University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Student Research, Creative Activity, and Performance - School of Music Music, School of Spring 5-7-2010 Takemitsu and the Influence of "Cage Shock": rT ansforming the Japanese Ideology into Music Mikiko Sakamoto University of Nebraska at Lincoln,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/musicstudent Part of the Music Commons Sakamoto, Mikiko, "Takemitsu and the Influence of "Cage Shock": rT ansforming the Japanese Ideology into Music" (2010). Student Research, Creative Activity, and Performance - School of Music. 23. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/musicstudent/23 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Music, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student Research, Creative Activity, and Performance - School of Music by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. TAKEMITSU AND THE INFLUENCE OF “CAGE SHOCK”: TRANSFORMING THE JAPANESE IDEOLOGY INTO MUSIC by Mikiko Sakamoto A Doctoral Document Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts Major: Music Under the Supervision of Professor Paul E. Barnes Lincoln, Nebraska May, 2010 TAKEMITSU AND THE INFLUENCE OF “CAGE SHOCK”: TRANSFORMING THE JAOANESE IDEOLOGY INTO MUSIC Mikiko Sakamoto, D.M.A. University of Nebraska, 2010 Advisor: Paul E. Barnes At the turn of the twentieth century, Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) was regarded both domestically and internationally as a representative Japanese composer. He used elements of Japanese culture– music, gardens, and philosophy – in his music.