| #1164681 in eBooks | 1995-01-01 | 2012-07-27 | File type: PDF||0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent!|By Jack Langdon|I was very pleased by the condition of this terrific book on Japan's most prominent composer of contemporary classical music.|15 of 17 people found the following review helpful.| Deeply profound,almost haiku-like in brevity,gentleness|By scarecrow|"But I think of time as circular and continuity as a c||"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)|Lan
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.
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Confronting Silence: Selected Writings (Fallen Leaf Monographs on Contemporary Composers) | Toru Takemitsu, Yoshiko Kakudo, Glenn Glasow, Seiji Ozawa. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.
