Listing Works by Takemitsu

Notes:

• The list below is not complete. In addition to listed works, he composed many film music and songs. Visit Columbia University for more information about his film music.
• The numbers after each titles refer to the years when the works are composed.

Index:

1. Joi de Vivre (50)
2. Solitude Sonore (58)
3. Tableau Noir (58) with narrator
4. Music of Trees (61)
5. Coral Island (62) with soprano
6. Arc Part I (63)
7. Textures (64) with piano
8. Arc Part II (66)
9. Green (67)
10. November Steps (67) with shakuhachi and biwa
11. Asterism (68) with piano
12. Crossing (70) with piano, vibraphone, guitar, harp, and woman voice
13. Cassiopeia (71) with percussion
14. Winter (71)
15. Gémaux Part I (72) with oboe and trombone
16. Autumn (73) with shakuhachi and biwa
17. Gitimalya (74) with marimba
18. Marginalia (76)
19. Arc (76) with piano
20. A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden (77)
21. Far Calls, Coming Far! (80) with violin
22. Dreamtime (81)
23. Star-Isle (82)
24. To the Edge of Dream (83) with guitar
25. Orion and Pleiades (84) with cello
26. Vers, l'arc-en-ciel, Palma (84) with guitar and oboe d'amour
27. Riverrn (84) with piano
28. Dream/Window (85)
29. Gémaux (86) with oboe and trombone
30. I hear the Water Dreaming (87) with flute
31. Twill by Twillight -In memory of Morton Feldman (88)
32. A String around Autumn (89) with violin
33. Visions (90)
34. My Way of Life -In memory of Michael Vyner (90) with bariton and mixed chorus
35. From Me Flows What You Call Time (90) with 5 percussions
36. Fantasma/Cantos (91) with clarinet
37. Quotation of Dream -Say sea, take me! (91) with 2 pianos
38. How Slow the Wind (91)
39. Ceremonial -An Autumn Ode (92) with sho
40. Family Tree (92) with narrator
41. Archipelago S. (93) for 21 players
42. Fantasma/Cantos II (94) with trombone
43. Spirit Garden (94)
44. Spectral Canticle (95) with violin and guitar

1. Lento in Due Movimenti (50) for piano (revised in 90 as "Litani")
2. Distance de Fée (51) for violin and piano
3. At the Circus (52) for piano
4. Uninterrupted Rest (52) for piano
5. Chamber Concerto (55) for 12 winds
6. Requiem for strings (57)
7. Le Son Calligraphié I, II (58) for 8 strings
8. Scene (59) for cello and strings
9. Masque, I/II (59) for two flutes
10. Uninterrupted Rest II,III (59) for piano
11. Landscape (60) for string quartet
12. Le Son Calligraphié III (60) for 8 strings
13. Masque, III (60) for two flutes
14. Piano Distance (61) for piano
15. Ring (61) for 3 players
16. Corona (62) for pianist(s)
17. Corona II (62) for string(s)
18. Crossing (62) for pianom
19. Sacrifice (62) for alto flute, lute, and vibraphone
20. Arc (63) for strings
21. Valeria (65) for violin, cello, guitar, electric organ, 2 piccolos, & flute
22. Eclipse (66) for shakuhachi and biwa
23. Dorian Horizon (66) for strings
24. Cross Talk (68) for 2 bandoneons and tape
25. Stanza I (69) for woman voice, piano, guitar, harp and vibraphone
26. Season (70) for percussion
27. Eucalypts I (70) for flute, oboe, harp, and strings
28. Voice (71) for flute
29. Eucalypts II (71) for flute, oboe and harp
30. Stanza II (71) for harp and tape
31. Munari by Munari (71) for percussion
32. Distance (72) for oboe (and sho)
33. For Away (73) for piano
34. Voyage (73)
35. In an Autumn Garden (73)
36. Garden Rain (74) for brass ensemble
37. Folios (74) for guitar
38. Bryce (76) for flute, 2 harps, and 2 percessions
39. Waves (76) for clarinet. horn, 2 trombones, & percussion
40. Quatrain II (77) for clarinet, violin, cello,amp; piano
41. 12 Songs for guitar (77)
42. Waterways (78) for clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2 harps, & 2 vibraphones
43. Les yeux clos (79) for piano
44. In an Autumn Garden, comlete version (79)
45. A Way a Lone (81) for string quartet
46. Toward the Sea (81) for alto flute and guitar
47. Rain Tree (81) for 3 percussions
48. A Way a Lone II (81) for strings
49. Toward the Sea II (81) for alto flute, harp, & strings
50. Rain Coming (82) for chamber orchestra
51. Rain Spell (82) for flute, clarinet, harp, piano, & vibraphone
52. Rain Tree Sketch (82) for piano
53. From Far Beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog (83) for violin and piano
54. Rocking Mirror Daybreak (83) for 2 violins
55. Orion (84) for cello and piano
56. Entre-temp (86) for oboe and string quartet
57. Rain Dreaming (86) for harpshicord
58. Day Signal -Signals from Heaven I- (87) for brasses
59. Night Signal -Signals from Heaven II- (87) for brasses
60. Nostalghia -In memory of Andrei Tarkovskij (87) for violin and strings
61. All in Twilight (87) for guitar
62. Tree Line (88) for chamber orchestra
63. Les yeux clos II (88) for piano
64. Toward the Sea III (88) for alto flute & harp
65. Itinerant -In memory of Isamu Noguchi (89) for flute
66. Litany -In memory of Michael Vyner (90) for piano
67. And then I knew 'twas Wind (92) for flute, viola & harp
68. Rain Tree Sketch II -In memoriam Olivier Messiaen (92) for piano
69. Between Tides (93) for violin, cello, & piano
70. Paths (94) for trumpet
71. A Bird Came Down the Walk (94) for viola and piano
72. Air (95) for flute

