Confronting Silence: Selected Writings (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780914913368)

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.

Author: Toru Takemitsu, Yoshiko Kakudo, Glenn Glasow
ISBN-10: 0914913360
ISBN-13: 9780914913368
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1995
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d