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Akiko Seki

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| native_name = {{nobold|関鑑子}}

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| alt = Akiko Seki, c. 1955

| caption = Akiko Seki, c. 1955

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|09|08}}

| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|05|02|1899|09|08}}

| death_place = Tokyo, Japan

| nationality = Japanese

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| occupation = Singer

| years_active = 1921–1973

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File: Seinenkasyu.jpg

Akiko Seki ({{langx|ja|関鑑子}}) (September 8, 1899 in Tokyo – May 2, 1973 in Tokyo) was a Japanese soprano. She is commonly recognized as the founder of the movement of The Singing Voice of Japan ({{langx|ja|日本のうたごえ}}, Nihon no Utagoe / うたごえ運動, Utagoe-undō). In 1955 she was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize.

Life

  • March 1921: She graduated in artistic singing at the Music School of Tokyo ({{langx|ja|東京音楽学校}},Tōkyō Ongaku Gakkō).[http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000001586832-00 NDL Search] Various Authors: Ōkina benibara. (Tokyo, 1981) [関鑑子追想集編集委員会 編「大きな紅ばら: 関鑑子追想集」 (音楽センター 1981年) 関鑑子略年譜]
  • May 1, 1946: On the occasion of the first May Day post-war in Tokyo, she conducted L'internationale and a Japanese version of The Red Flag; this experience led her to the creation of a national musical movement of the working class.Akiko Seki: Theory of The Singing Voice of Japan: What is the music (Tokyo, 1956), p.58. [関鑑子「うたごえ運動の理論－音楽とは何か－」（「知性」1956年増刊号［東京、河出書房］）58ページ]
  • February 10, 1948: She created the Choir of the Communist Youth League of Japan ({{langx|ja|日本青年共産同盟 中央合唱団}}, Nihon-seinen-kyōsan-dōmei Chuō-gassyōdan) in Tokyo, as the core of national musical movement of the working class.
  • December 20, 1955: She was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize.

Writings

  • Collection of Songs for Youth ({{langx|ja|「青年歌集」}}, Seinen-kasyū) (Tokyo, Typography of the cultural section of the Communist Youth League of Japan, 1948).
  • Bewiched by the singing voice ({{langx|ja|「歌ごえに魅せられて」}}, Utagoe ni miserarete) (Tokyo, 1971).[http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000001278782-00 NDL Search] [「歌ごえに魅せられて」（音楽センター 1971年）]

See also

{{Portal|Japan|Communism|music}}

References

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External links

  • (ja) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnh0W2Zuvck A real recorded voice of Akiko Seki], greeting the audience of the Festival of The Singing Voice of Japan (in Nippon Budokan, November 1968). 関鑑子の話声録音 - 1968年日本のうたごえ祭典・大音楽会での挨拶（日本武道館にて）
  • (ja) [http://www.utagoe.gr.jp/ Official website of the National Council of The Singing Voice of Japan] 日本のうたごえ全国協議会ホームページ
  • (ja) [http://www.utagoe.gr.jp/journal/ Journal of The Singing Voice of Japan] うたごえ新聞ホームページ
  • (en) [http://www.jcp.or.jp/english/ Official website of Japanese Communist Party] 日本共産党ホームページ（英語）
  • (ja) [http://www.dylj.or.jp/ Official website of the Democratic Youth League of Japan] 日本民主青年同盟ホームページ

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