List of Compositions Featuring the Contrabassoon

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Orchestral Music

Scores Available featuring the Contrabassoon

  • Bach, Johann Sebastian
-Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (ad lib)
-Johannespassion, BWV 245 (St. John's Passion, ad lib)
  • Bartók, Béla
-The Miraculous Mandarin
-Kossuth, Sz.21
-Violin Concerto, No.2, Sz.112
-Concerto for Orchestra, Sz.116
-Suite No.1, Op.3
-2 Images, Op.10
  • Bax, Arnold
-The Garden of Fand
-November Woods
-Symphony No.1 (originally for Contrabass Sarrusophone)
-Symphony No.2
-Symphony No.3
-Symphony No.4
-Symphony No.6
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van
-Symphony No.5, Op.67
-Fidelio, Op.72
-Missa solemnis, Op.123 (ad lib)
-Symphony No.9, Op.125 ("Choral")
  • Berg, Alban
-7 frühe Lieder (1907)
-5 Orchesterlieder, Op.4 (1912)
-3 Orchesterstücke, Op.6 (1914-15)
-Der Wein (1929)
-Lulu (Opera) (1929-34)
-Lulu Suite (1934)
-Violin Concerto (1935)
  • Berlioz, Hector
-Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, H 80
  • Brahms, Johannes
-Piano Quartet No.1, Op.25 (orchestral arrangement by Arnold Schoenberg)
-Ein deutsches Requiem, Op.45
-Triumphlied, Op.55
-Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56
-Symphony No.1, Op.68
-Academic Festival Overture, Op.80
-Gesang der Parzen, Op.89
-Symphony No.3, Op.90
-Symphony No.4, Op.98
  • Brian, Havergal
-Symphony No.1 ('Gothic')
  • Bruch, Max
-Suite nach russischen Volksmelodien, Op.79b
  • Bruckner, Anton
-Symphony No.8 in C minor, WAB 108
-Symphony No.9 in D minor, WAB 109
  • Debussy, Claude
-La mer (1903-05)
-Images pour orchestre (1905-12)
-Khamma (arranged by Charles Koechlin)
-Le martyre de saint Sébastien (1911)
-Jeux (1912-13) (originally for Contrabass Sarrusophone)
  • Dukas, Paul
-L'apprenti sorcier
  • Dvořák, Antonín
-Requiem, Op.89
-Suite, Op.98
-The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op.109
  • Elgar, Edward
-Froissart, Op.19
-The Light of Life, Op.29
-Imperial March, Op.32
-Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma', Op.36
-Sea Pictures, Op.37
-Pomp and Circumstance, Op.39
-Grania and Diarmid, Op.42
-In the South, Op.50
-Symphony No.1, Op.55
-Symphony No.2, Op.63
-Violin Concerto, Op.61
-Falstaff, Op.68
  • Gernsheim, Friedrich
-Symphony No.3, Op.54
  • Glazunov, Alexander
-Symphony No.8, Op.83
-Le chant du destin, Op.84
-2 Preludes, Op.85
-Finnish Fantasy, Op.88
-Introduction et la Danse de Salomée, Op.90
-The King of the Jews, Op.95
-Paraphrase on the Hymns of the Allies, Op.96
  • Glière, Reinhold
-Symphony No.3 'Ilya Murometz', Op.42
-The Red Poppy, Op.70
  • Graener, Paul
-Der Retter ist nicht weit, Op.95
  • Handel, George Frideric
-Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (ad lib)
  • Haydn, Joesph
-Die Schöpfung, Hob.XXI:2 (The Creation)
-Die Jahreszeiten, Hob.XXI:3 (The Seasons)
  • Hindemith, Paul
-Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen, Op.12 (vocal score only)
-Das Nusch-Nuschi, Op.20 (1919-20)
-Nusch-Nuschi Tänze (1920)
-Kammermusik No.4, Op.36 No.3 (1925)
-Concerto for Orchestra, Op.38 (1925)
-Kammermusik No.5, Op.36 No.4 (1927)
-Kammermusik No.7, Op.46 No.2 (1927)
-Neues vom Tage, Ouvertüre mit Konzertschluß (1929-30)
-Neues vom Tage (opera) (1928-29, 1953-54)
-Konzertmusik, Op.48 (1929-30, 1930)
-Das Unaufhörliche (1931, ad lib)
-Philharmonic Concerto (1932)
-Symphony in E-flat major (1940)
-Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (1943)
-Symphonia Serena (1946)
-When Lilacs last in the Door-yard Bloom'd (1946-47)
-Die Harmonie der Welt Symphony (1951)
-Ite, angeli veloces (1953-55)
-Die Harmonie der Welt (opera) (1956-57)
-Pittsburgh Symphony (1958)
-Organ Concerto (1962-63)
  • Holloway, Jordan Murray
-Symphony No.2 'Return'
  • Holst, Gustav
-The Planets, Op.32
-Egdon Heath, Op.47
