Sukegawa, Toshiya

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Sukegawa, Toshiya

Sukegawa, Toshiya, Japanese composer; b. Sapporo, July 15, 1930. He studied with Ikenouchi from 1951; graduated in composition from the Univ. of Arts in Tokyo in 1957.

Works

dramatic: Television Opera: Pôra no Hiroba (1959). ORCH.: Passacaglia (1954); Partita (1960); Legend (1965). CHAMBER: String Quartet (1956); Music for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Percussion, and Piano (1958); Wind Quintet (1962); 5 Metamorphoses for Viola and Piano (1966); 3 Parts for 5 Flute Players (1967); 3 Scenes for Jushichigen, 3 Violins, and Viola (1969); A Projection for Marimba, Piccolo, Trombone, Piano, and Percussion (1969); 5 Pieces after Paul Klee for Marimba (1973); Song of the Wind for Tape (1980); Les Jours passants, trio for Flute, Violin, and Harpsichord (1982); Eternal Morning for Tape (1983); Mirror for 2 Flutes (1984); The Berin Strait for Tape (1986); Blue Mountain for Synthesizer and Tape (1987); La Folia 2 (From the Galaxy Far Away) for Synthesizer (1988). Piano: Sonata (1958); Divertimento for 2 Pianos (1958); Tapestry (1966-68); 5 Symbolic Pictures (1972); Sequenza (1985); Komoriuta (1986). VOCAL: The White World for Chorus and Piano (1971); Eika for Chorus and Japanese Percussion (1972).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire

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