Toru Takemitsu
Born: 8th October 1930, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 20th February 1996, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality: Japanese
Tōru Takemitsu 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. He is famed for combining elements of oriental and occidental philosophy to create a sound uniquely his own and for fusing opposites together such as sound with silence and tradition with innovation.
He composed several hundred independent works of music, scored more than ninety films and published twenty books. He was also a founding member of the Jikken Kobo (experimental workshop) in Japan, a group of avant-garde artists who distanced themselves from academia and whose collaborative work is often regarded among the most influential of the 20th century.
His 1957 Requiem for string orchestra attracted international attention, led to several commissions from across the world and established his reputation as one of the leading 20th-century Japanese composers.
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Popular Works: Takemitsu
- 12 Songs arranged for guitar (1)
- A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden (1)
- A Marvelous Kid (2)
- A song of circles and triangles (2)
- A Way a Lone for string quartet (1)
- Air (1)
- All that the Man left behind when he died (2)
- Bad Boy (2)
- Concerto for Viola & Orchestra 'A String Around Autumn' (2)
- Distance, for saxophone solo (1)
- Dreamtime (1)
- Equinox, for guitar (1)
- Folios, for guitar (1)
- For Away (1)
- Garden Rain (1)
- Hika for violin and piano (1)
- I just sing (2)
- In a Small Room (2)
- In the Woods - Three pieces for guitar (1)
- Landscape I for string quartet (1)
- Le Son calligraphié 3 (2)
- Le son calligraphié I (2)
- Orion and Pleiades for violoncello and orchestra (1)
- Pause ininterrompue (1)
- Piano Distance (1)
- Quatrain II (2)
- Rain Tree Sketch (1)
- Ring (1)
- Rocking mirror daybreak for violin duo (1)
- Sayonara (2)
- Small Sky (2)
- Stanza I (1)
- Star-Isle (1)
- The Game of Love (2)
- To the Island (2)
- Toward the Sea III for alto flute & harp (1)
- Unseen child (2)
- Valeria (1)
- Will tomorrow, I wonder, be cloudy or clear? (2)
- Wings (2)
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voice and piano (VCE/PF)Sheet Music: $67.00
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Set of Parts piano trio (PF TRIO)Sheet Music: $70.00
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