Author(s): Selin OYAN**
In this work, form analysis of Toru Takemitsu's "Itinerant", written for solo flute, the new techniques he used in the work and the reason why he dedicates the work to Isamu Naguchi will be referred. Toru Takemitsu, one of the composers of the music world in which many new styles and techniques are used in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, is the first Japanese composer of the contemporary era. The composer who reflects characteristics of the eras mentioned clearly, reflects this formation more prominently in his three works, especially written for the solo flute. Although the three pieces written are connected to each other in a philosophical way, they have a satisfactory separation in terms of performance. Itinerant, written by Takemitsu for a solo flute, was written in 1989 to mourn for his sculptor friend Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi, who adhered to every tradition of Japanese tradition through his lifetime, reflected all the beauty he had in his life, and he directly influenced Takemitsu in this work, thus the composer brought a new breath not only to the repertoire of flute but also to the flute technique.Itinerant is a work written independently from a certain form structure. Since Takemitsu and his friend Noguchi liked to compare their own art with nature, they felt elements of their own identity throughout their Works. "Ma", a characteristic feature of the Takemitsu style, is a concept of space or silence and usually reflects the musical movement and the characteristic theme in its internal form. The composer, who called this a "simple listening act", used long time fermatas in his work. Announcing the completeness of voices with the use of diminuendo or niento. Itinerant is divided into six parts by the medium length Ma. Most of the techniques used in this work have been created by contemporary polyphonic techniques that are similar to traditional Japanese instruments. Whistle tone, hollow tone, non-vibrato, portamento, frog language and voices given by quadruplicate intervals and adding different finger numbers to existing positions. In the research, an analytical framework was created based on Takemitsu's philosophy of art, and music analysis and music were brought to a different dimension
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