Post-War · Open Opus catalog
Toru Takemitsu
1930 – 1996
Chord Barn does not yet hold an IMSLP-sourced piano score collection for Toru Takemitsu. This page presents the composer and work catalog data published by Open Opus, a public-domain (CC0) classical-music metadata project, so the work list below is bibliographic — titles, subtitles, and genre classifications — not a set of downloadable PDF editions.
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Works by Toru Takemitsu in the Open Opus catalog
101 works · Data from Open Opus (openopus.org), released into the public domain (CC0) — fetched 2026-09-11. Catalog entries only: title, subtitle, and genre classification as published by Open Opus. These are not downloadable score editions.
By genre, from Open Opus’s own classification on this composer’s work records: 8 Keyboard · 30 Orchestral · 37 Chamber · 20 Vocal · 6 Stage.
- A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal GardenOrchestral
- A Marvelous Kid, "Subarashii Akujo'; Theme Song for the Film 'Subarashii Akujo"Vocal
- A Song of Circles and Triangles, "Maru to Sankaku no Uta"Vocal
- A String around Autumn, for viola and orchestraOrchestral
- A Way a Lone II, for string orchestraOrchestral
- A Way A Lone, for string quartetChamber
- Air for solo fluteChamber
- Aki, for biwa, shakuhachi, and orchestra, "Autumn"Orchestral
- All Alone, "Potsunen"Vocal
- All in Twilight, 4 pieces for guitarChamber
- All that the Man Left Behind When He Died, "Shinda otoko no nokoshita mono wa"Vocal
- And Then I Knew 'Twas Wind, for flute, viola, and harpChamber
- Archipelago S., for 21 playersOrchestral
- Asterism, for piano and orchestraOrchestral
- Between Tides, for violin, cello, and piano, SJ1091Chamber
- Black Rain — Film scoreStage
- Bryce, for flute, 2 harps, and 2 percussionistsChamber
- CassiopeiaOrchestral
- Distance de fée, for violin and piano, SJ1050Chamber
- Distance, for oboe and sho ad libChamber
- Dream/WindowOrchestral
- DreamtimeOrchestral
- Eclipse, for shakuhachi and biwaChamber
- Elegy, for violin and pianoChamber
- Equinox, for guitarChamber
- Eucalypts 1, for flute, oboe, harp, and stringsOrchestral
- Eucalypts 2, for flute, oboe, and harpChamber
- Face of Another — Film scoreStage
- Fantasma/Cantos 2, for trombone and orchestraOrchestral
- Folios, for guitarChamber
- For AwayKeyboard
- From Me Flows What You Call Time, for 5 percussionists and orchestraOrchestral
- Garden Rain, for 10 brass instrumentsChamber
- Glowing Autumn — Film scoreStage
- Green For OrchestraOrchestral
- How Slow the WindOrchestral
- I Hear the Water Dreaming, for flute and orchestraOrchestral
- I Just Sing, "Utau dake"Vocal
- In a Small Room, "Chiisana Heya de"Vocal
- In an Autumn Garden, for gagaku ensembleChamber
- In the Month of March, "Sangatsu no uta'; Theme Song for the Film 'Saigo no Shinpan"Vocal
- In the Woods, 3 pieces for guitarChamber
- Itinerant, for fluteChamber
- José Torres — Film scoreStage
- La Neige, "Yuki'; theme song for the film 'Shiro to kuro"Vocal
- Landscape, for string quartetChamber
- Le son calligraphié, for string octetChamber
- Lento in 2 MovementsKeyboard
- Les Yeux ClosKeyboard
- Litany: in Memory of Michael VynerKeyboard
- Mori no naka de, for guitarChamber
- Nami no BonStage
- Nostalghia, for violin and stringsOrchestral
- November Steps, for shakuhachi, biwa, and orchestraOrchestral
- Orion and Pleiades, for cello and orchestraOrchestral
- Paths, for solo trumpetChamber
- Piano DistanceKeyboard
- Piano Pieces for ChildrenKeyboard
- Quatrain, for clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and orchestraOrchestral
- Quotation of Dream: Say Sea, Take Me!, for 2 pianos and orchestraOrchestral
- Rain ComingOrchestral
- Rain Spell, for flute, clarinet, harp, piano, and vibraphoneChamber
- Rain-Tree, for 3 percussionistsChamber
- Rain-Tree, for 3 percussionistsChamber
- Ran — Film scoreStage
- Requiem, for string orchestraOrchestral
- Ring, for flute, terzguitar, and luteChamber
- Riverrun, for piano and orchestraOrchestral
- Rocking Mirror Daybreak, for 2 violinsChamber
- RomanceKeyboard
- Sacrifice, for alto flute, lute, vibraphone, and cymbalsChamber
- SayonaraVocal
- Seasons, for percussion ensembleChamber
- Signals from Heaven, 2 antiphonal fantasies for brass ensembleChamber
- Small Sky, "Chiisana Sora"Vocal
- Solitude SonoreOrchestral
- Spirit GardenOrchestral
- Stanza 2, for harp and tapeChamber
- Stanza I, for female voice, piano, guitar, harp, and vibraphoneVocal
- Star IsleOrchestral
- Tabi, for 3 biwaChamber
- Take off for the Clouds, "Kumo ni mukatte tatsu'; for the TV Drama 'Kumo ni mukatte tatsu"Vocal
- The Dorian Horizon, for 17 StringsChamber
- The Encounter, "Meguriai'; Theme Song for the Film 'Meguriai"Vocal
- The Game of Love, "Koi no kakurembo"Vocal
- The Last WaltzChamber
- To the Island, "Shima e"Vocal
- Toward the Sea I, for alto flute and guitarChamber
- Toward the Sea III, for alto flute and harpChamber
- Toward the Sea no. 1, for alto flute and guitarOrchestral
- Toward the Sea no. 2, for alto flute, harp and stringsOrchestral
- Tree Line, for chamber orchestraOrchestral
- Twill by TwilightOrchestral
- Uninterrupted RestKeyboard
- Unseen Child, "Mienai Kodomo"Vocal
- Valeria, for 2 piccolos, violin, cello, guitar, and electric organChamber
- Voice, for solo fluteChamber
- Waltz, "Warutsu'; Theme Song for the Film 'Tanin no kao"Vocal
- Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear?, "Ashita ha hare kana, kumori kana"Vocal
- Wings, "Tsubasa"Vocal
- Yesterday's Spot, "Sakujitsu no shimi"Vocal