Rentarō Taki
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瀧 廉太郎 | |
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| Born | 24 August 1879 Tokyo, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 29 June 1903 (aged 23) Ōita City, Empire of Japan |
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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.
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", 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.
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.
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)
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