1. Static Relief (55)
2. Vocalism A.I. (56)
3. Clap Vocalism (56)
4. Ki-Sora-Tori (56)
5. Sky, Horse, and Death (58)
6. Quiet Design (60)
7. Water Music (60)
8. Toward (70)
9. A Minneapolis Garden (86)
10. The Sea is Still (86)

1. Time Perspective (64)
2. Blue Aurora for Toshi Ichiyanagi (64)
3. Seven Hills Events (66)
4. Wavelength (84)

1. Takemitsu Toru <- 1930...infinity. Private Publication, 1964.
2. Oto, Chinmoku to Hakariaeru hodoni (Sound :Confronting the Silence).Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1971.
3. Kotsugetsu-aruiwa 'a honey moon' (Bone-Moon, or a honeymoon).Private Publication, 1973.
4. Ki no Kagami,Sogen no Kagami (Mirror of Tree,Mirror of Field).Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1975.
5. Ongaku no Yohaku kara (From the Space Left in Music).Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1980.
6. Yume no Inyo (Quotation of Dream).Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1984.
7. Ongaku o Yobisamasu Mono (Awakening of Music).Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1985.
8. Yume to Kazu (Dream and Number).Tokyo: Libroport, 1987.
9. Opera o Tsukuru (Making an Opera), written in collaboration with Oe Kenzaburo. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1990.
10. Oto-Kotoba-Ningen (Sound-Word-Man), written in collaboration with Kawada Junzo. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1992.
11. Tooi Yobigoe no Kanata e (Beyond the Far Calls).Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1992.
12. Toki no Entei (Gardener of Time), a posthumous work).Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1996.

Books written by Takemitsu in English

• Confronting Silence Berkley,CA: Fallen Leaf Press,1995

Books on Takemitsu in Japanese

• Funayama Takashi.Takemitsu Toru Hibiki no Umi e (Takemitsu Toru Towards the Sea of Sonority).Tokyo: Ongaku no Tomosha,1998.
• Iwata Ryutaro.Cafe Takemitsu.Tokyo: Kaimeisha,1992.
• Narasaki Yoko.Takemitsu Toru to Miyoshi Akira no Sakkyoku Yoshiki (The Style of Composition of Takemitsu Toru and Miyoshi AKira).Tokyo: Ongaku no Tomosha,1994.

Books on Takemitsu in English

• Ohtake Noriko.Creative Sources for the Music of Toru Takemitsu.
  Hampshire: Scolar Press,1993