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Suggested Saxophone Repertoire

The following guide offers only a sampling of the entire saxophone repertoire and does not restrict students from working on additional material. Specific programs of study will be chosen to develop each student’s individual strengths and weaknesses while best preparing them for life as a performer, educator or well rounded individual.



Level I

Etudes and Methods

  • Rhythmical Articulation, Bona

  • Odd Meter Etudes, Gates

  • Daily Exercises for Saxophone, Klose

  • 24 Easy Atonal Studies, Lacour

  • Beginning Studies in the Altissimo Registe, Lang

  • 18 Exercices d’apres Berbiguier, Mule

  • 24 Etudes Faciles d’apres Samie, Mule

  • Exercises Mecaniques, Mule

  • Exercises Transcendants, Perrin

  • Top Tones for Saxophone, Rascher

  • 27 Melodious & Rhythmical Etudes, Small

  • The Art of Saxophone Playing, Teal

  • Selected Studies, Voxman

Repertoire

  • Sonata No. 6, Bach/Mule

    Aeolian Song, Benson

  • Suite, Bonneau

  • Aria, Bozza

  • Tango et Tarentelle, Dautremer

  • Syrinx (unacc.), Debussy

  • Choral Varie, d'Indy

  • Dix Figures a Danser, Dubois

  • Sonata, Eccles

  • Sonata, Fasch/Rascher

  • Cinq Danses Exotiques, Francaix

  • Diversion, Heiden

  • Sonata No. 6, Handel/Mule

  • Histoires, Ibert

  • Quinze Etudes, Koechlin

  • Sicilienne, Lantier

  • Three Short Pieces, Myers

  • Canzonetta, Pierne

  • Piece en forme de Habanera, Ravel

  • Ballade, Reed

  • Chanson et Passpied, Rueff

  • Particles Bourne, Russell

  • Three Romances, Schumann/Hemke

  • Sonata, Snyder

  • Romance, Still

  • Sonatine Sportive, Tcherepnine

  • Chant Corse, Tomasi

  • Introduction et Danse, Tomasi

  • Light of Sothis, Quate

  • An Abstract, Ward

  • Introduction and Samba, Whitney

  • Sonata, Wilder

  • Six Studies in English Folk Song, Williams, R.V.

