"Yuki Yakonko" was composed by Dvorak...

I'm sure you all know "Yuki ya konko." It's a famous elementary school song (author unknown).

　　　"snow"
Snow and hail are falling.
It keeps falling and keeps piling up.
Wearing cotton hats over the mountains and fields,
Flowers bloom on every dead tree.

1911(Meiji44)Elementary school songs(2)' was the first to be published.2007(HeiseiIn 19,100 Best Japanese Songs" This song was selected.

Dvorak (1841November 8st - 1904November 1stThere is a composer named.Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B.178 "From the New World" The composer is famous for the slow movement of (Z nového světa) which is known as "The Journey Home."

In his work,Biblical Song (Biblické písně) Op. 99 B. 185 It was composed in March 16 and is based on the 1894th century Czech Protestant Bible by Krička. Dvorak, who was staying in the United States at the time, composed the following works from the previous year to this year:Gounod,tchaikovsky,Hans von BülowHe received the news of the deaths of great musicians one after another. He was originally a devout believer, and it is assumed that he became even more pious and composed a collection of songs based on the Bible. The 10th song in the collection is "Zpivejte Hospodinu pisen novou (O sing unto the Lord a new song)". Please listen to the introduction.

Dvorak - Bible Song No. 10 (Play)


(Josef Suk – Josef Suk (viola)　Vladimir Ashkenazy – Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) http://ml.naxos.jp/work/391532

 

"Snow and hail are falling ♪" I can hear it! The composer of this song is unknown, but it was actually Dvorak!