<p>This show about Takemitsu's movie music, "Visions in Time,"
organized by Tokyo Opera City Cultural Organization, seems to be taking place
right
now:</p><p>http://www.operacity.jp/ag/topics/060316.php</p><p>http://www.operacity.jp/ag/exh72/index.html
(Japanese/English)</p><p>According to the site, Takemitsu composed over 100
movie soundtracks.� At this show, the Organization came up with an exhibition
and 21 programs based on the survey it conducted among 200 close friends and
associates.� The show also includes some rarely shown pieces.� Catalogue is on
sale.</p><p>Asako</p><p>At Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:14:02 +0200, Mathieu Capel
wrote:<br />
<br />
> Hello,<br />
><br />
> I'm jumping a little bit late into the conversation, but I wanted to<br />
> point some more references out about Takemitsu's works. Unfortunately,<br
/>
> I don't know the Takemitsu zenshu's box, and I assume that you may<br />
> find everything you need in there...<br />
><br />
> Anyway, I think Takemitsu Toru's works in the 60's shall not be<br />
> severed from Teshigahara's Sogetsu Art Center, what was the key place<br />
> for experimentations in music, with performances by other infamous<br />
> composers, Ichiyanagi Toshi, Takahashi Y�ji and the likes (including<br />
> the jazz avant-garde).<br />
> The relationship between Teshigahara and Takemitsu are reported to<br />
> have been very close, and I wonder if the ideas (or ideals) Takemitsu<br />
> wanted to develop, his conceptions of a film score, were not achieved<br />
> when working with Teshigahara... For Takemitsu was considering film<br />
> score as a whole (or totality), beginning with the first image of the<br />
> film and ending with the end title = i.e. Takemitsu, of course, did<br />
> considered silent (w.o music) scenes as a part of the score, and I<br />
> think that his work as a composer for film was about editing as well.<br />
> When possible, he would decide himself where music was to be heard,<br />
> which scenes should be sustained or not by music, etc.<br />
> Teshigahara's White morning is kind of representative of this<br />
> tendancy, for the editing of this short movie seems to have been<br />
> conceived from the editing of several hours of Takemitsu's field<br />
> recordings itself...<br />
> One interesting example to the contrary may be the "failure" of
the<br />
> collaboration between Yoshida Kij� and Takemitsu for 1964's Escape<br />
> from Japan, for Yoshida would not let him decide for editing music.<br />
> Anyway, Escape from Japan's score is very exciting - but was credited<br />
> to two people, Takemitsu and Yagi Masao... (In 1988, Yoshida and<br />
> Takemitsu finally worked together again for Arashigaoka/Wuthering<br />
> heights, and Yoshida even wrote in 1981 an interesting paper about<br />
> Takemitsu : "Mushirareta niwatori no umo to Takemitsu Toru no inner<br
/>
> sound")<br />
><br />
> Anyway, maybe should you take a look to 2003 catalogue for Sogetsu art<br
/>
> center, "Kagayake 60 nendai", where you can find many
informations<br />
> about Takemitsu as well as Takemitsu's original contributions (I<br />
> assume that eveything can be read in the Takemitsu zensh� too... but<br />
> it may be interesting to compare with the works and writings of other<br />
> composers (?)...)<br />
> The japanese edition of Teshigahara's works also features an<br />
> interesting article about Takemitsu from "sound & visual
writer"<br />
> Maejima Hidekuni (is it the good transcription for ????� ?)...<br />
><br />
> Everything's in Japanese, but if you find someone kind enough to...<br />
><br />
> Mathieu Capel<br />
> Paris<br />
><br />
><br />
><br />
><br />
><br />
> 2008/4/25, Angelo Masucci <amasucci@gmail.com>:<br />
>> Thanks again to everyone for your help.<br />
>><br />
>> Angelo Masucci<br />
>><br />
>><br />
>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:14 PM, <asako_Yoshida@umanitoba.ca>
wrote:<br />
>> ><br />
>> ><br />
>> > Dear Prof. Hall,<br />
>> ><br />
>> > Thank you very much for this.� Here is the link to the WorldCat
record:<br />
>> ><br />
>> ><br />
>> <a target="_blank"
href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53348108&referer=brief_results">http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53348108&referer=brief_results</a><br
/>
>> ><br />
>> ><br />
>> ><br />
>> > Asako<br />
>> ><br />
>> ><br />
>> ><br />
>> ><br />
>> > At Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:58:40 -0700, Jonathan M. Hall wrote:<br />
>> ><br />
>> > > WorldCat� lists the Zenshu in the following Libraries.<br />
>> > ><br />
>> > > UNIV OF ARIZONA<br />
>> > > LIBRARY OF CONGRESS<br />
>> > > UNIV OF CHICAGO<br />