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Level II

Etudes and Methods

  • 20 Grand Etudes, Camelle

  • 48 Famous Etudes with additional studies, Ferling/ Mule

  • 27 Virtuoso Studies, Iasilli

  • Daily Studies, Kynaston

  • Les Gammes, Londeix

  • Etudes after Sivori, Rode, Fiorillo, Capelle Book I, Mule

  • 30 Grands Exercices d’apres Soussman, Mule

  • 53 Etudes d’apres Boehm, Mule

  • Daily Exercises after Tershak, Mule

  • Studies in the High Harmonics, Nash

  • Saxophone High Tones, Rousseau

  • Transcendental Etudes, Samyn

  • 10 Contemporary Etudes, Schmidt

Repertoire

  • Sonata No. 4, Bach/Mule

  • Concerto, Badings

  • Concertino, Benson

  • Concertino, Bilik

  • Concertino, Bozza

  • Improvisation et Caprice (unacc.), Bozza

  • Sonata, Creston

  • Rapsodie, Debussy

  • Seventh Healing Song, Demars

  • Concerto, Glazunov

  • Concerto, Hartley

  • Petite Suite (unacc.), Hartley

  • Solo, Heiden Sonata, Heiden

  • Fantaisie Impromptu, Jolivet

  • Complainte et Danse, Markovitch

  • Meditation, Massenet

  • Tableaux de Provence, Maurice

  • Improvisations 1, 2, and 3, Noda

  • Sonatine, Pascal

  • Parable (unacc.), Persichetti

  • Piece Concertante, Reutter

  • Ballade, Tomasi

  • Sarabande and Gigue, Tull

  • Introduction and Samba, Whitney

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Level III

Etudes and Methods

  • Paradigms I, Caravan

  • Contemporary Saxophone Studies, DeLibero

  • 25 Capricen und Sonate (Bks. I & II), Karg Elert

  • 8 Brilliant Etudes, Lacour

  • 6 Etudes, Massis

  • Etudes Varies, Mule

  • 53 Etudes, Book 2, Mule

Repertoire

  • Partita in A minor (flute unacc.), Bach

  • Cello Suites I VI, Bach/Londeix

  • Sonata, Beall

  • Caprice en forme de Valse, Bonneau

  • Sonate, Bourrel

  • Divertimento, Boutry

  • Air and Scherzo, Cowell

  • Concerto, Creston

  • Duo, Hartley

  • Fantasia Concertante, Heiden

  • Sonata, Hindemith

  • Elegie et Rondeau, Husa

  • Concertino da Camera, Ibert

  • Sonata, Karg Elert

  • Seasons, Karlins

  • Holly Roller, Larsen

  • Scaramouch, Milhaud

  • Sonata, Muczynski

  • Improvisation I, II & III (unacc.), Noda

  • Sonata (unacc.), Rueff

  • Schizo Squito, Smith, R

  • Sarabande and Gigue, Tull

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Level IV

Etudes and Methods

  • Etudes Expressives, Ameller

  • 12 Etudes and Caprices, Bozza

  • 28 Etudes after Messiaen, Lacour

  • Nouvelles Etudes Variees, Londeix

  • 53 Etudes Book III, Mule

  • 16 Finishing Studies, Ruggiero

  • 9 Transendental Etudes, Samyn

Repertoire

  • Canto IV, Adler

  • Ode to Lord Buckley, Amram

  • Music for Saxophone, Basset

  • Salsa with That, Bramwell

  • Pastora,l Carter

  • Gavambodi 2, Charpentier

  • Musique de Concert, M. Constant

  • Concerto, Dahl

  • Deux Pieces,, Denisov

  • Sonata Denisov

  • Prelude, Cadence et Final,e Desenclos

  • Shu Gath Manna, Galante

  • Concerto, Gotkovski

  • San Antonio, Harbison

  • Leger Musique, Lee, H

  • Concerto, Larsson

  • Distances Within Me, Lennon

  • Concerto, Muczynski

  • Ballade (alto), Martin

  • Mai (unacc.), Noda

  • Phoenix (unacc.), Noda

  • Cadenza, Robert

  • The Nature of this Whirling Wheel, Rogers

  • Picnic on the Marne, Rorem

  • Legende, Schmitt

  • Renewing the Myth, Shrude

  • Hot Seat, Smith, R

  • Wings, Tower

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Level V


Etudes and Methods

  • Mirrors IV, Diemente

  • 28 Etudes sur les Modes k’Olivier Messiaen Lacona

  • Douze Esquisses, Lacour

  • Neuf Etudes Books I IV Lauba

  • Tango Etudes, Piazzolla/Delangle

