Flute repertory
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Flute repertory is the general term for pieces composed for flute (particularly Western concert flute) and often played by flautists. The following list is incomplete. It also does not generally include works originally written for other instruments and subsequently transcribed, adapted, or arranged for flute, unless such piece is very common in the repertory, in which case it is listed with its original instrumentation noted.
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[edit] Flute Alone
- Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy
- CPE Bach: Sonata in a minor
- J.S. Bach: Partita in a minor
- Luciano Berio: Sequenza
- Eugène Bozza: Image, Graphismes
- James Code: Andante and Allegro
- Claude Debussy: Syrinx
- Paul Hindemith: Acht Stucke
- Arthur Honegger: Danse de la Chevre
- Katherine Hoover: Kokopeli, Winter Spirits
- Alan Hovhaness: Sonata
- Jacques Ibert: Piece
- Gordon Jacob: The Pied Piper
- Andre Jolivet: Incantation
- Lowell Liebermann: Soliloquy
- Otto Luening: Suites 1-5
- Robert Muczynski: Three Preludes
- Carl Nielsen: The Children are Playing
- Georg Philipp Telemann: Twelve Fantasias, Three Suites
- Edgard Varèse: Density 21.5
[edit] Solo Flute with Piano
Pieces with an "(O)" originally for flute and orchestra. Title addenda such as "for flute and piano," and opus numbers omitted unless necessary for identification.
- J.S. Bach: Sonatas BWV 1030-1035, 1038-1039 (disputed authorship)
- Samuel Barber: Canzone (originally from 2d movement of Piano Concerto)
- Ernest Bloch: Suite Modale
- Theobald Böhm: Grande Polonaise
- Eldin Burton: Sonatina
- Cécile Chaminade: Concertino
- Aaron Copland: Duo
- Franz Doppler: Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise
- Henri Dutilleux: Sonatine
- Gabriel Fauré: Morceau de Concours, Fantasy
- César Franck: Sonata
- Charles T. Griffes: Poem (O)
- Gabriel Grovlez: Romance and Scherzo
- Howard Hanson: Serenade
- Paul Hindemith: Sonata
- Georges Hue: Fantasie
- Jacques Ibert: Concerto (o)
- Kent Kennan: Night Soliloquy
- Lowell Liebermann: Sonata
- Saverio Mercadante: Concerto in e (O)
- Olivier Messiaen: Le Merle Noir
- W.A. Mozart; Flute Concerto in G (O)
- W.A. Mozart; Flute Concerto in D (O)
- Carl Nielsen: Concerto (O)
- Francis Poulenc: Sonata
- Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata in D (originally for violin)
- Carl Reinecke: "Undine" Sonata, Concerto in D (O)
- Christopher Rouse: Concerto (O)
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Romance, Airs de Ballet d'Ascanio
- Schubert: Trockne Blumen Variations
- Paul Taffanel: Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino
- Daniel Theaker: Flute Concerto No.1, Op. 17b (O)
- Joan Tower: Flute Concerto (O)
- Telemann: Suite in A minor (originally for flute and strings)
[edit] Flute Quartet
- Daniel Theaker: Flute Quartets 1-3 (Op.6, 7 & 10)
[edit] Flute and Other Instruments
- Code: Three Duets (flute and bassoon)
- Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp
- Rochberg: Slow Fires of Autumn (Ukiyo-e II) (flute and harp)
[edit] Orchestral Exerpts
Many pieces for full or chamber orchestra include parts for one or more flutes. These "orchestral excerpts" are popular requirements in musical auditions for flute positions, and are often assigned individually as part of flute studies.
[edit] Collections
- John Wummer, "Orchestral Excerpts from the Symphonic Repertoire," Volumes I-IX, published by International Music Company. This nine volume 1967 collection contains some 500 pages of flute music, comprising the distinctive flute parts from the majority of the most frequently performed concert pieces to that date.
- Jeanne Baxtresser (with piano reductions by Martha Rearick), "Orchestral Excerpts for Flute with Piano Accompaniment," published by Theodore Presser Company. Although containing many of the same excerpts as the Wummer collection, Ms. Baxtresser's more modern collection is enhanced by her own commentary on the material, as well as an included recording of the excerpts.
- As electronic reproduction of media expands, comprehensive orchestral excerpt collections may now be found on CD-ROM.
[edit] Famous Excerpts
- J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Mass in B Minor, St. Matthew Passion, Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio, St. John Passion, Cantata No. 46, Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor
- Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9, Leonore Overture, Choral Fantasy
- Berg: Kammerkonzert
- Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, The Roman Carnival Overture, Benvenuto Cellini, Romeo and Juliet, Menuet des Follets
- Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites No. 1 & 2, Entracte from Carmen
- Blacher: Orchestral Variations on a theme by Paganini
- Borodin: Polovetzian Dances
- Brahms: Symphonies 1-4, Variations on a theme by Haydn
- Bruckner: Symphonies No. 1-9
- Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Jeux, Iberia, La Damoiselle Elue, Rondes de Printemps, Printemps, La Mer, Nocturnes
- Dukas: La Peri, The Sorceror's Apprentice
- Dvořák: Carnival Overture, Symphony No. 2, 4, 8, 9
- Elgar: Enigma Variations
- Gluck: Menuet and Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orpheus
- Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Harmonie der Welt, Nobilissima Visione, Symphonic Metamorphoses, Sinfonietta in E, Symphonia Serena, Kammermusik
- Liszt: Les Preludes, Piano Concerto No. 1
- Mahler: Symphonies 1-10, Das Lied von der Erde. Kindertotenlieder
- Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, 4, Ruy Blas Overture, Overture and Scherzo & Notturno from Midsummer Night's Dream
- Milhaud: Suite Symphonique No. 2
- Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain, Introduction to Khovanchtina
- Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Lieutenant Kije Suite, Romeo and Juliet, Classical Symphony, Symphony No. 5
- Ravel: La Valse, Daphnis et Chloe, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Concerto for the Left Hand, Rapsodie Espagnole, Ma Mere l'Oye, Bolero
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture, Scheherazade, Le Coq d'Or Suite, Antar, Capriccio Espagnol
- Rossini: La Gazza Ladra Overture, Il Turco in Italia Overture, Semiramide Overture, William Tell Overture
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, Carnival of the Animals
- Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony
- Schumann: Symphony No. 1
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1, 5
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 2, 5, 7
- Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture, The Moldau
- Richard Strauss: Salome's Dance, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
- Stravinsky: Song of the Nightengale, Jeu de Cartes, The Firebird, Petrouchka, The Rite of Spring, Symphony in C, Dumbarton Oaks Concerto, Fireworks, Chant du Rossignol
- Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-6, Variations on a Theme Rococo, Mozartiana Suite, Francesca da Rimini, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker Ballet
- Vaughan Williams: London Symphony
- Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani Overture, La Forza del Destino Overture, Requiem
- Wagner: Parsifal Overture
- Weber: Oberon Overture
[edit] References
James J. Pellerite, "A Handbook of Literature for the Flute," Zalo Publications, ISBN 0-931200-69-5. All major pieces up to 1978 are listed, with author's personal difficulty gradings and short descriptions.
[edit] External links
- Flute World, based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA, maintains a commercial website with the largest single collection of flute music available online.
