Bassoon sonata
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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
. The twentieth century also saw a greater proliferation of sonatas for solo
bassoon and sonatas for bassoon in various duets with other instruments (such as cello
or oboe
). Unless otherwise noted, the pieces below are for bassoon and piano.
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...
, often with piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
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
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
. The twentieth century also saw a greater proliferation of sonatas for solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
bassoon and sonatas for bassoon in various duets with other instruments (such as cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
or oboe
Oboe
The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
). Unless otherwise noted, the pieces below are for bassoon and piano.
Baroque/Classical
- Johann Andreas AmonJohann Andreas AmonJohann Andreas Amon was a German virtuoso horn player, violist, conductor and composer. Amon composed around fifty works, including symphonies, concerti, sonatas, and songs...
, Sonata Concertante in F Major, Op. 88 - Giovanni Antonio Bertoli, nine sonatas (1645)
- Philipp Friedrich BöddeckerPhilipp Friedrich BöddeckerPhilipp Friedrich Böddecker was a German court organist and composer.While organist at the Stiftskirche he engaged in a bitter dispute with Samuel Capricornus at the Württemberg Court. His brother was the cornettist David Böddecker.-References:...
, Sonata sopra "La Monica" (1651) - Joseph Bodin de BoismortierJoseph Bodin de BoismortierJoseph Bodin de Boismortier was a French baroque composer of instrumental music, cantatas, opéra-ballets, and vocal music...
, various sonatas (1730s) - 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...
, six sonatas (1788?) - Johann Friedrich FaschJohann Friedrich FaschJohann Friedrich Fasch was a German violinist and composer.Fasch was born in Buttelstedt, was a choirboy in Weissenfels and studied under Johann Kuhnau at the famous St. Thomas School in Leipzig and later founded a Collegium Musicum in that city...
, Sonata in C (authorship uncertain) - Johann Ernst GalliardJohann Ernst GalliardJohann Ernst Galliard was a German composer.Galliard was born in Celle, Germany to a French wig-maker. His first composition instruction began at age 15. Galliard studied composition under Farinelli, the director of music at the Court of Hanover, and Abbate Steffani. In addition to his composition...
, six sonatas for bassoon or cello (1733)
- Miguel de Lope, Sonata for bassoon and continuo (1791)
- Luigi Merci, six sonatas for bassoon or cello, Op. 3 (c. 1735)
- 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...
, Sonata in B major, K. 292 - Etienne OziEtienne OziEtienne Ozi was a French bassoonist and composer. He is known for his concertos, symphonies concertantes, and pedagogical pieces...
, various sonatas - Anton ReichaAnton ReichaAnton Reicha was a Czech-born, later naturalized French composer. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Beethoven, Reicha is now best remembered for his substantial early contribution to the wind quintet literature and his role as a teacher – his pupils included Franz Liszt and Hector Berlioz...
, Sonata in B flat, Op. Posth. - Georg Philipp TelemannGeorg Philipp TelemannGeorg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually...
, Sonata in F minor
Romantic
- Anton Liste, Sonata, Op. 3 (c. 1822)
- William HurlstoneWilliam HurlstoneWilliam Yeates Hurlstone was an English composer who studied piano and composition at the Royal College of Music, after gaining a scholarship. His piano professors were Algernon Ashton and Edward Dannreuther...
, Sonata in F Major (1904) - Julius RöntgenJulius RöntgenJulius Engelbert Röntgen was a German-Dutch composer of classical music.-Life:Julius Röntgen was born in Leipzig, Germany, to a family of musicians. His father, Engelbert Röntgen, was first violinist in the Gewandhaus orchestra in Leipzig; his mother, Pauline Klengel, was a pianist, the aunt of...
, Sonata in A Flat minor (1929)
- Camille Saint-SaënsCamille Saint-SaënsCharles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony...
, Sonata in G major, Op. 168 (1921) - Gustav SchreckGustav SchreckGustav Ernst Schreck was a German composer and music educator. He was the cantor of the Thomanerchor from 1893 to 1918.-External links:...
