Toru Takemitsu and the Films of the Japanese New Wave

Thu Apr 24 15:58:40 EDT 2008

WorldCat  lists the Zenshu in the following Libraries.

UNIV OF ARIZONA
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
UNIV OF CHICAGO
HARVARD UNIV, LOEB MUSIC LIBR
UNIV OF HONG KONG LIBR

The University of California Irvine Library ordered this tremendous  
resource last year--thankfully before the drop in the dollar-- but  
we're still waiting for it to come in.
This kind of purchase usually needs special approval, so please  
consider submitting it if your local university library has public  
calls for large-item acquisitions.

JMH

On Apr 24, 2008, at 7:26 AM, Peter Grilli wrote:

> Angelo & Asako:
>
> 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.
> It's beautifully packaged in five boxes, published by Shogakkan,  
> and it includes 55 CDs of Takemitsu music and five books.
>
> Unfortunately, however, it's almost totally in Japanese.  (There  
> are some concert reviews and incidental writings in English -- but  
> everything else is in Japanese.)
>
> Angelo, if you read Japanese this is a gold mine!
> 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.
>
> 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:
>
> I.  Orchestral Works (includes 12 CDs)
> II. Instrumental Works, Chamber Music, and Choral Music (includes  
> 11 CDs)
> 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.)
> IV. Music for the Movies, 2 (10 CDs) -- includes music from Toru's  
> last 39 film scores (1970-95)
> V. Popular Music, Tape Music, Incidental Music for Theater Works,  
> TV, and Radio, Addenda. (12 CDs)
>
> 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.
> 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.
>
> Good luck with your research!
>
> Peter Grilli
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu [mailto:owner- 
> KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu]On Behalf Of  
> Asako_Yoshida at Umanitoba.ca
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 9:27 AM
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Toru Takemitsu and the Films of the Japanese New Wave
>
> Hi Angelo,
>
> 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 (http:// 
> www.shogakukan.co.jp/takemitsu/all/05.html).
>
> 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:
>
> http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174128399&referer=brief_results,
>
> or VHS:
> http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/222789680&referer=brief_results
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Asako
>
>
>
> At Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:19:49 -0400, Angelo Masucci wrote:
>
> > Hi, my name is Angelo Masucci and I just signed on. I'm a  
> graduate student
> > at the New School University here in New York City and am now  
> taking a class
> > on Japanese New Wave Film.
> >
> > I'm about to begin a research paper on the role of Toru  
> Takemitsu's music in
> > a few of the films of the Japanese New Wave (Crazed Fruit, Double  
> Suicide,
> > and probably Woman in the Dunes). Unfortunately, in doing my  
> research I'm
> > discovering that there is little out there on Takemitsu's film  
> work. The
> > majority of the books and articles I cam across focus primarily  
> on his
> > orchestra pieces which are outside the scope of what I'm looking  
> to do. I
> > know there's a short documentary on his film work which is  
> useful, but I'm
> > very much in need of some deeper material.
> >
> > I'm wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some  
> materials
> > that might be useful.
> >
> > Thank you in advance,
> >
> > Angelo Masucci
> >
>
>
> Asako Yoshida
> Reference Services
> Elizabeth Dafoe Library
> University of Manitoba
> Asako_Yoshida at Umanitoba.ca
> (204) 474-6591
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