Introduction

For the Beginner
Moderately Easy
Intermediate
Advanced Intermediate
Moderately Difficult
Difficult
Advanced

Additional Study

• The Bassoon in Chamber Music
• Bassoon and Other Solo Instrument with Orchestra
• Orchestral Excerpts

A Key to the Publisher Abbreviations used in the Syllabus
About the Writer

I follow this syllabus with my own bassoon students in selecting studies and literature for their progression in becoming better players. It should be understood that it is difficult to ascribe the various categories in the syllabus to levels in school, since each student has different aptitudes, training and opportunities. I have found that for the most part, my most advanced students in high school have started work on those items in the "Advanced Intermediate" listing, although this is not a hard and fast rule, by any means. The last category, "Advanced", might not be approached until after graduate school. In other words, this syllabus might cover a whole lifetime of bassoon playing, instead of only a relatively small bracket of time spent in high school or college.

In considering the relative difficulty of each item listed here, I not only tried to assess the technical difficulty, but also the musical difficulty. Some easier pieces technically are not performable until a player has acquired musical maturity, sophistication and/or a certain command of the instrument.

In general, I subscribe to the philosophy that the musical literature any student performs should be somewhat easier than the studies he or she is simultaneously working on. The studies then stretch the student's technique and the literature provides a vehicle for communicating with an audience under pleasant circumstances. Music should be fun, not a terrifying chore!

Under each category of difficulty I have often made small groups of pieces which are associated with each other either by chronological or generic significance. It should be understood that there is much literature that might fit into any of these groups which I have not included either because I felt that they were not as strong musically or because I was not familiar enough with them.

I hope that this listing is of use to you; it has worked very wen for my students. If you have any questions regarding literature for the bassoon, or any others regarding playing problems, I hope you will feel free to contact me at Montana State University, Department of Music, Bozeman, MT 59717.

BASIC METHOD choose one of the following:
Don Lenz: Lenz Method, Book I (Bel.)
/or/ Ryszard Dziegielewski: Skola na fagot (P.W.M.)
/or/ Leszlo Hara: Fagott-Iskola, Book I (E.M.)
/or/ Julius Weissenborn: Bassoon Studies for Beginners, op.8: Book I (C.-B.)
/or/ Lawrence Buck: Elementary Method (K.)

LITERATURE - VERY EASY:
Collections with Piano

A.W. Benoy & A. Bryce, ed.: First Pieces for Bassoon, Book I (O.U.P.)
Lyndon Hilling & Walter Bergmann: First Book of Bassoon Solos (Fab.)

Works with Piano

John Bumess: 4 Easy Pieces (Pat.)
Cesar Franck (arr. H. Paine): Panis Angelicus (Bel.)
Eric Hughes: 6 Low Solos (J.E.)
Edmund Siennicki: Highland Heather (K.)
Julius Weissenborn: Arioso, op.9: no. 1 (from 6 Vortragsstucke) (R.F., Vol. I). (also in L.
Sharrow, ed.: Master Solos, see "Moderately Easy")

LITERATURE - EASY:
Collections with Piano

A.W. Benoy & A. Bryce, ed.: First Pieces for Bassoon, Book I (O.U.P.)
Lyndon Hilling & Walter Bergman: First Boo of Bassoon Solos (Fab.)
Sidney Lawton, arr.: The Young Bassoonist, Volume I (O.U.P.)

Works with Piano

Warren Benson: Song and Dance (1953) (B.&H.)
Rory Boyle: Little Suite (1984) (B.&H.)
John Cacavas: Preludio (c. 1973) (Bel.) /or/ Winterscape (1973) (Bel.)
Frank Erickson: Song for Today (Bel.)
Franz Joseph Haydn (arr. H.Paine): Minuet (Bel.)
Pierick Houdy: Rondel (Led.)
Franz Peter Schubert (arr. M.J. Isaac): 3 Themes (C.F.)
George W. Schwartz: International Folk Suite (S.M.C.)
Pierre Villette: Cantilene (Led.)
Julius Weissenborn: Humoresque, op.9: no.2 (from 6 Vortragsstucke) (R.F., Vol.I). (also in L. Sharrow, ed.: Master Solos, see "Moderately Easy")

and/or works of comparable difficulty

EMPHASIS ON:

Correct basic concepts of breathing; air release, function of the air column, tongue and lips, articulation; correct posture and hand position.

