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Tōru Takemitsu. Tōru Takemitsu (武満 徹, pronounced [takeꜜmitsɯ̥ toːɾɯ]; 8 October 1930 – 20 February 1996) was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu was admired for the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre.
Oct 20, 2016 · An introductory playlist to the powerful, silence-driven work of one of the most important Japanese composers of the 20th century, Toru Takemitsu.
Below is a sortable list of compositions by Tōru Takemitsu. The works are categorized by genre, date of composition, titles and scoring. Scores by Takemitsu are published by Ongaku No Tomo Sha, C.F. Peters, Éditions Salabert, Schott Japan, and Universal Edition.
Apr 11, 2022 · Takemitsu Tōru is famous as the composer who united traditional Japanese music and Western modernism. Today, a quarter-century after his death, his music continues to be performed in...
The Music of To ̄ru Takemitsu. To ̄ru Takemitsu (1930–96) was the best known Japanese composer of his generation, bringing aspects of Eastern and Western traditions together, yet he remained something of an elusive figure.
Jul 10, 2024 · The title of this book is ‘The Music of Tōru Takemitsu’, and despite the many other fascinating issues, biographical and artistic, that it is tempting to explore in an examination of this many-faceted genius – composer, festival organiser, writer on aesthetics, author of detective novels, celebrity chef on Japanese TV – it is with ...
Nov 4, 2020 · Read about the life of composer Tōru Takemitsu: how he first heard western classical music, and his interest in modernist & Japanese music.
