A concert piece with five scenes from Opera Barefoot Gen.
Takanori Shimizu
Commissioned work for the 30th regular concert of Fukui Brass Academy
Revised in 2012 for Hoshina Director’s Band
A concert piece with five scenes from Opera Barefoot Gen.
Takanori Shimizu
Commissioned work for the 30th regular concert of Fukui Brass Academy
Revised in 2012 for Hoshina Director’s Band
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– About the music
The “Barefoot Gen (Japanese: Hadashi no Gen)” is a series of Japanese graphic novels drawn by Keiji Nakazawa. The Nakazawa- family was in Hiroshima when the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Hiroshima-city, and Keiji lost his father, a sister and a brother due to the fire caused by the bomb. As a survivor of this catastrophic destruction, he decided to let people know what he saw in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb exploded. The Barefoot Gen was translated in more then ten countries.
On late 1970’s, Hiroshima-city commissioned an opera based on these graphic novels to Takanori Shimizu, a poet in Hiroshima, and a composer Hiroshi Hoshina. Hoshina was not in Hiroshima when he experienced the World War II, but still he sympathized with Shimizu’s texts because he recalled his memory when the Tokyo city was burned out by a series of firebomb air raids. On 1981, the opera was premiered by Yasuhiko Aguni (director), Kazukiyo Inoue (cond.), Kazuko Kamiya (Gen, soprano) and the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra.
The opera was revived on 1991 and 2012 (with a minimized orchestra with synthesizers).
– Commission
Commissioned by the Hiroshima International Art Culture Promotion Committee
– Premier
– Other performances
– Also available for
– Sheet Music
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Tenor Takashi Tsugami
Cond. Takashi Akiyama
Performed by Hoshina Academy Chamber Orchestra “Ensemble=Harmonia”
Franz Schubert
Commissioned for Hoshina Academy Chamber Orchestra “Ensemble=Harmonia”
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Published by Kawai
Fantasia “Four Seasons” is a medley of Japanese famous songs.
Arranged for a brass band or orchestra, chorus, and Koto (traditional Japanese instrument, may be substituted with synthesizers).
This fantasia contains following songs.
Tatsuyuki Takano, Teiichi Takano (some songs)
Free sheet music for 3-parts mixed chorus is available from here.
Sheet music for 3-parts mixed chorus or 3-parts female chorus (printed score) is available from us.
4-parts mixed chorus version will be published in Feb. 2014.
Wind Orchestra
Bedřich Smetana
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Takanori Shimizu
Hiroshima International Committee for the Promotion of Arts and Culture
Takanori Shimizu
Hiroshima International Committee for the Promotion of Arts and Culture
Takanori Shimizu
Hiroshima International Committee for the Promotion of Arts and Culture
Takanori Shimizu
Hiroshima International Committee for the Promotion of Arts and Culture
– Errata (pdf) Updated on Dec. 3 2013
– Commission
Commissioned work for the 15th anniversary concert of Hoshina Academy Chamber Orchestra “Ensemble=Harmonia”
– Premier
– Also available for
– CD/DVD
– Notes
The first version of FuMon was composed for symphonic band as one of the compulsory pieces for the All Japan Band Competition in 1986. Because the first version had to fit the time constraints of the competition, the composer, Hiroshi Hoshina was not able to complete the intended symphonic length version. In 1999, it was extended and revised into what is now known as “FuMon (original version).”
This original version was arranged for orchestra and premiered on 15th August 2009 by Takashi Akiyama and the Hoshina Academy Chamber Orchestra “Ensemble = Harmonia.” The word “FuMon” means “wind ripple” in Japanese. Like most of Hoshina’s works, this piece was not composed as a program piece, and it was not intended to evoke a specific image throughout, so it was difficult to name the piece. The title was finally chosen when the composer opened a Japanese dictionary and happened upon these beautiful Chinese characters.
– Comments
This work is published by Hoshina Music Office.
Other works included in the sheet music : Mnémosyne
1 Full Score + instrumental parts CD : 8000 JPY + Shipping
– Errata (pdf) Updated on Dec. 3 2013
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Kanagawa Univ. Symphonic Band
Hiroshi Hoshina
Wind Ensemble Kanade
Hiroshi Hoshina
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Commissioned work for the 50th Anniversary of Yamaha Symphonic Band
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This French title, which means “Prayer and Play – under a bright shine”, was given by a friend of the composer as a French translation of the Japanese title. The piece was originally composed for solo-oboe and piano in 2003 for Tomoyuki Hirota, the principal oboist in the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, to perform. It was re-arranged for solo-oboe and orchestra in 2004 and solo-oboe and symphonic band in 2006.
