvana Symphony" and "Phonologie Symphonique."
Mayuzumi's most famous composition is probably his opera, "The Blind Woman," which won the Mainichi Art Award in 1961. He also provided scores for movies like "The Bible" and "The Quiller Memorandum."
Mayuzumi was awarded numerous prizes for his distinguished career, including the Order of Cultural Merit, the Japan Academy Prize, and the Asahi Prize. He passed away on April 10, 1997, at the age of 68. Despite his relatively short life, Mayuzumi left behind a significant and lasting musical legacy, and his works continue to be performed and celebrated in Japan and worldwide.
Compositions featuring Toshiro Mayuzumi
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rokudan, for harp | 10:54 min | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| 2 | Concertino for xylophone & orchestra (or piano) | 10:36 min | Concerto | 1965 |
| 3 | The Ritual Overture | 13:23 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1964 |
| 4 | Essay for string orchestra | 10:32 min | Orchestral | 1963 |
| 5 | Bugaku, ballet in 2 parts (Court Dance Music) | 23:28 min | Orchestral | 1962 |
| 6 | Samsara, symphonic poem for orchestra | 21:09 min | Orchestral | 1962 |
| 7 | Prelude for string quartet | 10:36 min | Chamber Music | 1961 |
| 8 | Mandala Symphony | 17:52 min | Symphony | 1960 |
| 9 | Bunraku, for solo cello | 8:47 min | Chamber Music | 1960 |
| 10 | Nirvana Symphony | 35:18 min | Symphony | 1958 |
| 11 | Phonologie Symphonique, for orchestra | 9:42 min | Orchestral | 1957 |
| 12 | Pieces for prepared piano & strings | 9:27 min | Concerto | 1957 |
| 13 | String Quartet | 16:44 min | Chamber Music | 1952 |
| 14 | Symphonic Mood, for orchestra | 18:51 min | Orchestral | 1950 |
| 15 | Rumba Rhapsody, for orchestra | 8:04 min | Orchestral | 1948 |
| 16 | Concerto for percussion & winds | 7:08 min | Concerto | - |
| 17 | Bacchanale for orchestra | 10:53 min | Orchestral | - |
Albums featuring Toshiro Mayuzumi
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
電子音楽作品集(CD, Compilation) | 2019 | Three Shells |
| 2 |  |
Only On Mondays = 月曜日のユカ(7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Mono) | 2018 | Super Fuji Discs |
| 3 |  |
Masao Yagi, Toshiro Mayuzumi – Good-Bye Moscow(7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Mono) | 2018 | Super Fuji Discs |
| 4 |  |
The Beast Must Die(7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Mono) | 2018 | Super Fuji Discs |
| 5 |  |
Nikkatsu Jazz Selection(CD, Compilation) | 2017 | Three Shells |
| 6 |  |
Safari 5000 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)(CD, Album, Limited Edition) | 2015 | Quartet Records |
| 7 |  |
The Bible | 2011 | Legend (4) |
| 8 |  |
Toshiro Mayuzumi(CD, Album) | 2011 | Naxos |
| 9 |  |
月曜日のユカ オリジナル・サウンドトラック | 2009 | Super Fuji Discs |
| 10 |  |
黒い太陽 / 熱狂の季節(2×CD, ) | 2007 | Think! Records |
| 11 |  |
Toshiro Mayuzumi - Takuo Yuasa, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra – Symphonic Mood. Bugaku. Mandala Symphony. Rumba Rhapsody. | 2005 | Naxos |
| 12 |  |
黛敏郎, 岩城宏之, NHK交響楽団 – バレエ音楽 舞楽 1962 / 曼荼羅交響曲1960(CD, Album) | 2003 | Denon |
| 13 |  |
John Williams (4), Germaine Tailleferre, Henri Tomasi, Toshirō Mayuzumi - Marc Easener, Gabriella Dall'Olio, Duncan Ashby, Joanne May, Foundation Philharmonic Orchestra, David Snell (2) – 20th Century Concerti(CD, Album) | 2002 | ASV |
| 14 |  |
Toshiro Mayuzumi, Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Hiroyuki Iwaki – Tonepleromas 55 (Works By Toshiro Mayuzumi)(CD, Album) | 1999 | Kosei |
| 15 |  |
Nirvana-Symphony(CD, Album) | 1996 | Denon/Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (Japan). |
| 16 |  |
Nirvana-Symphony | 1995 | Denon |
| 17 |  |
金閣寺 = Kinkakuji(2×CD, Album) | 1994 | Fontec |
| 18 |  |
Mineo Hayashi – Cassado / Mayuzumi / Kodaly – Suite / Bunraku / Sonate(CD, ) | 1990 | Pavane Records |
| 19 |  |
Pflüger • Mayuzumi • Penderecki • Badings – New Brass Symphony(CD, Album, Limited Edition) | 1988 | Bayer Records |
| 20 |  |
Lutosławski • Penderecki • Cage • Mayuzumi - Lasalle Quartet – String Quartets | 1987 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 21 |  |
Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yoshikazu Fukumura, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra – Samsara, Phonologie Symphonique, Bacchanale | 1984 | HK |