, Sonata in E flat, Op. 9 (1887)
20th century
- Eduardo Alemann, Sonatina, Op. 72, No. 2 (1957)
- Susana Antón, Sonatina
- Hans Erich ApostelHans Erich ApostelHans Erich Apostel was a German-born Austrian composer of classical music....
, Sonata, Op. 19, No. 3 for solo bassoon (1951) - Violet ArcherViolet ArcherViolet Archer, CM was a Canadian composer, teacher, pianist, organist, and percussionist. Born Violet Balestreri in Montreal, Quebec, her family changed their name to Archer. She died in Ottawa....
, Sonatina (1978), Sonata (1980) - Edward Arteaga, Sonata (1993)
- Boaz Avni, Sonata (1996)
- Robert Baksa, Sonata (1991, rev. 2005)
- Richard Rodney BennettRichard Rodney BennettSir Richard Rodney Bennett, CBE is an English composer renowned for his film scores and his jazz performance as much as for his challenging concert works...
, Sonata (1999) - Niels Viggo BentzonNiels Viggo BentzonNiels Viggo Bentzon was a Danish composer and pianist.Bentzon was descended from Johan Ernst Hartmann and the great-grandson of J.P.E. Hartmann. From 1938 to 1942, he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen under Knud Jeppesen and Christian Christiansen...
, Sonata (1972) - Olav Berg, Sonatine (1995)
- Antonio Bibalo, Sonata (1991)
- Willem Frederik Bon, Sonata for bassoon solo, Op. 32 (1970)
- Robert J. Bradshaw, Sonata No. 7 "Ad Hoc" for bassoon and strings or piano
- Victor Bruns, Three Sonatas, Op. 20 (1952), 45 (1969) and 86 (1988)
- Romeo CascarinoRomeo CascarinoRomeo Cascarino was an American composer of classical music.His music is generally tonal, and his magnum opus is the opera William Penn, whose life had fascinated Cascarino since childhood...
, Sonata (1950) - Mario Castelnuovo-TedescoMario Castelnuovo-TedescoMario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was an Italian composer. He was known as one of the foremost guitar composers in the twentieth century with almost one hundred compositions for that instrument. In 1939 he migrated to the United States and became a film composer for some 200 Hollywood movies for the next...
, Sonata, Op. 130 (1946) - Barney ChildsBarney ChildsBarney Childs was an American composer and teacher.Born in Spokane, Washington, he taught and composed avant-garde music and literature at universities in the United States and United Kingdom.-Music:...
, Sonata (1964) - Arnold CookeArnold CookeArnold Atkinson Cooke was a British composer.-Career:He was born at Gomersal, West Yorkshire into a family of carpet manufacturers. He was educated at Repton School and at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, where he read History, but he was already attracted to a career in music...
, Sonata (1988) - Jean CoulthardJean CoulthardJean Coulthard, was a Canadian composer and music educator. She was part of a trio of women composers who dominated Western Canadian music in the twentieth century: Coulthard, Barbara Pentland, and Violet Archer. All three died within weeks of each other in 2000...
, Lyric Sonatina (1970) - Michael Cunningham, Parisian Sonata, Op. 72 (1981)
- William D. Davis, Sonata (1969)
- Serge de GastyneSerge de GastyneSerge Benoist de Gastyne was a French American composer and pianist born in Paris, France. After fighting with the French Underground forces in World War II, he came to the United States and attended the University of Portland , where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950...
, Sonatina, Op. 58 (1972) - 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...
, Sonatine Tango (1984) - Horst Ebenhöh, Sonatine, Op. 47/4 for bassoon solo (1987)
- 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...
, Sonatina, Op. 34/3 (1963) - Iván ErődIván ErödIván Erőd, also Iván Eröd , is an Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist.- Career :Erőd studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music with Pál Kadosa and Ferenc Szabó . He emigrated to Austria in 1956 and studied there at the Vienna Music Academy, with Richard Hauser and Karl Schiske...
