Yasuji Kiyose

Yasuji Kiyose (清瀬保二 Kiyose Yasuji, 13 January 1900 – 14 September 1981) was a Japanese composer. He studied composition privately with Kōsaku Yamada and Kōsuke Komatsu and in 1930, took an active part in organizing the Shinkō Sakkyokuka Renmei, (which later grew into the Japanese section of the ISCM).[1]

In 1948, Kiyose took on Hiroyoshi Suzuki and Tōru Takemitsu for a brief period as pupils in composition.[2]

His music at times incorporates Japanese pentatonic scales, and other elements of Japanese folk-song; his far better known pupil Takemitsu, developed this tendency further in a great number of his works.[1]

Major works

Notes

  1. 1 2 Masakata Kanazawa. "Kiyose, Yasuji". In Macy, Laura. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. (subscription required)
  2. Peter Burt, The Music of Toru Takemitsu, (Cambridge, 2001), p. 25 ISBN 978-0-521-02695-6


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