Canticum Sacrum

Japanese: 《カンティクム・サクルム》 - かんてぃくむさくるむ
Canticum Sacrum

…After Schoenberg's death in 1951, he became interested in the twelve-tone technique (twelve-tone music) invented by Schoenberg, and studied Webern's works in particular. He composed ballets such as "Agon" and "Movements" and instrumental music using the twelve-tone technique to perfection. In his final years, Stravinsky's musical style was to use the twelve-tone technique to process Christian themes, and he produced a succession of masterpieces of religious music, including the choral works "Canticum Saculum," "Sermons, Discourses, Prayers," "Requiem Canticles," and "Abraham and Isaac" for narrator and chamber orchestra. He came to Japan in September 1959 to conduct his own works, and at the same time, he highly praised Japanese composers such as Toru Takemitsu, inspiring the Japanese composition world. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Canticum Saculum" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…51年にシェーンベルクが死去すると,シェーンベルクの創案した十二音技法(十二音音楽)に興味をもち,とくにウェーベルンの作品を研究し,精緻をきわめた十二音技法によって《アゴン》や《ムーブメンツ》などのバレエ曲,器楽曲を作曲した。最晩年のストラビンスキーの音楽様式は,キリスト教的な題材を十二音技法によって処理するもので,合唱曲《カンティクム・サクルム》《説教,説話,祈り》《レクイエム・カンティクルズ》や語り手と室内オーケストラのための《アブラハムとイサク》などの宗教音楽の傑作が次々に発表された。59年9月に来日し,自作の指揮を行うと同時に,武満徹らの日本の作曲家を高く評価して日本の作曲界に刺激を与えた。…

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