Development of proper control of sound and intonation.
Chromatic scales and major scales within student's range to 3#'s and b's.

BASIC METHOD:

Continued work in the chosen method

SUPPLEMENTARY STUDIES:

Henry Paine: Studies and Melodious Etudes, Book II (Bel.)
Paul MacDowell: Practical Studies, Book I (Bel.)
Pasquale Bona: Rhythmical Articulation for Bass Clef Instruments (C.F.)

LITERATURE :
Unaccompanied Collections

Henry Paine, ed.: Tunes for Bassoon Technique, Books 11 & III (Bel.)

Collections with Piano

Laszlo Hara, arr., ed.: Fagottmuzsika (Music - for Bassoon) (E-M.)
Charles Krane, ed.: Bach for Bassoon (Spr.)
Sidney Lawton, arr., ed.: The Young Bassoonist, Vol.II (O.U.P.)
Lionel Lethbridge, arr.: A Mozart Solo Album (O.U.P.)
Harry Phillips, ed.: 8 Bel Canto Songs (Sh.P.)
Leonard Sharrow, ed.: Master Solos, Intermediate Level (H.L.)
Arthur Willner, ed.: Classical Album (B.&H.)

Works with Piano

Francis Baines: Introduction & Hornpipe (Sch.-L.)
Warren Benson: Song and Dance (1953) (B.&H.)
Walter Bergmann: Prelude and Fugue (Sch.-L.)
Sol Cohen: Song of the Troubador (Bel.)
Gabriel Faure (arr. A. Stoutamire): Aurora (Ken.)
Edvard Grieg (arr. W. Simpson): In the Hall of the Mountain King (from 'Peer Gynt') (Bel.)
Gordon Jacob: 4 Sketches (1976) (J.E.)
George F. McKay: Concert Solo Sonatine (Bos.)
Moritz Moskowski (arr. H. Paine): Spanish Dance No. 2, op.12: no.2 (Bel.)
Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. H. Paine): Allegro Appassionata, op.43 (Bel.)

And/or other works of comparable difficulty

EMPHASIS ON:

Correct basic concepts of breathing, air release, function of the air column, tongue and lips, articulation, correct posture and hand position.

Development of proper control of sound and intonation.

Chromatic scale, major and minor scales to 4#'s and b's.

BASIC METHOD:

Conclusion of work with basic method
Julius Weissenborn: 50 Studies for Bassoon, op.8: Book Il (C.-B.)
Laszlo Hara: Fagott-Iskola, Book Il (E.M.)

SUPPLEMENTARY STUDIES:

Henry Paine: Studies & Melodious Etudes, Book III (Bel.)
Wenzel Neukirchner: 23 Exercises (E.M.)
Fernand Oubradous: Preludes - Etudes after Cokken (Led.)
David Hickman: Music Speed Reading (Wimb.)
Lewis Hilton: From Bass to Tenor Clef for the Bassoon (R.D.)
Ludwig Milde: Studies in All Keys, op. 24 (C.-B.)

LITERATURE - with no tenor clef:
Collections with Piano

Leonard Sharrow, ed.: Master Solos, Intermediate Level (H.L.)
William Waterhouse, ed.: Bassoon Solos, Volume I (C.M.)

Baroque Sonatas

Michel Corrette: Sonata in d minor, op.20: no. 2 (Mul.)
Johann Ernst Galliard: 6 Sonatas (I.M.C., in 2 Volumes)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Sonata in e minor, op.26: no.4 (pub. for cello) (Sch.) -

Other works with Accompaniment

Gerald Cockshott: 3 Pieces on Appalachian Folk-Tunes (1948) (Nov.)
Robert Dillon: Lament (B.&H.)
Ludwig Milde: Tarantella, op.20 (I.M.C.)
Hermann Reutter: Serenade (Led.)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto in Bb, K. 191 (Movement 11 only)* (Hof.)

