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Rentarō Taki (滝 廉太郎, Taki Rentarō, 24 August 1879 – 29 June 1903) was a Japanese pianist and composer of the Meiji era.[1]

Rentarō Taki
瀧 廉太郎
Born	(1879-08-24)24 August 1879 Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Died	29 June 1903(1903-06-29) (aged 23) Ōita City, Empire of Japan
Occupation	Pianist composer

Taki was born in Tokyo, but moved to many places during his childhood owing to his father's job. He graduated from the Tokyo Music School in 1901. One of his famous pieces is "Kōjō no Tsuki" (Moon Over the Ruined Castle), which was included in the songbook for junior high school students, along with the "Hakone-Hachiri" (箱根八里). "Hana" (花, "Flower") is also a well-known song.[1][2]

In the same year, Taki went to the Leipzig Conservatory in Germany for further studies, but fell seriously ill with pulmonary tuberculosis and therefore returned to Japan. He lived quietly in the country afterwards, but soon died at the age of 23. His posthumous work is a solo piano piece called "Urami" (憾, "Regret"), which he wrote four months before he died.

Recordings

• "Kōjō no Tsuki" performed by Jean-Pierre Rampal and Ensemble Lunaire, Japanese Folk Melodies. transcribed by Akio Yashiro, CBS Records, 1978.
• "Kōjō no Tsuki" performed by New Kyoto Ensemble, Distant Winds: The Music of Japan. Intersound, 1992. (no composers are credited on this album)

References

External links

• Rentaro Taki: Kojo no Tsuki on YouTube – Kojo no Tsuki
• Rentaro Taki: Kojo no Tsuki on YouTube – Kojo no Tsuki
• Rentaro Taki: Urami (regret) on YouTube – Urami (regret)
• Free scores by Rentarō Taki at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• Free scores by Rentarō Taki in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)

На других языках

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[de] Taki Rentarō

Rentarō Taki (jap. 瀧 廉太郎 Taki Rentarō; * 24. August 1879 in Tokio; † 29. Juni 1903 in Ōita) war ein japanischer Komponist.

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- [en] Rentarō Taki

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