CCCXLIX. TAKI, Rentaro (1879-1903)
Koojo No Tsuki (1900)
Marc Grauwels, alto flute
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Taki, who died at the age of 24 from lung disease after brief study in Leipzig, was the first person to use Western musical idiom in 1900 with the melody Koojo no tsuki (Moon at a Desolate Castle).
He was inspired by a poem of Bansui Doi which evokes the moon reflected in the ruins of Castle of Aizu-Wakamatsu and reminded him of the Castle of Takedu in his native town of Ohida-ken.
The melody is still taught today in Japanese schools.
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