LITERATURE - with some tenor clef:
Collections with Piano

Laszlo Hara, arr., ed.: Fagottmuzsika (Music for Bassoon) E.M.)
William Waterhouse, ed.: Bassoon Solos, Volume II (C.M.)
Julius Weissenborn: 6 Vortragsstucke, op.9 (R.F., in 2 Volumes)

Baroque Sonatas

Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata in b minor, op.5: no.8 (I.M.C.)
Willem de Fesch: 6 Sonatas, op.8 (for cello) (Pet.)
Benedetto Marcello: 6 Sonatas (for cello) (Pet.)

Other works with Accompaniment

Pierre Gabaye: Toccatina. (Led.)
Gyorgy Kosa: 4 Easy Pieces (1967) (E.M.)
Bernard Rogers: Soliloquy No.2* (w. string orchestra) (E.-V.)
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Suite-Concertino in F, op. 16* (Ric.)

EMPHASIS ON:

Continuing work on the basic concepts
Development of proper control of sound
Introduction to the tenor clef
Introduction to reed finishing
Chromatic scale and all major scales, minor scales to 4#'s and b's

*indicates availability of accompaniment by orchestra (or other ensemble if designated)

STUDIES:

Alamiro Giampieri: 16 Daily Studies (Ric.)
Pasquale Bona: Rhythmical Articulation (C.F.)
Eugene Jancourt: 26 Melodic Studies, from op. 15 (1. M.C.)
Carl Jacobi: 6 Caprices (I.M.C.)
Ludwig Milde: Concert Etudes, op.26: Book I (C.B.)
Marius Piard: 90 Etudes, Volume III, Studies in Style (Cos.)
Victor Bruns: Studies, op.32 (Hof)
Karel Pivonka: Rhythmical Etudes (Art.) /or/ Little Etudes (1976) (G.M.P.C.)
Gustave Dherin: 16 Variations (Esch.)

LITERATURE:
At least one each from the following groups: (Pieces in boldface type should be owned and studied by every student)

Unaccompanied Baroque Works

Johann Sebastian Bach: 6 Suites for solo 'Cello (Th.P.)
Jean Daniel Braun: Solos (1740) (Sch.-L.)

Late Baroque Studies

Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonata in f minor (from "Der gertreue Musikmeister") (M.R.)
Antonio Vivaldi: 6 Sonatas (for cello) (Pet.)

Classical Works

Karl Stamitz: Concerto in F* (Sik.)
François Devienne: Concerto in C* (Hof.)
Johann Wilhelm Hertel: Concerto in a minor* (N.)
Ludwig Spohr: Adagio for Bassoon and Piano (Sim.)

French and Russian Romantic Works

Eugene Bourdeau: Premier Solo (Rub. or Led.)
Reinhold Gliere: Humoresque and Impromptu, op.35: nos. 8 & 9 (I.M.C.) (separately)

German and English Romantic Works

Ferdinand David: Concertino, op. 12 (Bel.)
Ludwig Milde: 3 Study Pieces (M.R.)
Carl Maria von Weber: Andante and Hungarian Rondo, op.35* (I.M.C.)
Edward Elgar: Romance, op.62* (Nov.)
William Martin Yeates Hurlstone: Sonata in F (1904) (J.E.)

20th Century German Works

Paul Hindemith: Sonata (1938) (Sch.)
Kurt Hessenberg: Divertimento op.71 (Led.)

20th Century French Works

Marcel Poot: Ballade (Led.)
Gabriel Pierné: Prélude de Concert (on a theme of Purcell), op.53 (Sal.)

Other 20th Century Works

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sonata, op.130 (1946) (G. M. P. C.)
Robert Darch: Sonata (1948) (Mau.)
Peter Dodd: 2 Rhythmical Interludes (N.W.M.)
Burrill Philips: Concert Piece for Bassoon and Strings (1940)* (string orchestra) (C.F.)
Walter Skolnik: Sonatina (1983) (Ten.)
Ralph Vaughan-Williams: 6 English Folksongs (1927) (Gal.)

and/or other literature of comparable difficulty

EMPHASIS ON:

Continuing work on the basic concepts and development of high and low register control
Development of a vibrato
Reed finishing and introduction to reed making
Chromatic and all major and minor scales

*indicates availability of accompaniment by orchestra (or other ensemble if designated)

STUDIES:

Marius Piard: 90 Etudes, Volume I, Scales (Cos.)
Franz Wilhelm Ferling: Oboe Studies, op.31 (transcribed for bassoon) (S.M.C.)
Ludwig Milde: Concert Etudes, op.26: Book 11 (C.-B.)
Eugene Bozza: 12 Caprices (Led.)
Karel Pivonka: Rhythmical Etudes (Art.) /or/
Little Etudes (1976) (G.M.P.C.)
Henri Martelli: 15 Etudes, op.81 (Lem.)
Alberto Orefici: 20 Melodic Studies (I.M.C.)

