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| Unaccompanied Oboe Repertoire Since 1900
Aboulker, Isabelle (b. 1938)
Publisher: Chappell
Dedicated to Tom Stacy. High E flats and Fs. No rests, tempo of quarter equals 54, and therefore requires a lot of endurance. Continually explores the instrument's entire register. Ends on low B pianissimo and diminuendos to nothing. Timing: 3' 30" Oboration was originally written as one of four studies for a multi-woodwind player. It can be performed as written individually or with its companion studies. Adler also mentions that it can be played by both oboe and english horn simultaneously creating parallel fifths. When and how much the english horn plays is up to the performer. Both parts can be played by as many instruments as desired. Good for advanced high school or young college student. Balocco (1960) Lento Allegretto Lento Vivo Andante con moto Molto lento Allegro moderato deciso Dedicated to Gé van Koten. Seven movements all attacca, but they seem good for independent performance. Good for performance-major college student. A flower song II (1964) To Pauline O (1995) Timing: 8 minutes Written for Pauline Oostenrijk, a dutch oboist won 1991 Netherlands Music Prize, 1991 Gillet Competition. Eight minutes and no rests. Technically demanding. Every 12 measures is a fermata that entones Lauda Sion, a medieval sequence used in the Catholic liturgy. An impressive technical feat for the brave performer. Circular breathing while tonguing seems implied. Five Likes (1969) Sonatine (1964) Divertimento No. 7 [transcription of Six Pieces for Solo Voice] Publisher: Presser
Soliloque
Trois Regards Alex I Interlude I Alex II Interlude II Alex III Timing: 13 minutes The first movement, Alex I, was written while Asia was an undergraduate in the 1971. Alex Klein asked for an oboe work in the early 90s, metioning the possibility of adding to Alex. Haunting and lovely very playable. Advanced college student. Alex I is four minutes in duration and includes three downward quartet-tone pitch bends: two on A 4 and one on B flat 4. Feathered beam notation is used to show gradual note-length changes in a particular amount of beats. There is a recording of Alex Klein playing Alex I on Asia's website. All movements require great stamina and technical finesse. Fun to practice. Three Pieces (1968) Solfeggietto No. 4 (1968) Arabesque (1992) Variations (1953) Publisher: Norsk Musikforlag A/S The standard extended technique work for the oboe. More later. Snake [also for Ob] (1990) Three Moods (1979) Posthumus Leonatus Publisher: Oxford Timing: 7 minutes Requires composer permission for performance. Bialosky, Marshall Thirteen Aphorisms and a Summary Publisher: Sanjo Music (1982) As the title implies, there are thirteen short musical ideas of varying characters. The pauses between the movements are timed (2 seconds or 3 seconds usually). No. 3 has a multiphonic (fingering given), No. 4 contains quasi fluttertonguing, No. 11 has pitch bends down and back. The summary (called Collage Finale) has humming while playing (if possible, if not add a singer singing the pitch). The finale juxtaposes returns to the previous aphorisms. Kithairon (1989-91) Timing: 6 minutes Lento Con ira e furia Allegro risoluto Castanié, Gerard
Et in Arcadia Ego, Vol 1 Publisher: United Music Publishers
Castiglioni, Niccolò (1932-1996)
Alef (1965)
Publisher: Schott
Recordings: Heinz Holliger (Philips 6500-202) paired with Berio Omar Zoboli (Divox) Alef was written for Heinz Holliger and includes chance elements. There are six pages each labeled with various letters and numbers. Castiglioni gives six order possibilites based on these labels. Similar to the Berio Sequenza in style and use of extended techniques, such as harmonics and trills with harmonics. Cut-out score. Includes fast tonguing and trilling. Chandler, Mary (1911-1996) Summer's Lease (1981) Publisher: Phylloscopus
Chávez, Carlos (1899-1978)
Upingos (1957)
Publisher: Carlanita
Timing: 4 minutes Short ternary form (ABA) work. The melodies have the feeling of Mexican folk melodies (if not actually folk melodies). The A section is in 3/8, while the B is in 2/4 and in A Phrygian. The piece could be used as a simple work for teaching purposes. Childs, Barney (1926-2000) Five Little Soundpieces (1959) Publisher: Tritone
Four Involutions (1955)
Publisher: Tritone; Available from Presser
Sonata (1958) Timing: 7 minutes Bounding Silencing Spacings and Echoes Scotch-Poppers Barcarolle Homage to Robert Ward (moto perpetuo) Publisher: Self-published Free PDF!
Davies, Peter Maxwell (b. 1934)
First Grace of Light (1991) La cigale et la fourmie Lettre d'amour Fugue à trois voix Berceuse Légerdemain
Timing: 12 minutes 20 seconds Premiered by Heinz Holliger, and has been used in the Gillet competition. Very technical, and requires an accomplished conservatory oboist or professional.
