著者

関根 和江

出版者

東京芸術大学

雑誌

東京藝術大学音楽学部紀要 (ISSN:09148787)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, pp.A1-A27, 1998

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This report is intended to present the materials and information collected for the exhibition Dr. Raphael von Koeber and His Time, which was produced in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the reconstructed Sogakudo, the former concert hall of the Tokyo Ongaku Gakko (Tokyo School of Music). In addition to providing a brief biography, this article chronicles his writings, lectures, and musical talents and works. Bibliographies are also given. After arriving in Japan in 1893, Dr. Raphael von Koeber (1848-1923), philosopher and musician, taught Western philosophy, aesthetics, and cultural history at Tokyo University for 21 years. From 1898 to 1909, he taught piano playing and music history at the Tokyo Ongaku Gakko. In 1914, he retired from public activity to a life of seclusion. He passed hours poring over his books and wrote essays for journals, exerting a far-reaching influence on men of culture and scholars of the Meiji Era. He played an extremely important role in Japanese modernization. It is significant to look back upon his activities in this year of the sesquicentennial of his birth and the 75th anniversary of his death.