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Publishing ‘Japanese Contemporary Compositions’ ‘Works by Japanese Composers’

The Foundation edits and publishes "Japanese Contemporary Compositions" with commentary and data of Japanese contemporary music works and a bilingual, biennial bibliography of "Works by Japanese Composers" as a means of promoting the creative efforts of those composers and giving greater exposure to their music.

Japanese Contemporary Compositions

Works by
Japanese Composers

Japanese Contemporary Compositions

‘Edition :
Free Download 2020 - 2022’
Latest editions are available in pdf format by free down-load.

Japanese music critics select and comment on Japanese contemporary music works, and at the end of the book the composition year, instrumentation, duration, score publication, CD, premiere (date, place / performer), commissioner / award, etc. is posted.

List

2020 - 2022 Edition : Free Download (PDF 3.1MB)

2010 - 2019 Edition : Free Download (PDF 12.0MB)

Written in Japanese (Pages 3 to 129) and English (Pages 130 to 162)

2000 - 2009 Edition : Free Download (PDF 13.4MB)

1990 - 1999 Edition : Free Download (PDF 18.3MB)

1969 - 1989 Edition : Free Download (PDF 16.4MB)

Works by Japanese Composers

‘Edition :
Free Download 2015-2016’
Latest editions are available in pdf format by free down-load.

The edition lists new works, name of composer, profile, title, instrumentation, duration, score publication, CD, place of first performance, etc., in both Japanese and English.