FLUTE REPERTOIRE

 

Each student will begin studies by purchasing the following books, which will serve as references throughout the four years of instruction.

1. Trevor Wye, Practice Book for the Flute, Volume 1: Tone (Novello)

2. Taffanel-Gaubert, Seventeen Daily Exercises (Leduc)

3. Geoffrey Gilbert, Sequences for Flute (Southern Music)

4. Marcel Moyse, De La Sonorite (Leduc)

5. James Pellerite, A Modern Guide to Fingerings for the Flute (Zalo)

6. Jeanne Baxtresser, Orchestral Excerpts for Flute (Theodore Presser)

7. Jack Wellbaum, Orchestral Excerpts for Piccolo (Theodore Presser)

 

(*)= as of this publication (2000), these pieces are the most widely considered in North America as “staple literature”. Therefore, these pieces are considered to be the backbone of an undergraduate education and are often required for graduate work.

 

First Year

 

Studies

Andersen Op. 33

Berbiguer 18 Exercises or Etudes 

Karg-Elert Op. 107

Repertoire

Baroque:

Handel Sonatas(*)

Telemann Fantasias, Suite in A minor

Marcello F Major Sonata

Blavet Sonatas

Locatelli G Major Sonata

JS Bach Sonata in E-flat Major (*)

Classical:

Mozart Andante in C

Quantz Concerti in G & D

Stamitz Concerti in G & D

Beethoven Sonata in B-flat Major

Gluck, Minuet and Dance

Romantic:

Reinecke Ballade

Tulou Grand Solo 5 & 13

Schumann Three Romances(*)

Saint Saens Air de Ballet, Romance

French:

Faure Fantaisie(*)

Ganne Andante et Scherzo

Busser Prelude and Scherzo

Enesco Cantible et Presto(*)

Hue Fantasie (*)

20th Century:

Bloch Suite Modale (*)

Debussy Syrinx(*)

Ibert Piece

Hoover Kokopelli

Dick Lookout(*)

Honegger Danse de la Chevre(*)

Kennan Night Soliloquy

Barber Canzone

Hanson Serenade

Nielsen Music from “The Mother” (also chamber)

Chamber

Bozza Trois Pieces (3 fl)

Cimarosa G Major Concerto (2 fl)

Heiss Five Pieces (fl, vc)

Kuhlau, Friedrich (2 fl) Op. 10, Op. 39, Op. 81, Op.102

Reicha Quartet Sinfonico (WW5) 

Telemann 6 Canonic Sonatas (2 fl)

 

Second Year

Studies

Andersen Op. 15

Boehm, Op. 26 Twenty-four Caprices

Casterede Douze Etudes

Demersseman, 50 Melodic Studies

Jeanjean Etudes Modernes

Piazolla Tango Etudes

Repertoire

Baroque:

Vivaldi Concerti

JS Bach Sonatas in G Major, C Major, B minor Suite(*)

Classical:

Mozart Concerti in C Major and G Major(*)

CPE Bach Sonatas in a minor(*)/G Major, Concerto in D minor

Boccherini Concerto in D Major

Czerny Duo Concertante, Introduction, Variations, and Finale

Romantic:

Doppler Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy(*)

Kuhlau Variation on The Last Rose of Summer

Saint Saens Romance Op. 37

Tulou Grand Solos 11 & 14

Briccialdi Carnival of Venice

French:

Gaubert Nocturne and Allegro Scherzando

Taffanel Andante Pastorale et Scherzo(*)

Caplet Reverie et Petite Valse (*)

Roussel Joueurs de flute

20thcentury:

Poulenc Sonata(*)

Hindemith Sonata(*)

Griffes Poem(*)

Burton Sonatina (*)

Muczynski Three Preludes

Varese Density 21.5(*)

Fonville Venus Noodles

Corigliano Voyage

Heiss Four Lyric Pieces

Ravel piece en forme de habanera

Milhaud Sonatine

Chamber

Beethoven Serenade (fl, vln, vla)

Martinu Trio (fl, vc, pn)

Villa-Lobos Choros No. 2 (fl, cl)

Muczynski Duos (2 fl or fl/cl)

Mozart quartets (fl, vln, vla, vc)

 

 

Third Year

Studies

Altes, Twenty-Six Selected Studies

Bitsch Twelve Flute Studies

Bozza Fourteen Arabesques

Briccialdi, Op. 31 Eighteen Studies (in 2 volumes)

Paganini 24 Caprices, Op. 1

Repertoire

Baroque:

Bach Sonatas in A Major, E Major(*)

Leclair Sonata in G Major

Boismortier Sonata in E Major

Classical:

Mozart Concerti in G and D Major(memorize and write cadenzas)(*)

Devienne Concerto in E Major, Sonatas

Hummel Sonata in D Major

Schubert “Arpeggione”

Beethoven “Spring”

Romantic:

Reinecke “Undine”(*), Concerto

Demersseman Solo De Concert No. 6

Boehm Variations on Nel Cor Piu

Godard Suite

Borne Carmen Fantasy(*)

Taffanel Fantasy on Mignon

French:

Dutilleux Sonatine(*)

Bozza Image (*)

Casella Sicilienne et Burlesque

Ferroud Trois Pieces

20thcentury:

Martinu Scherzo, First Sonata(*)

Hindemith Acht Stucke(*)

Muczynski Sonata (*)

Piston Sonata

Dahl Variations on Swedish Folk Tune

Persichetti Parable

Dick Afterlight

Lamontaine Sonata

Taktakishvili, Sonata

Heath Coltrane

Gordeli Flute Concerto

Copland Duo(*)

Francaix Sonata

Fukushima Mei(*)

Alwyn Divertimento

Chamber

Beaser Mountain Songs (fl,gtr)

Feld Duo Concertante (2 fl)

Hindemith Canonic Duet (2 fl), Quintet (WW5)

Poulenc Sextour (WW5+piano)

Nielsen Quintet (WW5)

 

 

Fourth Year

Studies

Andersen Op. 60

Damase 24 Etudes

Furstenau, Op. 125 Bouquet des Tons

Moyse, M. Vingt Etudes D’Apres Kreutzer or Chopin

Repertoire

Baroque:

JS Bach Sonatas in B minor (*), E minor(*)

Boismortier Six Suites for Solo Flute

Couperin Concert Royal No. 4

Marais Folies d’Espagne

Classical:

Devienne, Concerto in E minor

Mercadente Concerto in E minor

review Mozart

Romantic:

Schubert Introduction and Variations(*)

Widor Suite

Pierne Violin Sonata

Franck Violin Sonata

Taffanel der Freyschutz (*)

Kuhlau 3 Fantasias

French: Ibert Concerto(*)

Jolivet Chant de Linos

Messiaen La Merle Noir

Rivier Concerto

Sancan Sonatine(*)

Gaubert Sonatas

20th c:

Prokofiev Sonata(*)

Carter, Scrivo in vento

Martin Ballade(*)

Mower Sonata Latino

Feld, Quatre Pieces, Sonata

Ran East Wind

Liebermann Concerto, Sonata(*)

Francaix Suite(*)

Bartok Hungarian Suite

Chamber

Barber Summer Music (WW5)

Carter Enchanted Preludes(fl,vc)

Carter Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux (fl, cl)

Francaix Quintet (WW5)

Higdon Steely Pause (4 fl) 

Jolivet Sonatine (fl, cl)

Rorem Trio (fl,vc,pn)

Villa-Lobos Asabio Jato (fl, vc) and Bach. No. 6 (fl, bsn)  

 

 

 

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