  • Mahler, Gustav
-Das Klagende Lied
-Kindertotenlieder
-Symphony No.1 ("Titan")
-Symphony No.2 ("Resurrection")
-Symphony No.3
-Symphony No.4
-Symphony No.5
-Symphony No.6 ("Tragic")
-Symphony No.7
-Das Lied von der Erde
-Symphony No.8 ("Symphony of a Thousand")
-Symphony No.9
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
-Maurerische Trauermusik, K.477/479a
  • Mussorgsky, Modest
-Pictures at an Exhibition (Arranged by Maurice Ravel)
  • Myaskovsky, Nikolay
-Silentium, Op.9
-Symphony No.2, Op.11
-Symphony No.3, Op.15
-Symphony No.4, Op.17
-Symphony No.5, Op.18
-Symphony No.6, Op.23
-Symphony No.7, Op.24
-Symphony No.8, Op.26
-Symphony No.10, Op.30
-Symphony No.13, Op.36
-Symphony No.17, Op.41
-Symphony No.20, Op.50
-Symphony No.21, Op.51
-Symphony No.22, Op.54
-Symphony No.24, Op.63
-Pathetique Overture in C minor, Op.76
-Symphony No.26, Op.79
-Symphony No.27, Op.85
  • Ornstein, Leo
-Piano Concerto, SO 824
  • Prokofiev, Sergey
-Piano Concerto No.1, Op.10
-Symphony No.2, Op.40
-Symphony No.3, Op.44
-Symphony No.4, Op.47/112 (both versions)
-Romeo and Juliet (ballet), Op.64
-Romeo and Juliet (1st suite), Op.64bis
-Romeo and Juliet (2nd suite), Op.64ter (The Montagues and the Capulets (No.1))
-Alexander Nevsky (cantata), Op.78
-War and Peace, Op.91
-Symphony No.5, Op.100
-Cinderella (1st suite), Op.107
-Symphony No.6, Op.111
  • Puccini, Giacomo
-Tosca
-La fanciulla del West
-Turandot
  • Rachmaninoff, Sergei
-Morceaux de fantaisie, Op.3 (No.2, Arranged by Henry Wood)
-Isle of the Dead, Op.29
-The Bells, Op.35
-3 Russian Songs, Op.41
-Symphony No.3, Op.44
-Symphonic Dances, Op.45
  • Ravel, Maurice
-Boléro
-Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.1
-Miroirs
-Ma mère l'oye (ballet)
-Ma mère l'oye (suite)
-Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
-La valse
  • Saint-Saëns, Camille
-Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op.31 (ad lib)
-Symphony, No.3, Op.78 ("Organ")
  • Schoenberg, Arnold
-Pelleas und Melisande, Op.5
-5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.16
-Erwartung, Op.17
-Die glückliche Hand, Op.18
-Gurre-Lieder
  • Scriabin, Alexander
-Symphony No.3, Op.43
-Symphony No.4, Op.54 ("Poème de l'extase")
-Symphony No.5, Op.60 ("Prometheus, Le poème du feu")
  • Strauss, Richard
-Aus Italien, Op.16
-Don Juan, Op.20
-Guntram, Op.25
-Macbeth, Op.23
-Tod und Verklärung, Op.24
-Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op.28
-Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30
-Don Quixote, Op.35
-Ein Heldenleben, Op.40
-Feuersnot, Op.50
-Sinfonia Domestica, Op.53
-Salome, Op.54
-Elektra, Op.58
-Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op.59
-Der Bürger als Edelmann, suite, Op.60-IIIa
-Eine Alpensinfonie, Op.64
-Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op.65
-Die ägyptische Helena, Op.75
-Arabella, Op.79
-Die schweigsame Frau, Op.80
-Friedenstag, Op.81
-Daphne, Op.82
-Die Liebe der Danae, Op.83
-Capriccio, Op.85
  • Stravinsky, Igor
-Scherzo fantastique, Op.3
-The Firebird
-Petrushka
-The Rite of Spring
  • Szymanowski, Karol
-Symphony No.3, Op.27
-Violin Concerto No.1, Op.35
-Symphony No.4, Op.60
-Violin Concerto No.2, Op.61
  • Vaughan Williams, Ralph
-A Sea Symphony (Symphony No.1)
-A London Symphony (Symphony No.2)
-Symphony No.4 in F Minor
-Symphony No.6 in E Minor
-Sinfonia Antarctica (Symphony No.7)
-Symphony No.9 in E Minor
  • Verdi, Giuseppe
-Don Carlos
  • Wagner, Richard
-Das Rheingold, WWV 86A (may play low A passages in 3rd bassoon part)
-Die Walküre, WWV 86B (may play low A passages in 3rd bassoon part)
-Siegfried, WWV 86C (Wagner, Richard) (may play low A passages in 3rd bassoon part)
-Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D (may play low A passages in 3rd bassoon part)
-Parsifal, WWV 111
  • Webern, Anton
-Passacaglia, Op.1
-6 Pieces for Large Orchestra, Op.6