>> > > HARVARD UNIV, LOEB MUSIC LIBR<br />
>> > > UNIV OF HONG KONG LIBR<br />
>> > ><br />
>> > > The University of California Irvine Library ordered this
tremendous<br />
>> > > resource last year--thankfully before the drop in the
dollar-- but<br />
>> > > we're still waiting for it to come in.<br />
>> > > This kind of purchase usually needs special approval, so
please<br />
>> > > consider submitting it if your local university library has
public<br />
>> > > calls for large-item acquisitions.<br />
>> > ><br />
>> > > JMH<br />
>> > ><br />
>> > ><br />
>> > ><br />
>> > ><br />
>> > > On Apr 24, 2008, at 7:26 AM, Peter Grilli wrote:<br />
>> > ><br />
>> > >> Angelo & Asako:<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> The 5-volume set called "The Complete Toru
Takemitsu" (Takemitsu<br />
>> > >> Zenshu), referred to by Asako Yoshida, is a superb
compilation of<br />
>> > >> music, books, letters, essays, film materials, and
other<br />
>> > >> information about Takemitsu.<br />
>> > >> It's beautifully packaged in five boxes, published by
Shogakkan,<br />
>> > >> and it includes 55 CDs of Takemitsu music and five
books.<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> Unfortunately, however, it's almost totally in Japanese.�
(There<br />
>> > >> are some concert reviews and incidental writings in
English -- but<br />
>> > >> everything else is in Japanese.)<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> Angelo, if you read Japanese this is a gold mine!<br />
>> > >> If you don't, you should find someone who does read
Japanese, first<br />
>> > >>� to help you select the material directly relevant to
your<br />
>> > >> research.� Then, beg that person to translate that
material for you.<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> I can send you a catalogue describing the contents of the
5-volume<br />
>> > >> "Complete Takemitsu" -- but the catalogue
itself is also completely<br />
>> > >>� in Japanese.� �Here's a rough breakdown of the contents
of the 5<br />
>> > >> boxed volumes:<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> I.� Orchestral Works (includes 12 CDs)<br />
>> > >> II. Instrumental Works, Chamber Music, and Choral Music
(includes� 11<br />
>> CDs)<br />
>> > >> III. Music for the Movies, 1� (10 CDs) -- This box
includes music<br />
>> > >> from about 60 films, composed between 1952 and 1969.�
Since you're<br />
>> > >> working on Takemitsu's music for New Wave movies, this is
the<br />
>> > >> material most relevant to your needs.)<br />
>> > >> IV. Music for the Movies, 2 (10 CDs) -- includes music
from Toru's<br />
>> > >> last 39 film scores (1970-95)<br />
>> > >> V. Popular Music, Tape Music, Incidental Music for
Theater Works,<br />
>> > >> TV, and Radio, Addenda. (12 CDs)<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> I was a member of the editorial advisory group for this
project,<br />
>> > >> and I lobbied hard for an English version -- or, at
least, English<br />
>> > >> translations of some of the key written materials.�
But<br />
>> > >> unfortunately I was overruled by budgetary
considerations.<br />
>> > >> Still, this is an extremely valuable compilation of
Takemitsu music<br />
>> > >>� and information about him and his work (both his musical
works and<br />
>> > >>� his theoretical and philosophical writings).� It should
be part of<br />
>> > >>� every serious academic music library.<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> Good luck with your research!<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> Peter Grilli<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> -----Original Message-----<br />
>> > >> From: owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br />
>> [mailto:owner-<br />
>> > >> KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu]On Behalf Of<br />
>> > >> Asako_Yoshida@Umanitoba.ca<br />
>> > >> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 9:27 AM<br />
>> > >> To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br />
>> > >> Subject: Re: Toru Takemitsu and the Films of the Japanese
New Wave<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> Hi Angelo,<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> I'm a great fun of his music myself. When I Googled, I
found an<br />
>> > >> interesting 5-volume publication about Takemitsu and his
art which<br />
>> > >> came out in 2002: Takemitsu Toru Zenshu from Shogakkan
(http://<br />
>> > >> www.shogakukan.co.jp/takemitsu/all/05.html).<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> The publication tries to gather many unpublished or not
well noted<br />
>> > >> among Japanese audiences in one collection. It, for
example,<br />
>> > >> includes an essay by Shinoda, if you can read Japanese.
