![]() The flute emulates the Japanese shakuhachi (end-blown bamboo flute) through the use of extended techniques and theatrical elements of Japanese Noh Theatre. This piece captures many Japanese musical idioms. He completed this piece in one day and was premiered two months later on June 9 th, 1971 at the 6 th Cross Talk Concert in Tokyo, Japan. ![]() Takemitsu’s Voice was composed in 1971 and dedicated to the flutist, Aurèle Nicolet. His only formal composition study consisted of occasional lessons with Yasuji Kiyose. He was strongly influenced by the music of Claude Debussy and Olivier Messiaen and learned a great deal from transcribing their works. After the war, when he was employed at an American military base, he took it upon himself to listen to as much Western music on the radio as possible, since it had been previously banned in Japan. It was not until he served in World War II that he was first exposed to Western music-a French chanson that he listened to in secret on a gramophone that had an improvised bamboo needle. Toru Takemitsu was essentially a self-taught composer, and combined both Japanese and Western sounds in his works. Voice, Itinerant, and Air: A Performance and Analytical Guide to the Solo Flute Works of Toru Takemitsu. ![]() Advanced – appropriate for upper college undergraduates and master students ![]()
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