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Motoori Nagayo
Born	(1885-04-04)4 April 1885 Tokyo, Japan
Died	14 October 1945(1945-10-14) (aged 60)
Other names	本居 長世
Occupation	composer

Nagayo Motoori (sometimes spelled Motohori) (本居 長世 ; 4 April 1885 – 14 October 1945) was a Japanese composer.

Biography

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Selected works

• "Tanpopo" (Dandelion, たんぽぽ), classical children's song to a poem by Shigeru Kuzuhara
• "Akai Kutsu", children's song with lyrics by Ujō Noguchi
• Aoi me no ningyō (Blue-eyed doll), children's song with lyrics by Ujō Noguchi
• Kisha Poppo, children's song with lyrics also by Motoori
• Nanatsu no Ko, children's song with lyrics by Ujō Noguchi, recorded by Jean-Pierre Rampal and Ensemble Lunaire in 1978

References

1. Phaedrus - Volumes 10-11 - Page 109 1985 The poem by Ujyo Noguchi, one of the leading children's poets of his time was set to music by the composer, Nagayo Moto'ori (1885–1945)
2. Haruhiko Kinda'ichi Nagayo Motoori a critical biography of the composer
3. 20-seiki no Ajia no sakkyokukatachi - Page 225 Nihon Sakkyokuka Kyōgikai - 2002 "Komatsu, Kiyomi Fujii (1889–1944), and Shinpei Nakayama (1887–1952) based their songs on traditional folk songs, while Yamada, Nagayo Motoori (1885–1945), and Ryutaro Hirota (1892–1952) tried to use idioms of traditional Japanese ..."

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