Transcript Toru Takemitsu

Presented by
Ritsue Nagadome
Introduction to Music 1010-045
Biography (Part 1)
• Occupation:
Composer
• Birthday:
October 8, 1930
• Death:
February 20, 1996
• Birthplace:
Tokyo, JAPAN
Biography (Part 2)
• Childhood:
Spend his childhood in Manchuria, Dalian
Came back to Japan alone and stayed with his
uncle for 7 years to attend elementary school
• Adolescent:
While he was attending a private secondary
school he worked for the army supply depot
in Saitama
Encounter with the usic
• Chanson Music:
Lucienne Boyer “Tell Me about Love”
• Jazz Music:
Radio broadcasts at the U.S. military camp
in Yokohama
• Influence:
French composer
Claude Debussy
Olivier Messiaen
Friendship
Experimental Workshop
Takemitsu’s Creation
• “Lento in Due
Movimenti” (1950)
• "Crazy Fruit" (1956)
• "Journey Galactic
Railroad“ (1953)
• "Summer and
Smoke“ (1954)
• “Wild woman“
(1955)
• Commercials for
Morinaga chocolate
(1954)
Takemitsu’s Creation
Source: YouTube
Takemitsu’s Creation
Source: YouTube
Takemitsu’s Creation
Source: YouTube
Takemitsu’s Creation
Source: YouTube
Takemitsu’s Creation
1970
• “ Crossing “
• “ Four Seasons “
• “ Years of Ear “
1971
• “ Winter “ Sapporo Olympics
1973
• “ Music of Today “
• “ Katoren “
Won the 24th Otaka Award
Takemitsu’s Work
1968,69
1975
1976-77
• “ Canberra Spring Festival” theme
• Visiting Professor at Yale University
• “ New Music Concert ”
Takemitsu’s Passion
the Gulf War
(1991)
Pupils
Yoshio Yamura
Shinichiro Ikebe
Shinichiro
Ikebe
Yoshio
Yamura
Takemitsu
Mori Kurando
Mori
Kurando
Quotation
“The art music of the West has
developed throughout its history
by means of individual geniuses,
and out of the soil supporting
them; non-Western musicians
were born, and grew like the
grasses of the field.”
~Toru Takemitsu~
Composition History
“To the Edge of Dream,
for guitar and orchestra” (1983)
Composer:
Toru Takemitsu
• Was originally performed by Julian Bream
(guitar) and City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra in 1985
• CD version was released on January 28, 1992
by John Williams (guitar) and the London
Sinfonietta conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen
Listening Guide
• 0:00
It started off with a dreamy harmonic
combination sound of guitar and the
orchestra.
• 0:09
Beginning of the melody of a strong
flute sound.
• 0:20
The sound of the melody slowly start
to build with the sound of the flute and the
violent working in harmony together.
Listening Guide
• 0:26
Suddenly the volume increases than
goes back right away to a soulful melody.
• 0:35
Orchestra joins in with a short but
sweet melody.
• 0:44
The orchestra slowly fades away in to
the back ground as a slow but sweet sound of
guitar solo starts to unfold.
Listening Guide
• 1:30
The orchestra slowly join s back in
with the guitar with a melody of beautiful soft
sound of the harp, flute, oboe, and string
instruments.
• 1:39
The sound of the guitar has this
Spanish sound yet I hear the sound also this
Japanese sound coming from his playing.
Listening Guide
• 1:44
The orchestra blends in together with
guitar to produce a high pitch but beautiful
sound.
• 2:20
The guitar slowly fades in the back as
orchestra rebounds with soft but powerful
Crescendo beautiful strokes on strings
instruments with soft percussion sounds.
• 3:00
Smooth powerful orchestra accompany
by strong and powerful sound from guitar.
Listening Guide
• 3:30
The guitar solo back up by a strong
orchestra with very of sharp sounds.
• 4:00
The connecting sounds of the string
instrument with the soft and dreamy sound of
guitar, playing in the back ground.
• 4:18
Guitar solo gives me the feeling of
drifting away into darkness.
Listening Guide
• 4:30
The orchestra joint in with a very
strong and powerful sound then slowly fade
away.
• 5:55
A mix of string instruments and
guitar with the mellow sound of a harp.
• 6:30
The end of a beautiful guitar solo
follow by orchestra with string instruments.
Listening Guide
• 6:45
The sound of a coronet with flute,
oboe with the orchestra blending in.
• 7:06
I hear the sound of the oboe and
flute flowing so softly together but with
powerful feeling come over me.
• 7:57
String instruments combine with
harp and flute send a beautiful message of
harmonic. The sound of the harmonic is so
simpler to the guitar.
Listening Guide
• 8:15
One or two stroke on the guitar with
the orchestra play sweet melodies in the back
ground.
• 9:00
The orchestra was sweet and mellow
with the sounds of the flute and woodwind
instruments playing in harmony. I think that
there is the sound of a piano playing in the
back ground with a light touch on a drum.
Listening Guide
• 9:20
A beautiful sound of a harp solo joins
with guitar and orchestra make beautiful
commendation that has a dreamiest sound. It
makes you feel like you are on the edge of
something.
• 9:33
It starts 4 seconds pausing moment
with no music.
• 9:39
Music started again with combination
of guitar and flute. Because the music is been
playing very slow I can hear each guitar note.
Listening Guide
• 9:57
Guitar started playing a little faster
along with the string instruments.
• 10:03 Again, it changed to slow tempo of
guitar solo, and soft sound of guitar slowly
building toward the end of the piece.
• 11:32 The orchestra performs with a
momentary but magnificent ending with
combination of guitar and the orchestra.
Listening Guide
• 11:50 Continually very low sound with a
mysterious gong sound. The high sound of
guitar contracted with a very dark background
sound.
• 12:00 In the end, the music started slowly
drift away with beautiful sound of the
orchestra.
• 12:25 The End
Bibliography
“Confronting Silence” (1995)
P. Burt,” The Music of Toru Takemitsu” (2001)
C. Zwerin, “Music for the Movies: Toru Takemitsu
REFERENCE
• Toru Takemitsu. (2010). Columbia Electronic
Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, 1. Retrieved from
EBSCOhost.
• Toru Takemitsu. (2011). Schott Music.
Retrieved from http://www.schott-music.com.
• Toru Takemitsu. (2011). Retrieved from
http://www.answers.com.
REFERENCE
• To the Edge of Dream. (2011) MG Blog.
Retrieved from http://maurograziani.org.
• Toru Takemitsu. (2011). Retrieved from
http://www.encyclopedia.com.
• Toru Takemitsu Quotes. (2001-2011).
Retrieved from http://www.brainyquote.com
• All videos are retrieved from YouTube.