Music for Heckelphone and Bass Oboe


This listing is a work in progress: if you are aware of any work scored for bass oboe and/or heckelphone
not found below, please contact the author, phurd@waypt.com


Orchestral, Opera, Ballet, Chamber and Wind Choir Music

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ADES, THOMAS
ASYLA

 
Aho, Kalevi
Symphony No. 11  (Warner/Chappell)
Kolme Bertrandin Monologia (The Monologues of Bertrand) (Warner/Chappell)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1988)  (Warner/Chappell)
Symphony No. 6  (Warner/Chappell)
Hyönteiselämää (Insect Life), an opera in two acts  (Warner/Chappell)
Salaisuuksien (The Book of Secrets), an opera in one act and four scenes (Warner/Chappell)

 
Arseneault, Raynald
Prelude à l’infini (commissioned by Société Radio Canada)

 
ATTERBERG, KURT
SYMPHONY IN C (SINFONIA FUNEBRA)

 

 
 
 
 
 


Badings, Henk
Concerto for Flute (C. F. Peters, rental)
Concerto for Clarinet (C. F. Peters, rental)
Armageddon (C. F. Peters, rental)
Concert Piece (C. F. Peters, rental)
Concerto for Harp (C. F. Peters, rental)
Concerto for English Horn (American Folksong Suite) (3rd mvmt quartet: oboe, ob'd, EH, Hph, var. on The Bluetail Fly)
BAX, ARNOLD
SYMPHONY NO. 1

 
BECHER, Heinrich 
Ansbacher Quartet (oboe, oboe d'amore, EH, Heckelphone)
(LISTED IN IDRS LIBRARY)

 
BLOOD, JOHN.
Dark Scenes of Winter (1981) (bass oboe or tenor sax, piano) (ms)
Bon, Willem Frederik
Hobo Concert (1974) (ob/obd'am/EH/Hph=1 player; strings) (Donemus ms)

 
BRAUN, STEPHAN (ALIAS:  MATTHIAS BRUN)
ZWEI STÜCKE (HECKELPHON, 3 CELLI)

 
Brian, Havergal
Symphony No. 1 
Symphony No. 4

 
Broughton, Bruce
TRIO FOR OBOES   (oboe, Eh, bass oboe)

 
Bryars, Gavin
The East Coast (concerto for bass oboe)

 
Burgers, Simon
Pastiche for Oboe, for baryton oboe (or Heckelphone) and tape

 

 
 
 
 
 


CARR, EDWIN
WAIKEKE ISLAND
Quartet for oboe, oboe d'amore (or oboe II), EH, bass oboe (or bassoon)
(AMORIS)

 
CASKIN, JOHN
(UNKNOWN)

 
Castérède, Jacques
Air Varié  (Quartet for oboe, oboe d’amore, English horn, Heckelphone)

 
Chadwick
The Cricket & the Bumblebee (woodwind feature, with narrator)  Sousa Archives for Band Research

 
CHAVEZ, CARLOS
SYMPHONIA DE ANTIGONA (SYMPHONY NO. 1)  (1933)  (GS)

 
Christieb, Don    (arranger)
ACHLIEB BEI UNS HERR JESU CHRIST   (J. S. Bach)   13 winds, incl bass oboe
O GOTT DU FROMMER GOTT (Brahms)  13 winds, incl bass oboe
HERZLICH TUT MICH ERFRUEN (Brahms)  14 winds, incl bass oboe
IN DOLCE JUBILO (J.S. Bach)  14 winds, incl bass oboe
HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN (Brahms)   11 winds, incl bass oboe
IN FESTE BURG (J.S. Bach)  13 winds, incl bass oboe
DIES SIND DIE HEIL'GEN ZEHN GEBOT (J.S. Bach)  13 winds, incl bass oboe

 

 
 
 

COPLAND, AARON
SHORT SYMPHONY (ORIGINAL ORCHESTRATION)