, Sonata Milanese, Op. 47 (1985) - Alvin EtlerAlvin EtlerAlvin Derald Etler was an American composer and oboist.-Career:A student of Paul Hindemith, Etler is noted for his highly rhythmic, harmonically and texturally complex compositional style, taking inspiration from the works of Bartók and Copland as well as the dissonant and accented styles of...
, Sonata (1951) - Eberhard Eyser, Sonata for bassoon solo (1973)
- Ferenc FarkasFerenc FarkasFerenc Farkas was a Hungarian composer.Farkas began his studies in composition at the Budapest Academy of Music , where his teachers were Leo Weiner and Albert Siklós. He later studied with Ottorino Respighi in Rome...
, Sonatina Based on Hungarian Folk Songs for double bass, cello or bassoon and piano (1955); Sonate Romantique (1985) - 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...
, Sonatine (1969) - Bjørn FongaardBjørn FongaardBjørn Fongaard was a Norwegian composer, guitarist, and teacher. In addition to being concerned with microtonal and electronic music, he was perhaps the first to use the prepared guitar....
, Three Sonatas, Op. 109, No. 1 (1971) and Op. 125, Nos. 14 and 15 (1973); Sonatina, Op. 126, No. 17 - Merab Gagnidze, Sonata for bassoon solo; Sonata for bassoon and timpani
- Odette Gartenlaub, Sonatine (1959)
- Harald GenzmerHarald GenzmerHarald Genzmer was a German composer of contemporary classical music.-Biography:Born in Blumenthal, near Bremen, Germany, he studied composition with Paul Hindemith at the Berlin Hochschule für Music beginning in 1928.From 1938 he taught at the Volksmusikschule Berlin-Neukölln...
, Sonata for bassoon solo (1974) - Glenn GouldGlenn GouldGlenn Herbert Gould was a Canadian pianist who became one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century. He was particularly renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach...
, Sonata (1950) - Czesław Grudziński, Sonata No. 2 (1984)
- 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...
, Duo Sonata for two bassoons - Anthony HedgesAnthony HedgesAnthony Hedges is an English composer whose output covers most musical genres. His orchestral music includes two symphonies, a Sinfonia Concertante, concertinos for Flute, Horn, Trumpet, Bassoon, Variations on a theme of Rameau, together with a substantial number of light music compositions...
, Fantasy Sonata, Op. 104 (1986) - Lennart Hedwall, Sonata for bassoon solo (1977)
- 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...
, Sonata (1938) - Alan HovhanessAlan HovhanessAlan Hovhaness was an Armenian-American composer.His music is accessible to the lay listener and often evokes a mood of mystery or contemplation...
, Sonata for two bassoons (1977); Sonata for oboe and bassoon, Op. 302 (1979) - Bertold HummelBertold HummelBertold Hummel was a German composer of modern classical music.- Life :Bertold Hummel was born November 27, 1925 in Hüfingen . He studied at the Academy of Music in Freiburg from 1947 to 1954, taking composition with Harald Genzmer, and cello with Atis Teichmanis...
, Sonatina (1976) - Yuri Kasparov, Sonata-Infernale for solo bassoon (1989)
- Kjell Mørk Karlsen, Choral Sonata No. 2, Op. 13, No. 2 (1971)
- Ulysses KayUlysses KayUlysses Simpson Kay was an African American composer. His music is mostly neoclassical in style....
, Sonata (1941) - Homer KellerHomer KellerHomer T. Keller was an American composer of contemporary classical music.He graduated from Oxnard Union High School in Oxnard, California in 1933, after which he attended the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Howard Hanson, obtaining B.M. and M.M. degrees...
