num_pages: 156
description: In these writings, available here in English for the first time, the distinguished Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu reflects on his contemporaries, including John Cage, Olivier Messiaen, and Merce Cunningham; on nature, which has profoundly influenced his composition; on film and painting; on relationships between East and West; on traditional Japanese music; and on his own compositions.
language: English
title: Confronting Silence: Selected Writings (Volume 1)
titlecomplete: Confronting Silence: Selected Writings (Volume 1) (Fallen Leaf Monographs on Contemporary Composers, 1)
genres: Music, Japan, Nonfiction, Memoir, Japanese Literature, Essays
ratings_count: 109
publisher: Scarecrow Press