Toru Takemitsu and the Films of the Japanese New Wave

Thu Apr 24 15:11:35 EDT 2008

   Dear Peter,

   It's thrilled to be replied by one of the contributors to the collection.? It sure sounds like a fantastic collection on Takemitsu.? It's 140,000 Yen, but it's an amazing collection to consider for an academic library.

   Sincerely,

   Asako

   At Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:26:36 -0400, 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
>
> ? ?"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...."
>
>
>

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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