Music for Saxophone

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This is a list of a few of my "favorite" pieces. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list by any means! Pieces are listed in order of difficulty. Hope you enjoy them; I do!

Dale Wolford

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Alto Saxophone & Piano

Grade	Title	Composer/Arranger	Publisher
2	Hunter's Chorus	von Weber/Rascher	Belwin-Mills
2	Cantilena	Benson, Warren	Boosey & Hawkes
2	Dark Flows the River	Wirth, Carl	CAW Pub.
2-3	Contempora Suite	Young, Gordon	Belwin
3	Adagio & Allegro	Handel/Rousseau	Wingert-Jones
3	Essay in Blue	Edmondson, John	Kendor
3-4	Adagio & Allegro	Handel/Rousseau	Winger-Jones Music
3-4	Sicilienne	Lantier, Pierre	Leduc
3-4	Three Little Pieces	Wirth, Carl	CAW Pub.
3-4	Sonata No. 6 in G minor	Vivaldi/Marx	McGinnis & Marx
3-5	Three Indonesian Landscapes	Wirth, Carl Anton	CAW Pub.
4	Aria	Ibert	Leduc
4	Three Romances	Schumann/Hemke	Southern
4	Six Studies in English Folksong	Vaughan Williams, Ralph	Galaxy
4	Beyond These Hills	Wirth, Carl	CAW Pub.
4	Sonata	Jacobi, Wolfgang	Bourne
4	Sonata IV	Bach/Mule	Leduc
4	Sonata	Hindemith, Paul	Schott
4	Second Prelude	Gershwin/Rascher	New World
4-5	Histoires	Ibert/Mule	Leduc
4-5	Sonata	Eccles/Rascher	Elkan Vogel
4-5	Sonata	Heiden, Bernhard	Schott
4-5	Sonata	Wilder, Alec	Wilder Music Pub.
4-5	Air Varie	Handel/Rascher	Bourne
4-5	Picnic On the Marne	Rorem, Ned	Boosey & Hawkes
5	Aeolian Song	Benson, Warren	MCA
5	Air & Scherzo	Cowell, Henry	Associated
5	Indonesian Landscapes	Wirth, Carl Anton	CAW Publishing
5	Fantasie-Impromptu	Jolivet	Leduc
5	Scaramouche	Milhaud, Darius	Ed. Salabert
5	Sonata	Fasch/Rascher	McGinnis & Marx
5	Sonata No.2	Handel/Mule	Leduc
5	Sonata Op.19	Creston, Paul	Shawnee
5	Sonata XIII	Handel/Rascher	Elkan Vogel
5-6	Prelude, Cadence et Finale	Desenclos	Leduc
5-6	Sonata	Denisov	Leduc
5-6	Hot-Sonate	Schulhoff, Erwin	Schott
6	Sonata in Eb Major, Opus 120, No. 2	Brahms/Rousseau	étoile music
6	Earth Shaker	Scinto, Christopher	composer
6	Sonata	Woods, Phil	Kendor
6	Distances Within Me	Lennon, John A.	Dorn

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Concertos for Alto Saxophone & Band or Orchestra

Grade	Title	Composer/Arranger	Publisher
5	Concerto (band)	Creston, Paul	G. Schirmer
5	Concerto (orchestra)	Dubois, Pierre Max	Leduc
5	Concerto (orchestra)	Glazounov	Leduc
5	Rapsodie pour Orch.et Sax	Debussy, Claude	Durand
5	Tableaux de Provence (orchestra)	Maurice, Paule	Lemoine
5-6	Elegie et Rondeau (band)	Husa, Karel	Leduc
6	Concerto for Asx & Band	Dahl, Ingolf	European American
6	Concerto for Asx & Band	Husa, Karel	Assoc. Music Pub.
6	Concertino da Camera (orchestra)	Ibert, Jacques	Leduc
6	Idlewood Concerto (orchestra)	Wirth, Carl	Presser
6	Ballade for Sax & Orch	Martin, Frank	Universal

