Etudes

26 Melodic Studies by Graham Sheen (Emerson Edition Ltd.)

Etudes 13-22 fit this range

Solos (short tunes without accompaniment)

Blue Moon Bassoon by Amanda J. Turley

Chapter 10: At the Symphony tunes 77, 79, 81

Chapter 13: Out West tune 95, 102-103 (tenor clef)

Chapter 14: Wolfie and the Gang tunes 108-111

Solos (Collections)

A Miscellany for Bassoon, Book II – Eleven Moderately Easy Pieces by Michael Rose (The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music)

Scena (unaccompanied)     Range: low F to upper F

Square Dance     Range: low C to upper C

Intermezzo     Range: low C to high G

Baroque Sonatas, Volume I arranged and edited by Lazlo Hara and Oliver Nagy (Editio Music Budapest)

Sonata in G minor for Violoncello and Continuo by Benedetto Marcello    Range: low G to high G

Sonata in F major for Recorder and continuo, TWV: 41: F2 by Georg Philipp Telemann Publisher: Amadeus Verlag     Range: low F to high G

Sonata in Bb major for Violoncello, RV 46 by Antonio Vivaldi     Range: low Eb to high Ab

Classic Experience Collection (Cramer Music, London) Favorite Classical Themes Arranged for Bassoon and Piano by Jerry Lanning

Air on the G String from Suite No. 3 by J.S. Bach     Range: middle E to high G

Canon by Johann Pachelbel     Range: low G to high G

Chanson Boheme from Carmen by Georges Bizet      Range: low A to high F#

Chorale Symphony (Ode to Joy) from Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven     Range: low G to high G

Farandole from  L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2 by Georges Bizet     Range: middle D to high G

Gymnopedie No. 1 by Erik Satie     Range: middle D to high G

Largo from Symphony No. 9 by Antonin Dvorak     Range: middle C to high G

Pavane by Gabriel Faure     Range: middle C# to high G

Scene from Swan Lake by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky     Range: middle C to upper F#

Spring from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi     Range: middle C to high G

Turkish Rondo from Piano Sonata in A by W. A. Mozart     Range: middle C# to high F#

Master Solos Intermediate Level – Bassoon (Hal Leonard Publishing Corp.)

Reverie from Two Sketches by Edmund J. Siennicki    Range: low E to upper C

Chanson Triste by Peter Tchaikovsky     Range: low F to high Ab (includes tenor clef)

NYSSMA Folio for Bassoonists (Jack Spratt Music Co.)

Canzona by G. B. Pergolesi (arr. Clifford P. Barnes)     Range: low G to high Gb (optional high A)

Romance by J. P. Duport     Range: low F# to high G

Second Book of Bassoon Solos – Bassoon and Piano, edited and arranged by Lyndon Hilling and Walter Bergmann (Faber Music)

1 Sinfonia from Cantata No. 156 by J.S. Bach     Range: middle C to upper G (some tenor clef)

3. March from Cantata No. 26 by J.S. Bach      Range: middle C to high G (all in tenor clef, includes ornaments)

7. Air from Sonata No. 6 by J.C. Schickhardt    Range: middle C to high G

10. Prelude from F. J. Haydn’s String Trios    Range: low G to high G (some tenor clef)

11. Menuet from F.J. Haydn’s String Trios     Range: low C to high G (some tenor clef)

12. Finale from F.H. Haydn’s String Trios      Range: low F to high G (some tenor clef)

13. Aria “Dalla Sua Pace” from Don Giovanni by W.A. Mozart    Range: middle D to high G

14. Larghetto from Sonatina for Violin and Piano, Op. 100 by A. Dvorak    Range: low G to high G

15. Album Leaf from Book One of Lyric Pieces by E. Grieg    Range: low G to high G

Solos for the Bassoon Player selected and edited/arranged by Sol Schoenbach (G. Schirmer, Inc. distributed by Hal Leonard Corp.)

Berceuse from The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky     Range: middle D# to high Ab

Adagio from Sextet, Op. 71 by Ludwig van Beethoven     Range: low F to high G

Romanza “Una furtiva lagrima” from L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti     Range: middle F to high Ab

10 Bassoon Concertos for bassoon and string orchestra by Antonio Vivaldi edited by Sol Schoenbach, piano reduction by William Winstead (G. Schirmer, Inc. distributed by Hal Leonard Corp.) Volume I

Concerto in A minor, RV 497     Range: low C to high G  (this concerto is also listed as F. VIII No. 7, Pincherle 72, and M. 72)

Concerto in C major, RV 477     Range: low C to high G  (this concerto is also listed as F. VIII No. 13, Pincherle 46, and M. 224)

10 Bassoon Concertos for bassoon and string orchestra by Antonio Vivaldi edited by Sol Schoenbach, piano reduction by William Winstead (G. Schirmer, Inc. distributed by Hal Leonard Corp.) Volume II

Concerto in G major, RV 495     Range: low C to high G  (this concerto is also listed as F. VIII No. 23, Pincherle 384, and M. 269)

Time Pieces for Bassoon, Volume 2 arranged by Ian Denley (The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music)

Vivace from Sonata No. 2 in G by Johann Ernst Galliard     Range: low D to high G

Bagatelle, Op. 119, No. 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven     Range: low A to high G

Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen (No, it is not possible) from Liebeslieder Waltzer, Op. 52 by Johannes Brahms     Range: low G to high G

Une larme (A Teardrop) by Modest Mussorgsky     Range: middle C to high Ab

The Teddy Bears’ Picnic by John W. Bratton     Range: low Bb to upper F

Dance of the Young Maidens from Gayane by Aram Khachaturian     Range: middle B to upper E

Minuet from Suite in the Old Style by Alfred Schnittke     Range: low G to high Ab

Solos (Individual Pieces)

Adagio and Allegro by Benedetto Marcello (arr. Lyle Merriman) Publisher: Southern Music Co.    Range: low G to high G

Alborada – “Dawn Song” by Gordon Goodwin, Publisher: Southern Music Co.     Range: middle C# to high Gb

Caprice No. 20 from 24 Caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 by Nicolo Paganini (arr. David R. Werden) Publisher: Cimarron Music Press    Range: low G to high G

Concertino in Bb major for bassoon and orchestra, Perger 52/5 by Michael Haydn [piano reduction] Publisher: Ludwig Doblinger     Range: low F to high G

Concerto in D major for bassoon and orchestra by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (Leonard Sharrow, editor) Publisher: International Music Co.     Range: low E to high G

Concerto in C Major, GWV 301 for bassoon, strings, and harpsichord by Christoph Graupner (Felix Schroeder, editor) Publisher: Verlag Thomi-Berg Planegg Bei Munchen    Range: low Bb to high G (some tenor clef)

Concerto in C major for bassoon and strings by Johann Baptist Georg Neruda Publisher: Musica Rara    Range: low Bb to high G (Ab)

Concerto in C major for bassoon and orchestra by Johann Baptist Vanhal (K.W. Schwamberger, editor) Publisher: Simrock    Range: low D to high G

Deux Caprices En Forme de Valse pour bassoon and piano, strings, or harp by Paul Bonneau Publisher: Alphonse Leduc    Range: low D to high G

“Galatea Dry Thy Tears” from Acis and Galatea by G.F. Handel (arr. Ronald Dishinger) Publisher: Medici Music Press    Range: middle F to high G

“Happy, Thou Art My Bliss” from Acis and Galatea by G.F. Handel (arr. Ronald Dishinger) Publisher: Medici Music Press    Range: middle C to high G

I Fagott by Clare Hounsell Publisher: Clare Hounsell Music     Range: low Eb to high G

Impromptu, Op. 35, No. 9 for bassoon and piano by Reinhold Gliere (Simon Kovar, editor) Publisher: International Music Co.     Range: low Bb to high Ab

“Let Our Glad Songs” from Deborah by G.F. Handel (arr. Ronald Dishinger) Publisher: Medici Music Press    Range: middle D to high G

Prelude from Prelude and Fugue BWV 537 by J.S. Bach (arr. Ronald Dishinger) Publisher: Medici Music Press     Range: middle B to high G

Sonata Op. 3, no. 4 in G minor for bassoon or cello and basso continuo by Luigi Merci (Nancy Hadden, editor) Publisher: Schott Music     Range: low G to high G

Sonata in A minor, Op. 26, No. 2 for bassoon, cello, or gamba and figured bass by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (Ronald Tyree, editor) Publisher: Breitkopf & Haertel/Musica Rara     Range: low C to high G

Sonata in G minor, Op. 26, No. 5 for bassoon, cello, or gamba and figured bass by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (Fernand Oubradous, editor) Publisher: Masters Music Publications    Range: low D to high G

Sonata in F minor for bassoon and continuo, TWV: 41: F1 by Georg Philipp Telemann (Winfried Michel, editor) Publisher: Amadeus Verlag     Range: low C to high G

Sonata in F minor for bassoon and continuo, TWV: 41: F1 by Georg Philipp Telemann (Simon Kovar and Robert Veyron-Lacroix, editors) Publisher: International Music Co.     Range: low C to high G

Sonate in C major for bassoon, piano, and continuo, FAWV N:C1 by Johann Friedrich Fasch Publishers: Universal Edition, C.F. Peters, Bocal Music    Range: low C to high G

Sonata in Bb major, K. 292 by W.A. Mozart (William Waterhouse, editor) Publisher: Chester Music    Range: low F to high G (some tenor clef)

Six Sonatas for bassoon and basso continuo by Johann Ernst Galliard Publisher: International Music Co.     Range: low C to high G

Suite of Pieces for bassoon and continuo from Op. 40 by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (arr. Robert Thompson) Publisher: Shawnee Press Inc.      Range: low G to high G

The Lion from “In the African Jungle” HWV 136 by G.F. Handel (arr. Ronald Dishinger) Publisher: Medici Music Press    Range: low C to high Ab

Two Sonatas, opus 50, nos. 4-5 for bassoon and orchestra by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (Kim Walker, editor) Publisher: Breitkopf & Haertel     Range: low D to high G

Two Suites BWV 1007-1008 by J.S. Bach (arr. Paul Cammarota) Publisher: G. Schirmer     Range: low C to high G

Variations on Au Clair de la lune for bassoon and orchestra by Francois Rene Gebauer (Alexandre Ouzounoff, editor) Publisher: Editions Salabert     Range: low G to high G