The structure of the piece is a traditional ter- nary form. The composer believes that keep- ing to traditional styles rather than imposing gimmicky contemporary twists allows the performers to interpret the music using their own creativity and stylistic interpretation. He believes that by giving the performers more freedom to interpret the music, the oboe’s characteristic tones will shine through. This philosophy is also shown in his newer concer- to for solo-horn and orchestra, “Miko Dance”.
Hoshina Academy Chamber Orchestra “Ensemble=Harmonia”
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Ob. Junko Tsugami
Cond. Takashi Akiyama
Performed by Hoshina Academy Chamber Orchestra “Ensemble=Harmonia”
Victor Entertainment ¥7350 (Japanese DVD) VIBS-137
Fu-Mon (Brain Music BOCD-7403)
Cond. Yoshihiro Kimura
Performed by Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band
(Japanese only)
保科 洋, 田畑 八郎(共著) (ISBN: 4276315514)
(ISBN: 4276140110)
Available in Japanese Only
Manuel de Falla
Arranged at a request from Takarazuka Wind Orchestra for recording (Part 2 only, Feb 9 ~ 11, 2008)
Commissioned work for the 40th Anniversary of Nagoya Director’s Band
Manuel de Falla
Arranged at a request from Takarazuka Wind Orchestra for recording (Part 2 only, Feb 9 ~ 11, 2008)
Commissioned work for the 50th Anniversary of Nagoya Director’s Band
Manuel de Falla
Arranged at a request from Takarazuka Wind Orchestra for recording (Part 2 only, Feb 9 ~ 11, 2008)
Commissioned work for the 50th Anniversary of Nagoya Director’s Band
George Gershwin
Commissioned work for Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
Contact us for rental sheet music.
Modest Mussorgsky
Commissioned work for the 4th Regular Concert of Hoshina Hiroshi Director’s Band
Modest Mussorgsky
Commissioned work for the 4th Regular Concert of Hoshina Hiroshi Director’s Band
Modest Mussorgsky
Commissioned work for the 4th Regular Concert of Hoshina Hiroshi Director’s Band
Modest Mussorgsky
Commissioned work for the 4th Regular Concert of Hoshina Hiroshi Director’s Band
Modest Mussorgsky
Commissioned work for the 4th Regular Concert of Hoshina Hiroshi Director’s Band
Modest Mussorgsky
Commissioned work for the 4th Regular Concert of Hoshina Hiroshi Director’s Band
Modest Mussorgsky
Commissioned work for the 4th Regular Concert of Hoshina Hiroshi Director’s Band
Johann Strauss II
Antonín Leopold Dvořák
Commissioned work for Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
This music is available with 1st mov. for a standard price.
Antonín Leopold Dvořák
Commissioned work for Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
This music is available with 1st mov. for a standard price.
Richard Wagner
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Commissioned work for the 13th Regular Concert of Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Commissioned work for the 13th Regular Concert of Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Commissioned work for the 13th Regular Concert of Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Commissioned work for the 13th Regular Concert of Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Commissioned work for the 13th Regular Concert of Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Commissioned work for the 13th Regular Concert of Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Commissioned work for the 13th Regular Concert of Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Commissioned work for the 15th Regular Concert of Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Commissioned work for the 15th Regular Concert of Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Commissioned work for the 15th Regular Concert of Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Commissioned work for the 15th Regular Concert of Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Commissioned work for the 15th Regular Concert of Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
This music was originally composed for a clarinet orchestra to mourn the victims of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995. In 2004 a young member of one of the com- poser’s orchestras died, and the piece was remade in his memory. The composer infused his feelings into the music for people tested by tragedies.
1. Disaster. Wood instruments express deep sadness, strong frustration and confusion of people in a sudden disaster.
2. Grief. Strings and Wind instruments represent people’s sense of emptiness and de- spondency that comes after a loss.
3. Dirge. A theme for departed souls is played repeatedly by strings.
4. Recovery. Brass instruments play glorious fanfare for the courage of people who fi- nally learn to overcome their sorrow.
Premired by the friends of the young man for whom this was arranged and replayed by the Hoshina Academy Chamber Orchestra after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.
Commissioned work for Okayama University Symphony Orchestra
This music was originally composed for a clarinet orchestra to mourn the victims of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995. In 2004 a young member of one of the composer’s orchestras died, and the piece was remade in his memory. The composer infused his feelings into the music for people tested by tragedies.
Premired by the friends of the young man for whom this was arranged and replayed by the Hoshina Academy Chamber Orchestra after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.
