Saburō Moroi
Saburō Moroi was a Japanese composer.
Life
Moroi was self-taught in composition while studying at the Tokyo Imperial University before moving in 1932 to Germany to study in the Berlin Musikhochschule under Leo Schrattenholz and Walter Gmeindl. While Moroi had been active in the Tokyo musical scene, forming with other colleagues a society named Surya, he claimed that his creative life truly started from his Berlin days. Returning to Japan in 1934, he built a successful career in subsequent years. His work was part of the music event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.Soon after completing his Symphony No. 3 in 1944 he was called up by the Japanese Army to serve in the Second World War. Following the country's surrender he focused on teaching and writing books on music theory, composing just eight works in the following three decades, including two more symphonies. In his last works he turned to the twelve-tone system.
Pupils of Moroi include Ikuma Dan, Toriro Miki, Toshiharu Ichikawa, Yoshirō Irino, Kunio Toda, Minao Shibata, Sōkichi Ozaki, Akio Yashiro, Chūji Kinoshita, and Im Won-sik. His son Makoto Moroi was also a composer.
List of works
Orchestral
- Symphonic Fragments ; formerly Op. 19
- Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8
- Symphony No. 2, Op. 16
- Imperial Army Ode, Symphonic Poem
- Two Symphonic Movements, Op. 22
- The Admiral, Killed in Action, Symphonic Poem
- Praise the Dawn, Symphonic Fantasy in C major
- Sinfonietta for Children in B, Op. 24
- Symphony No. 3, Op. 25
- Ovation on Toward Victory, Overture
- Symphony No. 4, Op. 27
- Symphony No. 5 "Academic Festival Symphony", Op. 29
Concertante
- Concerto in F minor for piano and orchestra ; formerly Op. 6
- Concerto No. 1 in C major for piano and orchestra, Op. 7
- Concerto for cello and orchestra, Op. 12
- Concerto for bassoon and orchestra, Op. 14 ; lost
- Concerto for violin and orchestra, Op. 18
- Allegro for piano and orchestra, Op. 26
- Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra, Op. 31
Chamber
- Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano
- Piano Trio in B minor
- Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano
- Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano
- Sonata No. 3 for cello and piano
- Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano
- Piano Quintet
- String Quartet, Op. 6
- Piano Quartet, Op. 9
- Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 11
- Trio for cello, viola da gamba and harpsichord, Op. 13
- Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 15
- String Sextet, Op. 17
- String Trio, Op. 19
- Sonata for horn and piano, Op. 32
Piano
Moroi composed a total of ten sonatas for piano: three early sonatas, five numbered sonatas written between 1927 and 1931, and a second set of two numbered sonatas with opus numbers written in 1933 and 1939.- Sonata
- Sonata
- Sonata in D minor
- Sonata No. 1 in D major
- Sonata No. 2 in A minor
- Sonata No. 3
- Sonata No. 4
- Prelude
- Sonata No. 5
- Sonata No. 1, Op. 5
- Sonata No. 2, Op. 20
- Suite for Piano
- ''Preludio and Allegro giocoso''
Choral
- Prayer for Peace, Cantata
- A Visit of the Sun, Fantasy-Oratorio for baritone, female chorus and orchestra, Op. 28
Vocal
- Kokyoku for voice and piano ; words by Atsuo Ōki
- The Boy for voice and piano ; words by Tatsuji Miyoshi
- Wind, Light, Leaves for voice and piano ; words by Atsuo Ōki
- Ginkgo Tree for voice and piano ; words by Shigeo Inoue
- The Deathbed for voice and cello ; words by Chūya Nakahara
- Morning Song for voice and cello ; words by Chūya Nakahara
- Munashiki aki for voice and piano ; words by Chūya Nakahara
- The Pram for voice and piano ; words by Tatsuji Miyoshi
- Two Songs for soprano and orchestra, Op. 10 ; words by Chūya Nakahara
- Tōki yama miyu for voice and piano, Op. 33 ; words by Tatsuji Miyoshi