A Study on Performance Techniques of Henri Dutilleux’s Sonatine pour Flute et Piano

Sonatine pour Flute et Piano (1943) is a representative flute piece by Henri Dutilleux(1916-2013), considered a great composer of the 20th and 21st centuries. Sonatine contains a variety of cadenzas that must express high-level technique, delicate tone control, and free phrasing. It is a piece which requires detailed practice and high-level techniques. Though he has not composed many works, he has made in various genres for instruments, voice, and orchestra. Throughout his life, he has refused not only to join musical schools but also to belong to a particular group, and his approach to music has resulted in his individual and unique style of music. Each piece is well-thought-out and constructed with great sense. Dutilleux composed several test pieces for wind instruments for Conservatoire Competitions, and Sonatine pour Flute et Piano is one of them. This piece shows expressive reservations about its unoriginal musical language. This Sonatine pour Flute et Piano shows virtuosity, rhythmic flexibility, seductive harmonies with undeniable identity. Marcel Moyse (1889-1984) published effective educational materials to improve various and advanced flute performance techniques. In this article, three of Moyse’s flute primary performance techniques (fingering, tone, and phrasing) are focused on Moyse’s collection such as ‘Gammes et Apreggios.’ This paper represents by specifically substituting it into Dutilleux’s Sonatine as well as it presents an efficient practice method. Therefore, this paper aims to improve the understanding of Dutilleux’s Sonatine to perform the right aspects of educators and flutists by suggesting efficient practice methods.