LITERATURE:
At least one each from the following groups: (Pieces in bold face type should be owned and studied by every student.

Late Baroque Concerti

Antonio Vivaldi: 38 Concerti* (Ric.; G.S.) (separately)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Concerto in D, op.26* (Sym.)
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto in C* (N.) (no piano reduction is available)

Classical Works

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Bassoon & Cello in Bb, K.292 (Br.&H.)
François Devienne: Concerto in Bb (published as Mozart: Concerto No.2)* (Lit. or Spr.)
Anselmo Viola: Concerto in F* (Hein.)
Jan Antonin Kozeluh: Concerto in C* (E.-V.)

Romantic Works

Carl Maria von Weber: Concerto in F, op.75* (C.-B.)
Ludwig Milde: Polonaise (M.R.)
Maurice Ravel: Piece en forme de habanera (1907) (Led.)

20th Century Unaccompanied Works

Gordon Jacob: Partita (O.U.P.)
Ottó Oromszegi: 15 Characteristic Pieces in Hungarian Style (1979) (J.E.)
Joachim Stutschewsky: 3 Pieces (1963) (I.M.I.)
Alfred Goodman: 2 Studies (1973) (Lit.)

20th Century French Works

Noel Gallon: Recit et Allegro (O.L.)
Gabriel Grovlez: Sicillene et Allegro giocoso (Led.)
Pierre Max Dubois: 9 Pieces breves (Cho.)

Other 20th Century Works

Romeo Cascarino: Sonata (1947) (N.B.)
Elliot Schwartz: Romance (1961) (G.M.P.C.)
Halsey Stevens: 3 Pieces (Pet.)
Walter Geiser: Capriccio, op.33a (Mir.)
Karl Birger Blømdahl: Liten Svit (1945) (Ed.S.)
Ellis Kohs: Sonatina (Mer.) and/or other literature of comparable difficulty

EMPHASIS ON:

Continuation of work on previous technical concepts
Applied use of vibrato
Reed making
Exploration of solo, ensemble and orchestral literature for bassoon
Performance of representative literature
Introduction to the contra-bassoon

*indicates availability of accompaniment by orchestra (or other ensemble if designated)

STUDIES:

Marius Piard: 90 Etudes, Volume II, Arpeggios (Cos.)
Franz Wilhelm Ferling: Oboe Studies, op.31 (transcribed for bassoon) (S.M.C.)
Jacques Pierre Joseph Rode: 15 Violin Caprices, op.9 (transcribed for bassoon) (I.M.C.)
Eugene Bozza: Etudes journalieres, op. 64 (1964) (Led.)
Marcel Bitsch: 20 Etudes (1948) (Led.)
Paul Pierné: Textes d'application (1942) (Lem.)
Virginio Bianchi: 12 Studies (G.S.)
Alberto Orefici: Bravura Studies (I.M.C.)
Leo Van de Moortel: 7 Etudes (Mau.)

LITERATURE:
At least one each from the following groups: (Pieces in bold face type should be owned and studied by every student)

Classical Concerti

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto in Bb, K. 191 (1774) (cadenzas by J.W. Guetter)* (Hof.)
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Grand Concerto in F (c.1815)* (M.R.)

Romantic Works

Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata, op.168 (1921) (Dur.)
Peter Ilich Tchaikowsky (arr. I. Kostlan): 5 Pieces, op.10; op.37a; op..40 (originally piano) (Hof.)
Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Win.Waterhouse) Flight of the Bumblebee, op.57 (J.E.)
Maurice Ravel (arr. S. Schoenbach): Alborada del gracioso (1905) (from "Mirrors" for piano) (E.-V.)

20th Century Unaccompanied Works

Willson Osborne: Rhapsody (Pet.)
Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy, op.86 (1966) (Fab.)
Gunter Raphael: Solosonate, op.46: no.4 (1954) (Mul.)
David Cope: 3 Pieces (1967) (Sec.)

