Sheet Music Downloads by Toshio Hosokawa

The three pieces contained in this collection were written for renowned competitions: the Concours de harpe Lily Laskine 2008 and the ARD Competition 2009. But it is not the technical aspect that is t...

I imagined the oboe to be a primitive instrument with a double reed, wood, and a cylinder. Perhaps music was born through a spell that calls upon the supernatural such as gods and spirits, and the voi...

April

October. Composed by Taki Rentaro in 1901.

Izumi Shikibu was a female poet who lived in the 10th century. She was a beautiful court poet and caused the scandal of her day: she oft en fell in love and wrote several excellent love songs. She exp...

May. Elementary school song. Composed by Okano Teiichi in 1912. Based on the repetition of a sound pattern like the flow of a brook.

June. A children’s song said to have originated in the Edo period. A playful song.

July. Elementary school song. Composed by Teiichi Okano in 1914.

September. A children’s song, composed by Kosaku Yamada in 1927.

November. A children’s song, composed by Shin Kusakawa in 1923.

January. Composed by Rentaro Taki in 1901. A song of hope for children about the joy of the coming of the New Year.

March. A lullaby that has been handed down from the Edo period.