Teizo Matsumura
Japanese composer and poet
Teizo Matsumura (松村 禎三 Matsumura Teizō; 15 January 1929 – 6 August 2007) was a Japanese composer and poet. Orphaned and suffering from tuberculosis, during his recovery in the early 1950s he began to write both haiku and music. He studied with Tomojiro Ikenouchi and Akira Ifukube. He was influenced by Ravel and Stravinsky, but also Asian traditions. He was Professor Emeritus of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
Matsumura is the recipient of the 1974 UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers and of the 1978 Suntory Music Award.
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Works
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- Silence
- Silence: Act I
- Silence: Act I. Scene I. Burning at the Stake
- Silence: Act I. Scene II. A Church in Macao
- Silence: Act I. Scene III. Intermezzo
- Silence: Act I. Scene IV. A Barn in Tomogi Village
- Silence: Act I. Scene IX. On a Cliff near the Sea
- Silence: Act I. Scene V. An Aria on a Hilltop
- Silence: Act I. Scene VI. On the Hilltop
- Silence: Act I. Scene VII. Intermezzo (Fumi-E)
- Silence: Act I. Scene VIII. Water Crucifixion
- Silence: Act II
- Silence: Act II. Scene X. A Prison in Nagasaki
- Silence: Act II. Scene XI. The Seashore
- Silence: Act II. Scene XII. The Prison
- Silence: Act II. Scene XIII. The Streets of Nagasaki
- Silence: Act II. Scene XIV. A Cell in the Prison
- Silence: Act II. Scene XV. A Bright Morning
- Silence: Act II. Scene XVI. The Same Bright Morning
- Symphony no. 1
- Symphony no. 1: I. Andante
- Symphony no. 1: II. Adagio
- Symphony no. 1: III. Allegro
- Symphony no. 2
- Symphony no. 2: I. 𝅗𝅥 = 50
- Symphony no. 2: II. ♩ = 46
- Symphony no. 2: III. 𝅗𝅥 = 50
- To the Night of Gethsemane
- 祈祷歌
- 詩曲一番