Yoritsune Matsudaira | |
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| Born | May 5, 1907 |
| Died | October 25, 2001 (aged 94) |
| Other names | 松平 頼則 |
| Occupation | composer |
| Children | Yoriaki (Yori'Aki) Matsudaira (composer) |
Yoritsune Matsudaira (松平 頼則, Matsudaira Yoritsune, May 5, 1907, Tokyo, Japan – October 25 or October 30, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan[1]) was a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.
Matsudaira was descended, on his father's side of the family, from the Matsudaira clan, related to the Tokugawa clan who ruled Japan as shōgun during the Edo period (specifically from the branch of the family which was enfeoffed at the Hitachi-Fuchū Domain), and on his mother's side of the family from the Fujiwara clan, who were court regents from the 7th to the 12th centuries. His style was influenced by gagaku, the ancient court music of Japan. His music has been frequently performed in Europe.[2]
His eldest son, Yoriaki (Yori'Aki) Matsudaira (松平 頼暁) was also a composer.
- ^ Obituary in The Japan Foundation Newsletter Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (page 8, last column) gives date as October 25, 2001. Grove Music Online (subscription access) article on Matsudaira gives October 30, 2001.
- ^ "ESZ-Catalogo-generale-2019-pdf" (PDF). www.esz.it. Edizioni Suvini Zerboni. 2019-04-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2023-07-04.