20th Century French, Polish and Russian Works with Piano

AlexAndré Tansman: Suite /or/ Sonatine (Esch.)
Eugene Bozza: Fantasie /or/ Nocturne - Danse (Led.)
Henri Dutilleux: Sarabande et Cortege (1942) (Led.)
Alexander Tcherepnine: Sonatine Sportive, op.63 (1943) (Led.)

20th Century American and Canadian Works with Piano

Alvin Etler: Sonata (1952) (A.M.P.)
Alec Wilder: Sonata No.2 (1969) (S.M.C.)
Luigi Zaninelli: Canto (E.-V.)
Jean Coulthard: Lyric Sonatine (1970) (Wat.)

Other 20th Century Works with Piano

Harald Genzmer: Introduction and Allegro (c. 1965) (Lit.)
Emil Petrovics: Passacaglia in Blues (1964) (E.M.)
Ivan Erod: Sonata Milanese (1984) (Dob.)
Julien François Zbinden: Ballade, op.33 (Br.&H.)
Jose Siqueira: 3 Etudes (D.V.f.M.)
Friedrich Zehm: Pentameron (Five Pieces) (Sch.)

20th Century Work with Orchestra

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Ciranda des Sete Notas (1933)* (string orchestra) (Peer)
Gordon Jacob: Concerto* (Wil.)
Arthur Frackenpohl: Concerto (1958)* (band) (R.M.P.)
Ottmar Nussio: Variationi su un' Arietta di Pergolesi (1953)* (string orchestra) (U.E.)
Eugene Bozza: Concertino* (Led.)
Lars Eric Larsson: Concertino, op.45: no.4* (string orchestra) (Geh.)
Dan Welcher: Concerto de Camera (1975)* (E.-V.) and/or other literature of comparable difficulty

EMPHASIS ON:

Exploration of solo, ensemble and orchestral literature for bassoon
Performance of representative literature
Teaching techniques of the bassoon
Continuation of work with the contra-bassoon

*indicates availability of orchestral accompaniment (or other ensemble if designated)

STUDIES:

Kenneth Lowman: 10 Etudes (W.I.M.) (on modes and exotic scales)
Otto Oromszegi: 10 Etudes (E.M.) (on whole tone scale patterns)
Eugene Bozza: 8 Etudes sur des modes Karnatiques (1972) (Led.) (on raga scale patterns)
Giuseppe Ruggiero: 8 Etudes atonales (1972) (led.)
Eugene Bozza: Graphismes (1975) (Led.)

LITERATURE:
At least one each from the following groups: (Pieces in bold face type should be owned and studied by every student)

Unaccompanied 20th Century Works

Harming Schroder: Musik (1957) (Lie.)
Maurice Allard: Variations su run theme de Paganini (Bil.)
Paul Anna: 3 Evolutions (1971) (Cho.) /or/ .4 Resonances (1970) (Bil.)
Antoine Tisne: Soliloquys (1968) (Cho.)
Les Thimmig: 3 Fagotelles (1967) (G.S.)

20th Century French Works with Piano

Jacques Castérède: Fileuse (1961) (Led.)
Alain Bernaud: Hallucinations (1978) (S.E.M.I.)
Eugene Bozza: Shiva (1974) (Led.)
Jacques Charpentier: Grave (1977) (Led.)
Odette Gartenlaub: Sonatine (1959) (E.M.I.)

20th Century French Concerti

Pierre Max Dubois: Concerto Ironico (1968)* (R.R.)
Jean Françaix: Concerto (1979)* (w/11 strings) (Sch.)
Jean Rivier: Concerto (1964)* (Sal.)
André Jolivet: Concerto (1954)* (Heu.)
Henri Tomasi: Concerto (1957)* (Led.)

Other 20th Century Concerti

Michel Leclerc: Concerto (1957)* (Mau.)
Jindrich Feld: Concerto (1960)* (Led.)
Michal Spisak: Concerto (1944)* (Ric.)

Extended Performance Techniques

Bruno Bartolozzi: Collage, Solo No. 4 (1967) (unaccompanied) (in New Sounds for Woodwinds, (O.U.P.)
David Ward-Steinman: Childs Play for bassoon and piano (1973) (Hig.)
Christopher Weait: Variations (1972) (unaccompanied) (H.H.M.)

