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My teachers are Duke Ellington and nature.

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
Pedagogue
Writer
City of Tokyo
Takemitsu Toru
Takemitsu Tōru
Toru Takemitsu
Nature
Ellington
Duke
Dukes
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Inspirational

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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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Music is a form of prayer.
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