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The compositional Style of Toru Takemitsu : The Sound Gesture and its Musical Context

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09610053
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 美学(含芸術諸学)
Research InstitutionAichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music

Principal Investigator

NARAZAKI Yoko  Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, Department of Music, Associate Professor, 音楽学部, 助教授 (50254264)

Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1998
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1998)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Keywordssound gesture / musical context
Research Abstract

In this study intending the compositional style of Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996) I considered the way that his sound gesture should lead the context of the whole work.
I, first, extracted the melodic movements as the constructive unit from his instrumental-orchestral works as well as pop song and film music. Then I pointed out the meandering or wavelike melodic movements at the interval of major or minor second as the sound gesture common to them, while pointing dut that disjunct motion would be in the continuity of it. It is recognized that the succession of notes not fixing the focus would be strengthened by repeating the melodic movement with the changed timbre or by grafting other tonal melodic movement rather than translating it, getting to the context.
It seemed that the sound gesture above mentioned, which is compatible with Takemitsu's pop song, is derived from his consciousness of the way he speaks language. In this study it could be indicated definitely what is the characteristic of Takemitsu's music language as well as where is its source through his instrumental-orchestral and the other genre works by analysing them.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1998 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1997 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All Other

All Publications (3 results)

  • [Publications] 楢崎洋子: "音の河のゆくえ" 平凡社(未定), (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yoko Narazaki: "as a paper of the book entitled "OTO NO KAWA NO YUKUE"" (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1998 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 楢崎洋子: "音の河のゆくえ" 平凡社(未定), (1999)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1997-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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