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November Steps
is a musical composition by the Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu, for the traditional Japanese musical instruments, ''shakuhachi'' and ''biwa'', and western orchestra.〔Ohtake, Noriko (1993). ''Creative sources for the Music of Toru Takemitsu''. Scolar Press. ISBN 0-85967-954-3. P. 21.〕 The work was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic on the occasion of its 125th anniversary, and premiered in November 1967 by the orchestra under the direction of Seiji Ozawa.〔Ohtake (1993), p. 56.〕〔Narazaki, Yoko and Kanazawa, Masakata. "Takemitsu, Tōru." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. 3 Jul. 2008 .〕
==Background==
In his early career, Takemitsu had been reluctant to make use of traditional Japanese music in his compositions, as he said this music "always recalled the bitter memories of war".〔Takemitsu, Tōru, "Contemporary Music in Japan", ''Perspectives of New Music'', vol. 27, no. 2, (Summer 1989), 3.〕 He began experimenting with traditional Japanese instruments in the early 1960s, using them in the soundtrack to Masaki Kobayashi's 1962 film, ''Harakiri''.〔 Other film soundtracks in which Takemitsu used traditional instruments include Shinoda's ''Assassination'' and Masaki Kobayashi's ''Kwaidan'' (both 1964). Takemitsu's first concert composition for traditional Japanese musical instruments was ''Eclipse'' (1966) for the ''biwa'' performer, Kinshi Tsuruta, and the ''shakuhachi'' player, Katsuya Yokoyama.〔 When Seiji Ozawa played Leonard Bernstein a tape of ''Eclipse'', Bernstein suggested combining the instruments in a composition with the western orchestra.〔Takemitsu, Tōru (1989). "Sound of East, Sound of West" in ''Confronting Silence''. Fallen Leaf Press. ISBN 0-914913-36-0. p. 62.〕
Of the title to ''November Steps'', Takemitsu offered two explanations. Taking a literal view of the title, he wrote, "It was performed in November, and to me that project represented a new step: thus, I titled the work ''November Steps''." He further explained, "In Japanese music, ''danmono'' are the equivalent of western variations, and the word ''dan'' means step. My 'November Steps' are a set of eleven variations."〔Takemitsu (1989), p. 63.〕
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