This book is the first complete study in English of the work of the best-known Japanese composer of the twentieth century. It is also the first book in this lan

This book is the first complete study of Toru Takemitsu's work to appear in English.

In these writings, available here in English for the first time, the distinguished Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu reflects on his contemporaries, including Jo

This dissertation comprises a study of the composer Toru Takemitsu, vis-a-vis his creative sources, for example, those extra-musical influences that inspire his

This book is the first complete study in English of the work of the best-known Japanese composer of the twentieth century. It is also the first book in this lan