Tamezō Narita Explained

Birth Date:	15 December 1893
Birth Place:	Kitaakita District, Akita

was a Japanese composer.^[1]

Narita was born in Yonaizawa, Kitaakita District, Akita.^[2]

Works, editions and recordings

Songs

• Kanariya (かなりや "Canary") 1918
• Akai Tori Kotori (赤い鳥小鳥 "Red bird, small bird"); lyrics by Hakushū Kitahara
• Hamabe no uta (浜辺の歌 "Song of the beach"); lyrics by Kokei Hayashi. Recording Kazumichi Ohno (tenor), Kyosuke Kobayashi (piano); later recorded by Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Ensemble Lunaire. Japanese Folk Melodies transcribed by Akio Yashiro. CBS Records, 1978.
• Akita Prefectural Anthem (秋田県民歌 "Song of Akita Prefecture "); lyrics by Masatsugu Kurata.

Notes and References

1. Yukie Ohta - A Rainbow in the Desert: An Anthology of Early Twentieth-Century ... 2001 -- Page xiv " "Canary" first appeared as a poem in November 1918 in Akai tori, and six months later reappeared in the same journal set to the music of Narita Tamezo (1893—1945), a famous composer of children's songs."
2. Web site: 成田為三先生墓前演奏 . 2023-07-21 . 北秋田市ホームページ 住民が主役のもりのまち . ja.