Ikuma Dan


Ikuma Dan was a Japanese composer. Dan was born in Tokyo, the descendant of a prominent family, his grandfather Baron Dan Takuma having been President of Mitsui before being assassinated in 1932. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin and Tokyo Music School in 1946. He studied with teachers including Kosaku Yamada, Kunihiko Hashimoto, Kan'ichi Shimofusa, Saburō Moroi, and Midori Hosokawa.
During his career he completed six symphonies, all recorded and released on the Decca label in Japan, and wrote seven operas as well as a number of filmscores, and many songs. He wrote celebratory music for the Japanese imperial family, actively promoted cultural exchange with China, and received the commission to write an opera for the 1997 opening of the New National Theatre, Tokyo, Japan's main opera house.
Dan is known in Japan for his 1951 opera Yūzuru, which is regularly revived there.

Honors

Works

Stage

Yūzuru, opera in 1 act, text by Junji Kinoshita, Kikimimizukin, opera in 3 acts, text by Junji Kinoshita Yōkihi, opera in 3 acts, text by Jirō Osaragi Futari Shizuka, dance drama Hikarigoke, opera in 2 acts, text by Taijun Takeda Chanchiki, opera in 2 acts, text by Yoko Mizuki Master Flute Player, ballet Susanō, opera, text by Ikuma Dan Takeru, opera, text by Ikuma Dan and Kenya Oda

Symphonies

  • Symphony No. 1 in A
  • Symphony à la Burlesque
  • Symphony No. 2 in B
  • Symphony No. 3
  • Symphony No. 4 "1965 Kanagawa"
  • Symphony No. 5 "Suruga"
  • Sinfonietta
  • Symphony No. 6 "Hiroshima" for soprano, nohkan, shinobue and orchestra, text by Edmund Blunden
  • Symphony No. 7 "Jashūmon ", text by Hakushū Kitahara - unfinished

Orchestral

  • Dance Suite
  • Symphonic Poem "Peace Coming"
  • Orchestral Suite "The Silk Road"
  • Symphonic Suite "Journey through Arabia"
  • Symphonic Reportage "Arab" Grand March "Celebration" for wind orchestra
  • Overture "Tokyo Olympic"
  • Festival Overture
  • Concerto Grosso
  • Letters from Japan No. 1
  • Letters from Japan No. 2
  • Letters from Japan No. 3
  • Symphonic Poem "Nagasaki" for mixed chorus and orchestra
  • Fantasia No. 1 for violin and orchestra
  • Symphonic Poem "Imari" for mixed chorus and orchestra
  • "Night" for orchestra
  • Fantasia No. 2 for violin and orchestra
  • Symphonic Fantasy "The Great Wall of China" Fantasia all'antica for two violins and string orchestra Nocturne Et Dance for flute and orchestra
  • Orchestral Fantasy "Flying Devi" Grand March "The Royal Wedding" for wind orchestra

Chamber and instrumental

Three Intermezzi for piano
  • String Trio in A minor
  • Piano Sonata in C
  • String Quartet in B Divertimento for piano 4 hands
  • String Quartet in C Fantasia No. 1 for violin and piano
  • "Night" for 12 cellos 3 Novelettes for piano Fantasia No. 2 for violin and piano Fantasia No. 3 for violin and piano
  • Sonata for flute and piano
  • Sonata for 4 bassoons
  • Sonata for violin and piano
  • "Hagoromo" for flute and harp
  • Sonata for solo cello
  • Sonata for bassoon quartet
  • Sonata for solo violin No. 1
  • Sonata for solo violin No. 2
  • "Three Letters" for trombone and harp
  • "Black and Yellow" for solo violin and string quartet

Vocal

Six Songs for Children, text by Hakushū Kitahara Five Fragments, text by Hakushū Kitahara Four Songs by Sakutaro Hagiwara To the People of Mino, text by Hakushū Kitahara Three Flowers Songs Three ko-uta, text by Hakushū Kitahara Huit morceaux de Cocteau Chansons Malaises, text by Yvan Goll
;Popular songs
  • "Flowery Town", text by Shōko Ema
;Children's songs
  • "Otsukai ari-san", text by Ei-ichi Sekine
  • "Zō-san ", text by Michio Mado
  • "Yagi-san yūbin", text by Michio Mado
  • "Katatsumuri"

Choral works

  • Suite "The Chikugo River" for mixed chorus and piano/orchestra
  • "Ode to Saikai" for mixed chorus and orchestra

Film scores

Dedication of the Great Buddha Sword for Hire An Inlet of Muddy Water Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island Rickshaw Man Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender Storm Over the Pacific The Twilight Story The Last War

Music for the radio