Bassoon concerto
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A bassoon concerto is a concerto
for bassoon
accompanied by a musical ensemble
, typically orchestra
. Like bassoon sonatas
, bassoon concerti were relatively uncommon until the twentieth century, although there are quite a few bassoon concerti from the Classical period
. Some contemporary bassoon concerti are scored for solo bassoon and wind or string orchestras
.
Other famous pieces for bassoon and orchestra include Berwald
's Konzertstück, Elgar's Romance, Villa-Lobos's Ciranda Das Sete Notas, and Weber
's Andante e Rondo Ongarese (sometimes considered a concerto).
Concerto
A concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...
for bassoon
Bassoon
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
accompanied by a musical ensemble
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
, typically orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
. Like bassoon sonatas
Bassoon sonata
A bassoon sonata is a sonata for bassoon, often with piano accompaniment. Sonatas written for bassoon were relatively uncommon until the second half of the twentieth century. Occasionally, sonatas written for bassoon can also be performed on cello...
, bassoon concerti were relatively uncommon until the twentieth century, although there are quite a few bassoon concerti from the Classical period
Classical period (music)
The dates of the Classical Period in Western music are generally accepted as being between about 1750 and 1830. However, the term classical music is used colloquially to describe a variety of Western musical styles from the ninth century to the present, and especially from the sixteenth or...
. Some contemporary bassoon concerti are scored for solo bassoon and wind or string orchestras
String orchestra
A string orchestra is an orchestra composed solely or primarily of instruments from the string family. These instruments are the violin, the viola, the cello, the double bass , the piano, the harp, and sometimes percussion...
.
Baroque
- Michel CorretteMichel CorretteMichel Corrette was a French organist, composer and author of musical method books.-Life:Corrette was born in Rouen, Normandy. His father, Gaspard Corrette, was an organist and composer. Corrette served as organist at the Jesuit College in Paris from about 1737 to 1780. It is also known that he...
, Concerto in D Major Le Phénix for four bassoons and continuo - Caspar Förster, Concerto
- Johann Gottlieb GraunJohann Gottlieb GraunJohann Gottlieb Graun was a German Baroque/Classical era composer and violinist.Graun was born in Wahrenbrück. His brother Carl Heinrich was also a composer and singer. He studied with J.G. Pisendel in Dresden, and Giuseppe Tartini in Padua. Appointed Konzertmeister in Merseburg in 1726, he taught...
, Concerto in C Major - Christoph GraupnerChristoph GraupnerChristoph Graupner was a German harpsichordist and composer of high Baroque music who lived and worked at the same time as Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel.-Graupner's life:Born in Hartmannsdorf near Kirchberg in Saxony, Graupner received his first musical...
, Four Bassoon Concerti in C Major, GWV 301, C Minor, GWV 307, G Major, GWV 328 and B flat Major, GWV 340 - Franz Horneck, Concerto in E flat Major
- František Jiránek, Bassoon Concerti in G Minor and F Major
- Antonín Jiránek, Four Bassoon Concerti
- Johann Melchior MolterJohann Melchior MolterJohann Melchior Molter was a German baroque composer and violinist.He was born at Tiefenort, near Eisenach, and was educated at the Gymnasium in Eisenach. By autumn 1717 he had left Eisenach and was working as a violinist in Karlsruhe. Here he married Maria Salome Rollwagen, with whom he had eight...
, Concerto in B flat Major, MWV 6.35 - Antonín Reichenauer, Three Bassoon Concerti in C Major, F Major, and G Minor
- Antonio VivaldiAntonio VivaldiAntonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
, 37 Bassoon Concerti, RV 466-504 (RV 468 and 482 incomplete)
Classical
- Johann Christian BachJohann Christian BachJohann Christian Bach was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is sometimes referred to as 'the London Bach' or 'the English Bach', due to his time spent living in the British capital...
, Two Bassoon Concerti in E flat Major (W C82) and B flat Major (W C83) - Capel BondCapel BondCapel Bond was an English organist and composer.He was born in Gloucester, the son of William Bond and the younger brother of painter and japanner Daniel Bond . He received his education at the Crypt school with his uncle, Rev...
, Bassoon Concerto No. 6 in B flat Major (1766) - Bernhard Henrik CrusellBernhard Henrik CrusellBernhard Henrik Crusell was a Swedish-Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator, "the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born classical composer and indeed, — the outstanding Finnish composer before Sibelius".-Early life and training:Crusell was born in Uusikaupunki ,...
