was a Japanese composer of

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and professor.

Biography

Tomojiro Ikenouchi was born in

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as son of a

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poet

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. He traveled to

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in 1927, where he studied composition with

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and piano with

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. His music is influenced by French

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. He returned to Japan in 1933. Ikenouchi taught at the

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beginning in 1947. His notable students include

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, Shin-ichiro Ikebe,

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, Kōhei Tanaka,

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, Sei Ikeno, Masato Uchida and Ryohei Hirose. Along with several of his students, he formed the Shinshin Kai group in 1955. His works are published by Ongaku-no-Tomo Sha. His granddaughter is cellist, Kristina Reiko Cooper.

References

* Cooper, Kristina Reiko (2001). "Tomojiro Ikenouchi and His Influences." DMA dissertation.

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