from TAKEMITSU SONGBOOK Concert
Song Name : All That the Man Left Behind When He Died (1965)
Words by Shuntarō Tanikawa
Music by Toru Takemitsu
Arranged by Jyoji Sawada
Performed by CHORO CLUB with Vocalistas ( Ann Sally )
Composed for the Citizens Rally for Peace in Vietnam held at Zendentsu Kaikan Hall in Tokyo on April 22, 1965, and sung at that event by Masanori Tomotake. \"I became a musician because there was a war and because the war ended... I believe in the independence of music. In the last analysis, I sing my song for no one but myself alone. However, as a living human being i am basically opposed to so much structure.\"(From a Tokyo Times interview,\"Greeting the Anniversary Day of the End of the War,\"August 14,1966)(Source from Schott Music Japan 「Toru Takemitsu : SONGS」)