Orchestral Parts Available featuring the Contrabassoon

  • Bach, Johann Sebastian
-Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (ad lib)
-Johannespassion, BWV 245 (St. John's Passion, ad lib)
  • Bartók, Béla
-Kossuth, Sz.21
-Violin Rhapsody No.1, Sz.87 (Arranged by the composer)
-Concerto for Orchestra, Sz.116
-Suite No.1, Op.3
-2 Images, Op.10
-4 Pieces, Op.12
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van
-Symphony No.5, Op.67
-Missa solemnis, Op.123 (ad lib)
-Symphony No.9, Op.125 ("Choral")
  • Berlioz, Hector
-Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, H 80
  • Brahms, Johannes
-Piano Quartet No.1, Op.25 (orchestral arrangement by Arnold Schoenberg)
-Ein deutsches Requiem, Op.45
-Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56
-Symphony No.1, Op.68
-Academic Festival Overture, Op.80
-Symphony No.3, Op.90
-Symphony No.4, Op.98
  • Bruch, Max
-Suite nach russischen Volksmelodien, Op.79b
  • Bruckner, Anton
-Symphony No.8 in C minor, WAB 108
-Symphony No.9 in D minor, WAB 109
  • Debussy, Claude
-La mer (1903-05)
-Images pour orchestre (1905-12)
-Jeux (1912-13)
  • Dukas, Paul
-L'apprenti sorcier
  • Dvořák, Antonín
-Suite, Op.98
-The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op.109
  • Elgar, Edward
-Froissart, Op.19
-Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma', Op.36
-Pomp and Circumstance, Op.39
-In the South, Op.50
-Symphony No. 1, Op.55
-Symphony No. 2, Op.63
-Violin Concerto, Op.61
-Falstaff, Op.68
-Empire March (1924)
  • Glière, Reinhold
-The Red Poppy, Op.70 (Russian Sailor Dance, Act 1)
-Gyulsara, Op.96 (Overture)
  • Handel, George Frideric
-Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (ad lib)
  • Haydn, Joesph
-Die Schöpfung, Hob.XXI:2 (The Creation)
-Die Jahreszeiten, Hob.XXI:3 (The Seasons)
  • Hindemith, Paul
-Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
  • Holloway, Jordan Murray
-Symphony No.2 'Return'
  • Holst, Gustav
-The Planets, Op.32
  • Mahler, Gustav
-Das Klagende Lied
-Kindertotenlieder
-Symphony No.1 ("Titan")
-Symphony No.2 ("Resurrection")
-Symphony No.3
-Symphony No.4
-Symphony No.5
-Symphony No.6 ("Tragic")
-Symphony No.7
-Das Lied von der Erde
-Symphony No.8 ("Symphony of a Thousand")
-Symphony No.9
  • Mussorgsky, Modest
-Pictures at an Exhibition (Arranged by Maurice Ravel)
  • Myaskovsky, Nikolay
-Alastor, Op.14
  • Ornstein, Leo
-Piano Concerto, SO 824
  • Prokofiev, Sergey
-Piano Concerto No.1, Op.10
-Romeo and Juliet (1st suite), Op.64bis
-Romeo and Juliet (2nd suite), Op.64ter
-Cinderella (1st suite), Op.107
  • Rachmaninoff, Sergei
-Isle of the Dead, Op.29
-Symphonic Dances, Op.45
  • Ravel, Maurice
-Boléro
-Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.1
-Miroirs
-Ma mère l'oye (suite)
-Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
-La valse
  • Saint-Saëns, Camille
-Symphony, No.3, Op.78 ("Organ")
  • Schoenberg, Arnold
-Pelleas und Melisande, Op.5
-5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.16
-Gurre-Lieder
  • Scriabin, Alexander
-Symphony No.3, Op.43
-Symphony No.4, Op.54 ("Poème de l'extase")
-Symphony No.5, Op.60 ("Prometheus, Le poème du feu")
  • Strauss, Richard
-Aus Italien, Op.16
-Don Juan, Op.20
-Macbeth, Op.23
-Tod und Verklärung, Op.24
-Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op.28
-Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30
-Don Quixote, Op.35
-Ein Heldenleben, Op.40
-Sinfonia Domestica, Op.53
-Salome, Op.54 (Dance of the Seven Veils)
-Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op.59
-Der Bürger als Edelmann, suite, Op.60-IIIa
-Eine Alpensinfonie, Op.64
  • Stravinsky, Igor
-Scherzo fantastique, Op.3
-The Firebird
-Petrushka
-The Rite of Spring
  • Szymanowski, Karol
-Violin Concerto No.1, Op.35
  • Vaughan Williams, Ralph
-A Sea Symphony (Symphony No.1)
-A London Symphony (Symphony No.2)
  • Wagner, Richard
-Das Rheingold, WWV 86A (may play low A passages in 3rd bassoon part)
-Die Walküre, WWV 86B (may play low A passages in 3rd bassoon part)
-Siegfried, WWV 86C (Wagner, Richard) (may play low A passages in 3rd bassoon part)
-Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D (may play low A passages in 3rd bassoon part)
-Parsifal, WWV 111
  • Webern, Anton
-Passacaglia, Op.1

Chamber Music

Chamber Scores Available featuring the Contrabassoon

  • Berg, Alban
-Kammerkonzert
  • Dvořák, Antonín
-Serenade for Wind Instruments Op.44
  • Fucci, Angela Monica
-Galileo's Moons (Solo)
  • Krommer, Franz
-Harmonie in F major, Op.57
-Harmonie in B flat major, Op.67
-Harmonie in E flat major, Op.71
-Harmonie in F major, Op.77
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Serenade in B-flat major, K.361/370a (Gran Partita)
  • Schoenberg, Arnold
-Kammersymphonie, Op.9 (Chamber Symphony No.1)
  • Schubert, Franz
-Eine kleine Trauermusik, D.79
  • Strauss, Richard
-Suite in B-flat major, Op.4
-Serenade in E-flat major, Op.7
-Sonatine No.1, TrV 288
-Sonatine No.2, TrV 291

Chamber Parts Available featuring the Contrabassoon

  • Dvořák, Antonín
-Serenade for Wind Instruments Op.44
  • Krommer, Franz
-Harmonie in F major, Op.57
-Harmonie in B flat major, Op.67
-Harmonie in E flat major, Op.71
-Harmonie in F major, Op.77
-Harmonie in B flat major, Op.78
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Serenade in B-flat major, K.361/370a (Gran Partita)
  • Schoenberg, Arnold
-Kammersymphonie, Op.9 (Chamber Symphony No.1)
  • Strauss, Richard
-Suite in B-flat major, Op.4
-Serenade in E-flat major, Op.7
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