Family Tree

composer: Toru Takemitsu
text writer: Shuntaro Tanikawa
English version: Kazuo Kawamura - William I. Elliott

Musical Verses for Young People

for narrator and orchestra
poems by Shuntaro Tanikawa
English translation by William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura)

Premiere: April 20, 21 and 22, 1995 - New York - Sarah Hicks and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra instrumentation: 3(2.pic 3.afl).2(2.ca).4(4.bcl).3(3.cbsn)-4.3.3.0-3perc(vib, glsp, tub bells, antique cym, 3tam-t, steel drum, 2sus cym)-hp.cel.acc-str(14.12.10.8.6)
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 25' 0''
Year of composition: 1992
Edition: full score
Language: Japanese - English
Material on hire