Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.
Toru Takemitsu
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I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned.
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The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field.
- Toru Takemitsu