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Tōru Takemitsu (1930–1996)

Author of Confronting Silence: Selected Writings (Fallen Leaf Monographs on Contemporary Composers)

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Includes the names: 武満 徹, Toru Takemitsu, Toru Takemitsu, 徹(1930-) 武満, Tˆoru Takemitsu

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Works by Tōru Takemitsu

Confronting Silence: Selected Writings (Fallen Leaf Monographs on Contemporary Composers) (1995) 34 copies
Takemitsu : From me flows what you call time + Walton : Symphony no.1 {sound recording} (1993) — Composer — 10 copies
From me flows what you call time + Requiem {for string orchestra} + Twill By twilight {in memory Of Morton Feldman} for orchestra [sound recording] (1998) — Composer — 7 copies, 1 review
Quotation Of Dream [sound recording] (1999) 6 copies, 2 reviews
Takemitsu Tˆoru chosakushˆu (2000) 6 copies
Partita / Continuo / Visions — Composer — 4 copies
Takemitsu: Spirit Garden, Orchestral Works (2006) 4 copies
Ikko Narahara: Japanesque (Italian Edition) (1995) 3 copies
Takemitsu: Quatrain; A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden; Stanza I; Sacrifice; Ring; Valeria 3 copies
Takemitsu: Piano Works (2003) 3 copies
Rain Tree Sketch (2005) 2 copies
Takemitsu: Chamber Music (2003) 2 copies
A Flock Desends into the Pentagonal Garden (2005) 2 copies
武満徹エッセイ選―言葉の海へ (ちくま学芸文庫) (2008) 2 copies
Toward the Sea III - 20th Century works for flute, viola and harp - Honegger: Petite suite / Denisov: Duo / Takemitsu: Toward teh Sea III / Britten: Lachrymae / Debussy: Sonata… (1998) 2 copies
Toru Takemitsu: CANTOS - Fantasma/Cantos / Water-Ways / Waves / Quatrain II 2 copies
In an Autumn Garden (2002) 2 copies
And then I knew 'twas Wind: for Flute, Viola, and Harp - Score and Parts (2005) 2 copies
Complete Takemitsu edition : 5 Popular Songs, Tape, Theater, Radio And TV STZ 45-58 (武満徹全集 第5巻 うた、テープ音楽、舞台・TV・ラジオ作品、補遺) (2004) 2 copies
Complete Takemitsu edition : 4 Music For Movies 2 STZ 34-44 (武満徹全集 4 映画音楽 2) (2003) 2 copies
Debussy : Sonata for flute, viola and harp + Gubaidulina : Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten + Takemitsu : And then I knew 'twas wind [sound recording] (2014) — Composer — 2 copies
Litany: "In Memory of Michael Vyner" - for Piano (2005) 2 copies
Complete Takemitsu edition : 2 Instrumental Works Chorale STZ 13-23 (武満徹全集 第2巻 器楽曲、合唱曲 2) (2003) 2 copies
Complete Takemitsu Edition : 3. Music for Movies 1 (2003) 2 copies
Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch II (In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen) (2000) 2 copies
Air: for Flute (2005) 2 copies
Bad Boy 2 copies
A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden, Spirit Garden, Dreamtime, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop 2 copies
In the Woods: 3 Pieces for Guitar (2005) 2 copies
Takemitsu: A Flock Descends Into Pentagonal / Spirit Garden / Dreamtime 2 copies
Souvenir - Michala Petri & Lars Hannibal - Music for Recorder & Lute - Telemann, Bach, Koppel, Krahmer, Vivaldi, etc. (1994) 2 copies
Takemitsu: I Hear the Water Dreaming 2 copies
I Hear the Water Dreaming (1989) 2 copies
Rain Tree Sketch II: "In memoriam Olivier Messiaen" - for Piano (2005) 1 copy
November Steps (2014) 1 copy
Toward the Sea (1982) 1 copy
Complete Music for Solo Guitar (2018) 1 copy
Hosokawa / Otaka / Takemitsu : Orchestral Works (2001) 1 copy
The Film Music of Takemitsu 1 copy
All in Twilight: 4 Pieces for Guitar (2005) 1 copy
Takemitsu:Quotation of a Dream 1 copy
Ran 1 copy
Toward the Sea II: For Alto Flute, Harp, and String Orchestra (2000) 1 copy
Between Tides and Other Chamber Music 1 copy
Folios : pour guitare 1 copy
BBC Proms 2019 : Prom 28 : Rachmaninov, Borodin & Huw Watkins [sound recording] (2019) — Composer — 1 copy
Quotation of Dream (1984) 1 copy
Mozart, Debussy, Takemitsu — Composer — 1 copy
Between tides : for violin, cello and piano 1 copy
Le Son aussi fort que le silence 1 copy
Complete Takemitsu edition : 1 Orchestral Works STZ 1-12 (武満徹全集 1 管弦楽曲: CD12枚) (2002) 1 copy
Entre-temps : for oboe and string quartet (1987) 1 copy
Eucalypts II, pour flûte, hautbois et harpe 1 copy
Songs I for mixed chorus 1 copy