, Bassoon Concertino in B flat Major - Franz DanziFranz DanziFranz Ignaz Danzi was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the noted Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi. Born in Schwetzingen, Franz Danzi worked in Mannheim, Munich, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, where he died....
, Three Bassoon Concerti in F Major, C Major and G Minor - François DevienneFrançois DevienneFrançois Devienne was a French composer and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory.François Devienne was born in Joinville , as the youngest of fourteen children of a saddlemaker...
, Five Bassoon Concerti - Luigi GattiLuigi GattiLuigi Gatti was a classical composer. He was born in Lazise in 1740, the son of an organist, Francesco della Gatta. He was ordained a priest in Mantua...
, Bassoon Concerto in F Major, L7:e4 - Johann Nepomuk HummelJohann Nepomuk HummelJohann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.- Life :...
, Bassoon Concerto in F Major, S. 63/WoO 23 - Leopold KozeluchLeopold KozeluchLeopold Kozeluch was a Czech composer and teacher of classical music. He was born in the town of Velvary, in Bohemia .-Life:...
, Two Bassoon Concerti in B flat Major, P V:B1 and C Major, P V:C1 - Gustav Heinrich Kummer, Concerto in F Major
- Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
, Bassoon ConcertoBassoon Concerto (Mozart)The Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K. 191/186e, written in 1774 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is the most standard piece in the entire bassoon repertory...
(1774) - Johann Baptist Georg NerudaJohann Baptist Georg NerudaRelative to other composers of the Classical music era Johann Baptist Georg Neruda is little known, and his dates of birth and death are only approximations. He was born in Bohemia, now part of Czech Republic, to a well-respected musical family...
, Concerto in C Major - Johann Heinrich Christian RinckJohann Heinrich Christian RinckJohann Christian Heinrich Rinck was a German composer and organist of the late classical and early romantic eras.Rinck was born in Elgersburg, Thuringia, and died in Darmstadt, aged 76....
, Concerto - Antonio RosettiAntonio RosettiAntonio Rosetti was a classical era composer and double bass player, and was a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart....
, Bassoon Concerti (C69, C73-C75) - Carl StamitzCarl StamitzKarl Philipp Stamitz , who later changed his given name to Carl, was a German composer of partial Czech ancestry , and a violin, viola and viola d'amore virtuoso...
, Bassoon Concerto in F Major - Johann Baptist VanhalJohann Baptist VanhalJohann Baptist Vanhal also spelled Wanhal, Waṅhall or Wanhall was an important classical music composer born in Nechanice, Bohemia to a Czech family.- Biography :...
, Bassoon Concerto in C Major, Concerto for Two Bassoons and Orchestra - Anselm Viola, Concerto in F Major (1791)
- Johann Christoph Vogel, Concerto in C Major
Romantic
- Ferdinand DavidFerdinand David (musician)Ferdinand David was a German virtuoso violinist and composer.Born in the same house in Hamburg where Felix Mendelssohn had been born the previous year, David was raised Jewish but later converted to Christianity...
, Concertino, Op. 12 (1838) - Johann Nepomuk FuchsJohann Nepomuk FuchsJohann Nepomuk Fuchs was an Austrian composer and conductor, and the brother of Robert Fuchs.Fuchs was born at Frauental, Styria. He worked as a conductor in Bratislava, Brno, Cologne, Hamburg, and Leipzig, before he became Kapellmeister of the Wiener Hofoper in 1880 and Vice Kapellmeister in 1894...
, Concerto in B flat Major - Ludwig MildeLudwig MildeLudwig Milde is known primarily as a composer of music for the bassoon. In particular, his 25 Studies in Scales and Chords and his 50 Concert Studies are widely played to this day.-Biography:...
, Concerto in A Minor
- Giachino Rossini, Bassoon Concerto (attributed to Rossini, authenticity questionable)
- Carl Maria von WeberCarl Maria von WeberCarl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....
, Bassoon Concerto in F Major, Op. 75Bassoon Concerto (Weber)Carl Maria von Weber wrote his Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op. 75, in 1811. Weber revised the concerto in 1822, four years before his death. The work consists of three movements:# Allegro, ma non troppo# Adagio# Rondo: Allegro...