– Commission
Commissioned work for the 5th regular concert of Hoshina Academy Chamber Orchestra “Ensemble=Harmonia”
– Premier
– Also available for
– CD/DVD
– Notes
The title “kai-sou-fu” in Japanese is an impressionistic term that implys memories of old days. Because there is no English translation for this title, a friend of the composer suggested the French title, which means “souvenirs from year to year.” This music includes a short story written by the composer to evoke the feelings the composer is trying to convey.
Imagine an old man sitting on a bench in a back yard with a cup of coffee, remembering days gone by. A retrospective melody plays repeatedly, sometimes quietly, sometimes emotionally, always changing.
Suddenly, as he day-dreams, the old man feels young again and starts to dance with unsteady steps. Before long, he tires and returns to his bench. The afternoon sun shines golden as it sets. The old man’s coffee has gone cold and his days have caught up to him. The nostalgic melody repeats over and over as he continues to remember his past.
Arranged for Orchestra at a request of the Hoshina Academy Chamber Orchestra “Ensemble=Harmonia” and premiered on 22nd. Sep. 2001.
– Comments
This work is published by Hoshina Music Office.
Other works included in the sheet music : FuMon for orchestra
1 Full Score + instrumental parts CD : 8000 JPY + Shipping
– Errata (pdf)
This concert piece consist of a theme, five variations and funeral march (finale).
The Variation for Orchestra was composed at the request of the Okayama University Sym- phony Orchestra in 1998. A melancolic theme is followed by five variations and the finale–a vigorous con fuoso; a con grazia with a beau- tiful obbligato of solo-violin; a giocoso with French hermonies; an alla marcia; a burlesco; and a mesto, a funeral march (finale). Emo- tional fortessimo phrases played by brass in- struments at the end of the finale evoke the word “lamentation”, which is given to the arrangement for wind orchestra of this work.
The finale is dedicated to a gifted composer Bin Kaneda, composer Hoshina’s close friend who died in 2002. Each composer composed a funeral march for the other, each teasing the other about which one would live longer. In 1986 Kaneda’s was first, and he composed “Ah!” for symphonic band and sent the score to Hoshina with a hand-written suffix “Hiroshi Hoshina” at the end of the printed title. Hoshina finally fulfilled his promise, com- posing “Lamentation To ─”, meaning “to Bin Kaneda” in 1998 for his arrangement for wind orchestra.
Commissioned work for 45th regular concert of Okayama University Symphony Orchestra
Arranged from brass band music
Commissioned work for 45th regular concert of Okayama University Symphony Orchestra
Commissioned work for the 35th regular concert of Okayama University Symphony Orchestra
Takamitsu Fujitani
the 50th Anniversary of Ono City, Hyogo
Takamitsu Fujitani
the 50th Anniversary of Ono City, Hyogo
6 pieces of songs
Saisei Mrou
Hiroshi Hoshina
Hiroshi Hoshina
Haru is dying and sings her last song for her baby (soprano solo)
Takanori Shimizu
Hiroshima International Committee for the Promotion of Arts and Culture
Gen’s lullaby for his younger sister Tomoko. Soprano solo
Takanori Shimizu
Hiroshima International Committee for the Promotion of Arts and Culture
Gen’s mother Kimie sings when her baby has born (soprano solo)
Takanori Shimizu
Hiroshima International Committee for the Promotion of Arts and Culture
Gen’s sister sings just before the atomic bomb explodes (soprano solo)
Takanori Shimizu
Hiroshima International Committee for the Promotion of Arts and Culture
Theme aria song by Gen’s father (baritone solo)
Takanori Shimizu
Hiroshima International Committee for the Promotion of Arts and Culture
for soprano, alto, tenor and baritone or soprano, mezzo soprano, and alto
Misuzu Kaneko
Composed in memory of retirement from Hyogo University Teachers Education
Hiroshi Hoshina
Sorry, this entry is only available in Japanese.
Commission work for the 20th Anniversary of Tamano Wind Orchestra
commission work for the 30th Kyoto Collage Band Union Joint Concert
commission work for the 50th Anniversary of the Kwansei Gakuin University Symphony Band
Sheet rental music is available from CAFUA
commission work for the Kanagawa Univ. Symphonic Band
Performed at mid west band clinic in Chicago, USA (2004)
A fantastic oboe concerto with a rhythmical middle part and cadenza. Arranged from oboe sonata with a piano.
This French title, which means “Prayer and Play – under a bright shine”, was given by a friend of the composer as a French translation of the Japanese title. The piece was originally composed for solo-oboe and piano in 2003 for Tomoyuki Hirota, the principal oboist in the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, to perform. It was re-arranged for solo-oboe and orchestra in 2004 and solo-oboe and symphonic band in 2006.
