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Tōru Takemitsu - Wikipedia. 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.
Nov 4, 2020 · “My Music Is Like a Garden” Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996), who was born in Tokyo 90 years ago, once likened his music to a walk through a garden. “I am the gardener,” he writes, “who experiences the changes in light, pattern and texture.”
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Born October 8, 1930, in Tokyo, Japan, Takemitsu spent his early life in China with his family. By the time he was brought back to Japan to attend school in 1938, Japanese militarism was on the rise and Western music and films were mostly forbidden. Takemitsu kept up a secret fascination with the West. After war broke out he saw a newsreel film of ...
During the 1950s Takemitsu kept up with new Western styles, mastered them quickly, and gained wider recognition. He studied the serialist music of Austrian composers Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, which rejected the idea of key and instead derived the pitch material of a piece of music from a small cell or sequence of notes announced at the be...
Despite the cutting-edge qualities of his concert music, Takemitsu never lost his appreciation for the popular songs that had originally inspired him. He was said to have an encyclopedic knowledge of Western pop music. Takemitsu found a meeting place between pop and classical music in his 93 scores for Japanese films, which he wrote with enthusiasm...
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Daily News (Los Angeles), May 8, 2002. Economist, March 2, 1996. Guardian(London, England), February 22, 1996; August 29, 1997. Independent(London, England), October 1, 1998. New York Times, February 21, 1996; March 3, 1996. San Francisco Chronicle, February 21, 1996. Times(London, England), February 22, 1996.
"Who Was Toru Takemitsu?," http://www.soundintermedia.co.uk/treeline-online/biog.html (February 2, 2006).
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...
Feb 20, 1996 · Toru Takemitsu (武満 徹, Takemitsu Tōru?, October 8, 1930 – February 20, 1996) pronounced [takeꜜmitsɯ toːɽɯ] was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu possessed consummate skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre.
Feb 20, 1996 · The first Japanese composer to have achieved international acclaim, Toru Takemitsu spent his early childhood in Manchuria (1930-37), then under Japanese occupation, where his father worked.
Toru Takemitsu (1930–1996) was an influential Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. His music melds traditional Eastern and modern Western elements, displaying a uniquely personal style that earned him recognition both in Japan and around the world.