| 22 |  |
カンタータ「 只管打坐」= Cantata "Shikantaza" / 「涅槃」 交響曲=Nirvana Symphony(LP, Album, Stereo, Box Set, ) | 1980 | RCA SOUND AOI RECORD |
| 23 |  |
Divertissement Pour 10 Instruments / Prelude For String Quartet(LP, Limited Edition) | 1980 | King Records |
| 24 |  |
黛敏郎 = Tosiro Mayuzumi – 黛敏郎の世界 = Works Of Tosiro Mayuzumi | 1978 | Toho Records |
| 25 |  |
黛敏郎古典の旅 - 王朝音楽への招待 Ocho Ongaku Eno Shotai(LP, Album) | 1978 | CBS/Sony |
| 26 |  |
Nirvana Mandala | 1978 | Philips |
| 27 |  |
日本の首領(LP, Album) | 1977 | Warner Bros. Records |
| 28 |  |
黛 敏郎, 高田好胤 – 般若心経・観音経 | 1975 | Warner Bros. Records |
| 29 |  |
The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Toshiro Mayuzumi – Symphonic Poem "Tateyama" = 交響詩「立山」 | 1974 | RCA |
| 30 |  |
アイヌ旅情(LP, Stereo) | 1971 | Toho Records |
| 31 |  |
Mayuzumi Toshiro Cours de Musique Pour Enfants(10×LP) | 1971 | King Records |
| 32 |  |
黛敏郎 = Toshiro Mayuzumi, 宮内庁式部職楽部, The Music Department Of The Imperial Household – 昭和天平楽 = Showa-Tempyo-Raku | 1971 | Victor |
| 33 |  |
Toshiro Mayuzumi / Yasushi Akutagawa – Untitled | 1971 | Toshiba Records |
| 34 |  |
Toshiro Mayuzumi & 須磨の嵐 – Johakyu = 序破急 | 1970 | Liberty |
| 35 |  |
Krzysztof Penderecki / Toshiro Mayuzumi / John T. Williams - Eastman Wind Ensemble ● Donald Hunsberger – Pittsburgh Overture / Music With Sculpture / Sinfonietta For Wind Ensemble | 1970 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 36 |  |
Toshiro Mayuzumi, Joji Yuasa, Yuji Takahashi, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Shinichi Matsushita – Transformation Of Piano = ピアノの変換 | 1970 | Columbia |
| 37 |  |
Safari 5000 = 栄光への5000キロ (Sound Track) | 1969 | Teichiku Records |
| 38 |  |
Toshiro Mayuzumi - Hiroyuki Iwaki / The NHK Symphony Orchestra – Ballet "Bugaku" / Mandala Symphonie | 1969 | Columbia |
| 39 |  |
Witold Lutosławski / Krysztof Penderecki / Toshiro Mayuzumi - Lasalle Quartet – String Quartet / Quartetto Per Archi / Prelude For String Quartet | 1968 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 40 |  |
The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney, Roy Harris, Gunther Schuller, Toshiro Mayuzumi – Epilogue To Profiles In Courage: JFK(LP, Stereo) | 1967 | First Edition Records |
| 41 |  |
Various – Japanese Contemporary Music Series Vol. 6 | 1967 | Columbia |
| 42 |  |
The Bible ... In The Beginning (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album) | 1966 | 20th Century Fox Records |
| 43 |  |
天地創造-The Bible…In The Beginning (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)(7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Stereo) | 1966 | 20th Century Fox Records |
| 44 |  |
La Bible (Bande Originale Du Film de John Huston) | 1966 | 20th Century Fox Records |
| 45 |  |
Titoli / Abramo (Scena D'Amore) (Colonna Sonora Originale Dal Film La Bibbia)(7", 45 RPM) | 1966 | RCA |
| 46 |  |
Tokyo Olympiad | 1965 | Campi-Editore Recording |
| 47 |  |
Tokyo Olympiad | 1965 | Campi-Editore Recording |
| 48 |  |
Nirvãna-Symphonie | 1962 | Time Records (3) |
| 49 |  |
古典の旅 三曲への招待(LP, Album, Promo) | - | CBS/Sony |
| 50 |  |
黛敏郎 = Toshiro Mayuzumi – 「涅槃」 交響曲 = Nirvāna-Symphonie(LP, Stereo) | - | Toshiba Records |
| 51 |  |
Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yasushi Akutagawa, Akira Ifukube, Masaru Sato, Toru Takemitsu, Fumio Hayasaka, Chuji Kinoshita, 斎藤一郎 – 日本の映画音楽1946-1961(Box Set, , 5×LP, Album, Promo, Mono) | - | Victor |
| 52 |  |
Anton Bruckner, Toshiro Mayuzumi, Richard Wagner, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Anton Plate, Jugend Sinfonie Orchester Hannover, Elfriede Stahmer, Hans Stahmer, Hans Peter Pairott – Jugend Sinfonieorchester Hannover(LP) | - | Not On Label |
| 53 |  |
Bacchanale(10", 33 ⅓ RPM) | - | Toshiba Records |
| 54 |  |
Mandala Symphonie(LP, Album) | - | Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd. |
| 55 |  |
Krzysztof Penderecki / Toshiro Mayuzumi / Henk Badings - American Wind Symphony Orchestra / Robert Austin Boudreau – Pittsburgh Overture / Concerto For Percussion / Armageddon(LP, Album) | - | Point Park College |
| 56 |  |
John Williams (4), Toshiro Mayuzumi, Krzysztof Penderecki – Tower Records Vintage Collection No. 8(CD, Stereo) | - | Deutsche Grammophon |