  • 22 Etudes Samyn

  • 10 Contemporary Etudes, Schmidt

  • Exercises Journaliers, Tershak/Mule

Repertoire

  • Sonata, Albright

  • Accompanied Recitative, Babbitt

  • Whirled Series, Babbitt

  • Images (sopnino, sop, alto w/tape), Babbitt

  • Duo Concertante, Bassett

  • Sequenza IXb (unacc.), Berio

  • Panic, Birtwistle

  • Concert Suite (a.sax & band), Bolcom

  • Lilith, Bolcom

  • Concerto, Brandt

  • Concerto, Colgrass

  • Concertante, M. Constant

  • Sonata for sax and cello, Denisov

  • Concerto (asax w/orch.) Denisov

  • Sonata for Alto Saxophone, Feld

  • Concerto, Finney

  • Brilliance, Gotkovski

  • Another Man’s Poison, Hodkinson

  • Concerto, Husa

  • Airline (a.sax & tape), Krause

  • Steady Study on the Boogie (unacc.) Lauba

  • Sud, Lauba

  • Symphonic Rhapsody, Lennon

  • Concerto, Martino

  • Concerto, Maslanka

  • Sonata, Maslanka

  • Concerto, Mead

  • Scena (unacc.), Mead

  • Hiatus Pitch, Moore

  • GEN, Noda

  • Arabesque III,, Nodäira

  • Le frene egare Rosse

  • Concerto, Ruggiero

  • Winds of Summer, Stock

  • In Freundschaft (unacc.), Stockhausen

  • Concerto, Salonen

  • Concerto, Schuller

  • Juggernaut, Smith, R

  • In Two Worlds (sax w/ computer), Subotnick

  • Klonos, Swerts

  • Luminescence, Wilson

  • Urban Thoughts, Worley

  • Divertimento, Wuorinen

Soprano Saxophone Repertoire (All Levels)

  • Phases Contra Phases Arma

  • Trois Contrastes Arma

  • Passages Beerman

  • Sequenza VIIb (unacc.) Berio

  • Six Metamorphosis after Ovid Britten

  • Sonata for Soprano Saxophone Caravan

  • Inner Song (oboe unacc.) Carter

  • Le Chant des Ténèbres Escaich

  • Elegie for Soprano Saxophone Feld

  • Diversions Hartley

  • Concertino Harvey

  • Sonatina Lee, H

  • Sonata Op. 4, No. 11 Loeillet/Pittel

  • Concerto in c minor Marcello/Pittel

  • Sonata Maslanka

  • Concerto Myers

  • Sonata (oboe w/ piano) Poulenc

  • Vocalise Rachmaninoff/Pittel

  • Concerto Read Thomas

  • Lessons of the Sky Rogers

  • Variations Rossini/Schmidt

  • Interplay Ruggiero

  • Tre Pezzi (unacc.) Scelsi

  • Shadows and Dawning Shrude

  • In Freundschaft (unacc.) Stockhausen

  • Distance Takemitsu

  • Concerto Torke

  • Fantasia Villa Lobos

  • Intermezzo for Soprano Saxophone Yoshioka

  • Sonata Young

Tenor Saxophone Repertoire (All Levels)

  • Sonata Anderson

  • Trigon, Op.31 Cunningham

  • Sonata DiPasquale

  • Pitt County Excursions Duckworth

  • Ballad in Time and Space Duckworth

  • Poem Hartley

  • Concertino Hartley

  • Sonata Hartley

  • Concertino Hasquenoph

  • Opcit (unacc.) Hurel

  • Episode Quatriemme (unacc.) Jolas

  • Music for Tenor Saxophone Karlins

  • Piece Concertante Lacour

  • Hard (unacc.) Lauba

  • Ballade (tenor) Martin

  • Periple (unacc.) Mefano

  • The Upward Stream Peck

  • Tre Pezzi (unacc.) Scelsi

  • Sonatina Schimdt

  • Concerto Schmidt

  • Sonata Stein

  • Fantasia Villa Lobos

  • Concertino Lachrymose Waddle

  • September Sonata Worley

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Books

  • The Saxophonist's Bedside Book by Harvey

  • The Early History of the Saxophone by Hemke

  • New Directions in Saxophone Technique by Hemke

  • Les Sons Multiples aux Saxophones by Keintzy

  • Sax and His Saxophone by Kochnitzky

  • 150 Ans de Musique pour Saxophone by Londeix

  • Hello, Mr. Sax! by Londeix

  • The Orchestral Saxophonist Vol. 1 & 2 by Ronkin & Frascotti

  • Marcel Mule: His Life and the Saxophone by Rousseau

  • The Devil's Horn by Segell

  • Jean-Marie Londeix by Umble

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