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Tōru Takemitsu

    8 ottobre 1930 – 20 febbraio 1996
    Confronting Silence
    • Confronting Silence

      Selected Writings (Volume 1)

      • 156pagine
      • 6 ore di lettura

      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