Methods

The First Complete Weissenborn Bassoon Method and Studies, Op. 8 Vols. 1 and 2, edited by Frank Morelli (Carl Fischer)

Lessons XXI – XXVI (pages 108-136) fit within the range of low Bb to high C. The lessons include exercises in a variety of meters and rhythms, duets, as well as excerpts from the orchestral repertoire.

Note: The last two lessons in this method (pages 137-144) extend the range up to E5, the top space on the treble staff.

Etudes

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

Etudes 23-26 fit this range.

Solos (Collections)

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

Berceuse from the Dolly Suite by Gabriel Faure     Range: low A to high A

Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy     Range: middle C# to high B

Nessun Dorma from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini     Range: middle D to high A

Oh! Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini     Range: middle E to high A

Romeo and Juliet Overture – Fantasy by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky     Range: middle C to high B

Scheherazade Third Movement by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov     Range: middle D to high B

The Swan by Camille Saint-Saens     Range: middle B to high A

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

Arioso and Humoreske by Julius Weissenborn     Range: low C to high A

Menuetto from Piano Sonata No. 11, Op. 22 by Ludwig van Beethoven     Range: low D to high Bb

Two Impromptus by Edmund Siennicki     Range: low Eb to high A

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

6. Largo from Sonata in C by F. Barsanti     Range: middle D to high A (some tenor clef)

9. Allegro con Spirito (transcription of first movement from Sonata, op. 16 No. 5) by J.C. Bach    Range: low G to high A

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

Es ist vollbracht from St. John Passion by J. S. Bach     Range: middle D to high B

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas      Range: low C to high A

Entr’acte from Carmen by Georges Bizet     Range: low G to high Bb

Four Excerpts from Pictures at an Exhibition     Range: low G# to high B

First Movement from Symphony No. 4, Op. 36 by Peter I. Tchaikovsky    Range: low Bb to high C

Second Movement from Symphony No. 4, Op. 36 by Peter I. Tchaikovsky     Range: low A to high Bb

Third Movement from Symphony No. 5, Op. 64 by Peter I. Tchaikovsky     Range: low A to high A

Cool from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein     Range: low C to high B

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

Shepherd’s Hey by Percy Grainger     Range: low D to high A

Solos (Individual Pieces)