, Sonata (1955) - Brian Kershner, Sonata (1989)
- Ron Klimko, Sonata (1997)
- Charles KoechlinCharles KoechlinCharles Louis Eugène Koechlin was a French composer, teacher and writer on music. He was a political radical all his life and a passionate enthusiast for such diverse things as medieval music, The Jungle Book of Rudyard Kipling, Johann Sebastian Bach, film stars , travelling, stereoscopic...
, Sonata, Op. 71 (1918) - Ellis KohsEllis KohsEllis B. Kohs was an American composer, theory textbook author, and Professor at the University of Southern California.-Biography:...
, Sonata (1953) - Serge Lancen, Sonatine (1983)
- Terje Bjørn Lerstad, Sonata, Op. 192 (1989)
- David Loeb, Two Sonatas for solo bassoon (1975, 1990)
- Otto LueningOtto LueningOtto Clarence Luening was a German-American composer and conductor, and an early pioneer of tape music and electronic music....
, Sonata (1970) - Juliusz Łuciuk, Sonata (1954)
- Ivar Lunde, Jr., Sonata, Op. 78 (1982)
- Mathieu Lussier, "White Rock" Sonata, Op. 28
- Trygve Madsen, Sonata, Op. 25
- 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...
, Sonata (1969), Sonatina (1974) - Pierrette Mari, Sonatine (1964)
- Władysława MarkiewiczównaWładysława MarkiewiczównaWładysława Markiewiczówna was a Polish pianist and renowned educator.She studied in the Conservatory of the Musical Society in Kraków in the piano class of Severin Eisenberger as well as in theory of music class of Zdzisław Jachimecki...
, Sonatina (1954) - Arnold Matz, Sonatine (1987)
- Brady McElligot, Sonata (1982)
- Marcel MihaloviciMarcel MihaloviciMarcel Mihalovici was a French composer born in Romania. He was discovered by George Enescu in Bucharest. He moved to Paris in 1919 to study under Vincent d'Indy...
, Sonata (1958) - John MitchellJohn Mitchell (composer)John Mitchell is an American classical composer. He is the son of John Stewart Mitchell, pianist and cousin of Canadian novelist W. O. Mitchell and Hungarian-born singer Teresa Hideg Mitchell. He studied music composition at the University of California, Los Angeles with Dr...
, Sonata, Op. 36 (1979) - 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...
, Sonata (1981) - Nicolas NabokovNicolas NabokovNicolas Nabokov was a Russian-born composer, writer, and cultural figure. He became a U.S. citizen in 1939.-Life:...
, Sonata (1941) - Ray Næssén, Sonata Divina
- Vaclav NelhybelVáclav NelhýbelVáclav Nelhýbel was a Czech-American composer, mainly of works for student performers. He is considered one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century....
, Sonata da Chiesa No. 3 "Variations on 'Our God Almighty'" for trombone, bassoon or oboe and organ (1977) - Ivo PetrićIvo PetricIvo Petrić is a Slovenian composer of European classical music.Petrić was educated at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana from 1952 to 1958. After completing his studies at the Academy, he conducted and toured with the Slavko Osterc chamber music ensemble until 1982...
, Sonata (1954) - Gabriel PiernéGabriel PiernéHenri Constant Gabriel Pierné was a French composer, conductor, and organist.-Biography:Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz in 1863. His family moved to Paris to escape the Franco-Prussian War. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, gaining first prizes for solfège, piano, organ, counterpoint and fugue...
, Prélude de Concert (1933) - Wolfgang Plagge, Three Sonatas, Op. 43 (1989/90), Op. 74 (1993) and Op. 123 (2007)
- Graham Powning, Sonata for two bassoons
- Gerhard PräsentGerhard PräsentGerhard Präsent is an Austrian composer, conductor and academic.-Professional career:Gerhard Präsent studied from 1976 at the Musikhochschule Graz, composition with Iván Erőd and conducting with Milan Horvat. He graduated in 1982 in composition and in 1985 in conducting, in both subjects with...
