Shakuhachi player Katsuya YOKOYAMA appeared with the New York Philharmonic in 1964 to high acclaim, performing a piece called "November Steps," which was composed by Toru TAKEMITSU for biwa player Kinshi TSURUTA of the Tsuruta-school lineage, a lineage influenced by the Satsuma style of biwa playing.
1964年にニューヨーク・フィルハーモニックと尺八の横山勝也、薩摩琵琶の流れをくむ鶴田流の琵琶奏者鶴田錦史のために作曲された武満徹のノヴェンバー・ステップスは反響を呼んだ。