Harmonic thinking in Toru Takemitsu's late works

By: Yongbom Lee

This paper seeks, above all, to analyse harmony as a compositional idiom in Tōru Takemitsu's late works, as it played a significant musical role during the last two decades of his career. The numerous writings that focus on Takemitsu's harmonic approach usually approach the subject through scale theories or pitch-class set theory. This study therefore seeks to understand Takemitsu's harmonic language through vertical developments, as well as through its connection to the tonal context, both horizontally and vertically.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6630406400
• ISBN13: 9786630406405
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"