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Hisatada Otaka

おたか ひさただ

Otaka Hisatada

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1911-09-26 （Tokyo (formerly Tokyo-fu), Japan）
死没
1951-02-16 （Nagoya, Aichi, Japan） 39歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Tokyo (birth and upbringing) → Vienna (study/residence) → Nagoya (tour performance and death)

経歴

職業
composer, conductor, music educator
活動期間
1931年〜1951年
所属
New Symphony Orchestra (predecessor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra), Japan Symphony Orchestra (during reorganization of the New Symphony Orchestra), Vienna Symphony Orchestra (guest conductor), Berlin Philharmonic (guest conductor), Musashino Music School (faculty)
影響を受けた人物
Klaus Pringsheim, Leo Sirota, Richard Stoehr, Josef Marx, Felix Weingartner, Franz Moser
影響を与えた人物
Hikaru Hayashi, Atsutada Otaka (son, composer), Tadaaki Otaka (son, conductor)

学歴

Tokyo Prefectural Dai-go Middle School (now Tokyo Metropolitan Koishikawa Secondary Education School)
期間: 1920年代
国: Japan
Attended as a youth; former middle school (old system)
Seijo High School (old system; predecessor of Seijo University)
期間: 在学半年（中退）
国: Japan
Left after a half-year; did not complete studies
Musashino Music School (now Musashino Music University)
Composition (faculty member) / Composition
期間: 帰国後（1932年頃）
国: Japan
Taught composition after returning to Japan (short period)
Vienna (private studies)
期間: 1931年、1934年以降（留学）
国: Austria
Studied with Berta Yanber, Richard Stoehr, Josef Marx and Felix Weingartner (private instruction)

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Japanese Suite, Op.6

1936年 Orchestral music

Composed in 1936. Incorporates Japanese melodic elements and folk-like motifs, emphasizing orchestral color.

Japanese modal elementsfolk-like melodiesorchestral coloration

Cello Concerto in A minor

1943年 Concerto

Composed in 1943. Reportedly premiered by cellist Takashi Kurata; despite wartime composition conditions, it exhibits introspective expression.

lyricismdialogue among stringsintrospection

Symphony No.1 in E minor

1948年 Symphony

Composed in 1948. Long thought incomplete until a second movement was discovered; completed (in part) by Yuzo Toyama and premiered in a two-movement version by the NHK Symphony in 2006. A work of symphonic scope.

symphonic developmentpostwar reconstruction sentimentlarge-scale orchestration

Flute Concerto in A major

1948年 Concerto

Originally written in 1948 as a chamber-accompanied version; an orchestral version was arranged in 1951 but its final orchestration remained unfinished and was later completed in part by Hikaru Hayashi.

melodic flowdialogue among woodwindshints of folk elements

全著作

  • Japanese Suite, Op.6 (1936)
  • Rhapsody (1937)
  • Little Symphony (1937, for strings)
  • Symphonic Poem 'Ashiya Otome', Op.9 (1937)
  • Cello Concerto (1943)
  • Sinfonietta, Op.24 (1943)
  • Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, Op.21 (1943; revised 1947)
  • Symphony No.1 (1948)
  • Flute Concerto (1948/1951)
  • Numerous songs and chamber works

翻案

  • 1948 broadcast arts festival video: conducted Act II of Beethoven's 'Fidelio'
  • 1943 Victor studio recording of Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.5 (the 'Egyptian'), with Kasuko Yasukawa

作風・主題

文体
Romantic coloration combined with modern orchestration techniquesincorporation of folk-like and Japanese materialsdense and colorful orchestration
頻出モチーフ
folk-like Japanese melodiesmarch-like rhythms (reflecting wartime period)dialogues between strings and woodwinds

健康

  • hemorrhagic encephalitis of the upper gray matter
    1951年（急性）
    An acute illness in early 1951 following accumulated exhaustion and an intense performance schedule; led to his death in February and ended his career.

評価・遺産

In a brief life he left an important mark on modern Japanese orchestral composition and conducting. Closely associated with the history of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, his name endures in the 'Otaka Prize' and his influence continues within the musical community.

資料所蔵先

  • NHK Symphony Orchestra archives (holds concert records and some recordings)

大衆文化への影響

  • The NHK Symphony Orchestra established the 'Otaka Prize' for outstanding orchestral works, named after him
  • Anecdotes circulate that he joked he'd die at 39 like Gershwin, and stories such as whistling Beethoven's Ninth in a toilet are part of popular lore

引用

  • I'll die at 39 just like Gershwin.
    出典: Family recollection / anecdote
  • It was NHK that killed Otaka. If NHK had taken full responsibility, the players would have been spared excessive busyness.
    出典: Koichi Nomura (music critic), contribution to Mainichi Shimbun

豆知識

  • An anecdote says he used to whistle Beethoven's Ninth in a toilet as a student.
  • Reportedly told his wife after seeing the film 'An American in Paris' that he'd die at 39 like Gershwin.
  • The 'Otaka Prize' for outstanding orchestral works takes its name from him.
  • Very few audiovisual recordings and documents by him survive.