Tōru Takemitsu (武満 徹, Takemitsu Tōru, October 8, 1930 – February 20, 1996) was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Though largely self-taught, Takemitsu is recognised for his skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre, drawing from a wide range of influences, including jazz, popular music, avant-garde procedures and traditional Japanese music, in a harmonic idiom largely derived from the musi...
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Date of birth:
- Oct 8, 1930
Date of death:
- Feb 20, 1996 (age 65 years)
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View Tōru Takemitsu: Genre »Also known as:
- 武満徹,
- Takemitsu Tooru,
- 武満 徹,
- たけみつとおる,
- Toru Takemitsu,
- T. Takemitsu,
- Takemitsu Toru,
- たけみつ とおる