 
Clifford, Hubert
Atomic Energy (for bass or alto flute, Heckelphone, Eb clarinet, vibraphone and orchestra)

 
Collier, Gilman
Divertimento for double reed quintet (oboe, oboe d’amore or oboe II, English horn, Heckelphone or bassoon II, and bassoon)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Darbellay, Jean-Luc
Aulos (oboe/mussette, EH, Hph) (ms AG)

 
Debussy, Claude
Afternoon of a Faun (arrangement for band)  Sousa Archives for Band Research

 

 
 
 
 
 

DELIUS, FREDERICK
FENNIMORE UND GERDA
A DANCE RHAPSODY 
TONE POEM - PARIS:  NOCTURE, SONG OF A GREAT CITY
A MASS OF LIFE
REQUIEM
Songs of Sunset
A Dance Rhapsody (arrangement for band)  Sousa Archives for Band Research

 
Delz, Christoph
Jahreszeiten (The Seasons)  Op. 12 (1991) Edition Gravis
Dench, Chris
For Nora and Roger (bass oboe with bass clarinet)
Denhoff, Michael
Tableaux sombres (1990) (Hph & orchestra)
Dobrian, Chris
Parable (bass flute, bass oboe, bass clarinet)

 
Dolden, Paul
L’Ivresse de la Vitesse (The Walls of Jericho)

 
Dusapin, Pascal
Timée (1978)
Dünki, Jean-Jacques
Drei Szenen für Bariton (voice) & Heckelphone

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
 
EYSER, EBERHARD
Sonatina für Heckelphone (1968)
Polymorphy 2 für Oboe-instruments (1968)
Trezza für Heckelphone (or viola) and piano (1983)
Pastorelles für Heckelphone and Harp (or piano) (1983)
DER SOHNDES KALIFEN
TRIO FÜR OBOENINSTRUMENTE
SONATA FÜR OBOENINSTRUMENTE

 
EWAZEN, ERIC
QUINTET FOR HECKELPHONE AND STRINGS  (ALTERNATE PARTS FOR ENGLISH HORN OR BASSOON) (ms)

 

 
 
 
 
 



 
Fleming, Martha
QUARTET for oboe, oboe d'amore,EH, and bass oboe (1928)
FOX, Christopher
Broadway Boogie for 3 bass oboes

 

 
 
 
 
 



 
Gardner, James
Charge (solo bass oboe)  Amoris International
Gasser, Ulrich
Der Vierte König
Oratorium (1991) (ms)

 
GENZMER, HAROLD
SONATA FOR HECKELPHONE AND PIANO  (1993) (Peters Frankfurt ms)

 
Goldmark
Scherzo Orchestral (arrangement for band)  Sousa Archives for Band Research

 
GROFÉ, F. 
ARRANGEMENT OF GERSHWIN’S CONCERTO IN F (FOR PAUL WHITEMAN’S ORCHESTRA)

 
GRAINGER, PERCY
THE WARRIORS
THE CHILDREN’S MARCH  (FOR CONCERT BAND)

 
Grella-Mozejko, Piotr
aa69 (for bassoon or Heckelphone)  CMC, Canada

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
Hackenberg, Stefan
Days (1996)  ten short pieces for bass clarinet, bassoon or bass oboe/Heckelphone

 
HADAMOWSKY, HANS
CHORALVORSPIELE (Heckelphone or bassoon)

 
Harding, A. A.
numerous orchestral works transcribed for band  (A. A. Harding Collection, University of Illinois, Urbana)

 
Harman, Chris Paul
Poem

 
HARTLEY, WALTER S.
TRIO FOR REEDS AND PIANO  (1987)  (DORN)
Haubensack, Edu
Poesie des Südens (1989) (ensemble musique de chambre) (ms)
Heckel, Wilhelm
Meine Gedanken, Kleines Konzert (1946) für Fagott oder Heckelphone und Klavier (ms Heckel)

