# Sadao Bekku

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**Sadao Bekku** (別宮貞雄, *Bekku Sadao*) was a Japanese classical composer. His works include five [symphonies](/source/Symphony), [film scores](/source/Film_score), a [flute sonata](/source/Flute_sonata), a [piano concerto](/source/Piano_concerto), [choral](/source/Choral) work and [art songs](/source/Art_song), and the [opera](/source/Opera), *[Prince Arima](/source/Prince_Arima)*.

His work took strong influence from [jazz](/source/Jazz). His best-known works include the film score *[Matango](/source/Matango)* (1963).

## Major works

### Operas

- *A Story of Three Women (Le dit des trois femmes)* (1964)
- *有間皇子 (Prince Arima (Arima-no Miko))* (1963–67)
- *Aoi-no-ue* [1]

### Orchestral works

- *Deux mouvements pour orchestre* (1946)
- *Suite classique* (1947)
- *Introduction et Allegro* (1954)
- *Deux prières* (1956)
- *Symphonietta for String Orchestra* (1959)
- *Symphony No. 1* (1961)
- *Concerto pour violon et orchestre* (1969)
- *Concerto pour alto et orchestre* (1971)
- *Symphony No. 2* (1977)
- *Concerto pour piano et orchestre* (1980)
- *Festival Overture* (1981)
- *Symphony No. 3 "Spring"* (1984)
- *Memories of Pictures*: Suite for Wind Band (1987/2005)
- *March "Be Pure, Be Fresh"* for wind orchestra (1988)
- *Symphony No. 4 "The Summer 1945"* (1989)
- *Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre "Autumn"* (1997)
- *Symphony No. 5 "Man"* (1999)

### Chamber works

- *Trio d'anches* for bassoon, oboe and clarinet (1953)
- *Sonate pour flûte et piano* (1954)
- *Suite japonaise Nr. 1* for wind quintet (1955)
- *Quatuor à cordes Nr. 1* (1955–57)
- *1er sonate pour violon et piano* (1963–67)
- *Sonate pour violoncelle et piano* (1974)
- *Aubade* for flute, violin and piano (1976)
- *Suite "Chants de ville"* for alto saxophone and piano (1981)
- *Petit pastoral* for flute and piano (1983)
- *《Hide and Seek》 and 《Tag》: Two Players for Two Marimbas* (1988)
- *Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano* (1995)
- *Kaleidoscope No. 2* for marimba (2002)
- *Autumn* for violoncello and piano (2004)

### Piano works

- *Sonatine* (1965)
- *Suite "Kaleidescope"* (1966)
- *Three Paraphrases Based on Folksongs of Southern Japan* (1968)
- *Sonatine in Classical Style* (1969)
- *Festa in the north: Japanese Suite No. 2* for piano by 4 hands (1989)

### Vocal works

- *Light-coloured Pictures* for voice and piano (1948)
- *2 Rondels* for voice and piano (1951)
- *Three Songs Based [Man-yō-shū poems](/source/Man'y%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB)* (1958)
- *Giant's Garden* for narrator, mixed choir, orchestra and electronic sound (1962)
- *The Four Seasons of the Mountain* for mixed choir (1967)

### Film music

Bekku composed about 40 film scores from 1954 to 1978.[2]

- *[Ghost of Hanging in Utusunomiya](/source/Ghost_of_Hanging_in_Utusunomiya)* aka *[The Ceiling at Utsunomiya](/source/The_Ceiling_at_Utsunomiya)* (怪異宇都宮釣天井 [Kaii Utsunomiya tsuritenjō](/source/Kaii_Utsunomiya_tsuritenj%C5%8D)) (1956)
- 姫君剣法 謎の紫頭巾 (1957)
- 日本南極地域観測隊の記録 南極大陸 (1957)
- 南極大陸 (1957)
- 天下の鬼夜叉姫 (1957)
- (遙かなる男 [Shizukanaru otoko](/source/Shizukanaru_otoko)) (1957) literally: *The Quiet Man*
- (太平洋戦記 [Taiheiyō senki](/source/Taiheiy%C5%8D_senki)) (1958)
- 密告者は誰か (1958)
- 黒部侠谷 第二部 地底の凱歌 (1959)
- *[Matango](/source/Matango)* (マタンゴ) (1963) aka *Attack of the Mushroom People*
- 恐怖の時間 (1964)
- *[White Rose of Hong Kong](/source/White_Rose_of_Hong_Kong)* (香港の白い薔薇 Honkon no shiroibara)(1965)
- *[Key of Keys](/source/Key_of_Keys)* (国際秘密警察 鍵の鍵 [Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi](/source/Kokusai_himitsu_keisatsu:_Kagi_no_kagi)) (1965) literally: *[International Secret Police: Key of Keys](/source/International_Secret_Police:_Key_of_Keys)*
- (国際秘密警察 絶体絶命 [Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Zettai zetsumi](/source/Kokusai_himitsu_keisatsu:_Zettai_zetsumi)) (1967)
- (ニイタカヤマノボレ −日本帝国の崩壊− [Niitakayama nobore](/source/Niitakayama_nobore)) (1968)
- (喜劇 駅前開運 [Kigeki ekimae kaiun](/source/Kigeki_ekimae_kaiun)) (1968)

## References

- Yoko Narasaki ed. *Orchestral Works by Japanese Composers 1912-1992*. Tokyo: Japan Symphony Foundation, 1994.

1. Kanazawa, Masakata (2002). [*Bekku, Sadao (Opera)*](https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-5000003565). [doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O003565](https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O003565). ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.

1. *Ongaku Geijutsu Bessatsu Nihon no sakkyoku 20-seiki*. Tokyo: Ongaku-no-tomo-sha, 1999.

## External links

- (in Japanese) [Sadao Bekku's profile](https://web.archive.org/web/20080517110225/http://www.bcamusic.com/bekku/bekku.html) with [music sample](https://web.archive.org/web/20080517110225/http://www.bcamusic.com/bekku/bekku.html)
- [Sadao Bekku](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0067454/) at IMDb
- (in Japanese) [JMDB - Sadao Bekku](http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0343570.htm)
- [E World Japan](https://www.eworldjapan-office.com/sadao-bekku/)

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