Hidemaro Konoye
Hidemaro Konoye | |
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近衞 秀麿 | |
Faculty of Arts dropout | |
Occupation(s) | Conductor, composer, music arranger |
Years active | 1920–1973 |
Children | Hidetake Konoe Tadatoshi Miyagawa |
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Relatives | Tadamaro Miyagawa (brother) Naomaro Konoye (brother) Fumimaro Konoe (brother) |
Viscount Hidemaro Konoye (近衛 秀麿, Konoe Hidemaro, 18 November 1898 – 2 June 1973) was a Japanese conductor and composer of classical music. He was the younger brother of pre-war Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.
Biography
Konoye was born in
Konoye attended the
Konoye co-founded the Japan Symphonic Association in 1925, and the following year became conductor of the orchestra. Konoe later founded the New Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo (the present day NHK Symphony Orchestra), and helped mold the orchestra over a 10-year period into an ensemble that was praised as competitive with many of the better orchestras in Europe.[5]
Today he is remembered for making the première recording of Mahler's Fourth Symphony, done in May 1930. It was also, aside from a cut in the third movement, the first electrical recording of any complete Mahler symphony.[6]
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Additionally, Konoye made numerous guest appearances in Europe and America, conducting some 90 different orchestras in the course of his career including the orchestra of
In 1964 he performed Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with Benny Goodman.[citation needed]
Japanese premieres
Konoye conducted many notable Japanese premieres including:[citation needed]
- Richard Strauss: Serenade for Winds (1926)
- Paul Hindemith: Overture to Neues vom Tage (1927)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds (1927)
- Kurt Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (1929)
- Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye (1929)
- Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto (with Otto Winter; 1962)
- Darius Milhaud: Oboe Concerto (with Heinz Holliger; 1970)
Composer and arranger
Konoye wrote original compositions, but was more deeply interested in arranging existing music, including, for example,
Major works
- Kronungs-Kantate for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra (1928)
- Etenraku for orchestra (1931; arrangement of the gagaku piece of the same title)
- Kimigayo (national anthem of Japan) for orchestra
- Chin Chin Chidori for voice and piano
Notable recordings
- Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Sakaye Kitasaya (soprano), New Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo; recorded by Japanese Parlophone in May 1930)[6]
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References
- ^ "'Amity Thru Music,' Says Noted Leader". Rafu Shimpo. 24 September 1939. p. 6. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
Admitting that he had to overcome some family opposition when he decided to forsake the traditional career in statesmanship for music, the Viscount declared that the support of his brother, Prince Fumimaro, now head of the Japanese Cabinet, was of inestimable value.
- ^ http://web02.hnh.com/composer/btm.asp?fullname=Konoye,%20Hidemaro[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 0-306-80734-3.
- ISBN 0-300-09684-4.
- ^ 樂評人 David Hall 在他的權威著作 "The record book : a music lover's guide to the world of the phonograph" ( 1943年版), 曾經對近衛秀磨這一款錄音有以下之評語:
- ^ ISBN 0-313-29771-1.
- ^ http://homepage2.nifty.com/stokowski/konoye/index.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ Katayarna, Morihide. Japanese Orchestral Favourites (Media notes). Translated by Obstuka, Yuriko. Naxos Records. 8.555071.
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