Happy new year. It's amazing that half of Akikawa's followers are foreigners! This song is said to be a masterpiece of Japanese classical music, and Mr. Akikawa would like people overseas to listen to it as well. The lyrics are in difficult Japanese and are difficult for even modern people to understand. Rentaro Taki was the first composer to introduce Western scales to Japan. He studied abroad in Leipzig, Germany, and unfortunately contracted tuberculosis and died at the young age of 23, but his achievements were significant.
This song is also said to be influenced by Mendelssohn. Rentaro became a Christian by being baptized in a Christian church in the year he composed this song. In addition, the universality of this song can be felt from the fact that a Belgian priest who was impressed by this song later arranged it into a mass and sang it in church.
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Happy new year.
It's amazing that half of Akikawa's followers are foreigners!
This song is said to be a masterpiece of Japanese classical music, and Mr. Akikawa would like people overseas to listen to it as well. The lyrics are in difficult Japanese and are difficult for even modern people to understand.
Rentaro Taki was the first composer to introduce Western scales to Japan. He studied abroad in Leipzig, Germany, and unfortunately contracted tuberculosis and died at the young age of 23, but his achievements were significant.
This song is also said to be influenced by Mendelssohn. Rentaro became a Christian by being baptized in a Christian church in the year he composed this song. In addition, the universality of this song can be felt from the fact that a Belgian priest who was impressed by this song later arranged it into a mass and sang it in church.
日本人以外の方達が歌詞を読み、静かに流れるメロディと深みのある歌声そしてこの歌を彷彿させる映像から、美しい日本の情景と切なさの対比を感じ取って頂けたら嬉しいですね。「荒城の月」3パターンbravo！