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Tōru Takemitsu

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Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory (1930-1996)

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Tōru Takemitsu 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.

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Takemitsu, 1961Takemitsu, 1961Example 1. Bar 10 of Masque I, Continu, for two flutes (1959). An early example of Takemitsu's incorporation of traditional Japanese music in his writing, shown in the unusually notated quarter-tone pitch bend above.Example 1. Bar 10 of Masque I, Continu, for two flutes (1959). An early example of Takemitsu's incorporation of traditional Japanese music in his writing, shown in the unusually notated quarter-tone pitch bend above.Example 2. Opening bars of Litany - In Memory of Michael Vyner, i Adagio, for solo piano (1950/1989). Another early example of Takemitsu's incorporation of traditional Japanese music in his writing, shown here in the use of the Japanese in scale in the upper melodic line of the right hand part.Example 2. Opening bars of Litany - In Memory of Michael Vyner, i Adagio, for solo piano (1950/1989). Another early example of Takemitsu's incorporation of traditional Japanese music in his writing, shown here in the use of the Japanese in scale in the upper melodic line of the right hand part.Example 3. Standard chords produced by the shō, mouth organ of the traditional Japanese court ensemble, gagakuExample 3. Standard chords produced by the shō, mouth organ of the traditional Japanese court ensemble, gagakuExample 4. Comparison of ex.94 from Olivier Messiaen's Technique de mon langage musical and one of the principal motives from Takemitsu's Quatrain (1975)[63]Example 4. Comparison of ex.94 from Olivier Messiaen's Technique de mon langage musical and one of the principal motives from Takemitsu's Quatrain (1975)[63]Example 5. Various examples of Takemitsu's S-E-A motive, derived from the German spelling of the notes E♭, E, A ("Es-E-A")Example 5. Various examples of Takemitsu's S-E-A motive, derived from the German spelling of the notes E♭, E, A ("Es-E-A")

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Awards 6

1994Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
1990Maurice Ravel Prize
1985Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
Glenn Gould Prize
Otaka prize
Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music

Connected to Tōru 6

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Tōru Takemitsu 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.

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Country
Japan
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 1996 · aged 65
Wikipedia
30 languages

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