Song Lady - Song Lady

...However, the mass production of "recorded children's songs" as popular children's songs led to a decline in their quality, and after the war, a movement for children's songs started again. This was done by poet Satō Hachirō (1903-73), who followed in the footsteps of Akai Tori, the Ikuma Group of New Composers (1924-), Akutagawa Yasushi (1925-89), Nakata Yoshinao (1923-), and others, and through the NHK radio program "Uta no Obasan," simple melodies but songs with artistic flavor such as "Medaka no Gakkou" (The School of Medaka) and "Zōsan" (Elephant) were born. Next, Nakata Yoshinao, Isobe Hajime (1917-), and others formed the "Roba no Kai" (Roba Society), and in order to break away from the image of "recorded children's songs," they did not use the name "children's songs" but called them "children's songs." ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "singing lady" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…しかし，子どもの流行歌としての〈レコード童謡〉の量産がその質の低下をもたらし，戦後再び子どもの歌の運動が起きた。〈赤い鳥〉の流れをくむ詩人サトウハチロー(1903‐73)や新進作曲家団伊玖磨(1924‐　)，芥川也寸志(1925‐89)，中田喜直(1923‐　)らによるもので，NHKのラジオ番組〈歌のおばさん〉を媒介とし，ここから《めだかの学校》《ぞうさん》など，簡単な旋律でありながら，芸術味のある歌が誕生した。ついで中田喜直，磯部俶(1917‐　)らによる〈ろばの会〉が結成され，彼らは〈レコード童謡〉のイメージから脱皮すべく童謡の名称を用いず，〈こどものうた〉とよんだ。…

※「歌のおばさん」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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