Toru Takemitsu and the Films of the Japanese New Wave

[Angelo Masucci]

Thanks again to everyone for your help.

Angelo Masucci

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:14 PM, <Asako_Yoshida at umanitoba.ca> wrote:

> Dear Prof. Hall,
>
> Thank you very much for this.  Here is the link to the WorldCat record:
>
> http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53348108&referer=brief_results
>
> Asako
>
> At Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:58:40 -0700, Jonathan M. Hall wrote:
>
> > 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
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> >>
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> >>
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> >> education makes them critical thinkers."
> >> --Paulo Freire
> >>
> >> "He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and
> >> walk and run
> >> and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."
> >> "Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation."
> >> -- Frederich Nietzsche
> >>
> >> "What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become
> something
> >> which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life."
> >> -- Michel Foucault
> >>
> >> "The idea that we can manage our world is uniquely twentieth- century
> and
> >> chiefly American."
> >> -- David Weinberger
> >>
> >> "Creators here and everywhere are always and at all times building  upon
> the
> >> creativity that went before and that surrounds them now."
> >> -- Lawrence Lessig
> >>
> >> "...in a network, the knowledge is emergent. The knowledge is not
> >> in any given
> >> individual, but it's a property of the network as a whole.
> >> Consequently, it's a
> >> knowledge that cannot, does not, exist in any individual, but only  in
> the
> >> network as a whole. It's emergent."
> >> -- Stephen Downes
> >>
> >> "When they develop a design, 'We capture a concrete individual
> perspective
> >> rather than focusing on an average target image drawn from
> >> marketing data'...
> >> The design hint resides in specific individuals' perspectives."
> >> -- "Design matters,because it's all about me," December 18, 2007,
> >> Nikkei Design.
> >>
> >> About learning and "information overload": "It's a river, not a
> >> reservoir......
> >> filter, sift, select, and organize...."
> >>
> >>
>
>
> Asako Yoshida
> Reference Services
> Elizabeth Dafoe Library
> University of Manitoba
> Asako_Yoshida at Umanitoba.ca
> (204) 474-6591
>
> "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
> -- William Butler Yeats
>
> "Banking education treats students as objects of assistance; problem-posing
> education makes them critical thinkers."
> --Paulo Freire
>
> "He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and
> run
> and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."
> "Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation."
> -- Frederich Nietzsche
>
> "What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something
> which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life."
> -- Michel Foucault
>
> "The idea that we can manage our world is uniquely twentieth-century and
> chiefly American."
> -- David Weinberger
>
> "Creators here and everywhere are always and at all times building upon the
>
> creativity that went before and that surrounds them now."
> -- Lawrence Lessig
>
> "...in a network, the knowledge is emergent. The knowledge is not in any
> given
> individual, but it's a property of the network as a whole. Consequently,
> it's a
> knowledge that cannot, does not, exist in any individual, but only in the
> network as a whole. It's emergent."
> -- Stephen Downes
>
> "When they develop a design, 'We capture a concrete individual perspective
> rather than focusing on an average target image drawn from marketing
> data'...
> The design hint resides in specific individuals' perspectives."
> -- "Design matters,because it's all about me," December 18, 2007, Nikkei
> Design.
>
> About learning and "information overload": "It's a river, not a
> reservoir......
> filter, sift, select, and organize...."
>
>
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