Thank you both so much. I don't read Japanese myself, but I have some friends that may be able to help me out.<br><br>Peter, do you mind sending me the catalogue you mentioned?<br><br>Thank you both again for all your help.<br>
<br>Angelo<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Peter Grilli <<a href="mailto:grilli@us-japan.org">grilli@us-japan.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>Angelo & Asako:</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>The
5-volume set called "The Complete Toru Takemitsu" (Takemitsu Zenshu), referred
to by Asako Yoshida, is a superb compilation of music, books, letters, essays,
film materials, and other information about Takemitsu.</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>It's
beautifully packaged in five boxes, published by Shogakkan, and it includes 55
CDs of Takemitsu music and five books.</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>Unfortunately, however, it's almost totally in
Japanese. (There are some concert reviews and incidental writings in
English -- but everything else is in Japanese.)</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>Angelo, if you read Japanese this is a gold mine!
</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>If
you don't, you should find someone who does read Japanese, first to
help you select the material directly relevant to your research. Then, beg
that person to translate that material for you.</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>I
can send you a catalogue describing the contents of the 5-volume "Complete
Takemitsu" -- but the catalogue itself is also completely in
Japanese. Here's a rough breakdown of the contents of the 5 boxed
volumes:</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>I. Orchestral Works (includes 12
CDs)</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>II.
Instrumental Works, Chamber Music, and Choral Music (includes 11
CDs)</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>III.
Music for the Movies, 1 (10 CDs) -- This box includes music from about 60
films, composed between 1952 and 1969. Since you're working on Takemitsu's
music for New Wave movies, this is the material most relevant to your
needs.)</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>IV.
Music for the Movies, 2 (10 CDs) -- includes music from Toru's last 39 film
scores (1970-95)</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>V.
Popular Music, Tape Music, Incidental Music for Theater Works, TV, and Radio,
Addenda. (12 CDs)</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>I
was a member of the editorial advisory group for this project, and I lobbied
hard for an English version -- or, at least, English translations of some of the
key written materials. But unfortunately I was overruled by budgetary
considerations.</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>Still, this is an extremely valuable compilation of
Takemitsu music and information about him and his work (both his musical works
and his theoretical and philosophical writings). It should be part of
every serious academic music library.</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>Good
luck with your research!</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span></span></font> </div><font color="#888888">
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span>Peter Grilli</span></font></div></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Book Antiqua"><span></span></font> </div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a>]<b>On Behalf Of
</b>Asako_Yoshida@Umanitoba.ca<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 24, 2008 9:27
AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re:
Toru Takemitsu and the Films of the Japanese New Wave<br><br></font></div>
<p>Hi Angelo,</p>
<p>I'm a great fun of his music myself. When I Googled, I found an interesting
5-volume publication about Takemitsu and his art which came out in 2002:
Takemitsu Toru Zenshu from Shogakkan
(<a href="http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/takemitsu/all/05.html" target="_blank">http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/takemitsu/all/05.html</a>).</p>
<p>The publication tries to gather many unpublished or not well noted among
Japanese audiences in one collection. It, for example, includes an essay by
Shinoda, if you can read Japanese. The page above includes Table of Contents
and indicates that the materials written by Donald Richie, Daniel Shmid, and
Peter Grilli gathered in the collection might be related to his movie music.
Unfortunately, worldcat does not include this publication, but you can draw
some hints from the page and search worldcat to see what might be available
and accessible here. For example, I found a collection of interviews including
Takemitsu himself in this DVD through worldcat:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174128399&referer=brief_results" target="_blank">http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174128399&referer=brief_results</a>,</p>
<p>or
VHS:<br><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/222789680&referer=brief_results" target="_blank">http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/222789680&referer=brief_results</a></p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p>
</p><p>Asako</p>
<p>
</p><p>
</p><p>At Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:19:49 -0400, Angelo Masucci wrote:<br><br>> Hi,
my name is Angelo Masucci and I just signed on. I'm a graduate student<br>>
at the New School University here in New York City and am now taking a
class<br>> on Japanese New Wave Film.<br>><br>> I'm about to begin a
research paper on the role of Toru Takemitsu's music in<br>> a few of the
films of the Japanese New Wave (Crazed Fruit, Double Suicide,<br>> and
probably Woman in the Dunes). Unfortunately, in doing my research I'm<br>>
discovering that there is little out there on Takemitsu's film work.
The<br>> majority of the books and articles I cam across focus primarily on
his<br>> orchestra pieces which are outside the scope of what I'm looking
to do. I<br>> know there's a short documentary on his film work which is
useful, but I'm<br>> very much in need of some deeper
material.<br>><br>> I'm wondering if anyone could point me in the
direction of some materials<br>> that might be useful.<br>><br>>
Thank you in advance,<br>><br>> Angelo Masucci<br>><br><br><br>Asako
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