Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer and theorist (died 1996)

Tōru Takemitsu

Japanese composer and writer (1930–1996)

Tōru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu was admired for the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre. He is known for combining elements of oriental and occidental philosophy and for fusing…