​"This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the life and music of Toru Takemitsu. The recollections of Asaka Takemitsu, the composer’s wife, gathered from interviews with Tetsuo O’hara and Mitsuko Ono provide invaluable insights into the composer’s world. In addition to its usefulness as a treasure of information, this collection of remembrances conveys a sense of human warmth and a life well lived that makes reading the book a real pleasure. The interviews chronicle the couple’s years together from their first meeting in 1951 while highlighting facets of Takemitsu’s life and career, including Takemitsu'’s experiences in composing music for film, his friendships and encounters with a stellar list of international musical artists, and circumstances surrounding the composition and performance of works spanning Takemitsu’s career. The book includes a foreword written by Maki Takemitsu, the composer’s daughter, and an afterword by Asaka Takemitsu."

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Timothy Koozin - Author and editor, The Film Music of Fumio Hayasaka and​​
Toru Takemitsu, The Journal of Film Music, Vol. 3/1 (2010).