birth_place background instrument genre article_title name occupation
madagascar non_vocal_instrumentalist piano , acoustic guitar ba-gasy , vakondrazana naka rabemanantsoa
 naka rabemanantsoa pianist , composer
naka rabemanantsoa

naka rabemanantsoa is a pianist and composer of `` vakondrazana '' and `` ba-gasy '' music from the central highlands of madagascar .
he was a major composer for the malagasy theatrical genre that reached its peak between 1920 and 1940 at the theatre d'isotry in antananarivo .
his pieces were typically written for piano , and although his pieces were often adapted for solo , duet or choral vocal accompaniment sung in the malagasy language , he was a strong proponent of preserving strictly instrumental accompaniment for theatrical performances .
his songs form part of the canon of classical malagasy piano music , and a street in downtown antananarivo is named after him .
