Born in Tokyo, Aug 24, 1879
Died in Ōita, June 29, 1903
- Taki was a Japanese composer and pianist who studied at the Tokyo Music School and joined its faculty soon after finishing his course of study.
- In 1901, the Japanese government sent Taki to study in Leipzig, but he had to return due to illness and died shortly thereafter. For this reason, Taki did not leave many compositions and probably didn’t reach his full potential as a composer.
- Taki is known as the one of the Japanese composers and educators to promote Western music and Western musical style in Japan.1
Sources
- Masakata Kanazawa, “Taki, Rentarō,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed November 24, 2021, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000027404.