Confronting Silence: Selected Writings

by Toru Takemitsu, Yoshiko Kakudo, Glenn Glasow, Seiji Ozawa

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780914913368
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/1995
Series:	Fallen Leaf Monographs on Contemporary Composers , #1
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	156
Sales rank:	739,240
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

Editorial Reviews

"This fine book...is an excellent introduction to the original and provacative thinking of one of today's most important composers. The translation preserves the color and elegance of his prose."

American Music Teacher

The largest body of Takemitsu's writing to be translated into English so far. The internationally acclaimed composer of concert and film music (Woman in the Dunes, Ran) offers his own selection of his writings on eastern and western music, composers, the process of composing, and nature. Paper edition (36-0), $18.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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