The page<br />
>> > >> above includes Table of Contents and indicates that the
materials<br />
>> > >> written by Donald Richie, Daniel Shmid, and Peter Grilli
gathered<br />
>> > >> in the collection might be related to his movie music..<br
/>
>> > >> Unfortunately, worldcat does not include this
publication, but you<br />
>> > >> can draw some hints from the page and search worldcat to
see what<br />
>> > >> might be available and accessible here. For example, I
found a<br />
>> > >> collection of interviews including Takemitsu himself in
this DVD<br />
>> > >> through worldcat:<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >><br />
>> <a target="_blank"
href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174128399&referer=brief_results">http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174128399&referer=brief_results</a>,<br
/>
>> > >><br />
>> > >> or VHS:<br />
>> > >><br />
>> <a target="_blank"
href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/222789680&referer=brief_results">http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/222789680&referer=brief_results</a><br
/>
>> > >><br />
>> > >> Cheers,<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> Asako<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> 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<br />
>> student<br />
>> > >>> at the New School University here in New York City
and am now<br />
>> > >> 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<br />
>> > >> music in<br />
>> > >>> a few of the films of the Japanese New Wave (Crazed
Fruit, Double<br />
>> Suicide,<br />
>> > >>> and probably Woman in the Dunes). Unfortunately, in
doing my� research<br />
>> I'm<br />
>> > >>> discovering that there is little out there on
Takemitsu's film� work.<br />
>> The<br />
>> > >>> majority of the books and articles I cam across focus
primarily� on<br />
>> his<br />
>> > >>> orchestra pieces which are outside the scope of what
I'm looking� to<br />
>> do. I<br />
>> > >>> know there's a short documentary on his film work
which is� useful,<br />
>> 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<br />
>> materials<br />
>> > >>> that might be useful.<br />
>> > >>><br />
>> > >>> Thank you in advance,<br />
>> > >>><br />
>> > >>> Angelo Masucci<br />
>> > >>><br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> Asako Yoshida<br />
>> > >> Reference Services<br />
>> > >> Elizabeth Dafoe Library<br />
>> > >> University of Manitoba<br />
>> > >> Asako_Yoshida@Umanitoba.ca<br />
>> > >> (204) 474-6591<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the
lighting of a fire."<br />
>> > >> -- William Butler Yeats<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> "Banking education treats students as objects of
assistance;<br />
>> problem-posing<br />
>> > >> education makes them critical thinkers."<br />
>> > >> --Paulo Freire<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> "He who would learn to fly one day must first learn
to stand and<br />
>> > >> walk and run<br />
>> > >> and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."<br
/>
>> > >> "Necessity is not an established fact, but an
interpretation."<br />
>> > >> -- Frederich Nietzsche<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> "What strikes me is the fact that in our society,
art has become<br />
>> something<br />
>> > >> which is only related to objects, and not to individuals,
or to life."<br />
>> > >> -- Michel Foucault<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> "The idea that we can manage our world is uniquely
twentieth- century<br />
>> and<br />
>> > >> chiefly American."<br />
>> > >> -- David Weinberger<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> "Creators here and everywhere are always and at all
times building<br />
>> upon the<br />
>> > >> creativity that went before and that surrounds them
now."<br />
>> > >> -- Lawrence Lessig<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> "...in a network, the knowledge is emergent. The
knowledge is not<br />
>> > >> in any given<br />
>> > >> individual, but it's a property of the network as a
whole.<br />
>> > >> Consequently, it's a<br />
>> > >> knowledge that cannot, does not, exist in any individual,
but only� in<br />
>> the<br />
>> > >> network as a whole. It's emergent."<br />
>> > >> -- Stephen Downes<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> "When they develop a design, 'We capture a concrete
individual<br />
>> perspective<br />
>> > >> rather than focusing on an average target image drawn
from<br />
>> > >> marketing data'...<br />
>> > >> The design hint resides in specific individuals'
perspectives."<br />
>> > >> -- "Design matters,because it's all about me,"
