山田耕筰's lyrics & chords

Kosaku Yamada (山田耕筰, Yamada Kōsaku, June 9, 1886 - December 29, 1965) was a Japanese composer and conductor. In many Western reference books his name is given as Kósçak Yamada. During his music study in the Imperial German capital of Berlin from 1910-13 he hated the moment when people laughed at him because his "normal" transliteration of his first name "Kosaku" sounded like the Italian "cosa" meaning "what" or "thing" and the German "Kuh" meaning "cow"; which resulted in his choosing a somewhat fanciful transliteration of Kósçak ...read more