Studies in Jazz Improvisation

Studies in Baroque Improvisation

Studies in Ethnic Music Appropriate To Bassoon Performance

and/or other literature and materials of comparable difficulty

EMPHASIS ON:

Techniques of performance
Extended performance techniques (multiphonics, special effects, etc.)
Programming and musical presentation
Improvisatory techniques in jazz, Baroque, contemporary and ethnic music
Performance of representative literature

*indicates availability of orchestral accompaniment (or other ensemble if designated)

Bassoon and Strings

Carl Almenräder: Air varié ancien for bassoon and string trio
Wilson Coker: Concertino (1959) for bassoon and string trio
Franz Danzi: 3 Quartets, op.40 (1815) for bassoon and string trio
Jean Françaix: Divertissement for Bassoon and String Quartet (1944)
Hans Gal: Divertissement, op.90: no.1 for bassoon, violin and cello
Bernhard Heiden: Serenade (1955) for bassoon and string trio
Frantisek V. Krommer [Kramer]: Quartet in Bb, op. 46: no. 1 for bassoon, 2 violas and cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Bassoon and Cello in Bb, K.292

Woodwind Quintet

Samuel Barber: Summer Music, op.31
Eugene Bozza: Scherzo, op.48 Variations sur un theme libre, op.42
Elliott Carter: Woodwind Quintet (1948)
Ingolf Dahl: Allegro and Arioso (1942)
Alvin Etler: Quintet No.2 for Winds (1957)
Irving Fine: Partita (1948)
Jean Françaix: Quintette (1948)
Paul Hindemith: Kleine kammermusik, op.24: no.2 (1922)
Darius Milhaud: La Cheminee du Roi Rene (194)
Carl Nielsen: Quintet for Winds, op.43 (1922)
Anton Reicha: Quintet in Eb, op.88: no.2
Gunther Schuller: Woodwind Quintet (1958)

Other Chamber Ensembles

Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet, op.20; Trio Concertante in G for Flute, Bassoon and
Piano, WoO.37
Eugene Bozza: Duettino for 2 Bassoons Divertissement for 3 Bassoons
Johannes Brahms: Serenade in A for small orchestra, op. 16
Elliott Carter: 8 Etudes and a Fantasy for Woodwind Quartet (1950)
Paul Chihara: Branches for Percussionist and 2 Bassoons (1966)
Michel Corrette: "le Phenix" Concerto for Bassoon solo, 2 Bassoons and Continuo in D (1738)
Jean Françaix: Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
André Jolivet: Pastorales de noel for Flute, Bassoon and Harp (1943)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in Eb for Piano and Winds, K.452; Serenade No. 12 in c minor, K.388
Boris Pillin: Scherzo for Woodwind Quartet (1969)
Francis Poulenc: Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet (1932) Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon (1922) Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon (1926)
Franz Peter Schubert: Octet, op. 166
William Schuman: Quartettino for 4 Bassoons (1939)
Igor Stravinsky: I'Histoire du Soldat (1918 Octet for Wind Instruments (1923)
Georg Philipp Telemann: Quartet in d minor for bassoon, 2 flutes and continuo (from "Tafelmusik")
Ernst Toch: 5 Pieces for Winds and Percussion, op.83 (1959); Sonatinetta for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon, op. 84 (1959
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileras No.6 for Flute and Bassoon (1938); Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon (1921)
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Sonata No. 5 in F for 2 oboes, bassoon and continuo (1723)

Henk Badings: Concerto for Bassoon, Contrabassoon and Wind Symphony
Boris Blacher: Konzertstucke for Wind Quintet and Orchestra
Alvin Etler: Concerto for Wind Quintet and Orchestra
Franz Joseph Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Bassoon, Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Hob. I: No. 105
Paul Hindemith: Concerto for Trumpet, Bassoon and Strings (1949) Concerto for Harp, Woodwinds and Orchestra
Frank Martin: Concerto for Seven Winds, Timpani, Percussion and String Orchestra (1949)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Hom and Orchestra, K.297b
Richard Strauss: Duett-Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon and Orchestra (1947)

Besides procuring the complete parts of difficuIt and important pieces, there are a number of good collections of excerpts in the following publications:

Ed. by V. Pezzi: from the works of Ilich Tchaikowsky (E.-V.)
Ed. by C. Stadio: Orchestra] Excerpts (Ric.)
Ed. by F. Righini: The Bassoon in the Orchestra (Rig-)
Ed. by S. Schoenbach: 20th Century Orchestra Studies (G.S.)
Ed. by G. Angerhofer: from Russian works (Hof.)
Ed. by Boehm: from the works of Richard Strauss (I.M.C.)
Ed. by Albert: from operas and concert works of Richard Wagner (I.M.C.)