December 18, 2007,<br />
>> > >> Nikkei Design.<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >> About learning and "information overload":
"It's a river, not a<br />
>> > >> reservoir......<br />
>> > >> filter, sift, select, and organize...."<br />
>> > >><br />
>> > >><br />
>> ><br />
>> ><br />
>> > Asako Yoshida<br />
>> > Reference Services<br />
>> > Elizabeth Dafoe Library<br />
>> > University of Manitoba<br />
>> > Asako_Yoshida@Umanitoba.ca<br />
>> > (204) 474-6591<br />
>> ><br />
>> > "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of
a fire."<br />
>> > -- William Butler Yeats<br />
>> ><br />
>> > "Banking education treats students as objects of
assistance;<br />
>> problem-posing<br />
>> > education makes them critical thinkers."<br />
>> > --Paulo Freire<br />
>> ><br />
>> > "He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand
and walk and<br />
>> run<br />
>> > and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."<br />
>> > "Necessity is not an established fact, but an
interpretation."<br />
>> > -- Frederich Nietzsche<br />
>> ><br />
>> > "What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has
become something<br />
>> > which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to
life."<br />
>> > -- Michel Foucault<br />
>> ><br />
>> > "The idea that we can manage our world is uniquely
twentieth-century and<br />
>> > chiefly American."<br />
>> > -- David Weinberger<br />
>> ><br />
>> > "Creators here and everywhere are always and at all times
building upon<br />
>> the<br />
>> > creativity that went before and that surrounds them now."<br
/>
>> > -- Lawrence Lessig<br />
>> ><br />
>> > "...in a network, the knowledge is emergent. The knowledge is
not in any<br />
>> given<br />
>> > individual, but it's a property of the network as a whole.
Consequently,<br />
>> it's a<br />
>> > knowledge that cannot, does not, exist in any individual, but only
in the<br />
>> > network as a whole. It's emergent."<br />
>> > -- Stephen Downes<br />
>> ><br />
>> > "When they develop a design, 'We capture a concrete
individual perspective<br />
>> > rather than focusing on an average target image drawn from
marketing<br />
>> data'...<br />
>> > The design hint resides in specific individuals'
perspectives."<br />
>> > -- "Design matters,because it's all about me," December
18, 2007, Nikkei<br />
>> Design.<br />
>> ><br />
>> > About learning and "information overload": "It's a
river, not a<br />
>> reservoir......<br />
>> > filter, sift, select, and organize...."<br />
>> ><br />
>> ><br />
>><br />
>><br />
><br />
><br />
> --<br />
> Mathieu Capel<br />
> 67 rue de la Roquette<br />
> 75011 Paris<br />
> 06 50 32 45 00 / 01 43 79 19 19<br />
> mathieucapel@gmail.com<br />
><br />
<br />
<br />
Asako Yoshida<br />
Reference Services<br />
Elizabeth Dafoe Library<br />
University of Manitoba<br />
Asako_Yoshida@Umanitoba.ca<br />
(204) 474-6591<br />
<br />
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a
fire."<br />
-- William Butler Yeats<br />
<br />
"Banking education treats students as objects of assistance;
problem-posing<br />
education makes them critical thinkers."<br />
--Paulo Freire<br />
<br />
"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and
run <br />
and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying." <br />
"Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation." <br />
-- Frederich Nietzsche<br />
<br />
"What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something
<br />
which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life."<br
/>
-- Michel Foucault<br />
<br />
"The idea that we can manage our world is uniquely twentieth-century and
<br />
chiefly American."<br />
-- David Weinberger<br />
<br />
"Creators here and everywhere are always and at all times building upon the
<br />
creativity that went before and that surrounds them now."<br />
-- Lawrence Lessig<br />
<br />
"...in a network, the knowledge is emergent. The knowledge is not in any
given<br />
individual, but it's a property of the network as a whole. Consequently, it's
a<br />
knowledge that cannot, does not, exist in any individual, but only in the<br />
network as a whole. It's emergent."<br />
-- Stephen Downes<br />
<br />
"When they develop a design, 'We capture a concrete individual
perspective<br />
rather than focusing on an average target image drawn from marketing data'....<br
/>
The design hint resides in specific individuals' perspectives."<br />
-- "Design matters,because it's all about me," December 18, 2007,
Nikkei Design.<br />
<br />
About learning and "information overload": "It's a river, not a
reservoir......<br />
filter, sift, select, and organize...."<br />
<br />
</p>