 
Heller, Barbara
Englischhorn Solo Album (or bass oboe/Heckelphone)  fue 325 ISMN:M50012-825-0 (Furore Verlag)

 
HENZE, HANS WERNER
DAS FLOSS DER MEDUSA (1968/90)
DIE ENGLISCHE KATZE ("The English Cat") (1980/83/90) (Schott)
il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (Monteverdi) (1981)
Orpheus (1978/86) (Ballet et vocal 1983)
Barcarola (1979)
Apollo trionfante (1979)
7th Sinfone (1983/84)
Cinque piccoli concerti e ritornelli (1987) (IV: Hph - clar., C-b, - Dbass)
Drei Orchesterstücke (1995)
Le miracle de la rose (clarinet solo with orchestra) (Heckelphone takes the place of the bassoon)

 
Herbert, Victor
Suite of Serenades

 
HESPOS, HANS JOACHIM
INTERACTIONS  (1971)
CHE  (1975)
KAMMERMUSIK FÜR ORCHESTER  (1976)
GO  (1978)

 
HINDEMITH
CARDILLAC  (OPERA)
TRIO OPUS 47 FOR HECKELPHONE, VIOLA, PIANO  (SCHOTT)

 
HOLST, GUSTAV
THE PLANETS

 
HOLT, SIMON
ECO-PAVEN  (PIANO CONCERTO)  (1998)  (CH)
Horz, Stefan
Music, when soft voices die... (ob/EH, EH, bs oboe or bassoon) (Dohr) (in oboeschule 6. Teil-2 Band neue Oboemusik)
Feuerzauber (2 ob/EH/Hph) (in Oboeschule 4. Band neue Oboemusik)

 
HUBER, NICOLAUS
GHOSTS FOR LARGE ORCHESTRA, TAPE AND SPEAKER/SINGER  (1976) (B & H)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
ISAACS, GREGORY SULLIVAN
Song Without Words (solo EH or Hph with orchestra) (ms)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
Jacob, Gordon
Variations on Annie Laurie  (vide:  Gerard Hoffnung Discography)
Janarcekova, Viera
Vier Minutenschnulzen (1995) (Edition Furore)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
KEYSSNER, AUGUST
"IM WALDESDOM" (TONSTUCK FÜR HECKELPHONE UND ORGEL (KLAVIER) OP. 94) (UNIVERSAL EDITION U. E.  17524, ms Heckel)
Am Hochzeitstag - Intermezzo Op. 91 für Heckelphone (or oboe) and Organ (or piano, orchestra) (ms Heckel)
Klaus, Isabel
Stüke für D.R. (ms)

 
KLOSÉ, R.
SONNENGEIST

 
KOECHLIN, CHARLES
Suite pour Cor Anglais Seul (or baritone oboe)  (ESCHIG)

 
KOLBINGER, KARL
TRIO SURPRISE (HECKELPHONE, FAGOTT, KONTRAFAGOTT) (K.O.M. 9613)

 
KONIETZNY, HEINRICH
REZITATIV UND ALLEGRO FÜR HECKELPHON UND KLAVIER  (1965)

 
KROMMER, F. V.
VARIATIONS IN FONA THEME BY PLEYEL (LISTED IN IDRS LIBRARY)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
 
Lerstad, Terje Bjorn
Suite for Obo Solo (1980), Opus 142 (ob, ob d'am, EH, Hph)
Litvinenko, Irina
3 Pièces Mélodramatiques (1997) (ms)
Lombardi, Luca
"Faust, un travestimento" (1986/90) (Opera) (Ricordi)

 
LORENTZEN, BENT
MAIDEN INTO BIRD, BALLET SUITE  (1967/75)  (WH) (Two Heckelphones!)

