Minoru Yamamoto
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After graduating from Tokyo Music School's teacher training course in 1936,[1] Yamamoto went to work as teacher in Maebashi Girls' High School[1] (now Maebashi Municipal High School ja:前橋市立前橋高等学校）, then Hiroshima Normal School[1] ja:広島師範学校, which in 1951 became Shinonome Elementary School and Junior High School Attached to Hiroshima University ja:広島大学附属東雲小学校・中学校 where he stayed until his retirement.[1] Yamamoto was also active in a local educational association, referred to variously as 広島教育音楽連盟 (Hiroshima Education Music Federation)[2] or 広島中等教育音楽協会 (Hiroshima Middle Education Music Association).[3]
His speciality was music tuition,[1] and he compiled many textbooks and piano tutors for teacher training students,[1] as well as publishing academic articles on subjects such as how to teach 'tone deaf' children to sing.[1][4]
Yamamoto composed nearly 100 school anthems[1] in addition to the Peace Song, and also performed as a choral conductor and in opera.[1] After retiring in 1976,[1] he became a Professor Emeritus of Hiroshima University[1] but continued to teach at Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University.[1]