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I.M.I..... Israeli Music Institute, Tel Aviv (from B.&H.)
J.E..... June Emerson Ed , Ampleforth, York, England
K..... Neil A. Kjos Music Co., Park Ridge, Illinois
Ken.....Kendor Music, Inc., Delevan, New York
Led.....Alphonse Leduc, Paris (from S.M.C.; from Th.P.)
Lem..... Henri Lemoine & Cie., Paris (from Th.P.)
Lie...... Robt. Lienau, Berlin (from Pet.)
Lit..... Henri Litolff Verlag, Frankfurt (from Pet.)
Mau..... J. Maurer, Brussels
Mer...... Merrymount Music Press / Mercury Music Corp., New York (from Th.P.)
M.R..... Musica Rara, London (from Rub.)
Mul..... Willy Muller, Heidelburg (from Pet.)
N..... O.Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven, Germany (from Pet.)
N.B..... Norman Bell Music Press, River Edge, New Jersey
Nov..... Novello & Co., Ltd., Sevenoaks, Kent, England (from Th.P.)
N.W.M ......New Wind Music, London (from B.&H.)
O.L .....I'Oiseau Lyre Ed., Paris (from Broude Bros., Inc., New York)
O.U.P..... Oxford University Press, London & New York
P.A...... ProArt Music Publications, Inc., New York (from Bel.)
Pat...... Paterson's Publications Ltd., London (from C.F.)
P.W.M..... Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, Warsaw (from Bel.)
Peer..... Peer-Southem Organization, New York
Pet..... C.F. Peters Corp., New York
R.D..... Roger Dean Publishing Co., Macomb, Illinois
R.F..... Robert Forberg Verlag, Bad Godesberg, Germany (from Pet.)
Ric..... G Ricordi & Co., Milan (from G.S.)
Rig..... Fernando Righini, Florence (from Allegro Woodwind Supply, Cincinnati)
R.M.P..... Rochester Music Photocopy, Rochester, NY
R.R..... Ed. Rideau Rouge, Paris (from Th.P.)
Rub..... Rubank, Inc., Miami, Florida
Sal..... Salabert Ed., Paris (from G.S.)
Sch..... B. Schott's Sohne, Mainz, W. Germany (from E.A.M.)
Sch.-L .....Schott & Co., Ltd., London (from E.A.M.)
See..... Seesaw Music, Inc., New York
S.E.M.I..... Societe d'Editions Musicales Internationales, Paris (from Peer)
Sh.P..... Shawnee Press, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania
Sik..... Musikverlag Hans Sikorski, Hamburg (from G.S.)
Sim..... N. Simrock, Hamburg (from G.S.)
S.M.C . Southern Music Co., San Antonio, Texas
Spr..... Jack Spratt Woodwind Shop, Old Greenwich, Connecticut
Sym..... Symphonia Verlag, Basel (from Pet.)
Ten..... Tenuto Press (from Th.P.)
Th.P..... Theodore Presser, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
U.E..... Universal Edition, Vienna (from E.A.M.)
Wat..... Waterloo Music Co. Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario
Wil..... Jos. Williams, Ltd., London (from Gal.)
W.I.M..... Western International Music, Los Angeles
Wimb..... Wimbledon Music, Inc., Century City, California

About the writer ...

Alan Leech has taught at Montana State University in Bozeman since 1972. He was heard in Las Vegas at the last I.D.R.S. Conference with his wife as the duo musiCollage. He also performs on a variety of instruments as a member of the Montana Consort, a unique mixed ensemble that performs classical, jazz and world musics which has become well known throughout the Northwest U.S. for its delightfully innovative programming.

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