(1811) - Ermanno Wolf-FerrariErmanno Wolf-FerrariErmanno Wolf-Ferrari was an Italian composer and teacher. He is best known for his comic operas such as Il segreto di Susanna...
, Suite-concertino in F Major, Op. 16 (1932)
20th/21st century
- Dieter AckerDieter AckerDieter Acker was a German composer.-Selected works:Concertante* Musik for viola, harp and string orchestra Chamber music* Duo for viola and cello * Sonata for viola and piano...
, Concerto (1979, rev. 1980) - Murray AdaskinMurray Adaskin-External links:*...
, Concerto (1960) - Raffaele d'Alessandro, Concerto, Op. 75 (1956)
- David AmramDavid AmramDavid Amram is an American composer, musician, conductor, and writer. As a classical composer and performer, his integration of jazz , ethnic and folk music has led him to work with the likes of Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Willie Nelson, Langston...
, Concerto (1970) - Allyson Applebaum, Concerto (1995)
- Tony AubinTony AubinTony Louis Alexandre Aubin was a French composer.From 1925 to 1930 Aubin studied at the Paris Conservatory under Samuel Rousseau , Noel Gallon , Philippe Gaubert , and Paul Dukas . He was awarded the Prix de Rome for the cantata Actaeon in 1930...
, Concerto della Brughiera (1965) - Tzvi AvniTzvi AvniTzvi Avni is an Israeli composer.-Biography:He was born in Saarbrücken, Germany, and emigrated to Mandate Palestine as a child. He studied with Paul Ben-Haim....
, Concerto (2002) - Conrad BadenConrad BadenConrad Baden was a Norwegian organist, composer, music educator, and music critic.-References:...
, Concerto, Op. 126 (1980) - Henk BadingsHenk BadingsHenk Badings was a Dutch composer.Born in Bandung, Java, Dutch East Indies, as the son of Herman Louis Johan Badings, an officer in the Dutch East Indies army, Badings became an orphan at an early age...
, Concerto for Bassoon, Contrabassoon and Wind Orchestra (1964) - Larry Bell, Concerto, Op. 45 The Sentimental Muse (1997)
- Alain Bernaud, Concertino (1962)
- Umberto Bertoni, Concerto
- Bernard van Beurden, Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble
- Judith BinghamJudith BinghamJudith Bingham is a British composer and mezzo-soprano singer.Born in Nottingham in 1952 and educated at High Storrs Grammar School for Girls in Sheffield, she attended the Royal Academy of Music , where her teachers were Malcolm MacDonald, Eric Fenby, Alan Bush and John Hall , and Jean...
, Concerto (1998) - Marcel BitschMarcel BitschMarcel Bitsch was a French composer, teacher and analyst. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and also was professor of counterpoint there. In his latter years he concentrated on teaching and analysing the music of J. S...
, Concertino for Bassoon and Orchestra (1948) - Alexander Blechinger, Concerto, Op. 111
- Daniel BörtzDaniel BörtzDaniel Börtz is a Swedish composer.He studied composition under Hilding Rosenberg, Karl-Birger Blomdahl and Ingvar Lidholm. Among his works are the operas Bacchanterna , Marie Antoinette and Goya .-References:*...
, Concerto for Bassoon and Band (1978-79) - Eugène BozzaEugène BozzaEugène Joseph Bozza was a French composer.Bozza studied composition, conducting, and violin at the Paris Conservatoire. He is known primarily for his chamber music. Bozza's work includes five symphonies, operas, ballets, and many pieces for brass ensemble...
, Concertino for Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 49 (1946) - Colin BrumbyColin BrumbyColin Brumby is an Australian composer and conductor.He was born in Melbourne and studied at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, from which he graduated in 1957. He went to Spain to study advanced composition with Philipp Jarnach, and to London to study with Alexander Goehr...
, Concerto - Victor Bruns, Four Bassoon Concerti, Op. 5 (1933), Op. 15 (1946), Op. 41 (1966) and Op. 83 (1986), and Contrabassoon Concerto, Op. 98 (1992)
- Glen Buhr, Concerto (1996)
- Henri BüsserHenri BüsserHenri Büsser was a French classical composer, organist, and conductor.- Biography :Paul-Henri Büsser was born in Toulouse, of partly Teutonic ancestry. He entered the Conservatoire in Paris in 1889; there he studied organ with César Franck and composition with Ernest Guiraud...
