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for orchestras, vocal, and traditional Japanese instrumentation. He was born in

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. Although nationalistic he did not compose until his thirties, which was after the period of Imperial expansionism.

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Selection of works

: ''Many works by Koyama are published by Ongaku-no-tomo-sha.''

Orchestral

* 1946 ''Shinano bayashi'' for Orchestra * 1953/1958 ''Japanese Folk Songs'' for Chamber Orchestra * 1957 ''Kobiki-Uta (Woodcutter's Song)'' for Orchestra * 1959 ''Symphonic Suite "Nohmen" (Masks for Play)'' * 1964 ''Ainu no Uta'' for string orchestra * 1976 ''Hinauta No. 1'' for Orchestra * 1978 ''Hinauta No. 2'' for Orchestra * 1981 ''Hinauta No. 3'' for orchestra * 1988 ''Hinauta No. 4'' for orchestra

Wind orchestra

*1970 ''Kobiki-uta'' for band *1970 ''Mogura-oi'' *1970 ''Otemoyan'' *1970 ''Echigo-jishi'' *1970 ''Dai-kagura'' *1980 ''Flow Festival'' *1991 ''Hinauta No. 5'' *1993 ''Noh-men''

Choral

* ''Lullaby of Itsuki''

Piano

* 1966 ''Kagome Variations'' * 1969 ''Variations on "Kari kari watare"'' * ''Children Songs for piano'' * ''Collection of piano pieces'' * ''Intro to piano thru Japanese harmony'' * ''Coming Summer (Natsu wa kinu)''

Traditional Japanese instruments

* 1962 ''Ubusuna'' for koto and other Japanese musical instruments * 1962 Quartet No. 1 for Japanese instruments * 1963 ''Okume - Okiku'' * 1964 ''Wagakki no tame no gassōkyoku'' * 1965 ''Urashima Taro kodomo no yume'' * 1966 ''Fudo yonsho'' * 1968 Trio for 2 koto and

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* 1968 Quartet No. 2 ''"Theme and Variations"'' for Japanese instruments * 1971 ''Akatsuchi ni naru imōto'' * 1973 ''Wagakki no tame no gojūsōkyoku'', Quintet for Japanese instruments * 1976 ''Chidori ni yoru hen'yō (Transfiguration by Chidori)'' * 1978 ''Wagakki no tame no hensōkyoku'', Variations for Japanese instruments * 1980 ''Hagoromo'' * 1985 ''Nenyamonya Hensōkyoku'' (Nenyamonya Variations) * 1996 ''Sakura sakura'' for koto ensemble * ''Tenchi sosei'' * Trio for 2 koto and

Operas

* 1972 ''Sansho Dayu'' * 1974 ''Konyaku Mondo''

References

* Kiyoshige Koyama, ''Nihon no hibiki wo tsukuru'', ongaku-no-tomo-sha, 2004. 1914 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Japanese classical composers 21st-century Japanese classical composers Japanese opera composers Japanese male opera composers Musicians from Nagano Prefecture 20th-century Japanese male musicians 21st-century Japanese male musicians {{Japan-composer-stub