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Tōru Takemitsu
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Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory (1930–1996)
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 498 inbound references to Tōru Takemitsu, and connects out to Olivier Messiaen, Australia and Tokyo.
Vinony files it under 1930 births, 1996 deaths and 20th-century Japanese classical composers.
Vinony links it to 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 57
Top works
- Itinerant, Solo Flute
- Orion and Pleiades
- Rain Dreaming
- Orion
- From Far Beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Tokyo, Japan
Toru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer. He composed several hundred independent works of music, scored more than ninety films and published twenty books.
Known for
- Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden1992
- Brand New Day — Self1987
- A. K. — Self1985
- The Face of Another — Man Smoking in Bar (uncredited)1966
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Japan
- Active from
- 1930-10-08
- Active to
- 1996-02-20
Discography
- Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony / Takemitsu: November Steps1968
- Asterism / Requiem / Green / The Dorian Horizon1969
- Coral Island / Water Music / Vocalism Ai1969
- Prison Song / Turris Campanarum Sonantium / Seasons1972
- ハープの個展1973
- In an Autumn Garden1980
- 水の風景1982
- Chamber & Piano Works1983
- Winter / Marginalia / Gitimalya1986
- Film Music By Toru Takemitsu - Volume 11990
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,121
- Total plays
- 13,811
Tags
Born: October 8, 1931; Japan Died: February 20, 1996; Japan Period: 20th Century Toru Takemitsu was a self-taught Japanese composer who combined elements of Eastern and Western music and philosophy to create a unique sound world. Some of his early influences were the sonorities of Debussy, and Messiaen's use of nature imagery and modal scales. There is a certain influence of Webern in Takemitsu's use of silence, and Cage in his compositional philosophy, but his overall style is uniquely his
Key facts
- Born
- 8 October 1930, Hongō, Tokyo , Japan
- Died
- 20 February 1996 (1996-02-20) (aged 65), Minato, Tokyo , Japan
- Occupations
- Composer writer
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Tokyo
- Place of death
- Minato
- Occupation
- autodidact
- Educated at
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- Employer
- Yale University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Student of
- Yasuji Kiyose
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Image
- Toru Takemitsu Shinchosha 1961-7.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1930-10-08
- date of death
- 1996-02-20
- cause of death
- bladder cancer
- member of
- Academy of Arts of the GDR
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Toru Takemitsu
- name in kana
- たけみつ とおる
- name in native language
- 武満徹
- has works in the collection
- Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Tōru Takemitsu
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Encyclopedic overview
Tōru Takemitsu (武満 徹; pronounced [takeꜜmitsɯ̥ toːɾɯ]; 8 October 1930 – 20 February 1996) was a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music and writer on music. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu was admired for his subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre. He is known for combining elements of oriental and occidental philosophy and for fusing sound with silence and tradition with innovation.
Takemitsu 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 Kōbō (実験工房, 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tōru Takemitsu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.