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Category:	Modern Music
Name:	Toru Takemitsu
Birth Year:	1930
Death Year:	1996
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Biography, Lectures, and Research Links:	Biography Blog Toru Takemitsu Artist Song Name Composer Composition Instrument Toru Takemitsu is among the most important of those Japanese composers who have written music in the Western tradition, while preserving a fundamental Japanese identity, bringing his awareness of Japanese music and its traditions into a remarkable and very original synthesis. He makes use of Western or Japanese instruments, either separately or together, creating his own very individual sound. Takemitsu's Requiem for strings made a strong impression on audiences who heard it in 1957. November Steps and Aki (Autumn) were scored for biwa, shakuhachi and orchestra. Takemitsu won international success with his brief Le son-calligraphie n. 1, the first of three pieces for two string quartets. He has experimented with other instrumental combinations and with the use of prerecorded tape. For this last there is a series of compositions and he also wrote a number of distinguished film-scores. [Adapted from Karadar] The Great Books: Toru Takemitsu Please browse our Amazon list of titles about Toru Takemitsu. For rare and hard to find works we recommend our Alibris list of titles about Toru Takemitsu. Offer Comments, Questions or Suggestions! This database is maintained by Malaspina Great Books .
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