, Concertino, Op. 80 - Frits Celis, Concertino, Op. 38 for bassoon, violin, viola and cello (1992)
- André Chini, Goëlette de jade Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (1999-2000)
- Wilson Coker, Concertino for Bassoon and String Trio (1959)
- Dinos Constantinides, Concerto, LRC 154a
- Andrzej DobrowolskiAndrzej DobrowolskiAndrzej Dobrowolski was a Polish composer and teacher....
, Concerto (1953) - Franco DonatoniFranco DonatoniFranco Donatoni was an Italian composer.Born in Verona, he started studying violin at the age of seven, and frequented the local Music Academy...
, Concerto (1952) - Pierre Max DuboisPierre Max DuboisPierre Max Dubois was a French composer of classical music. He was a student of Darius Milhaud, and though not widely popular, was respected. He brought the ideas of Les Six, of which his instructor was a member, into the middle 1900's. This group called for a fresh artistic perspective on music...
, Concerto Ironico (1968) - Jack Curtis DubowskyJack Curtis DubowskyJack Curtis Dubowsky is a San Francisco-based American composer who has scored four independent feature films and composed music for television, advertising, and public performance. His music has been performed by the San Francisco Choral Artists, the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, the...
, Concerto (2005) - Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-GramattéSophie Carmen Eckhardt-GramattéSophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté was a Russian-born Canadian composer and virtuoso pianist and violinist.Born in Moscow as Sofia Fridman-Kochevskaya, Eckhardt-Gramatté studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, where her teachers included Alfred Brun and Guillaume Rémy for violin, S. Chenée for...
, Triple-Concerto for Trumpet, Clarinet, Bassoon, Strings and Timpani, E. 123 (1949); Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, E. 124/125 (1950) - Helmut EderHelmut EderHelmut Eder was an Austrian composer.Eder studied until 1948 at the Linz Conservatory, later studying with Johann Nepomuk David in Stuttgart and Carl Orff in Munich. Returning to Linz, he became a teacher at the Linz Conservatory, accepting a position as full professor in 1962...
, Concerto, Op. 49 - Anders EliassonAnders EliassonAnders Eliasson is a Swedish composer. He has composed several symphonies among other works, including a solo Disegno per trombone in the repertoire of Christian Lindberg.-External links:...
, Concerto (1982) - John Fairlie, Concerto
- Jindřich FeldJindrich FeldJindřich Feld was a Czech composer of classical music.-Biography:Feld was born into a musical family, his father a well-known professor of violin at the Prague Conservatory which followed the tradition of Otakar Ševčík, the master of Jan Kubelík. His mother was a violinist...
, Concerto (1953) - John FernströmJohn FernströmJohn Fernström was a Swedish composer.Fernström was born in Yichang, China, where he also spent most part of the first ten years of his life at the mission his father directed, except for a couple of years in Sweden. He resided permanently in the Swedish province of Skåne from 1907 and started to...
, Concerto, Op. 80 (1945) - Eric FoggEric FoggEric Fogg was an English composer and conductor who died under tragic circumstances at the age of 36. His early works were influenced by Igor Stravinsky, though his later pieces owe more to Granville Bantock and Richard Strauss and even William Walton...
, Concerto (1931) - Bjørn Fongaard, Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 120, No. 12; Concerto for Bassoon and Tape, Op. 131, No. 10
- Jean FrançaixJean FrançaixJean René Désiré Françaix was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator, known for his prolific output and vibrant style.-Life:...
, Divertissement for Bassoon and String Orchestra (1942), Concerto for Bassoon and 11 String Instruments (1979) - Stephen Frost, Concerto (1999, rev. 2004)
- Anis FuleihanAnis FuleihanAnis Fuleihan was a Cypriot-born American composer, conductor and pianist.A native of Kyrenia, Fuleihan belongs to a Christian Lebanese family; he attended the English School in that town before coming to the United States in 1915...
, Concertino (1965) - Launy GrøndahlLauny GrøndahlLauny Grøndahl was a Danish composer and conductor. Grøndahl studied the violin from the age of eight. His first work as a professional musician was as a violinist was with the Orchestra of the Casino Theatre in Copenhagen when he was aged just thirteen.He was also for a long period of time the...
, Concerto (1942) - Sofia GubaidulinaSofia GubaidulinaSofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, is a Russian composer of half Russian, half Tatar ethnicity.Gubaidulina's music is marked by the use of unusual instrumental combinations...
, Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings (1975) - Aharon Harlap, Concerto (2004)
- Bernard Heiden, Concerto (1990)
- Jacques HétuJacques HétuJacques Hétu, OC was a Canadian composer and music educator from Trois-Rivières, Quebec. He was nominated for a 1989 Juno Award in the Best Classical Composition category...
, Concerto (1979) - Frigyes HidasFrigyes HidasFrigyes Hidas was a Hungarian composer.Hidas studied composition at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with János Visky...
, Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble (1999) - Paul HindemithPaul HindemithPaul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...
, Concerto for Bassoon and Trumpet (1949) - Peter HopePeter HopePeter Hope is a British composer and arranger. He is particularly noted for his light music compositions, such as the Ring of Kerry Suite, which won an Ivor Novello award, and for his arrangements, such as "Mexican Hat Dance"...
, Concertino - Caleb Hugo, Concerto
- Bertold Hummel, Concerto, Op. 27b
- Gordon JacobGordon JacobGordon Percival Septimus Jacob was an English composer. He is known for his wind instrument composition and his instructional writings.-Life:...
, Concerto (1947) - André JolivetAndré JolivetAndré Jolivet was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet's music draws on his interest in acoustics and atonality as well as both ancient and modern influences in music, particularly on instruments used in ancient times...
, Concerto (1951)
- John JoubertJohn Joubert (composer)John Joubert is a British composer of South African descent, particularly of choral works. He has lived in Moseley, a suburb of Birmingham, England, for over 40 years. A music academic at the universities of Hull and Birmingham for 36 years, Joubert took early retirement in 1986 to concentrate on...
, Concerto, Op. 77 (1973) - Ernest Kanitz, Concerto (1962)
- Jouni KaipainenJouni KaipainenJouni Kaipainen is a Finnish composer.Kaipainen was born in Helsinki. He studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki under Aulis Sallinen and Paavo Heininen.- Works for the Stage :...
, Concerto (2005) - Yuri Kasparov, Concerto (1996)
- Manfred Kelkel, Concerto, Op. 13 (1965)
- Carson Kievman, Concerto for Bassoon (and Fire Alarm System) for bassoon and percussion ensemble (1973)
- Lev KnipperLev KnipperLev Konstantinovich Knipper , a Russian composer of partially German descent and an active OGPU - NKVD agent.Lev Knipper was the nephew of the actress Olga Knipper...
, Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (1969) - Rudolf KomorousRudolf KomorousRudolf Komorous is a Canadian composer. His works includue Twenty-Three Poems about Horses , based on the poetry of Li Ho, the opera No no miya which uses elements of Noh theatre and the Li Ch’ing Chao Madrigals .-References:...
, Concerto - Ezra LadermanEzra LadermanEzra Laderman is an American composer of classical music.-Biography:His parents, Isidor and Leah, both emigrated to the United States from Poland. Though poor, the family had a piano. Ezra writes, "At four, I was improvising at the piano; at seven, I began to compose music, writing it down...
, Concerto (1954) - Lars-Erik LarssonLars-Erik LarssonLars-Erik Larsson was a notable Swedish composer of the 20th century.-Biography:Lars-Erik Vilner Larsson was born in Åkarp in 1908...
, Concertino, Op. 45, No. 4 (1955) - Ray Luke, Concerto (1965)
- Mathieu Lussier, Double Concerto for Trumpet (or Flute) and Bassoon
- Ernst MahleErnst MahleErnst Mahle is a Brazilian composer and orchestra conductor.Mahle studied music with Johann Nepomuk David in Stuttgart before coming to Brazil in 1951, and then with Hans-Joachim Koellreutter in Piracicaba. He became a Brazilian citizen in 1962.In 1953 he was one of the founders of the Escola de...
, Concertino (1980) - Jeff Manookian, Concerto (2008)
- Per Mårtensson, Concerto (2002)
- Peter Maxwell DaviesPeter Maxwell DaviesSir Peter Maxwell Davies, CBE is an English composer and conductor and is currently Master of the Queen's Music.-Biography:...
, Strathclyde Concerto No. 8Strathclyde ConcertosThe Strathclyde Concertos are a series of ten orchestral works by the English composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.Commissioned by Strathclyde Regional Council, each work features an instrumental soloist and small orchestra. The first concerto, for oboe and orchestra, appeared in 1986, with the tenth...
