Great Composers: Tōru Takemitsu

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A look at Japan's most famous composer.
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Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
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Music:
- Tōru Takemitsu: Litany in memory of Michael Vyner (1989), performed by Chris Breemer
- Tōru Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch II [In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen] (1992), performed by Chris Breemer
[free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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Комментарии : 49

@nantetoev1188 2 года назад

Absolutely wonderful biographical description of Toru Takemitsu.

@markdarnell614 Год назад

Takemitsu was a Life-changer for me! Back in 1980, I was stationed in the Navy in San Diego, and even though I was a Meteorologist, I was also a Pianist, and Composer. I went to lecture at the University of California, San Diego where he lectured that evening on his music. We were showed a film he had scored - "Woman in the Dunes" for Instruments, tape and Electronics. It was Stunning, and after this - an Ensemble performed "The Flock Descends into the Pentangle Garden". Takemitsu was the natural Evolution of what Debussy, and then - Messiaen brought to music.

@Flatscores 6 лет назад

One of my favorite composers of all time. Everything about his intonation clicks with me so deeply.

@Atesjb 3 года назад

amazing video, thank you!!!

@shacharh5470 4 года назад

The concept of 'ma' reminds me of Hegel's determinate negativity

@grantveebeejay535 3 года назад

Thank you Oh Grand CN. This was great and I enjoy your episodes very much. Isao Tomita was a fabulous one also. Many thanks.

@annahellerpianist 2 года назад

Thank you so much! Learnt a lot

@oli.r 3 года назад

Gracias, gracias, graciaas!!!

@billymusicwb 7 месяцев назад

You are my first source for brief musical biographies.

@memarkiam 9 месяцев назад

Arguably my all time favourite composer. Or certainly one of them! I only really discovered him about 10 years ago, but was instantly smitten. As it happens, Messiaen was one of my biggest early influences as a teenage music student. Once I realised the connection between them it all made sense ;)

@davidecklein5615 3 года назад

Wonderful bio of Takemitsu. I just subscribed and I hope you will follow it up with revealing more Japanese composers - they actually date back to early 20th century. Naxos issued several CDs which exposed me to a few of them, and there are more on youtube. Another category which does not deserve obscurity are East German composers like Eisler and Dessau. You have done remarkable work shedding light on many Soviet composers so far!

@ClassicalNerd 3 года назад

Thank you! Eisler and Dessau have been duly noted: lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html

@elionthekeys 7 лет назад

Very nice channel! I like that you promote underrated composers! Could you do a video about Peter Warlock , William Baines or Guiallome Lekeu? These 3 composers are geniuses but sadly very underrated too...

@ClassicalNerd 7 лет назад

I made a video about Baines in April 2016 [watch?v=F2FDGzMh1bg], but Warlock and Lekeu have yet to be made. I'll add them to the request queue, but it'll likely be nearly December before I can get around to them due to all of the requests.

@sipurbadim 2 года назад

Great series I wiuld appreciate a video about Lekeu.. so gifted and died sooooo young Thanx

@ClassicalNerd 2 года назад

Please check my "Great Composers" playlist for all the biographies I've done to date.

@alfred6272 3 года назад

Watch with captions at 0:09 😂😂😂😂😂😂 great video as always tho!!

@musicencyclopedia 6 лет назад

I can't wait when you get to make a video of me after I'm dead! LOL Anyway, I love your channel and intend to study these other composers I haven't heard of. Speaking of which, can you do Einojuhani Rautavaara? That would be awesome.

@ClassicalNerd 6 лет назад

Rautavaara has already been made! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NgvQVD695kk.html

@kokbang638 Месяц назад

he also wrote pop songs for example Chisana Sora in Japanese meaning Small Sky in English . I knowtice that Lyrics double image of Old Empire lost WW2 after atomic bombs. that shows his will to peace . he decided to be musitian when he listend french Shanson by record that Japanese solger let him listen secretly under the war, that was prohibited as enemys music. I was cried when I realised the real meaning of lyrics hiden behind.

@BenjaminStaern Год назад

Wonderful doc about Takemitsu. Any ideas making a video about Tristan Keuris and Louis Andriessen?

@brucevannote5002 10 месяцев назад

Could you present a video on Tchaikovsky, if you haven’t already done so?

@CGarciaGuitar 7 лет назад

Hey man! Just wanted to say that i really enjoy your videos and i hope that you keep up your hard work! Is Brahms coming up any time soon? Just wondering!

@ClassicalNerd 7 лет назад

The number of requests I've gotten has absolutely ballooned in the past few weeks, and as I want to get to them in the order in which they are received, the current rate of production leaves Brahms as the first video of 2018.

@CGarciaGuitar 7 лет назад

No worries! I'll keep watching the other videos as they come! Cheers!

@erikrobinson2547 2 года назад

The Character 間　means interval. Just for those who want a bit more info on that.

@plonplon243 7 лет назад

Hi! Your videos are really interesting! It would be great if you made a video about Nikolai Obukhov!

@ClassicalNerd 7 лет назад

The Obukhov video will be put in the request queue, but it's behind several dozen others and I can't guarantee it'll be produced until the end of the year.

@plonplon243 7 лет назад

Thanks for your response and cheer from France!

@atnbknr6780 3 года назад

Great to see Asian composers! can you also do a video on Chinese composers like Chou Wen Chung, Chen Yi, and Zhou Long?

@ClassicalNerd 3 года назад

Chou has been added to the request pool. I've always been hesitant to do historical retrospectives on living composers, but I would love to interview them (especially Chen Yi)! I've had lessons/masterclasses/interactions with both of them and she's the much more talkative of the pair ...

@BrendanCalliesComposer 2 года назад

What about qigang chen

@frankfeldman6657 5 лет назад

Is there a biography you'd recommend? Or a book of informed musical analyses?

@ClassicalNerd 5 лет назад

I do not have a physical biography of Takemitsu on my shelf. I consulted various masters' theses and doctoral dissertations for much of the information in this video, especially as pertaining to Takemitsu's style.

@frankfeldman6657 5 лет назад

@@ClassicalNerd If you'd link me to what you thought the best of them, I'd be much obliged, Herr Nerd. Danke schon.

@ClassicalNerd 5 лет назад

It's been a while and so some of the URLs have moved, but here are some interesting ones: core.ac.uk/download/pdf/108179.pdf is a pretty comprehensive look at Takemitsu from a lot of different angles. adminstaff.vassar.edu/jochenette/Takemitsu_essay_Chenette.pdf is an analysis of how Takemitsu used silence in his work.

@anthonyonfire 7 лет назад

Speaking of Japanese composers, would you ever consider doing a video on Isao Tomita?

@ClassicalNerd 7 лет назад

Sure, but I've got twenty weeks worth of requests already in the queue, so it'll probably be a while.

@anthonyonfire 7 лет назад

Classical Nerd ill be watching in the meantime nonetheless! keep up the good work (:

@markdarnell614 Год назад

Tomita is not well-known as a Composer...more an Interpreter of Composer's work, such as Debussy, and Holst. Also - his synthesizer sound is really "Cheesey!"