Tōru Takemitsu
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1930-10-08
- Died
- 1996-02-22
- Works
- 57
Top works
- Itinerant, Solo Flute
- Orion and Pleiades
- Rain Dreaming
- Orion
- From Far Beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog
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Film & TV
Sound · 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
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- 1,121
- Total plays
- 13,811
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Classicaljapanesecomposercontemporary classicalminimalism
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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Introduction of disease-related mitochondrial DNA deletions into HeLa cells lacking mitochondrial DNA results in mitochondrial dysfunction.
· 1991 · cited 421x
- Cholesterol Depletion of Caveolae Causes Hyperactivation of Extracellular Signal-related Kinase (ERK)
· 1998 · cited 309x
- Lumbar Degenerative Kyphosis
· 1988 · cited 267x
- Prorenin Receptor Blockade Inhibits Development of Glomerulosclerosis in Diabetic Angiotensin II Type 1a Receptor–Deficient Mice
· 2006 · cited 218x
- Polarized Raman spectra of naphthalene and anthracene single crystals
· 1968 · cited 215x
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Key facts
- Born
- 8 October 1930, Hongō, Tokyo , Japan
- Died
- 20 February 1996 (1996-02-20) (aged 65), Minato, Tokyo , Japan
- Occupations
- Composer writer
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Key dates
- Born
- 8 October 1930
- Died
- 22 February 1996
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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
Article
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.
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