Creative Sources for the Music of Tōru Takemitsu

Creative Sources for the Music of Tōru Takemitsu PDF Author: Noriko Ohtake
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
This dissertation comprises a study of the composer Toru Takemitsu, vis-a-vis his creative sources, for example, those extra-musical influences that inspire his compositions. The work is organized into the following categories: (1) his early years, (2) influences from composers, (3) nature, (4) his theory of dream, number and water, (5) words and music, (6) East and West, and (7) relationships with other artists including performers. The final chapter is devoted to the piano compositions by Takemitsu, including a comparative and idiomatic analysis that incorporates discussion of the specific creative influences on each work. Aspects of Takemitsu's individuality and the manifestations of his beliefs - both musical and philosophical - are discussed to discover his complex aesthetic heritage. As his own words reveal: When I decided to be a compser, I did not even know how to notate on scores. In this regard, no one has taught me. These can be learned through reading theory books. But more importantly, things that have established me as a composer are, though those [theory books] do have a little to do with it, things like a book I read, a friend I got to know, or a picture ...

Confronting Silence

Confronting Silence PDF Author: Toru Takemitsu
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 1461664845
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
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.

Toru Takemitsu

Toru Takemitsu PDF Author: James Siddons
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 0313272379
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Though often misunderstood in the West, the works of Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) deserve attention beyond their native land. Although he wrote most of his music for Western instruments in international contemporary concert style, to be played by performers trained in the European musical tradition, lists and scores of his music have been difficult to obtain. Designed for use by musicians, scholars, and program directors who need compact, understandable information on Takemitsu, but who are unfamiliar with Japanese language and music, this bio-bibliography--including sections on his works, performances, films scores, recordings, and writings--will be invaluable to musicians, scholars, journalists, and music directors alike. The annotations of the entries are especially useful in determining answers to such questions as what instruments are needed to perform a piece, what should be said about a film or composition in a program note, what analysis or interpretation of a work is appropriate or has been done before, and what Takemitsu himself has said or written about each work. Siddon's fully cross-referenced volume offers information on approximately 150 compositions, 100 film scores, 250 audio recordings, and 500 bibliographical items, while the biography places the composer's life in the milieu of post-Pacific War Japan and contemporary music in Japan, Europe, and the United States.

A Memoir of Tōru Takemitsu

A Memoir of Tōru Takemitsu PDF Author: Asaka Takemitsu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781450271110
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) was the first Japanese composer to receive international recognition in the field of classical music, and is now widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the late twentieth century. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu created his own unique sound world one that was not bound by convention. In A Memoir of Toru Takemitsu, his wife of forty-two years reveals a candid, behind-the-scenes glimpse into his fascinating life, his legendary music, and his final days. After rising to prominence in 1957 when Igor Stravinsky praised his Requiem for Strings, Takemitsu became best known in the West for his concert music, but was also a master composer of music for film, television, theater, and radio drama. Through six extensive interviews, Asaka Takemitsu reveals previously unknown information regarding the composer's compositional processes and his private life including the difficult period after the war and the subsequent post-war art movement in Japan, his bond with his friends, love of movies, and daily routine. This inspiring memoir shares an unforgettable story of how a young boy without any musical training or affluence used the power of positive thinking to make his dream of becoming a composer come true.

Composing for Japanese Instruments

Composing for Japanese Instruments PDF Author: Minoru Miki
Publisher: University Rochester Press
ISBN: 9781580462730
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
The unique sounds of the biwa, shamisen, and other traditional instruments from Japan are heard more and more often in works for the concert hall and opera house. Composing for Japanese Instruments is a practical orchestration/instrumentation manual with contextual and relevant historical information for composers who wish to learn how to compose for traditional Japanese instruments. Widely regarded as the authoritative text on the subject in Japan and China, it contains hundreds of musical examples, diagrams, photographs, and fingering charts, and comes complete with two accompanying compact discs of musical examples. Its author, Minoru Miki, is a composer of international renown and is recognized in Japan as a pioneer in writing for Japanese traditional instruments. The book contains valuable appendices, one of works Miki himself has composed using Japanese traditional instruments, and one of works by other composers -- including Toru Takemitsu and Henry Cowell -- using Japanese traditional instruments. Marty Regan is Assistant Professor of Music at Texas A&M University; Philip Flavin is a Research Fellow in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University, Australia.

Three Questions for Sixty-five Composers

Three Questions for Sixty-five Composers PDF Author: Bálint András Varga
Publisher: University Rochester Press
ISBN: 1580463797
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
Do today's composers draw inspiration from life experiences? What has influenced recent composers? How essential is it for a composer to develop a personal style? This book reveals the spontaneous thoughts of some of the most famous composers from around the world about their own development as composers and their reactions to the outside world.

Twentieth-Century Chamber Music

Twentieth-Century Chamber Music PDF Author: James McCalla
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135887063
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Book of Music and Nature

The Book of Music and Nature PDF Author: David Rothenberg
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 9780819564085
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
A provocative book and CD explore the relationship of music and the natural world.
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