Rentaro Taki
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Rentarō Taki (滝 廉太郎, Taki Rentarō, 24 August 1879 – 29 June 1903) was a Japanese pianist and composer of the Meiji era.
Taki was born in Tokyo, but moved to many places during his childhood owing to his father's job. He went to Tokyo Music School (now known as Tokyo University of the Arts) and was taught by Nobu Koda, graduating in 1901. One of his famous pieces is "Kōjō no Tsuki" (Moon Over the Ruined Castle), which was included in the songbook for junior high school students, along with the "Hakone-Hachiri" (箱根八里). "Hana" (花, "Flower") is also a well-known song.
In the same year, Taki went to the Leipzig Conservatory in Germany for further studies, but fell seriously ill with pulmonary tuberculosis and therefore returned to Japan. He lived quietly in the country afterwards, but soon died at the age of 23. His posthumous work is a solo piano piece called "Urami" (憾, "Regret"), which he wrote four months before he died.
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- Prelude in A Minor, Op. 8, VL 188 (Arr. J. Daunytė for Harp) - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- No. 1, Preludio saudade - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Visitors - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Elegy for English Horn, Harp & String Orchestra - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Koojo No Tsuki - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Intermezzo - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- No. 2, Nenia - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- II. Le couvent - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- No. 1, Modéré - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- And Everything Is Still... (Version for Saxophone & Piano) - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- No. 2, Melody, Post scriptum - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- No. 7, Floating Clouds - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- No. 1, Lento - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Meditation - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- II. Elegie - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- No. 17, The Young Bride. Adagio [Original Version] - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Intermezzo I - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- No. 6, Adagio largamente - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Prelude No. 9 in E Major: Andantino - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten for Strings and Bells - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Prelude in D Minor (Ed. J. Walsh) - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- No. 1, Heart's Ease: Andante tranquillo – Lento - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- I. Prélude - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- I. Prelude - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- La cloche sonne, S. 238 - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Prelude in G Minor - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Preludio for Piano - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- No. 2, Andante - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Gymnopedie No. 3 - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- IV. Sarabande - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- II. Largo - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- II. Adagio sostenuto - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- I. Adagio sostenuto - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- I. Evocación - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- II. Carol - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Chin Chin Chidori - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- IV. Rainy Day - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- No. 2 Siesta (Slowly, swayingly) - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- XIII. The Swan - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- La vision - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- I. Andante - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
- Spiegel im Spiegel (Version for Violin and Piano) - Classical for Meditation - Rentaro Taki
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