Nihon no Gunka Archives Vol.5 Geijutsu Ongaku [Eirei Sanka]-Kessenka no Kokumin Ongaku 1943

[Machine Translation] This five-volume CD series archives Japanese military songs as historical materials on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. In addition to the classification of "Land, Sea, and Air," which is the title of this CD series, this CD series also includes military songs established by newspapers, military songs produced by radio stations, military songs born after the war, and other popular songs during the war that had various origins, categorized in an easy-to-understand manner with detailed explanations. ( Japanese Military Song Archives ( 5 ) Artistic Music ) "Hymn to the Eiryo Hymn" - National Music during the War - A bird's eye view of the Japanese Western music world during the war. This title reminds us how mellow and sublime Western music was even in a society in times of emergency. It includes "Symphonic Tale" by the young Akira Ifukube, who celebrated the 100th anniversary of his birth; "Ode to Joy," the first recording of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony by a Japanese composer with Japanese lyrics; and "Hymn to the Spirits," the first reprint of a memorial hymn to General Isoroku Yamamoto, and other important pieces in the history of Western music in Japan during the war.

戦後70年の節目に、日本の軍歌を歴史的資料としてアーカイブする全5巻のCDシリーズ。標題にした《陸・海・空》という分類の他にも、新聞社が制定した軍歌、ラジオ局が制作した軍歌、戦後に生まれた軍歌、等、ひと口に軍歌と言っても、その成り立ちが様々であった戦時下の流行歌をわかりやすく分類し、丁寧な解説と共に収録。〈日本の軍歌アーカイブス(5)芸術音楽〉「英霊讃歌」～決戦下の国民音楽～ 戦時下における日本洋楽界を俯瞰。西洋音楽は非常時の社会においても、かくも芳醇に昇華されたかを再認識することができるタイトル。生誕100年を迎えた若き伊福部昭の「交響譚詩」、日本語歌詞の日本人によるベートーベン交響曲第九番の初録音である「歓喜の頌」、初復刻である山本五十六元帥追悼の交声曲「英霊讃歌」と、戦時下かつ日本洋楽史において重要な曲を収録。