Kozaburo Hirai
Japanese composer (1910–2002)
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Kozaburo Hirai (平井 康三郎, Hirai Kōzaburō; 10 September 1910 – 30 November 2002) was a Japanese composer and professor of music. He was the father of pianist, composer and musicologist Takejiro Hirai and cellist Jyoichiro Hirai.[1]
Works, editions and recordings
- Idyl for clarinet 1941[2]
- Song Nara-yama (平城山, Nara mountain), recorded by Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) and Ensemble Lunaire. Japanese Folk Melodies transcribed by Akio Yashiro. CBS Records, 1978.
- Song Yuri-kago (ゆりかご, the rocking cradle)
