Hidemaro Konoye
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Viscount Hidemaro Konoye (近衛 秀麿 Konoe Hidemaro?, 18 November 1898—2 June 1973) was a Japanese conductor and composer. Born into an aristocratic family, he was the brother of Japanese prime minister Fumimaro Konoe. He studied music with Vincent d'Indy and Franz Schreker.[1] He is noted for making the first recording of Mahler's Fourth Symphony, which was also the first electrical recording of any Mahler symphony.[2] He made his European debut in January 1928 with the Berlin Philharmonic;[3] he also made several recordings with that orchestra.[citation needed]
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[edit] Major works
- Kronungs-Kantate for soprano, mezzo soprano, bariton, chorus and orchestra (1928)
- Etenraku for orchestra (1931; Transcription from gagaku)
- Chin Chin Chidori for voice and piano
[edit] Notable recordings
- Mahler, Fourth Symphony, Sakaye Kitasaya (soprano), New Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo, Japanese Parlophone, May 1930[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Lebrecht, Norman (1992). The Companion to 20th-Century Music. New York: Simon and Schuster, 188. ISBN 0306807343.
- ^ a b Smoley, Lewis M. (1996). Gustav Mahler's Symphonies: critical commentary on recordings since 1986, first edition, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 93. ISBN 0313297711.
- ^ Morreau, Annette (2002). Emanuel Feuermann. Yale University Press, 80. ISBN 0300096844.
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| Preceded by none |
Permanent Conductors, NHK Symphony Orchestra 1926–1936 |
Succeeded by Joseph Rosenstock |