, Erödiana (Capriccio Erödico) for bassoon (or cello) and piano (1996), for Iván ErődIván ErödIván Erőd, also Iván Eröd , is an Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist.- Career :Erőd studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music with Pál Kadosa and Ferenc Szabó . He emigrated to Austria in 1956 and studied there at the Vienna Music Academy, with Richard Hauser and Karl Schiske... - André PrevinAndré PrevinAndré George Previn, KBE is an American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world, and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings. -Early Life:Previn was born in...
, Sonata (1999) - Salvador Ranieri, Sonatina (c. 1990)
- Einojuhani RautavaaraEinojuhani RautavaaraEinojuhani Rautavaara is a Finnish composer of contemporary classical music, and is one of the most notable Finnish composers after Jean Sibelius.-Life:...
, Sonata, Op. 26 (1970) - Verne Reynolds, Sonata
- 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...
, Sonata (1972) - Peter SchickelePeter SchickeleJohann Peter Schickele is an American composer, musical educator, and parodist. He is best known for his comedy music albums featuring his music that he presents as music written by the fictional composer P. D. Q...
, Sonata Abassoonata, S.888 (1996) Schickele's program notes state that "the bassoonist plays both the bassoon and piano parts simultaneously...the pianist...runs on only in time to play the last two measures" - Robert Schollum, Two Sonatinas, Op. 55/3 and Op. 57/3
- Nikos SkalkottasNikolaos SkalkottasNikos Skalkottas was one of the most important Greek composers of 20th-century music. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical repertoire and the Greek tradition....
, Sonata Concertante, A/K 67 (1943) - Gunnar Sønstevold, Sonatina (1990)
- Luboš SlukaLuboš SlukaLuboš Sluka is a Czech Contemporary Composer.-Life and career:Lubos Sluka was admitted to Prague Conservatory where he completed his studies in three subjects - percussion, conducting and composition. In 1951, Sluka was chosen as Arthur Honegger's student, as well as George Auric's assistant...
, Sonata - Nicholas Van Slyck, Fantasia Numerica: Sonata for bassoon alone (1960)
- Dmitri Smirnov, Sonata, Op. 22
- Michael Smolanoff, Sonata, Op. 3 (1972)
- Gunnar Sønstevold, Sonatina (1990)
- Leon SteinLeon SteinLeon Stein was an American composer and music analyst.Stein attended DePaul University, where he achieved his MM in 1935 and his Ph.D. in 1949; he studied under Leo Sowerby, Eric DeLamarter, Frederick Stock, and Hans Lange...
, Sonata (1970) - John Steinmetz, Sonata (1981)
- Halsey StevensHalsey Stevens-Life:Halsey Stevens was born in Scott, New York and educated at Syracuse University and the University of California, Berkeley. He studied with William Berwald at Syracuse and with the composer Ernest Bloch at Berkeley....
, Sonata (1949) - Alexandre TansmanAlexandre TansmanAlexandre Tansman was a Polish-born composer and virtuoso pianist. He spent his early years in his native Poland, but lived in France for most of his life...
, Sonatine (1952) (Tansman also wrote a Suite for bassoon and piano, 1960) - Alexander TcherepninAlexander TcherepninAlexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin was a Russian-born composer and pianist. His father, Nikolai Tcherepnin and his son, Ivan Tcherepnin were also composers, as are two of his grandsons, Sergei and Stefan. His son Serge was involved in the roots of electronic music and instruments...
, Sonatine Sportive for bassoon or saxophone and piano, Op. 63 (1939) - Kunio Toda, Sonata (1965-66)
- Robert E. Tyndall, Sonata (1947)
- Mieczysław Weinberg, Sonata for bassoon solo, Op. 133
- Stanley Weiner, Sonata, Op. 32 (1971)
- Elliot Weisgarber, Sonata (1973)
- Alec WilderAlec WilderAlec Wilder was an American composer.-Biography:...