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Solo Works

Grade	Title	Composer/Arranger	Publisher
5	Improvisation et Caprice	Bozza, Eugene	Leduc
5	Improvisations II et III	Noda, Ryo	Leduc
5	Reflections on Raga Todi	Buel, Charlie	Dorn
6	Blue Caprice	Morosco, Victor	Morsax Music

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Soprano Saxophone & Piano
4 4-5 4-5 4-5 5 5-6

Grade	Title	Composer/Arranger	Publisher
4	Concerto in C Minor	Marcello/Morosco	Morsax Music
4	Sonata in A Minor	Telemann/Wolford	Gliddon Prod.
4	Piece en Forme De Habanera	Ravel/Viard	Leduc
4	Sonata in F Minor	Babell/Wolford	Gliddon Prod.
4	Sonata in G Major	Platti/Rousseau	étoile music
5	Sonata for Oboe	Saint-Saens/Wolford	Gliddon Prod.
6	Fantasia	Villa-Lobos, Heitor	Southern
6	John's Journal (Sop. & Alto!)	Lloyd, Jonathan	Boosey & Hawkes

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Methods And Other Study Material 1-4 1-4 1-6 3-4 3-4 3-5 3-5 4 4-5

Grade	Title	Composer/Arr.	Publisher
1-2	Modern Course for the Saxophone -Book 1 & 2	Hegvik, Arthur	Henri Elkan
1-3	The Saxophonist's Manual	Teal, Larry	Encore
1-6	The Art of Saxophone Playing	Teal, Larry	Summy-Birchard
4	Top-Tones for the Saxophone	Rascher, Sigurd	Carl Fischer
4-5	Sonata in A Minor For Flute	Bach, J.S./Rampal	International
5	48 Famous Studies-1st Part	Ferling	Southern
3-4	The Saxophonist's Workbook	Teal, Larry	Encore
3	Jazz Conception for Sax (Int.)	Niehaus, Lennie	Try Pub. Co.
5	Scales for the Saxophone	Rascher, Sigurd	McGinnis & Marx
4-6	Three Octave Scales & Chords	Allard, Joe	Charles Colin
4-6	Progressive and Varied Etudes	Gee, Harry	Southern

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Duets

Grade	Title	Composer/Arr.	Publisher	Instrumentation
1-3	Duets for Festival & Fun	Stoutamire & Henderson	Mel Bay	Duo
2-3	Selected Duets	Voxman, Hymie	Rubank	Duo
2-3	Belwin Master Duets-Int.	Snell, Keith	Belwin	Duo
2-4	Duos for Two Violins	Bartok/Wolford	Gliddon Productions	Duo
3-4	Fifteen Two-Part Inventions	Bach/Teal	T. Presser	Duo (two Asx or Asx+Tsx
3-4	Saxophone Duets	Niehaus, Lennie	Try Publications	Duo
3-4	Jazz Duets - Standards	Collection	Hal Leonard	Duo
3-4	A Dozen & One Saxophone Duets	Niehaus, Lennie	Dorabet Music Co.	Duo
3-5	Six Canonic Sonatas	Telemann	étoile music	Duo
3-5	Saxophone Duets	Pauer, Fritz	Advance Music	Duo
4	Sixteen Artistic Duets	Vereecken	Rubank	Duo
4-5	Jazz Duos	Higgins, Dan	Sax Shop Publications	Duo
4-5	Six Barefoot Dances	Lamb, J.D.	Josef Marx	Duo
4-5	Sonata in D	LeClair/Londeix	Leduc	Duo
4-5	Three Caprices	Dubois, Pierre-Max	Leduc	Duo
4-5	Three Concert Duets	Kuhlau/Teal	T. Presser	Duo (two Asx or Asx+Tsx)
4-5	48 Famous Studies-2nd Part	Ferling	Southern	Duo/Trio
4-5	Three Canonic Duets	Yasinitsky, Gregory	Advance	Duo
4-6	Dialogues	Massias, Gerard	Gerard Billaudot	Duo
5	Three Flourishes	Lamb, J.D.	manuscript	Duo
5-6	Six Contemporary Etudes	Morosco, Victor	Morsax Music	Duo
6	Concertpiece	Hindemith, Paul	McGinnis & Marx	Duo

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