信時　潔

Nobutoki, Kioyoshi

1887 - 1965 　ドイツ

From 1923, Nobutoki took up the position of professor at Tokyo Academy of Music, but he subsequently became a lecturer when the Department of Composition was established at the academy in 1931. Some of the most important works of Nobutoki, such as the vocal solo “Sara”, the choral work “Iroha-uta (Iroha Song)”, and the piano solo “Konoha-shū (Collection of Leaves)” were written in the 1930’s. Among Nobutoki’s commissioned works are “Umi yukaba (If I go to the Ocean)” and “Kaidō Tōsei (Along the Coast, Conquer the East)”. Songs included in the ‘Shintei Jinjō-shōgaku-shōka (Newly Revised Songs of Elementary School)’ such as “Ichibanboshi mitsuketa (I found the first Star of the Evening)”, “Densha-gokko (Play Trains)”, and “Poplars” are also Nobutoki’s works.