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Tōru Takemitsu

    8 oktober 1930 – 20 februari 1996
    Confronting Silence
    • Confronting Silence

      Selected Writings (Volume 1)

      • 156bladzijden
      • 6 uur lezen

      In these writings, available here in English for the first time, the distinguished Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu reflects on his contemporaries, including John Cage, Olivier Messiaen, and Merce Cunningham; on nature, which has profoundly influenced his composition; on film and painting; on relationships between East and West; on traditional Japanese music; and on his own compositions.

      Confronting Silence1995