Monday, July 24, 2023

TDCM: July 24th - Tōru Takemitsu

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 


Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996)


Bio

Takemitsu was born in Tokyo. He was conscripted into military service but worked with the Allies after the occupation. He developed a form of electronic music and drew the attention of contemporaries Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He also lectured with Cage and was an important member of the 20th-century avant-garde community. 

Music

Nostalghia


Orion and Pleiades


A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden


From me flows what you call Time


Dreamtime


In an autumn garden



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