(1993) - Chiel MeijeringChiel MeijeringChiel Meijering is a Dutch composer. He studied composition with Ton de Leeuw, percussion with Jan Labordus and Jan Pustjens, and piano at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music....
, "Neo-Geo" Concerto - Francisco MignoneFrancisco MignoneFrancisco Paulo Mignone is one of the most significant figures in Brazilian classical music, and one of the most significant Brazilian composers after Heitor Villa-Lobos...
, Concertino (1957) - Oskar MorawetzOskar MorawetzOskar Morawetz, CM, O.Ont was a Canadian composer.Morawetz was born in Světlá nad Sázavou, Bohemia . He studied piano and theory in Prague and, following the Nazi takeover of his country in 1938, studied in Vienna and Paris, always staying one step ahead of the invading Nazis...
, Concerto (1995) - Marjan MozetichMarjan MozetichMarjan Mozetich is a Canadian composer. He was born in Italy to Slovenian parents and has lived in Canada since 1952. He is currently an Adjunct Lecturer in Composition at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and has won several prestigious awards, including the first prize in the CAPAC -Sir...
, Concerto for Bassoon and Strings with Marimba (2003) - Ray Næssén, Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Band
- Andrzej PanufnikAndrzej PanufnikSir Andrzej Panufnik was a Polish composer, pianist, conductor and pedagogue. He became established as one of the leading Polish composers, and as a conductor he was instrumental in the re-establishment of the Warsaw Philharmonic orchestra after World War II...
, Concerto (1984) (in memory of Jerzy Popiełuszko) - Boris PapandopuloBoris PapandopuloBoris Papandopulo , Croatian composer and conductor. He was the son of Greek nobleman Konstantin Papandopulo and Croatian opera singer Maja Strozzi-Pečić....
, Concerto - Jiří PauerJirí PauerJiří Pauer was a Czech composer.Pauer studied first with Otakar Šín, then from 1943 to 1946 at the Prague Conservatory with Alois Hába, and finally with Pavel Bořkovec at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He later taught for many years at the Academy where his pupils included composer...
, Concerto (1949) - Jean-Louis PetitJean-Louis PetitJean-Louis Petit is a French composer, conductor and organist. He studied composition with Georges Moineau and organ with Arsène Muzerelle at the Conservatoire de Reims before he studied under Simone Plé-Caussade and Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris...
, Les Paradis Se Rencontrent, Ils Ne Se Fabriquent Pas Concertino for Bassoon and Mandolin Orchestra with Contrabass (2002), Concertino for Bassoon and Orchestra - Craig Phillips, Concerto (2002)
- Johnterryl Plumeri, Concerto
- Arthur Polson, Concerto
- Amando Blanquer Ponsoda, Concerto (1977)
- Augusto Rattembach, Concierto con algo de Tango
- Alan RidoutAlan Ridout-Life:Born at West Wickham, Greater London, England, Alan Ridout studied briefly at the Guildhall School of Music before commencing four years of study at the Royal College of Music, London with Herbert Howells and Gordon Jacob...
, Concertino - Jean RivierJean RivierJean Rivier was a French composer of classical music.He composed over two hundred works, including music for orchestra, chamber groups, chorus, piano, and solo instruments....
, Concerto (1964) - Nino RotaNino RotaNino Rota was an Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti...
, Concerto (1974-77) - Marcel RubinMarcel RubinMarcel Rubin was an Austrian composer.Born in Vienna where he eventually studied with Franz Schmidt, he later emigrated to Paris where he pursued further studies with Darius Milhaud. After living in Mexico City for a while, he returned to Vienna after the end of World War II.Among other works he...
, Concerto - Harald SæverudHarald SæverudHarald Sigurd Johan Sæverud was a Norwegian composer. He is most known for his music to Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, Rondo Amoroso, and the Ballad of Revolt . Sæverud wrote nine symphonies, and a large number of pieces for solo piano...
, Concerto, Op. 44 (1964) - Stellan Sagvik, Svensk (ängermanlänsk) Concertino, Op. 114e (1982)
- Friedrich Schenker, Concerto (1970)
- Gunther SchullerGunther SchullerGunther Schuller is an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician.- Biography and works :...
