Kozaburo Hirai Explained

Kozaburo Hirai
Birth Date:	1910 9, df=yes
Birth Place:	Kochi
Othername:	平井 康三郎、平井 保喜
Occupation:	Composer
Children:	Jyoichiro Hirai (cellist) Takejiro Hirai (pianist)

was a Japanese composer and professor of music. He was the father of pianist, composer and musicologist Takejiro Hirai and cellist Jyoichiro Hirai.^[1]

Works, editions and recordings

• Idyl for clarinet 1941^[2]
• Song Nara-yama (平城山, Nara mountain), recorded by Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) and Ensemble Lunaire. Japanese Folk Melodies transcribed by Akio Yashiro. CBS Records, 1978.
• Song Yuri-kago (ゆりかご, the rocking cradle)

Notes and References

1. http://www.schott-music.com/shop/persons/az/takejiro-hirai/index.html Takejiro Hirai
2. The Clarinet: Volume 12 International Clarinet Society, Idaho State University. Dept. of Music - 1984 "His recital featured two works by Japanese composers, one of which is considered the first for clarinet by a Japanese composer, Idyl by Kozaburo Hirai from 1941."