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Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper.
Toru Takemitsu
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Toru Takemitsu
Age: 65 †
Born: 1930
Born: October 8
Died: 1996
Died: February 22
Autodidact
Classical Guitarist
Composer
Film Score Composer
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City of Tokyo
Takemitsu Toru
Takemitsu Tōru
Toru Takemitsu
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