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KAWAI, Manabu Professor - Composition, Department of Composition
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17 June, 2010 |
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| “Ode” for Piano and Orchestra |
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| 1944 | Born in Ibaraki |
| 1967 | Graduated, Tokyo University of the Arts (Dept. of Composition) |
| 1972 | Completed, Graduate School,Tokyo University of the Arts (Master of Music Course) |
| 1972-77 | Part-time Lecturer, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 1978-83 | Lecturer, Toho Gakuen College, Music Department |
| 1982-92 | Part-time Lecturer, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 1984-87 | Associate Professor, Toho Gakuen College, Music Department |
| 1986-93 | Director, Library of Toho Gakuen College, Music Department |
| 1988-92 | Professor, Toho Gakuen College, Music Department |
| 1993-99 | Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 2000- | Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 2003-07 | Dean Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 2008- | Member of the Education and Research Council, Tokyo University of the Arts |
Research Activities ('*'=monograph)
| 1964 | String Quartet |
| 1965 | "Variamenti" for Piano and String Quartet |
| 1966 | 3 Songs (poems by Sakutaro Hagiwara) |
| 1967 | Flute Quartet |
| 1968 | Music for Documentary Series "Meiji-Hyakunen" (NHK TV) |
| 1968-76 | Music for TV Dramas, Movies, and Documentaries, ("Shirobanba," NHK TV, and other works) |
| 1974 | "Ceremonial Overture" for Orchestra (Commissioned by Ibaraki Prefecture) |
| 1975 | "Ode" for Harp and Strings (Shinshin-kai) |
| 1982 | "Ode" for Piano and Orchestra (Commissioned by MIN-ON, Published by ZEN-ON Music) |
| 1988 | "Swing in so - 27 Children's Poems" for Children's Chorus (Japan Society for Contemporary Music) |
| 1997 | "Grand Fugue/The Backwards Journey" (Beethoven: String Quartet No.13, Eleonore Streichquartett)* |
| 1998 | "Harmony: Practice, Analysis and Principles" (co-author, Ongakunotomo Edition) |
| 1999 | "The Descending line of the 'Schwanengesang'" (Beethoven: String Quartet No.16,)* |
| | "The 'New Road'/Personal Thought" (Beethoven: String Quartet No.9, Eleonore Streichquartett)* |
| | "An Attempt at Analysis (1)" (F. Chopin) (Bulletin, Tokyo University of the Arts)* |
| 2000 | "From the 'Song of Gratitude'" (Beethoven: String Quartet No.15, Eleonore Streichquartett)* |
| | "Stairs-Echoes-Rebirth" (Beethoven: String Quartet No.14, Eleonore Streichquartett)* |
| | "An Attempt at Analysis (2)" (C. Debussy (1)) (Bulletin, Tokyo University of the Arts)* |
| 2001 | "An Attempt at Analysis (3)" (C. Debussy (2)) (Bulletin, Tokyo University of the Arts)* |
| 2003 | "Sphinx in the backlght" (Beethoven; String Quartet No.12, Elonore Streichquartett)* |
| 2004 | "An Examination off Viertonige Struktur - Moment Running Through Beethoven's Late Quartets" (Bulletin, Tokyo University of the Arts)* |
| 1974-2008 | 102 Exercises for Harmony |
| 2010 | "Center of Symmetry - Its Concept and Perception" (Bulletin, Tokyo University of the Arts) |
Educational Activities
Undergraduate courses : composition; theory (analysis, harmony, counterpoint, fugue)
Graduate courses: composition; analysis
Research project: Analyzing musical works by applying the method of 'Analogies' between musical ideas and complete works |
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