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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
- A Marvelous Kid (2)
- A piece for guitar (2)
- A song of circles and triangles (3)
- A Way a Lone for string quartet (2)
- Air (2)
- All that the Man left behind when he died (3)
- And then I knew ‘twas Wind (2)
- Bad Boy (2)
- Between Tides (2)
- Cherry Blossoms (2)
- Distance de Fée (2)
- Dreamtime (2)
- Grass (2)
- Handmade Proverbs (2)
- I just sing (3)
- In a Small Room (3)
- In the Woods - Three pieces for guitar (2)
- Itinerant (2)
- Le Son calligraphié 3 (2)
- Le son calligraphié I (2)
- Les yeux clos II (2)
- Paths, Op. 50 (2)
- Quatrain II (2)
- Rain Dreaming (2)
- Rain Tree Sketch (2)
- Rain Tree Sketch II (2)
- Rain Tree, for three percussionists (2)
- Romance (2)
- Sayonara (3)
- Small Sky (3)
- The Game of Love (3)
- To The Edge Of Dream for Guitar And Orchestra (2)
- To the Island (3)
- Toward the Sea I for alto flute & guitar (2)
- Toward the Sea III for alto flute & harp (2)
- Two Piano Pieces for Children (Breeze & Clouds) (2)
- Unseen child (3)
- Will tomorrow, I wonder, be cloudy or clear? (3)
- Wind Horse (2)
- Wings (3)
Recent Best Sellers: Takemitsu
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Special offer. Takemitsu, T: AsterismScore (PF/ORCH)Sheet Music: Original price ($37.50) Reduced price $30.00
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Special offer. Toru Takemitsu: AutumnScore (ORCH)Sheet Music: Original price ($69.00) Reduced price $51.75
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Special offer. Toru Takemitsu: Water Ways, Pour 8 InstrumentistesScore (ENS)Sheet Music: Original price ($31.50) Reduced price $23.62
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Special offer. Takemitsu: A Flock descends into the pentagonal GardenFull Score (Orch)Sheet Music: Original price ($60.00) Reduced price $45.00
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Special offer. Takemitsu: RequiemScore (STR ORCH)Sheet Music: Original price ($17.25) Reduced price $12.93
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