This is a list of Japanese composers, ordered by birth date.

Shōka, Lied, children's song

Classical and contemporary

NameBirth yearDeath yearProminent works
Keiko Abe1937
Kōmei Abe19112006String Quartet No. 7 (1950)
Yasushi Akutagawa19251989Trinita Sinfonica (1948), Triptyque for string orchestra (1953)
Opera "Orpheus in Hiroshima" (1960), Concerto Ostinato (1969)
Masamichi Amano1957
Sadao Bekku19222012Symphony No. 1 (1961), Violin Concerto (1969), Viola Concerto (1971)
Ikuma Dan19242001Opera "Yūzuru" (1952), 6 Symphonies
Mamoru Fujieda1955
Keiko Fujiie1963
Hiro Fujikake1949Pastoral Fantasy (1975),The Rope Crest (1977), Symphony Japan(1993), Symphony IZUMO(2005)
Dai Fujikura1977
Shirō Fukai19071959Quatre Mouvements Parodiques (1933/36)
Kazuko Hara19352014
Kunihiko Hashimoto19041949Symphony No. 1 in D (1940), Symphony No. 2 in F (1947)
Fumio Hayasaka19141955Ancient Dances on the Left and on the Right (1941), Yukara (1955)
Hikaru Hayashi19312012Viola Concerto "Elegia" (1995)
Kozaburo Hirai19102002
Takekuni Hirayoshi19361998
Ryōhei Hirose19302008Cello Concerto "Triste" (1971), Shakuhachi Concerto (1976)
Toshio Hosokawa1955
Toshi Ichiyanagi1933Violin Concerto "Circulating Scenery" (1983), Symphony "Berlin Renshi" (1989)
Akira Ifukube19142006Ballata Sinfonica (1943), Ritmica Ostinata for piano and orchestra (1961/71)
Eclogues after Epos among Aino Races for solo voice and 4 kettle drums (1950)
Shin-ichiro Ikebe1943Symphony No. 2 "Trias" (1979), Symphony No. 3 "Ego Phano" (1984)
Tomojirō Ikenouchi19061991
Yoshirō Irino19211980Sinfonietta (1953)
Kan Ishii19212009Sinfonia Ainu (1959)
Maki Ishii19362003
Mareo Ishiketa19161996
Noboru Ito19031993
Kikuko Kanai19111986
Motoharu Kawashima1972
Makiko Kinoshita1956
Michio Kitazume1948
Yasuji Kiyose19001981To Ancient Times for orchestra (1937)
Nobu Kōda18701946Violin Sonata in E-flat major (1895), Violin Sonata in D minor (1897)
Jo Kondo1947
Hidemaro Konoye18981973
Yūji Koseki19091989
Takehisa Kosugi19382018
Kiyoshige Koyama19142009Kobiki-Uta (Woodcutter's Song) for Orchestra (1957)
Kikuko Masumoto1937
Yoritsune Matsudaira19072001Theme and Variations for Piano and Orchestra (1951), U-mai (1957), Sa-mai (1958)
Teizo Matsumura19292007Achime (1957), Symphony No. 1 (1965), Prélude pour orchestre (1968)
2 Piano Concertos (1973, 1978), Cello Concerto(1984), Opera "Silence" (1993)
Toshiro Mayuzumi19291997Bacchanale (1954), Tonepleromas 55 (1955), Nirvana Symphony (1958)
Mandala Symphony (1960), Bugaku (1962), Opera "The Golden Pavilion" (1976)
Minoru Miki1930[1]2011[2]Marimba Spiritual (1983), Wakahime (1991), Pipa Concerto (1997), Ai-en (2005)
Shukichi Mitsukuri18951971
Haruna Miyake1942
Akira Miyoshi19332013Trois mouvements symphoniques (1960), Piano Concerto (1961), Concerto for Orchestra (1964)
Violin Concerto (1965), Requiem (1970), Kyômon (1984), Litania pour Fuji (1988)
Makoto Moroi19302013Piano Concerto No. 1 (1966), Concerto for Shakuhachi and 17 Strings-Koto (1975)
Saburō Moroi19031977Symphony No. 2 (1938), Violin Concerto (1939), Piano Sonata No. 2 (1939)
Jun Nagao1964
Yoshinao Nakada19232000
Akira Nishimura1953Kecak for Percussion ensemble (1979), Heterophony for Two Piano and Orchestra (1987)
Takatomi Nobunaga1971
Kiyoshi Nobutoki18871965Cantata "Kaido-Tosei" (1940)
Roh Ogura19161990Dance Suite (1953), Symphony in G (1968)
Hiroshi Ohguri19181982
Hisato Ohzawa19071953Symphony No. 1 (1934), Piano Concerto No. 3 "Kamikaze" (1938)
Atsutada Otaka19442021Image for orchestra (1981), Fantasy for organ and orchestra (1999)
Hisatada Otaka19111951Cello Concerto (1944), Flute Concerto (1948)
Shigeaki Saegusa1942
Somei Satoh1947
Tokichi Setoguchi18681941Warship March (1897)
Minao Shibata19161996
Kan'ichi Shimofusa18981962
Hifumi Shimoyama1930
Makoto Shinohara1931
Meiko Shiomi1938
Isotaro Sugata19071952
Yoshihisa Taira19372005
Yūji Takahashi1938
Saburō Takata19132000
Toru Takemitsu19301996Requiem for String Orchestra (1957), The Dorian Horizon (1966), November Steps (1967)
Asterism (1967), A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden (1977), Nostalghia (1987)
Rentarō Taki18791903Minuet in B minor (1900), "Urami" (1903)
Karen Tanaka1961
Yuzo Toyama1931Rhapsody for Orchestra (1960)
Kazuo Yamada19121991
Kōsaku Yamada18861965Symphonic Poem "Madara no Hana (Hawthorn flower)" (1913), Sinfonia "Inno Meiji" (1921), Nagauta Symphony (1934)
Jun Yamaguchi1967
Hiroyuki Yamamoto1967
Akio Yashiro19291976Symphony (1958), Cello Concerto (1960), Piano Sonata (1961), Piano Concerto (1967)
Akio Yasuraoka1958
Takashi Yoshimatsu1953Threnody to Toki (1980), Pleiades Dances (1986–2001)
Joji Yuasa1929

Others

See also

References

  1. Randel, Don Michael, ed. (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 588. ISBN 978-0-674-37299-3.
  2. 作曲家の三木稔さんが死去 オペラや現代邦楽. 47news.jp. 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
  3. "Composer Yoko Kanno Holds Open Audition for Male Singer". Anime News Network. 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
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