Toshio Mashima
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(21 February 1949 – 21 April 2016) was a Japanese composer born in
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, Japan.


Biography

First, he studied engineering. He interrupted this to study music. He graduated from the
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and took the Yamaha Band Director course, going on to do his major in technology. He also studied music composition under Bin Kanade and jazz theory under Makoto Uchibori. He graduated in 1971 and went on to play
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in jazz and pop bands. He then worked as an assistant to Naohiro Iwai and began to focus on making compositions for bands. His own works, especially for bands, are published in
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and sold in
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. Lately, he has also composed for TV series and movies. He served as an instructor of the Institute of Education, Sobi, as well as working as a special instructor at the Yamaha Music School. He won an award in the composition section of the 7th Academic Society of Japan for Winds and Percussion bands competition. Mashima died at the age of 67, due to cancer, on 21 April 2016.


Works


Work for Wind

* 1985 ''View with a Glimpes of Waves'' * 1986 ''Takarajima'' Show Samba * 1992 ''A Prelude to Applause'' * 1992 ''Dream in the Silent Night'' * 1997 ''Mirage à Paris'' *# St. Germain des Pres *# La Fontaine de Medicis (Jardin du Luxembourg) *# Montmartre Place du Tertre-Sacre Coeur * 1997 ''Jacob's Ladder To a Crescent'' * 1997 ''Sousa's Holiday-The Thunderer - Samba'' (arr.) * 1997 ''Sousa's Holiday-The Stars and Stripes Forever - Jazz'' (arr.) * 1998 ''Yosakoi'' * 1999 ''The Glowing Sun Appeared on the Horizon'' * 1999 ''A Tribute to the
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Orchestra'' * 1999 ''Twilight in Central Park'' Ballad * 2000 ''Les Gens du Nord'' * 2000 ''Iroha'' *# Theme Largo *# 1st Variation Allegro *# 2nd Variation Adagio *# 3rd Variation and Finale Presto * 2000–2001 ''Les trois notes du Japon'' *# La danse des grues (Tanz der Kraniche) *# La rivière enneigée (Der Fluß im Schnee) *# La fête du feu (Feuerfest) * 2000 ''March Spirit'' for Wind Orchestra * 2001 ''Quiet Sunset'' * 2001 ''At The Mambo Inn'' * 2001 ''Welcome'' Rock Melody * 2003 ''Mirage III'' *# Tune Up *# Something Blue *# After Hour * 2003 ''Naval Bleu'' * 2004 ''Deux Belles Ailes'' * 2009 ''Birds'' *# Swallow *# Seagull *# Phoenix * ''A Rainbow over Misty Mountain'' * ''A Season in the Bloom of Cherry Blossoms'' *#
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*# April in Paris (1932) *# Lil' Darlin (195 * ''Anohi-kiita-uta'' Folk Medley * ''Bay Breeze'' * ''Carpenters Forever'' * ''Five Okinawa Songs for Band'' * ''Gelato con Caffee'' Samba * 2014 ''Mount Fuji: La musique inspirée de l'estampe de Hokusai'' * ''Sweet Breeze in May'' Concert-March


Chamber music

* 1995 ''Urban Suite'' *# Twilight *# Station  *# Day Dream  *# City Light * 2000 ''Spinning Spiral'' for four Trombones *# Allegro *# Adagio *# Allegro maestoso * 2004 ''Conversation IV'' for two Snare Drums, four Tom-toms, Bass Drum, four Timpanis, Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Tam-tam, Castanets, two Wood Blocks, five Temple Blocks, Bongo, Triangle, Wind Chimes, Cabasa, Crotales(Opt.), Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Marimba, Chimes * 2004 ''La Seine'' for Clarinet-Choir *# Pont Neuf *# Pont Mirabeau *# Pont Alexandre III * ''A Spring Morning'' for Euphonium * ''Rhapsody'' for Euphonium * ''Cafe St Germain'' for Saxophone-Quartet


Work for Big Band/Jazz-Ensemble

* ''Cat Race'' * ''Morning Mist'' * ''Pacific Coast Highway'' * ''Samba nautica''


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mashima, Toshio 1949 births 2016 deaths 20th-century Japanese composers 21st-century Japanese composers Japanese male composers Kanagawa University alumni Musicians from Yamagata Prefecture