Rentarō Taki

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
Died29 June 1903(1903-06-29) (aged 23)
Ōita City, Empire of Japan
Occupations
  • 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
  1. 第２版, 朝日日本歴史人物事典,日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ),ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典,デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus,百科事典マイペディア,精選版 日本国語大辞典,旺文社日本史事典 三訂版,デジタル大辞泉,世界大百科事典. "滝廉太郎とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "滝（たき）廉太郎（れんたろう） – 教育芸術社" (in Japanese). 30 March 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-26.


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