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Below are links to some oboe music. Many are books and solos the typical oboist should be studying.
More to be added as I go along ….
METHOD BOOKS (series):
Edlefson Series:
Student Instrumental Course: Oboe Student, Level I (Edlefson/Weber)
Student Instrumental Course: Studies and Melodious Etudes for Oboe, Level I
Student Instrumental Course: Tunes for Oboe Technic, Level I (Edlefson/Weber)
Student Instrumental Course: Oboe Soloist, Level I
Student Instrumental Course: Oboe Student, Level II
Student Instrumental Course: Studies and Melodious Etudes for Oboe, Level II
Student Instrumental Course: Tunes for Oboe Technic, Level II
Student Instrumental Course: Oboe Student, Level III
Student Instrumental Course: Studies and Melodious Etudes for Oboe, Level III
Student Instrumental Course: Tunes for Oboe Technic, Level III
Gekeler Method:
Gekeler Oboe Method, Book 1
Gekeler Oboe Method, Book 2
Rubank Method:
Rubank Elementary Method
Rubank Intermediate Method
Rubank Advanced Method - Vol. 1
Rubank Advanced Method - Vol. 2
ETUDES & COMPILATIONS:
Barret Complete Oboe Method (ed. Martin Schuring)
Barret Complete Oboe Method (original edition)
Ferling, 48 Famous Studies, Book 1
Ferling, Book 2 (includes duets and the Beethoven Trio second oboe and EH parts)
Practical and Progressive Oboe Method (Andraud)
Vade Mecum of the Oboist
SOLOS:
Bela Bartok, Bagpipes
Benjamin Britten, Six Metamorphoses after Ovid
Domenico Cimarosa, Oboe Concerto (arr. Benjamin)
Paul Hindemith, Oboe Sonata
Gordon Jacob, Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Alessandro Marcello, Concerto in C minor (Southern Music edition, same as C minor, often attributed to Benedetto Marcello)
Alessandro Marcello, Concerto in C minor (Breitkopf & Hartel edition) same as C minor, often attributed to Benedetto Marcello)
Alessandro Marcello, Concerto in D minor (Peters edition; same as C minor, often attributed to Benedetto Marcello)
Alessandro Marcello, Concerto in D minor (Schott edition; same as C minor, often attributed to Benedetto Marcello)
Mozart Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
Astor Piazzolla, Oblivion
Francis Poulenc Sonata for Oboe and Piano (Revised 2004)
Camille Saint Saëns, Sonata For Oboe & Piano (Durand)
Camille Saint Saëns, Sonata For Oboe & Piano (C. F. Peters, edited by Zimmerman, urtext edition)
Robert Schumann, Three Romances for Oboe & Piano
Richard Strauss, Oboe Concerto
Georg Philipp Telemann, Sonata in A minor (arr. Andraud)
Georg Philipp Telemann, Sonata in g minor
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Concerto for Oboe & String Orchestra (Piano red.)
Antonio Vivaldi, Sonata in B, RV 34
MUSIC MINUS ONE: SOLO COMPILATION BOOKS
Oboe Classics for the Beginner (Elaine Douvas; includes CD of both Ms. Douvas playing the works and accompaniment only tracks)
Oboe Classics for the Intermediate Player (Elaine Douvas; includes CD of both Ms. Douvas playing the works and accompaniment only tracks)
Oboe Classics for the Advanced Player (Elaine Douvas; includes CD of both Ms. Douvas playing the works and accompaniment only tracks)
The Oboe Soloist: Classic Solos for Oboe (Delia Montenegro; includes CD of both Ms. Montenegro playing the works and accompaniment only tracks)
OBOE SOLO COMPILATION BOOKS
Concert and Contest Collection - Oboe (Oboe Part only. Go here for piano accompaniment book)
Oboe Solos with Piano Accompaniment (arr. by Jay Arnold)
ENGLISH HORN SOLOS
Elliott Carter: Pastoral
Donizetti: Concertino
Hindemith: Sonata
Solos for the English horn Player (edited by Thomas Stacy)
OBOE TRIOS
Gordon Jacob, Two Pieces for Two Oboes and Cor Anglais
OBOE QUARTETS (oboe, violin, viola, cello)
Malcom Arnold, Oboe Quartet
Benjamin Britten, Phantasy Quartet
W. A. Mozart, Oboe Quartet, K. 370
Ellen Taafe Zwilic, Quartet
OBOE QUINTETS
Sir Arthur Bliss, Oboe & String Quartet
WOODWIND QUINTETS
David Amram, Quintet for Winds
arr. Alfred Andraud, 22 Woodwind Quintets
Malcom Arnold, Three Sea Shanties
Luciano, Berio, Opus Number Zoo
Eugene Bozza, Pentaphonie
Franz Danzi, Blaserquintett, ed. F. Kneusslin
Franz Danzi, ed. W. Rottler, Blaserquintett
Franz Danzi, ed. G. Weigelt, Blaserquintett
David Diamond, Quintet
Irving Fine, Partita for Woodwind Quintet
John Harbison, Quintet for Winds
Hans Werner Henze, Autunno
Heinz Holliger, “h”
Jacques-Francois Ibert, Three Pieces Breves
Joseph Jongen, concerto, Opus 124
Ernst Krenek, Alpbach-quintet Opus. 180
Gyorgy Ligeti, Six Bagatelles
David Maslanka, Quintet for Winds No. 1
David Maslanka, Quintet for Winds No. 2
David Maslanka, Quintet for Winds No. 3
Darius Milhaud, La Cheminée Du Roi René
Darius Milhaud, Divertissement En 3 Parties
Robert Muczynski, Quintet for Winds
Gabriel Pierne, Pastorale Opus 14
Walter Piston, Quintet for Wind Instruments
Maurice Ravel, arr. Joachim Linckelmann, Mother Goose Suite
Anton Reicha, ed. Klement, Blasserquintett
Anton Reicha, ed. H. J. Seydel, Blaserquintett
Anton Reicha, ed. G. Weigelt, Blaserquintett
Paul Taffanel, Woodwind Quintet
Henri Tomasi, 5 Danses Profanes et Sacrees
OTHER CHAMBER MUSIC
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto In C Minor For Oboe And Violin, BWV 1060
Madeline Dring, Trio for Flute, Oboe & Piano
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Ten Blake Songs (Voice and Oboe)
EXCERPT BOOKS
Orchestral Excerpts for oboe
The Orchestra Musician’s CD-ROM Library series:
Volume 1: Beethoven, Schubert and More
Volume 2: Debussy, Mahler and More
Volume 3: Brahms, Schumann and More
Volume 4: Tchaikovsky and More
Volume 5: Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov and More
Volume 6: Mozart and Haydn
Volume 7: Ravel, Elgar and More
Volume 8: Stravinsky, Bartok and More
Volume 9: Strauss, Sibelius and More
WEDDING & MISCELLANEOUS MUSIC
Looking for wedding music for oboe? Just take something for voice or flute and piano or guitar and it can work. (If it’s for flute you might have to rework some of the higher notes of course!)
Essential Songs - Wedding
I Do, I Do - For Flute & Guitar
Gabriel’s Oboe (oboe & strings)