Videos featuring Toshiro Mayuzumi
La Bibbia-Titoli dal film Musica di Toshiro Mayuzumi diretta da Franco Ferrara
rara colonna sonora del film di John Huston
Toshiro Mayuzumi Nirvana Symphonie
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Toshiro Mayuzumi - The Bible 1966 - Full Soundtrack
Toshiro Mayuzumi - The Bible 1966 - Full Soundtrack Toshiro Mayuzumi - The Bible In The Beginning 1966 John Huston Movie Original Soundtrack The Bible - In the Beginning (1966)
1 - Theme From - The Bible Main Title 0:03
2 - The Creation Of Adam 3:10
Toshiro Mayuzumi 黛敏郎 - Nirvana Symphony (1958) (sheet music)
黛敏郎: 涅槃交響曲 (1958) Nirvana Symphony for Male Chorus and Orchestra (1958)
Hiroyuki Iwaki conducting the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus
00:00 I. Campanology I
10:26 II. Suramgamah
19:17 III. Campanology
Toshiro Mayuzumi - Nirvana Symphony
Condutor: Yuzo Toyama
NHK Symphony Orchestra
Japão coro profissional União (Chorus Condutor: Nobuaki Tanaka)
04 de fevereiro de 1978
NHK Hall
gravação ao vivo
1 1 Kampa logia Ⅰ 0:00
2 2 首楞厳神咒 (Shuu ren nen jin syuu) 8:51
3 Kampa logi
Toshiro Mayuzumi: Bacchanale (1953)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by/ Orquesta Filarmónica de Hong Kong dirigida por Yoshikawa Fukumura.
Toshiro Mayuzumi was one of Japan’s foremost composers of mid-20th Century, often collaborating with other avant-garde musicians both ho
Safari 5000 1
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Concertino for Xylophone, Toshiro Mayuzumi - 1. Allegro
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Toshiro Mayuzumi [黛敏郎]: Divertissement pour 10 instruments (1948)
Toshiro Mayuzmi (1929~1997, Japan)
黛敏郎: 10楽器のための喜遊曲
00:00 1. Allegro
02:39 2. Adagio
07:02 3. Allegretto
12:27 4. Vivace
Yasukazu Uemura, flute & piccolo
Seizo Suzuki, oboe
Hiroshi Uchiyama, clarinet
Muneo Tozawa, fagotto
Kaoru
Safari 5000 2
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Phonologie Symphonique
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Mayuzumi: Samsara / Phonologie Symphonique / Bacchanale
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Orchestra: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Compose
[1965] Toshiro Mayuzumi – Tokyo Olympiad [Full Album]
00:00 01 - Aftermath Of The Bomb
03:00 02 - Tokyo Panorama
05:43 03 - Tokyo By Night
08:20 04 - Before The Games
10:27 05 - Freedom Of Motion
12:00 06 - Weight Lifter
14:15 07 - Fencing
16:40 08 - Sailing On The Wind
18:41 09 - Boxing
22:39 10 - Wrestling
Safari 5000 3
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Yasushi Akutagawa - Triptyque for string orchestra (Gergiev, NHKso)
Triptyque for string orchestra (1953)
1. Allegro [0:00]
2. Andante [4:17]
3. Presto [10:31]
Valery Gergiev, NHK Symphony Orchestra
Safari 5000 4
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Safari 5000 6
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Safari 5000 7
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Safari 5000 9
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Mayuzumi: Prelude for String Quartet
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Penderecki: String Quartet
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Toshiro Mayuzumi: Music with Sculpture (1961)
Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929-1997)
Music with Sculpture (1961)
The Eastman Wind Ensamble
Donald Hunsberger, conductor
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Krzysztof Penderecki: Pittsburgh Overture (1967)
Krzysztof Penderecki (b.1933 - )
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The Eastman Wind Ensamble
Donald Hunsberger, conductor
Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (/ˈkʃɪʃtɔːf ˌpɛndəˈrɛtski/; Polish: [ˈkʂɨʂtɔf ɛuˈɡɛɲuʂ pɛndɛˈrɛt͡skʲi]; bo
Lutosławski: String Quartet - I. Introductory Movement
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Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts - Nearly Stationary
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Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts - Quietly Flowing Along
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Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts - Quodlibet
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