Isao Koizumi

Short Name: Isao Koizumi
Full Name: Koizumi, Isao, 1907-1992
Birth Year: 1907
Death Year: 1992

Isao Koizumi (b. 1907; d. 1992) graduated from the Osaka University of Commerce in 1932. For the next ten years he taught at that school, was an organist in Tokyo, and then went on to work in the import-export business. He has served as the conductor of the Tokyo Choral Society and edited various hymnals, including The Hymnal 1954 for the United Church of Christ in Japan, The Sunday School Hymnal (1954), and Hymns of Praise (1967 edition). A writer and translator of books and articles on church music, Koizumi has also composed and arranged hymn tunes. He is considered a leading figure in modern Japanese hymnody.

Bert Polman


Tunes by Isao Koizumi (4)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
IMAYŌIsao Koizumi (Composer)155654 11665 541
KAMITAKATAIsao Koizumi (Composer)461231 23261 21235
SEED OF LIFE (Koizumi)Isao Koizumi (Composer)255651 76565 4332
TOKYOIsao Koizumi (Arranger)2465356 16565 35611
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