夢と数: 音楽の語法 1 copy
時間(とき)の園丁 (1996) 1 copy
武満徹著作集〈2〉 (2000) 1 copy
音楽の余白から 1 copy
音楽を呼びさますもの 1 copy
遠い呼び声の彼方へ (1992) 1 copy
樹の鏡、草原の鏡 (1975) 1 copy
オペラをつくる (岩波新書) (1990) 1 copy
武満徹対談選―仕事の夢夢の仕事 (ちくま学芸文庫 タ 26-1) (2008) 1 copy
武満徹著作集〈4〉 (2000) 1 copy
武満徹著作集〈1〉 (2000) 1 copy
武満徹著作集〈3〉遠い呼び声の彼方へ・時間の園丁・夢の引用 (2000) 1 copy
Takemitsu: Riverrun; Water-Ways; Rain Coming; Rain Spell; Tree Line (1991) 1 copy
Archipelago S. 1 copy, 1 review
Voice 1 copy
12 Songs for Guitar: Transcriptions for Guitar (2005) 1 copy
How Slow The Wind (2005) 1 copy, 1 review
Toward the sea III (1981) / And the I knew 't was wind (1992) // Nicolet, Imai, Yoshino 1 copy
Index of the works of Toru Takemitsu appearing in the catalogues of Schott Japan Company Ltd., Tokyo and Universal Edition A.G., Vienna 1 copy
Hika (2009) 1 copy
Spirit Garden, Orchestral Works, Requiem for Strings, November Steps, Far Calls Coming Far, Visions for Orchestra, Gémeaux, Dream/Window, Spirit Garden, Tokyo Metropolitan… 1 copy
Piano music: Romance, Rain Tree Sketches I and II, Litany, Kotaro Fukuma 1 copy
Rain Spell (HMV CD 2000) 1 copy
To The Edge of Dream/Folios for Guitar/Toward the Sea/From 12 Songs for Guitar/Vers, l'arc-en-ciel, Palma [CD] 1 copy
Coral Island / Water Music / Vocalism A1 1 copy
A Way A Lone (Takemitsu); String Quartet (Barber); String Quartet No. 2 (Britten) [CD] 1 copy
Quatrain: A Flock Descends...Stanza 1 copy
Music for Guitars: for 2 and 3 Guitars (2001) 1 copy
Riverrun; Water-ways; Rain Coming; Rain Spell; Tree Line 1 copy
Quotations of Dream: Day Signal; How Slow the Wind; Archipelago S.; Dream / Window; Night Signal 1 copy
A Bird Came Down the Walk: for Viola and Piano [music] (2005) 1 copy
Toru Takemitsu: Choral Works [sound recording] 1 copy
A Way A Lone II 1 copy
A String Around Autumn (2005) 1 copy
Air 1 copy
Les Yeux Clos II 1 copy, 1 review
Highlights From The Original Soundtrack Of The Film "Ran" 1 copy
Itinerant : in memory of Isamu Noguchi : for flute 1 copy
Écrits [Takemitsu Toru Chosakushu] (2018) 1 copy
Night Signal 1 copy, 1 review
Dream / Window 1 copy, 1 review
Chamber music [sound recording] 1 copy
Day Signal 1 copy, 1 review
Toward the Sea (1981) 1 copy, 1 review
And then I Knew 'twas Wind (1992) // Piccinini, Kashkashian, Magen 1 copy
Quatrain A flock descends into the pentagonal garden ; Stanza 1 ; Sacrifice ; Ring ; Valeria 1 copy
Cantos 1 copy
Takemitsu: To the edge of dream. John Williams. Esa-Pekka Salonen 1 copy
Complete Takemitsu Edition : 2. Instrumental Works Chorale (2003) 1 copy
To the Edge of Dream ; Folios ; Toward the Sea ; 12 Songs for Guitar [extraits] ; Vers, l'arc-en-ciel, Palma 1 copy
Works for flute and guitar (1996) 1 copy
Film Music of Takemitsu 1 copy
Takemitsu Orchestral Works: A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden / Far Calls. Coming, Far! / Vers, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Palma / Dreamtime / Nostalghia (2012) 1 copy
音,沈黙と測りあえるほどに (1971) 1 copy
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Associated Works

Ran [1985 film] (1985) — Composer — 244 copies, 3 reviews
Kwaidan [1964 film] (1964) — Composer — 108 copies, 1 review
Woman in the Dunes [1964 film] (1964) — Composer — 68 copies, 1 review
The Face of Another [1966 film] (1966) — Composer — 14 copies
The Music of Cosmos: Selections from the Score of the Television Series "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan (2000) — Composer — 9 copies
Three Films (Woman in the Dunes, Pitfall, The Face of Another) (1962) — Composer — 9 copies
武満徹 (KAWADE道の手帖) (2006) — Contributor — 3 copies
Seraph: Trumpet Concertos [sound recording] (2011) — Composer — 2 copies
The Inheritance [1962 film] (1962) — Music — 2 copies
The Ceremony [1971 film] (1971) — Composer, some editions — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Takemitsu, Tōru
Legal name
武満 徹
Other names
Takemitsu, Toru
Birthdate
1930-10-08
Date of death
1996-02-20
Gender
male
Occupations
composer
Organizations
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Music, 1984)
Nationality
Japan
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Place of death
Tokyo, Japan
Associated Place (for map)
Tokyo, Japan

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