Happy Women's Map 沖縄県 日本女性初の交響曲作曲家 金井 喜久子 女史
「大人になってからも母の懐で聴いた子守歌には愛着を感じるからこそ、世界中でそれぞれの歌が歌い継がれている」
"It's because we still feel a special fondness for the lullabies we heard in our mother's arms even as grown-ups, that's why these songs from all around the world continue to be sung and passed down."
金井 喜久子 女史
Ms. Kikuko Kanei
1906 - 1986
沖縄県宮古島市 生誕
Born in Miyakozima-city, Okinawa-ken
金井喜久子女史は日本女性として初めて交響曲を作曲し指揮しました。沖縄民謡に因んだ多くの作品を残すとともに、沖縄民謡を採譜した「琉球の民謡」を出版します。ならびに、ひめゆりの塔ならびに沖縄平和祈念館の建設に尽力。沖縄復帰式典では沖縄復帰式典で祝典序曲を作曲しています。
Mis. Kikuko Kanai is the first Japanese woman to compose and conduct a symphony. She left behind many works inspired by Okinawan folk songs and published "Ryukyu Folk Songs," a collection of notated Okinawan folk songs. Additionally, she dedicated her efforts to the construction of the Himeyuri Tower and the Okinawa Peace Memorial Museum. She also composed a festive overture for the Okinawa Reversion Ceremony.
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「沖縄交響曲」
喜久子は沖縄県議員の父と宮古上布の生産で財産を成した母親のもとに生まれます。幼いころから琴・琵琶・ヴァイオリンに親しみ、沖縄県立第一高等女学校を卒業後、日本音楽学校に声楽を学びます。活動写真館に職を得て日々歌い続ける中で結婚。夫の支えのもと、1933年に東京音楽学校の作曲科に女性として初めて入学します。1940年には日本女性としては初の交響曲第1番を3楽章まで作曲、同年に日比谷公会堂で自身の指揮で中央交響楽団 (現・東京フィルハーモニー交響楽団) により演奏します。この作品はドイツ・ロマン派風の作品でした。1944年には日比谷公会堂で「金井喜久子第一回発表会」を開催、「琉球舞踏組曲」、交響詩曲「宇宙の詩」を発表。指揮者が前日に赤紙で応召され、急遽喜久子自身が指揮をすると、女性指揮者の登場に聴衆は驚くとともに大歓声で大成功を収めます。
「琉球民謡から沖縄音楽へ」
終戦後、喜久子は重い録音機を担いで三味線弾きの先生のお宅へ通い、三味線パートと歌詞パートを採譜して回ります。沖縄民謡を採譜した「琉球の民謡」を出版。また、1954年にはブラジルのサンパウロで行われた第7回国際民族音楽会議に日本代表として出席、「日本音楽と沖縄音楽」を講演します。沖縄の戦後復興を描いたアメリカ映画『八月十五夜の茶屋』で音楽を担当、歌舞伎劇「唐船物語」、宝塚雪組公演『今帰仁城物語』、レコード大賞童謡賞受賞「じんじん」など、沖縄民謡を使った多くの作品を残します。さらに喜久子は国会陳情を繰り返し、ひめゆりの塔ならびに沖縄平和祈念資料館さらに沖縄芸術学院の建設に尽力、1975年の沖縄復帰式典で祝典序曲を作曲します。
"Okinawan Symphony"
Kikuko was born to a father who was a prefectural assembly member in Okinawa and a mother who amassed wealth through the production of Miyako-jōfu textiles. From a young age, she was fond of playing the koto, biwa, and violin. After graduating from Okinawa Prefectural First High School for Girls, she studied vocal music at the Japan Music Academy. While working at a movie theater, she continued to sing and eventually got married. With the support of her husband, she became the first female student to enter the Composition Department of the Tokyo Music Academy in 1933. In 1940, she composed the first movement of her Symphony No. 1, becoming the first Japanese woman to compose a symphony. The piece was performed by the Central Symphony Orchestra (now Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra) under her own conducting at the Hibiya Public Hall. This work was influenced by the German Romantic style. In 1944, she held the "Kikuko Kanai First Solo Concert" at Hibiya Public Hall, where she presented the "Ryukyu Dance Suite" and the symphonic poem "Poems in the Universe." With the original conductor being drafted the day before, Kikuko herself took over conducting and surprised the audience with her appearance as a female conductor, receiving great applause and achieving great success.
"From Ryukyuan Folk Songs to Okinawan Music"
After the war, Kikuko carried a heavy recording machine to the homes of shamisen teachers and notated the shamisen parts and lyrics. She published "Ryukyu Folk Songs," a collection of notated Okinawan folk songs. In 1954, she attended the 7th International Conference of Ethnomusicology in São Paulo, Brazil, as a representative of Japan and delivered a lecture on "Japanese Music and Okinawan Music." She composed music for the American film "Chaya on the Night of August 15," depicting post-war reconstruction in Okinawa, as well as for the kabuki play "The Tale of the Takara-bune," the Takarazuka Snow Troupe's performance "The Story of Kinjen Castle," and the award-winning children's song "Jinjin." Furthermore, Kikuko repeatedly petitioned the National Diet and dedicated her efforts to the construction of the Himeyuri Tower, the Okinawa Peace Memorial Museum, and Okinawa Art University. She composed a festive overture for the Okinawa Reversion Ceremony in 1975.
-沖縄県男女参画センター Okinawa Gender Equality Center
-宮古島市総合博物館 Miyakojima Museum
-沖縄県立芸術大学 Okinawa Art University
-沖縄県平和祈念資料館 Okinawa Peace Memorial Museum
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