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Akira Ifukube
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Cyril Scott
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Edison Denisov
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Mieczysław Weinberg
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Reinhold Glière
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Zuill Bailey
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Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch
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Yasushi Akutagawa
Japanese composer (1925-1989)

Yasushi Akutagawa

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Japanese composer (1925-1989)
Genres
Awards Received
Emmy Award
Suntory Music Award
1st Japan Academy Prize
Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class

Yasushi Akutagawa (芥川 也寸志, Akutagawa Yasushi, July 12, 1925 – January 31, 1989) was a Japanese composer and conductor. He was born and raised in Tabata, Tokyo. His father was Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.