“Songs” Composed by the Tokyo Academy of Music School
A collection of audio recordings selected from hundreds of “songs” composed under commission by the Tokyo Academy of Music, which have “not been sung in recent years due to their historical background” can now be enjoyed here, along with images of the related musical scores (stored at the University History Archives Room of this university’s Composite Arts Archive Center).
This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant NumberJP22320034.
English Translation Consultant:Thomas Cressy
Contents developed by KAMURA,Tetsuro
[Songs Revived in Modern Times]
(In chronological order by date of commission)
- School Anthem of Mie Prefectural Fourth Middle School
(now Ujiyamada High School)
Lyrics: Goro Onodera Music: Kosaku Yamada - School Anthem of Takasaki Municipal Senior Commercial School
(now Gunma Prefectural Takasaki Commercial High School)
Lyrics: Akitoshi Matsumura Music: Teiichi Okano - School Anthem of Busan Public Commercial Specialized Training College Class A
Lyrics: Rinkichi (Bansui) Tsuchii Music: Akira Nakada (Class A) - School Anthem of Busan Public Commercial Specialized Training College Class B
Lyrics: Rinkichi (Bansui) Tsuchii Music: Onzaburou Kusumi (Class B) - Naichi no Uta (“Mainland Song”)
Lyrics: Public contest winner (Juichi Kajiwara) Music: Teiichi Okano - Kokuminseishin Sakkou no Uta “Warera wa Hinotami”
(“A Song to Incite National Spirit ‘We Are a Nation of the Sun’”)
Lyrics: Yoshiaki Tezuka Music: Kiyoshi Nobutoki - Futsuin Koheitai no Uta
(“A Song for the French Indochina Engineering Corps”)
Lyrics: Unknown Music: Shinichi Takada
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