Fumio Hayasaka

Composer. Born in Sendai. Moved to Sapporo at a young age and taught himself composition and piano. Graduated from Hokkai Middle School in 1932 (Showa 7). In 1934, formed the New Music Federation with Akira Ifukube and others. He had an early interest in traditional Japanese and Oriental arts, and left the central music scene, which was oriented toward the West at the time, to develop his own style of composition based on the idea of ​​"Pan-Asianism." His major works include the orchestral pieces "Ancient Dances" (1937) and "Dances to the Left and Dances to the Right" (1942), which are based on gagaku, as well as the symphonic suite "Yukar" (1955), which he completed after his death. He was also active in the field of film music, leaving behind many masterpieces such as Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon" and "Seven Samurai," and Kenji Mizoguchi's "Ugetsu Monogatari" and "Sansho Dayu." His musical philosophy of "Pan-Orientalism" had a major influence on a new generation of composers such as Toru Takemitsu.

[Takashi Funayama]

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作曲家。仙台生まれ。幼時札幌に移り、独学で作曲、ピアノを学ぶ。1932年（昭和7）北海中学校卒業。1934年伊福部昭(いふくべあきら)らと「新音楽連盟」を結成。早くから日本、東洋の伝統的諸芸術に関心をもち、当時西洋を志向していた中央の楽壇から離れ、「汎東洋主義(パン・エイシアニズム)」の考えから独自の作風を展開していった。主要作品に、雅楽を題材とした管弦楽曲『古代の舞曲』（1937）と『左方の舞と右方の舞』（1942）、遺作の交響的組曲『ユーカラ』（1955）など。また映画音楽の分野でも活躍し、黒澤明監督の『羅生門(らしょうもん)』『七人の侍』、溝口健二監督の『雨月物語(うげつものがたり)』『山椒大夫(さんしょうだゆう)』など多くの名作を残した。「汎東洋主義」の音楽思想は武満徹(たけみつとおる)らの新しい世代の作曲家に大きな影響を与えた。

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