MAYUZUMI+YOKO ONO:NIRVANA+MANDALA LP ICHIYANAGI-KOSUGI
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TOSHIRO MAYUZUMI
Nirvana - Symphonie LP
- Limited Edition
- Label :Time Series 2000 / Usa
- Condition :ex/mint-(cover/record)
- cover art by Yoko Ono
Mintish audiophile original Time series 2000 usa pressing(not the Mainstream Records re-issue)from the 60's of Mayuzumi's masterpiece!! On the same collection had appeared also works of AMM, Musica Elettronica Viva, John Cage, Luciano Berio, Giacinto Scelsi, Mauricio Kagel, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Yuji Takahashi, Morton Feldman and Earle Brown.
In 1958 a new direction in Mayuzumi's music was opened by Nehan kokyokyoku ('Nirvana Symphony'). Obsessed by the sounds of Buddhist temple bells, he analysed the sonorities acoustically and tried to reproduce their profound sensation by means of tone qualities, volumes and the use of space in the composition. The result was an Otaka Prize in the following year.
Toshiro Mayuzumi was a real pioneer...the first Japanese composer to create works of musique concrète and electronic music. In 1951, he graduated from a Tokyo university and enjoyed a successful premiere of his composition, "Sphenogrammes," at the ISCM festival. While spending the next year studying in Paris, Mayuzumi discovered the musique concrète scene. He returned to Tokyo and formed the composer group Sannin no Kai ("Group of Three") and wrote the first musique concrète work ("X, Y, Z" [1955]) and first electronic piece ("Shusaku I" [1955]) in Japan. His experimentations also include the use of prepared piano and unusual instrumentations. From the late '50s on, Mayuzumi's music was increasingly influenced by traditional Japanese music and Buddhism, and was awarded the Otaka Prize twice (in 1958 and 1967) for work in this vein. He also composed for theater (including his collaborations with Mishima) and for film, including his award-winning electronic score for Tokyo Olympic in the mid-'60s. Later in his career, Mayuzumi also hosted a television show and served as the President of the Japan Federation of Composers. Mayuzumi was contemporary with japanese composers as Somei Satoh, Jo Kondo, Takehisa Kosugi, Taj Mahal Travellers, Akio Suzuki, Maki Ishii and Michio Mamiya, Toshiya Sukegawa, Yuji Takahashi and Masahiko Sato, Toshi Tsuchitori, Joji Yuasa and Toru Takemitsu.
Cover lies in excellent condition, while the vinyl lies in mint- condition, nearly new!!
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