"In the case of my music, there is no meaning in it if it does not have concrete figures as sounds actually created by instruments. With only the logic of written scores, sounds do not have any real existence as sounds. (…) If I put explanations in a concert pamphlet, the act of understanding the music through the eyes would be emphasized, and this might ruin the act of understanding the music with the ears."
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Toru Takemitsu, Yume to Kazu, p.21; translation from Taniyama, ‘The Development of Toru Takemitsu’s Musical Philosophy’, p.90.
(via Peter Burt’s ‘The Music of Toru Takemitsu’, p.251.)
