French composer André Jolivet (1905-1974) composed several important works for the flute repertoire, pushing the limits of the flute’s technical and expressive capabilities. His unique musical style and philosophy are distinct from that of French compositional trends in the twentieth century.

The Sonata for flute and piano represents a synthesis of Jolivet’s two earlier style-periods, magic period and traditional period. This work is seldom performed and analyzed.

Jolivet was able to travel extensively, discovering the exotic music style during this time, so that the music style of this work seems to be influenced by the Japanese music-Noh.

This thesis is divided into five chapters: The first chapter introduces the research motivations and methods. The second chapter describes Jolivet’s life and the style of his compositions. The third chapter focuses on the analysis of this work by investigating the structures in the different movements, his writing techniques and characteristics respectively and application of music materials. The fourth chapter presents the interpretation of this work, employing music elements of Jolivet’s Sonata and Noh’s music aspects to offer valuable insight into the performance of this composition. Lastly, the fifth chapter is a conclusion to expressing my reflection and final thoughts on this research project.