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The National Flute Association sponsors competitions to select outstanding flutists to perform at its conventions. Flute World is providing an automated  repertoire list  for your convenience in obtaining this music.  Click below   NFA Convention in NY August 13 - 16       Featured  Composer   Toru Takemitsu  1930 - 1996 Toru Takemitsu was a self-taught Japanese composer - arguably the greatest Asian composer of the 20th century.  Although his works were written in the Western classical tradition, Takemitsu was able to imbue them with a Japanese identity by his use of traditional Japanese music and instrumentation.   Takemitsu had his first work published at the age of 20, a composition for piano. His keen interest in modern art, literature, theatre and film inspired his avant-garde period during the 1950's and early 1960's, when Takemitsu began experimenting with electronic media and "natural" sounds.  He credited Debussy, Messiaen, Mahler and Cage with influencing his style overall.  Takemitsu's output of chamber and orchestral works was extensive, and he composed over 100 scores for films.   Indeed, Takemitsu's works for solo flute have become an integral part of 20th century flute literature.   Selected Music   Itinerant-In Memory of Isamu Noguchi Voice Air Masque I (Continu, Incidental) (score form) Masque II (Incidental II) (score form) And Then I Knew 'Twas Wind (fl,va,hp) Toward the Sea (A,hp) Toward the Sea (A,gtr)   Suggested Recordings Takemitsu - Chamber Music With Flute Takemitsu - I Hear The Water Dreaming Air - Debussy & Takemitsu Inflorescence II - Music for Solo Flute (2 CDS) Cum Grano Salis - 20th C. Works for Flute,Guitar and Percussion