Douglas, Paul M. (b. 1936)
Senia (1977)
Publisher: Nova
Downey, John Soliloquy Publisher: Theodore Presser
Durey, Louis (1888-1979)
3 Pieces breves (1974)
Publisher: Billaudot
Ebenhöh, Horst (b. 1930)
Sonatine (1981) Vivo Adagio Allegro molto Molto vivace Publisher: Doblinger
Edwards, Ross (b. 1943)
Two Pieces (1998) Yanada Ulpirra Publisher: Ricordi London
Ekström, Lars (b. 1956)
Den accelererande isbiten (1988) Publisher: Swedish Music Information Centre
Exton, John
Three Pieces (1972) Publisher: Chester
Ficarelli, Mario (b. 1935)
Quatro Esboços (1993) Publisher: Brazilian Music Enterprises Publisher: Oxford Genzmer, Harald (1907-2007) 7 Studies (Capriccios) Publisher: Schott Publisher: Israeli Music Publications Hartley, Walter (b. 1927) Three Pieces (1966) Elegy (Monologue 12) (1979) Publisher: Doblinger
Monologue 2: Five Sketches for Oboe Solo (1964)
Timing: approx. 12 minutes Five interesting contrasting atonal movements. Medium difficulty with a good amount of octave displacement, minor seconds, and tritones. Studie über Mehrklänge (1971)
Publisher: Breitkopf
Studie II (1981)
H übler, Klaus K. (b. 1956)
Grave e sfrenato (1985) Publisher: Breitkopf Fanfare Echo Mobile Monologue Fountain
Publisher: Simrock Timing: 8 1/2 minutes Explores extreme range of the instrument regularly, i. e. Bb3 to A6. Slow tempo (eighth 69-72). Requires extreme endurance and mental stamina. A few slides between half-step pitches. No bar lines.
Jackman, Andrew
Circus Publisher: Emerson EditionJacob, Gordon (1895-1984) Seven Bagatelles (1969) March Elegy Waltz Slow Air Limerick Chinese Tune Galop Interesting, but challenging to make sound cohesive. Good for high school player. Three Waltzes and a Foxtrot Solosonate [or d'amore] (1984) Inner Voices Timing: 8 minutes 30 seconds Commissioned by Petrea Warneck and eleven other oboists in memory of John Mack. Premiered in 2007 at IDRS Conference in Ithaca, NY. Laughlin, James Dance... She Waits Publisher: Shawnee Press Timing: 7 minutes Lunde is a Norwegian oboist and composer. This work was composed during the summer of 1980 while the composer was in Wisconsin. Premiered in the fall of 1982 in Oslo, Norway at the Festival of Nordic Music. Akrostikon is Norwegian for acrostic. Like an acrostic, each new section, marked by dotted bar line, begins with the next pitch in the 12-tone row used as the basis for the piece. Notes values are a guide rather than to be strictly played. A good piece to explore extended techniques: multiphonics, harmonics, pitch bending, tremolos (shakes). A logical and interesting work with cool colors and purposeful sounding modern techniques.
Three Short Pieces (1970) Publisher: SkylineL üttmann, Reinhard M édiation I: Fantasie sur un th ème de plain-chant choralbearbeitung (1973) Publisher: United Music Publishers Timing: 6 minutes Starts with chant. Haunting, with beautiful colors. Uses harmonics, but does not give fingerings. I can give you the fingerings.
Maderna, Bruno (1920-1973)
Solo [double on d'amore, EH, and musette] (1971) Publisher: United Music Publishers
Madsen, Trygve (b. 1940)
De Fire Riker [The Four Kingdoms] (1982-83)
Tre pezzi (1990)
Publisher: Curci
Serenade No. 14 Publisher: Elkan-Vogel; Available from Presser Presser, William Eight Brevities Publisher: Tritone/Tentuo; Available from Theodore Presser Racol, Maurice
Les Plaintes d'Ariadne Publisher: United Music Publishers Rochberg, George Three Cadenzas to Mozart Oboe Concerto K. 314 Publisher: Theodore Presser Sibbing, Robert Four Pieces Publisher: Tritone/Tenuto; Available from Presser Horae Volubiles
Six Études (1986-97)
Publisher: Édition du Hautbois Dedicated to Pierre Pierlot and Jacques Tys. Popular etudes for concert performances. All the etudes are musical interpretations of famous paintings. Technically difficult and tonally oriented. Show pieces that can be played together, in groups, or singally.
Paysage avec Pyrame et Thisbe
Publisher: Rigoutat
Liten pastorale-suite (1975)
Publisher: MIC Norway In Freundschaft (1977) Written for Suzanne Stephens for her birthday, July 28, 1977. Translations of the German words in the score is included in the back. Stockhausen says that this work should be played from memory. Difficult, but playable. Includes many trills (including on high notes, e. g. E) and fluttertongue. Stockhausen also asks that the player move the instrument up and down in relation to the size of intervals played. More approachable than the Berio. Strilko, Anthony (b. 1931) Music for Oboe Alone (pub. 1967) Timing: 10 minutes Dedicated to Bert Lucarelli. 7 short contrasting movements. Useful for high-school player exploring twentieth-century music without special effects. The last movement remembers the first. Swain, Freda (1902-1985)
Three Whimsies [are these two pieces the same?] Publisher: Bourne Fantasy Suite Quattro Monologhi Suita Zakopiańska (1996) Publisher: Oxford
Thorsen, Frode
Fantasia (1982) Zaffini, Clément
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