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In this Japanese name, the surname is 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.
Feb 20, 1996 · He suffered from tuberculosis in his early twenties. His service in the military introduced him to Western classical music. He was a founding member of the artistic group Jikken Kōbō. Family Life. He was married to Asaka Takemitsu. Associated With. He named Claude Debussy as being influential to his early work.
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.
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, [1] and Universal Edition. Genre. Date.
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 concert...
Oct 16, 2016 · Twenty years after the death of Japan’s greatest composer, Toru Takemitsu, music critic Mark Swed looks at what Takemitsu meant not only to Japan but to the world.
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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.
