Flute repertory

Flute repertory is the general term for pieces composed for flute (particularly Western concert flute) and often played by flutists (or flautists). The following lists are not intended to be complete, but rather to present a representative sampling of the most commonly played and well known works in the genre. The lists also do 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.

* 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
* Brian Ferneyhough: Cassandra's Dream Song
* Craig Goodman: 5 Haiku
* Paul Hindemith: Acht Stücke für Flöte allein (Eight pieces for flute alone) [ [http://www.hindemith.org/E/paul-hindemith/compositions.htm Compositions ] ]
* Arthur Honegger: Danse de la Chèvre
* Katherine Hoover: Kokopeli, Winter Spirits
* Alan Hovhaness: Sonata
* Bertold Hummel: Fantasia (1975) [http://www.bertoldhummel.de/english/commentaries/opus_55D.html]
* Jacques Ibert: Piece
* Gordon Jacob: The Pied Piper
* Andre Jolivet: Incantation
* Eugene Kurtz: Icare
* John LaMontaine: Sonata
* Lowell Liebermann: Soliloquy
* Otto Luening: Suites 1-5
* Robert Muczynski: Three Preludes
* Carl Nielsen: The Children are Playing
* Georg Philipp Telemann: Twelve Fantasias
* Edgard Varèse: Density 21.5

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
* Claude Bolling
** Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano
** Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano No.2
* Eldin Burton: Sonatina
* Cécile Chaminade: Concertino(O)
* Aaron Copland: Duo
* Franz Doppler: Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise (O)
* Henri Dutilleux: Sonatine
* Georges Enesco: Cantabile et presto
* Gabriel Fauré: Morceau de Concours, Fantasy
* César Franck: Sonata (Originally for violin, later transcribed for flute)
* Philippe Gaubert: Nocturne et allegro scherzando, Fantaisie, Madrigal, Sicilienne
* Philippe Gaubert: Sonatas No.1-3
* Charles T. Griffes: Poem (O)
* Gabriel Grovlez: Romance and Scherzo
* Howard Hanson: Serenade
* Paul Hindemith: Sonata
* Georges Hue: Fantasie
* Bertold Hummel:
** Sonatina op. 107a (2001) [http://www.bertoldhummel.de/english/commentaries/opus_107A.html]
** Romance op. 69e [http://www.bertoldhummel.de/english/commentaries/opus_69E.html]
* Jacques Ibert: Concerto (O)
* Joseph Jongen: Sonate op. 77 (1924)
* 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 flute, later transcribed for violin)
* Carl Reinecke: "Undine" Sonata, Concerto in D (O)
* Jean Rivier: Concerto (O)
* Christopher Rouse: Concerto (O)
* Camille Saint-Saëns: Romance, Airs de Ballet d'Ascanio
* R. Murray Schafer: Sonatina for flute and harpsichord (or piano) (1976)
* 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 recorder, strings, and continuo)

= Flute Quartet =

* Peter Bacchus: Quartet for Diverses Flutes
* Jacques Casterède : Flûtes en vacances
* Joseph Haydn: Flute Quartet Op.5 #4
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartets for flute, violin, viola and cello (K. 285, 285a, 285b, 298)
* R. Murray Schafer Five Studies on Texts by Prudentius (for four flutes and soprano).
* Daniel Theaker: Flute Quartets 1-3 (Op.6, 7 & 10)
* Isang Yun: Quartet for flutes (1986)

Flute Ensemble/Flute Choir

Martin Bresnick
* Conspiracies (1979) for solo flute and four 'Other' FlutesPaul Angerer
* "Il promesso in tre parte per otto flauti" (1976)
Henry Brant
* Ghosts & Gargoyles, a concerto for flute solo with flute orchestra
* Angels and Devils for Flute choirJames Code
* Vaporization-Condensation (1990) for Five FlutesHenk de Vlieger
* Mobile

Flute and Other Instruments

* James Code: Three Duets (flute and bassoon)
* Carleton Elliott: Suite for Flute and B♭ Clarinet
* Eugene Goossens: Pastorale et Arliquenade for flute, oboe and piano
* Bertold Hummel:
** Yume for flute and tape recorder (CD) op. 41a [http://www.bertoldhummel.de/english/commentaries/opus_41A.html]
** Trio for flute, oboe and bassoon op. 60 [http://www.bertoldhummel.de/english/commentaries/opus_60.html]
** Trio for flute, oboe and piano (in memoriam Olivier Messiaen) op. 95c [http://www.bertoldhummel.de/english/commentaries/opus_95C.html]
** 3 Metaphors for flute, vibraphone and harpsichord op. 101c [http://www.bertoldhummel.de/english/commentaries/opus_101C.html]
* Calixa Lavallée: "Le Papillon" (The Butterfly) for flute, clarinet and piano.
* Olivier Messiaen: "Concert à quatre" ("Quadruple concerto"), for piano, flute, oboe, 'cello and orchestra (1990-91)
* W.A. Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp
* George Rochberg: Slow Fires of Autumn (Ukiyo-e II) (flute and harp)
* Antonio Salieri: Concerto for flute, oboe and orchestra (1774)
* Antonio Salieri: Concertino da camera for flute and strings (1777)
* Harry Somers: "Kuyas" for soprano, flute and percussion (from the opera "Louis Riel (opera)")

Orchestral Excerpts

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.

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.

Famous Excerpts

* J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Mass in B Minor, St. Matthew Passion, Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio, St. John Passion, Cantatas No. 46, 78, 99, 100, 113, 198, 206 (3 flutes), 211, Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor
* Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Symphony No. 4, Symphony No.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 Sorcerer'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: Jeu de Cartes, The Firebird, Petrouchka, The Rite of Spring, Symphony in C, Dumbarton Oaks Concerto, Fireworks, Chant du Rossignol (Song of the Nightengale)
* 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

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.

* cite book
last = Theaker
first = Daniel
authorlink = Daniel Theaker
title = Scales and Arpeggios for the Flute (Vol.1&2)
publisher = Mayfair Montgomery Publishing
date = 1994
* cite book
last = Toff
first = Nancy
coauthors =
title = The Flute Book: A Complete Guide for Students and Performers
publisher = Oxford University Press
date = 1996

John Solum, ed. (1993) "The NFA 20-th Anniversary Anthology of American Flute Music" Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-385875-4

See also

* Flute
* Flute choir
* Flute concerto
* Flute quartet

External links

* [http://www.fluteworld.com Flute World] , based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA, maintains a commercial website with the largest single collection of flute music available online.
* [http://www.cdsheetmusic.com/products/winds.cfm CD Sheet Music for flute] table of contents online lists extensive collection of flute pieces on two CDs.