, Three Sonatas, No. 1 (1968), No. 2 (1969) and No. 3 (1982) - Luigi ZaninelliLuigi ZaninelliLuigi Zaninelli is an Italian-American composer from New Jersey. He is currently the composer-in-residence at the University of Southern Mississippi.-References:...
, Sonatina
21st century
- Teddy Abrams, Sonata (2007)
- Abraham Fabella, Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (2002-2003)
- Nancy GalbraithNancy GalbraithNancy Galbraith is an American postmodern/postminimalist composer.-Biography:Galbraith began playing piano at the age of four. She studied music at Ohio University , West Virginia University , and Carnegie Mellon University. She now teaches composition and music theory at Carnegie Mellon...
, Sonata (2004) - Ivan JevtićIvan JevticIvan Jevtić is a world famous Serbian/French composer and member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts...
, Sonata (2005) - Paul LewisPaul Lewis (composer)Paul Lewis is a British composer who was born in Brighton, England. Lewis began composing for television at age 20 and is best known today for his television music...
, Sonata Poppiflora (2004) - David MaslankaDavid MaslankaDavid Maslanka is a U.S. composer who writes for a variety of genres, including works for choir, wind ensemble, chamber music and symphony orchestra....
, Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (2003)
- Robert PatersonRobert Paterson (composer)Robert Paterson is an American composer, percussionist and conductor.-Biography:Paterson studied composition with Christopher Rouse, Samuel Adler, Joseph Schwantner, Warren Benson and David Liptak at the Eastman School of Music, graduating in 1995. At Eastman, he was a double major and studied...
, Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (2001) - Nikola ResanovicNikola ResanovicNikola Resanovic is an American composer and professor of music. He is the winner of the 2003 Cleveland Arts Prize in Music and is one of Ohio's best known living composers....
, Sonata (2004) - Simon SargonSimon SargonSimon Sargon is an American composer, pianist, and music educator of Israeli and Indian descent. He studied at Brandeis University and at the Juilliard School under Sergius Kagen. For many years, Sargon was Jennie Tourel's accompanist, performing with her in concerts and master classes across the...
, Sonata in A (2005) (also arranged for oboe and piano) - Daniel Schnyder, Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
- Randall Snyder, Spring Sonata (2005)
- Graham WaterhouseGraham WaterhouseGraham Waterhouse is an English composer and a cellist. He is known for chamber music and for unusual scoring, such as Piccolo Quintet, Bright Angel for three bassoons and contrabassoon, Chieftain's Salute for Great Highland Bagpipe and string orchestra, and works for speaking voice and cello,...
, Phoenix Arising in memoriam William Waterhouse for Bassoon and Piano (2009)
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 concertoBassoon concertoA 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...
- Cello sonataCello sonataA cello sonata is usually a sonata written for cello and piano, though other instrumentations are used, such as solo cello. The most famous Romantic-era cellos sonatas are those written by Johannes Brahms and Ludwig van Beethoven...
- Clarinet sonataClarinet SonataA clarinet sonata is piece of music in sonata form for clarinet, often with piano accompaniment.The Clarinet Sonatas by Brahms are of special significance to the clarinet repertoire...
- Flute sonataFlute sonataA flute sonata is a sonata usually for flute and piano, though occasionally other accompanying instruments may be used. Flute sonatas in the Baroque period were very often accompanied in the form of basso continuo.-List of Flute Sonatas:*George Antheil...
- Piano sonataPiano sonataA piano sonata is a sonata written for a solo piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements, although some piano sonatas have been written with a single movement , two movements , five or even more movements...
- SonataSonataSonata , in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata , a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms prior to the Classical era...
- Viola sonataViola sonataThe viola sonata is a sonata for viola, sometimes with other instruments, usually piano. The earliest viola sonatas are difficult to date for a number of reasons:...
- Violin sonataViolin sonataA violin sonata is a musical composition for violin, which is nearly always accompanied by a piano or other keyboard instrument, or by figured bass in the Baroque period.-A:*Ella Adayevskaya**Sonata Greca for Violin or Clarinet and Piano...