Confronting Silence Selected Writings
, by Takemitsu, Toru; Kakudo, Yoshiko; Glasow, Glenn; Ozawa, SeijiNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780914913368 | 0914913360
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/1/1995
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.