The structure of the piece is a traditional ter- nary form. The composer believes that keep- ing to traditional styles rather than imposing gimmicky contemporary twists allows the performers to interpret the music using their own creativity and stylistic interpretation. He believes that by giving the performers more freedom to interpret the music, the oboe’s characteristic tones will shine through. This philosophy is also shown in his newer concer- to for solo-horn and orchestra, “Miko Dance”.
commission work for the 41th regular concert of Kanagawa Univ. Symphonic Band
This piece is awarded the 1st Sasagawa prize.
Revised in 2005.
Yamaha Symphonic Band
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Etude for training to make clear harmony, also good for an encore piece.
Parts with condense scores in B, Es, F and C major are sold separately.
– Commission
commission work for the 25th regular concert of Fukui Brass Academy
– Premier
– Comments
Sheet music is available from Hoshina Music Office.
Concertino for solo bassoon and brass band.
Solo part may be performed with solo euphonium.
Alumni of Akashi Senior High School Brass Band
Commissioned work for 2001 Japan Band Clinic
Commissioned work for the Hyogo University Teachers Education Symphonic Band
Mnémosyne
– Souvenirs d’année en année –
The title “kai-sou-fu” in Japanese is an im- pressionistic term that implys memories of old days. Because there is no English translation for this title, a friend of the composer suggest- ed the French title, which means “souvenirs from year to year.” This music includes a short story written by the composer to evoke the feelings the composer is trying to convey.
Imagine an old man sitting on a bench in a back yard with a cup of coffee, remembering days gone by. A retrospective melody plays repeatedly, sometimes quietly, sometimes emotionally, always changing.
Suddenly, as he day-dreams, the old man feels young again and starts to dance with unsteady steps. Before long, he tires and returns to his bench. The afternoon sun shines golden as it sets. The old man’s coffee has gone cold and his days have caught up to him. The nostalgic melody repeats over and over as he continues to remember his past.
Commissioned work for the Takatsuki City Wind Orchestra
The first version of FuMon was composed for symphonic band as one of the compulsory pieces for the All Japan Band Competition in 1986. Because the first version had to fit the time constraints of the competition, the composer, Hiroshi Hoshina was not able to complete the intended symphonic length version. In 1999, it was extended and revised into what is now known as “FuMon (original version).”
This original version was arranged for orchestra and premiered on 15th August 2009 by Takashi Akiyama and the Hoshina Academy Chamber Orchestra “Ensemble = Harmonia.” The word “FuMon” means “wind ripple” in Japanese. Like most of Hoshina’s works, this piece was not composed as a program piece, and it was not intended to evoke a specific image throughout, so it was difficult to name the piece. The title was finally chosen when the composer opened a Japanese dictionary and happened upon these beautiful Chinese characters.
Composed as one of the compulsory music for 1987 All Japan Band Competition
Revised in 1999 for session recording
This concert piece is consist of a theme, four variations and funeral march (finale).
Arranged from the “Variation for Orchestra” with a theme, five variations and finale. Due to limitation of instrumentation, the 2nd. variation is removed from this wind band arrangement.
Hiroshi Hoshina dedicated the Finale to his best friend Bin Kaneda, to fulfill a promise of composing a funeral march for each other.
Brain Music
Sheet music is available from us (rental)
Revised version of the “Symphonic Movement” composed in 1972.
Commissioned work for Kwansei Gakuin University Symphony Band
Revised in 1999
Commission work for the 30th anniversary of Japan Band Clinic
Revised version of the “Meditation for Symphonic Band” composed in 1984, with an different ending.
(the original ending is also available)
commission work for the 30th Anniversary of the Kwansei Gakuin University Symphony (1984)
Revised in 1999 for session recording
Originally composed for orchestra with a title of “A Festival”, and arranged for brass band in 1980.
Taking into account of recent progress of performance technique, the brass band version is revised in 1998.
For details of the music, see 1980 original arrangement.
Commission work for the Yamaha Symphonic Band (1980)
Revised in 1999 for session recording
The 1998 revised version is available as rental music only.
Sheet sell music of the original arrangement (1980) is available from Kosei Music Publishing.
Commissioned work for the Japan Air Self-Diffence Force Central Band
– Commission
Composed as one of the compulsory music for 1998 All Japan Band Competition
Yoshio Kashiwagi
Commission work for the 52th National Sports Festival
Symphony for wind orchestra with three movements.
commission for Yoshihiro Kimura