, Concerto "Eine Kleine Fagottmusik" (1985) - Maurice Shoemaker, Concerto (1947)
- Thomas SleeperThomas SleeperThomas M. Sleeper is a modern American composer and conductor. His music has been described as 'hauntingly mysterious' and 'richly lyrical'. He is currently the Director of Orchestral Activities and Conductor of the University of Miami Frost Symphony Orchestra and Opera Theater...
, Concerto (1993) - Gunnar Sønstevold, Concertino (1973)
- Michał Spisak, Concerto (1944)
- Allan Stephenson, Concerto (1990), Concertino for Two Bassoons and Orchestra (1999)
- Franklin Stover, Double Concerto for Bassoon, Contrabassoon and Orchestra (2010)
- Stjepan ŠulekStjepan ŠulekStjepan Šulek was a Croatian composer and conductor.- Biography :Born in Zagreb in 1914, Šulek began his music study very early by learning piano, violin, and composition. In 1936 he received his diploma from the Zagreb Academy of Music. Until 1952 Šulek was an active soloist who gave numerous...
, Concerto (1958) - Christopher Theofanidis, Concerto (1997-2002)
- Henri TomasiHenri TomasiHenri Tomasi was a French classical composer and conductor.- The early years :Henri Tomasi was born in Marseille, France, in the working class neighborhood on August 17, 1901. His father Xavier Tomasi and mother Josephine Vincensi were originally from La Casinca, Corsica...
, Concerto (1961) - Marc Vaubourgoin, Concerto (1963)
- Stanley Weiner, Concerto, Op. 21 (1969)
- John Williams, The Five Sacred TreesThe Five Sacred TreesJohn Williams composed The Five Sacred Trees for Judith LeClair, the principal bassoonist of the New York Philharmonic in 1995, to honor the orchestra's 150th anniversary. The first performance was given by LeClair and the New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masur on April 13 of that year...
(1995) - Guy WoolfendenGuy WoolfendenGuy Anthony Woolfenden OBE is an English composer and conductor.-Biography:Woolfenden was born in Ipswich and educated at Westminster Abbey Choir School, London, and Whitgift School, Croydon. He studied music at Christ's College in Cambridge and went on to study at the Guildhall School of Music...
, Concerto (1999) - Gerhard Wuensch, Concerto (1976)
- León ZuckertLeón ZuckertLeón Zuckert was a Canadian composer, conductor, arranger, violinist, violist and radio pioneer of Ukrainian descent. He was married to the poet Ella Bobrow, with whom he collaborated on many songs....
, Concerto (1976) - Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Concerto (1992)
Other famous pieces for bassoon and orchestra include Berwald
Franz Berwald
Franz Adolf Berwald was a Swedish Romantic composer who was generally ignored during his lifetime. He made his living as an orthopedic surgeon and later as the manager of a saw mill and glass factory....
's Konzertstück, Elgar's Romance, Villa-Lobos's Ciranda Das Sete Notas, and Weber
Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....
's Andante e Rondo Ongarese (sometimes considered a concerto).
See also
- BassoonBassoonThe bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
- Bassoon sonataBassoon sonataA bassoon sonata is a sonata for bassoon, often with piano accompaniment. Sonatas written for bassoon were relatively uncommon until the second half of the twentieth century. Occasionally, sonatas written for bassoon can also be performed on cello...
- Bass oboe concertoBass oboe concertoThe bass oboe, a relative of the oboe having the same note compass as the latter, is able to play any work written for oboe - it will, however, sound an octave lower. In addition a very small number of concertos have been written for the bass oboe and for a related instrument with the same range,...
- Clarinet concertoClarinet concertoA clarinet concerto is a piece for clarinet and orchestra . Albert Rice has identified a work by Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli as possibly the earliest known concerto for solo clarinet; its score appears to be titled "Concerto per Clareto" and may date from 1733. It may, however, be intended for...
- English horn concertoEnglish horn concertoA number of concertos and concertante works have been written for cor anglais and string, wind, chamber, or full orchestra.English-horn concertos appeared about a century later than oboe solo pieces, mostly because until halfway through the 18th century different instruments had the role of the...
- Oboe concertoOboe concertoA number of concertos have been written for the oboe, both as a solo instrument as well as in conjunction with other solo instrument, and accompanied by string orchestra, chamber orchestra, full orchestra, band, or similar large ensemble.These include concertos by the following...