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Biography

Tokyo, Japan (1930 – 1996)

Tōru Takemitsu (武満徹 Takemitsu Tōru, October 8, 1930–February 20, 1996) was a japanese composer of music, who explored the compositional principles of Western classical music and his native Japanese tradition both in isolation and in combination.

Born in Tokyo, Takemitsu first became interested in Western classical music around the time of World War II. He had heard Western music on American military radio while recuperating from a long illness. He also listened to jazz from his father’s ample collection.

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1	Requiem	10
2	A String Around Autumn	8
3	Piano Distance	7
4	Rain Tree Sketch II	6
4	I Hear the Water Dreaming	6
4	Tree Line	6
4	Itinerant	6
8	Riverrun	5
8	Voice	5
8	Air	5
8	Rain Tree Sketch	5
8	How Slow the Wind	5
8	A flock descends into the Pentagonal Garden	5
14	Rain Spell	4
14	Rain Tree	4