Tōru Takemitsu
Style: Avant-garde
46 guitar works by Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996) appear in the Guitar Events repertoire database, all from the contemporary repertoire. The catalogue files this music under Avant-garde. Typical performance times run from about a minute for A Piece for Guitar, "For the Birthday of Sylvano Bussotti" to about 25 minutes for 12 Songs for Guitar. 4 of the works run to eight minutes or more and can anchor a recital group, while 18 stay under three minutes. Recordings are linked for 21 of the 46 works.
Each work below links to a recording and, where available, a free score — hear a piece before committing it to your programme, then match it against competition requirements in the finder.
Guitar works
- 12 Songs for Guitar 25:00 Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs for Guitar: I. Londonderry Air 3:05 Listen Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs for Guitar: IV. A Song of Early Spring 3:09 Listen Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs for Guitar: V. Amours Perdues 2:36 Listen Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs for Guitar: VI. What a Friend 3:01 Listen Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs: 1. Londonderry Air 3:36 Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs: 10. Hey Jude 3:15 Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs: 11. Yesterday 2:45 Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs: 12. The International 2:41 Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs: 2. Over the Rainbow 3:05 Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs: 3. Summertime 4:24 Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs: 4. A Song of Early Spring 3:38 Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs: 5. Amours Perdues 3:12 Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs: 6. What a Friend 2:46 Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs: 7. Secret Love 2:22 Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs: 8. Here, There and Everywhere 2:45 Sheet music CD
- 12 Songs: 9. Michelle 2:45 Sheet music CD
- A Boy Named Hiroshima Listen Sheet music CD
- A Piece for Guitar 4:00 Sheet music CD
- A Piece for Guitar, "For the Birthday of Sylvano Bussotti" 1:13 Listen Sheet music CD
- All in Twilight 12:00 Listen Sheet music CD
- All in Twilight: I 2:40 Sheet music CD
- All in Twilight: II (Dark) 2:34 Sheet music CD
- All in Twilight: III 1:50 Sheet music CD
- All in Twilight: IV (Slightly Fast) 2:25 Sheet music CD
- All in Twilight: No. 1 2:50 Listen Sheet music CD
- All in Twilight: No. 2. Dark 2:34 Listen Sheet music CD
- All in Twilight: No. 3 2:08 Listen Sheet music CD
- All in Twilight: No. 4. Slightly Fast 2:43 Listen Sheet music CD
- Bad Boy Sheet music CD
- Equinox 5:27 Listen Sheet music CD
- Folios 10:00 Sheet music CD
- Folios: I 2:44 Listen Sheet music CD
- Folios: II 2:22 Listen Sheet music CD
- Folios: III 3:03 Listen Sheet music CD
- In the Woods 15:00 Listen Sheet music CD
- In the Woods: I. Wainscot Pond 3:31 Listen Sheet music CD
- In the Woods: II. Rosedale 4:24 Listen Sheet music CD
- In the Woods: III. Muir Woods 5:37 Listen Sheet music CD
- Spectral Canticle Sheet music CD
- The Last Waltz Listen Sheet music CD
- To the Edge of Dream Listen Sheet music CD
- Toward the Sea: I. The Night Sheet music CD
- Toward the Sea: II. Moby-Dick Sheet music CD
- Toward the Sea: III. Cape Cod Sheet music CD
- Vers, l'arc-en-ciel, Palma Sheet music CD
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