Hisaya Morishige Song Of The Gondola

Lyrics / Isamu Yoshii
Music / Shinpei Noguchi

森繁 久彌 ( Columbia )

Song Of The Gondola

Maiden let loving, life is short
While still your lip is shining red
While still your blood is hotting
Tomorrow is not the time to

Maiden let loving, life is short
While still your hair is shining black
While still your heart is burning
Today will not come again

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Isamu Yoshii(1886-1960) wrote this song lyrics in Tokyo,
Shiba origin, his grandfather Tomozane Yoshii was a former
Satsuma samurai became a Count afterward and friends of the
Meiji restoration both summit, Takamori Saigo, Toshimitsu
Ookubo. Isamu familiar with making Tanka(Japanese typical
poet) from the jouniore high school age, then post to the
magazine's contest and got first place. After graduating
from high school, suffering from pleurisy hospitalization,
and to Kamakura home for a change of air when the Tanka
works comforting, and announce on the magazine "Myoujyou
(Stars)", with budding Hakushu Kitahara attention as a
Tanka. When he was 22 years old, advanced Waseda Univer-
sity in literature course, but dropped out soon, then made
a society "Pannokai(Society bread)" with Hakushu Kitahara,
Mokutaro Kinoshita, Hakutei Ishii. And in the following
year, mainly Ougai Mori and a literary magazine "Subaru"
has been launched, Takuboku Ishikawa, Banri Hirano and him
mainly three were editing the magazine. The same year,
plays "Gogo Sanji(Three oclock afternoon)" to be announced
on "Subaru", with Syouyou Tsubouchi allowed, and next plays
announced, as a playwright his name was known widely. When
he was 24 years old, songbook "Gion Kasyuu" published, and
the following year for collection of plays "Gogo Sanji(Three
oclock afternoon)" published, then built up his status as a
playwright. His 31 years old songbook "Gion Kasyuu" is pub-
lished by Shinchosha Co. Draw the picture of those book by
popular artist's Yumeji Takehisa have done. The "Song of
the gondola" written in 1915(29 years old), Waseda Univer-
sity professor Hougetsu Shimamura sponsored by the troupe's
"Bungei Kyoukai(Literary Association)" Female Chairperson
of the Sumako Matsui sung Russian Turgenev's "The Night
Before" in this song, in Tolstoy's "Resurrection" "Song of
Katyusha", same Tolstoy's "Living Dead", "Song of Wander-
ing" became great publicity. This song composed by Shinpei
Nakayama(1887-1952) was born in Nagano Prefecture, when he
was 18 years old, resine substitute teacher's job to came
to Tokyo, and under Hougetsu Shimamura's house, and he was
21 years old advanced to the Tokyo Music School. When he
was 25 years old and graduated from the school, became to
Asakusa Senzoku elementary school teachers beside music
composer of start on an "Geijyutsuza" of Hougetsu Simamura
and Sumako Matsui. And above Sumako Matsui sung his songs
in her play, and enter the famous composer. At the age of
31, Hougetsu Shimamura died then "Geijyutsuza" is dissolved,
and the following year Child magazine "Kinno Fune(Gold Ship)"
to announce the beginning music, later with Ujyou Noguchi
a lot of music and released. Also created many folk song with
Ujyou Noguchi, the lyricist Hakushu Kitahara. When he was 37
years old, retired Senzoku elementary school, the 41-year-old
captive and Victor Company of the Yoshie Fujiwara an opera
singer, Chiyako Sato sung "Habuno Minato", "Debuneno Minato",
etc. many hits song composed. The following year, combi with
Yaso Saijyou made "Tokyo march" sung by Chiyako Sato singing
in 250,000 copies of the sales records preferential. Later,
alto singer Fumiko Yotsuya, baritone singer Tamaki Tokuyama,
baritone singer Ichirou Fujiyama, they come from music school
in Tokyo were joined Victor, sung Shinpei Nakayama's songs.
Hisaya Morishige(was born in 1913) who sings this tune he
was born with the who had become the businessman with the
Osaka prefecture Hirakata and the mother who is the daughter
of the marine products thing wholesaler as a youngest of
third siblings, at the time of two years old, his father
died. Passing the Waseda first Senior High School, he ente-
red school of higher grade to the Waseda University Secion
of Commerce, participated in the play section, at that time,
he met with his wife Masuko of the Tokyo Woman's Christian
College student. After the university leaving, he joined an
organization to Tokyo Takarazuka new theatrical company,
after that passed the stage actor and the NHK announcer, etc
the actor entered into activity. In NHK announcer era he
worked in the broadcasting station of the Manchurian tele-
graphic telephone corporation, full the state movie managed
the narration and the like of the movie of association, after
termination of war he participated the stage and the movie
which include the radio and the musical, as the actor who
represents Japan with the television. he became famous work
lyric, the "Shiretoko Ryojo" as a composition and singing
Singer song writer. Also serves starring musical "Violinist
On The Roof" with, counts the performance frequency 900 time,
receives the Order Of Cultural Prize in 1991 and chapter has
done. This song is a 1952 postwar Japanese film masters,
Akira Kurosawa directed "Ikiru(Live)" starring Takashi
Shimura was sung in this movie, and received deep emotion too.


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