ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD/SCARECROW PR. - 8108
Confronting Silence
- Authors: Glenn Glasow, Seiji Ozawa, Toru Takemitsu, Yoshiko Kakudo
- Publisher: Scarecrow Press
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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.