Katsutoshi Nagasawa
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was a Japanese composer of classical music with a modern approach. Nagasawa composed for traditional Japanese musical instruments (e.g., Shakuhachi
, Koto
, Shamisen
).
Nagasawa was born in 1923 in Tokyo and graduated from Nihon University
. He was one of the founding members of Pro Musica Nipponia (日本音楽集団) in 1964, a group of famous Japanese composers and musicians who aim at performing classical and contemporary compositions from both Japan and the West. The groups music is performed by traditional Japanese musical instruments.
Shakuhachi
The is a Japanese end-blown flute. It is traditionally made of bamboo, but versions now exist in ABS and hardwoods. It was used by the monks of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism in the practice of...
, Koto
Koto (musical instrument)
The koto is a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument, similar to the Chinese guzheng, the Mongolian yatga, the Korean gayageum and the Vietnamese đàn tranh. The koto is the national instrument of Japan. Koto are about length, and made from kiri wood...
, Shamisen
Shamisen
The , also called is a three-stringed, Japanese musical instrument played with a plectrum called a bachi. The Japanese pronunciation is usually "shamisen" but sometimes "jamisen" when used as a suffix . -Construction:The shamisen is a plucked stringed instrument...
).
Nagasawa was born in 1923 in Tokyo and graduated from Nihon University
Nihon University
Nihon University is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School in October 1889....
. He was one of the founding members of Pro Musica Nipponia (日本音楽集団) in 1964, a group of famous Japanese composers and musicians who aim at performing classical and contemporary compositions from both Japan and the West. The groups music is performed by traditional Japanese musical instruments.
Major works
- Two Dances for Japanese traditional music ensemble
- One Day in Spring for Japanese traditional music ensemble
- Shikyokyu for shakuhachi solo
- Hoshun for shakuhachi and koto
- Mayudama-no-uta for shakuhachi and koto
- Quartet for koto and jushichigen
- Two Pastorals for shakuhachi, koto and jushichigen