COMPOSER

Toru Takemitsu

1930 - 1996

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Tōru Takemitsu (武満 徹, pronounced [takeꜜmitsɯ̥ toːɾɯ]; 8 October 1930 – 20 February 1996) was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu was admired for the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Toru Takemitsu has received more than 359,374 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Toru Takemitsu is the 380th most popular composer (down from 348th in 2019), the 395th most popular biography from Japan (down from 286th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Toru Takemitsu ranks 380 out of 1,451. Before him are Joaquín Turina, Charles Koechlin, Hans Richter, Carl Heinrich Graun, Rodion Shchedrin, and Jacques Arcadelt. After him are Cole Porter, Georges Delerue, Johann Joseph Fux, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Giovanni Battista Bassani, and Ferenc Erkel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Toru Takemitsu ranks 107. Before him are José Sarney, John Frankenheimer, Rod Taylor, Sławomir Mrożek, Colin Dexter, and Paul Veyne. After him are Friedrich Gulda, Sonny Rollins, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Jasper Johns, Igor Netto, and Rahmon Nabiyev. Among people deceased in 1996, Toru Takemitsu ranks 70. Before him are Piet Hein, Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, Leonor Fini, Virginia Henderson, Spiro Agnew, and Bob Paisley. After him are Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, Mieczysław Weinberg, Michel Debré, Pavel Sudoplatov, Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, and Mary Leakey.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Toru Takemitsu ranks 395 out of 6,245. Before him are Takeo Wakabayashi (1907), Takeichi Nishi (1902), Sessue Hayakawa (1886), Shigeo Sugimoto (1926), Yoshio Furukawa (1934), and Yukiya Amano (1947). After him are Tokugawa Ienari (1773), Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), Emperor Juntoku (1197), Ono no Komachi (825), Yodo-dono (1569), and Shuji Nakamura (1954).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Toru Takemitsu ranks 3. Before him are Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952), and Ichirou Mizuki (1948). After him are Miki Matsubara (1959), Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), Kenji Kawai (1957), Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933), Koichi Sugiyama (1931), Koji Kondo (1961), Keiko Abe (1937), Nobuo Uematsu (1959), and Akira Ifukube (1914).

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