 

 
 
 
 
 



 
MABRY, DRAKE
"Aria"  for bass oboe solo and double reed ensemble
"Lament for Astrabe"  (oboe or bass oboe solo)
"Ceremony 1"   (oboe or bass oboe solo)

 
MASON, BENEDICT
   !  (1992)  (CH)

 
MÉFANO, PAUL
ONDES  (ESPACES MOUVANTS)  (1975)  (SAL)
Meier, Jost
Sieben kleine Geschichten (Edition BIM)
Michael, Frank
Die Stimme der Kulture Op. 79/1 (Fl/bsFl, Ob/bsOb, piano) (Zimmermann)

 
Mielenz, HANS
CONCERTO FOR HECKELPHONE AND ORCHESTRA  (1979)  OPUS 60

 
MIEREANU, COSTIN
MUSIQUE ELEMENTAIRE DE CONCERT  (1977)  (SAL)

 
Moran, Robert
A Survivor from Darmstadt (9 bass oboes)

 

 
 
 
 
 

MOSER, FRANZ
SYMPHONIE IN F# - MOLL (111.) OPUS 48

 
MOULAERT, RAYMOND
ANDANTE, FUGUE AND FINALE (OBOE, OBOE D’AMORE, ENGLISH HORN, HECKELPHONE)  (CeBeDeM)

 
MÜLLER-WIELAND, JAN
POEM DES MORGENS  (1991)  (SIK)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
ORFF, CARL
"ORFEO"  (MONTEVERDI)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
PAPPADAKIS, DOROTHY
CHRISTMAS JAZZ CONCERTO  "CHRISTMAS TRAVELER" (OXFORD U. P.) (ms)
 (BALLET)    THE ROSE TREE (FOR WOODWIND QUINTET, HECKELPHONE AND HARP) (OXFORD U. P.) (ms)
OVERTURE AND VARIATIONS IN E FLAT FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND HECKELPHONE (OXFORD U. P.)       (ms)

 
PENDERECKI, KRZYSTOF
PITTSBURGH OVERTURE (WORK LISTED C. F. PETERS CATALOGUE)  (ATONAL)

 
Phillips, Anthony
The Geese and the Ghost (pop music)
Pizzi, Ray
What are you doing the rest of your Life?  (Michel Legrand)

 
Porter, Cole
Anything Goes

 

 
 
 
 
 

PUSZTAI, TIBOR
PARADISO  (ORCHESTRA, SOPRANO, HECKELPHONE) (ms)
LEAVES  (WOODWIND ORCHESTRA) (ms)

 

 
 
 
 
 



 
REGT, HENDRIK DE
MUSICA OPUS 10 (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)    (DONEMUS, 1979)
Reimann, Aribert
Das Schloss (opera) (Schott)
Troades (opera) (Schott)

 
Rihs, Nicolas
A4 for cor anglais, hautbois baryton, Heckelphon, et Basson  (Les Roseaux Chantants)

 
Rodgers, Richard
On Your Toes
The King and I

 

 
 
 

RØNNES, ROBERT
DUET FOR HECKELPHONE AND PIANO (LISTED IN IDRS LIBRARY)
Trois Nocturnes en Hommage à Frederick Delius pour hautbois baryton ou Heckelphon

 
Ross, Walter
Old Joe Clark’s Musical Offering  (Amoris International)
Trio Fantastico (oboe, bass oboe, piano)  (Amoris International)
Scherzino  (Amoris International)
Auprès de ma Blonde for oboe, oboe d’amore, bass oboe  (Amoris International)

 

 
 
 

RUZICKA, PETER
ABBRÜCHE.  NINE PHRASES FOR ORCHESTRA  (1978)  (SIK)
EINBLENDUNGEN FOR LARGE ORCHESTRA  (ETYM-MARCIA)  (1973-77) (SIK)
METASTROFE.  VERSUCH EINES AUSBRUCHS FÜR 87 INSTRUMENTEN  (1971) (SIK)
Musik für Klarinette und Orchester (2000) (1st audition Donauschingen 20.10.2000)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
SALZEDO, LEONARD
BAILABLES (ob/ob'd or obII/EH/bs ob or bsn)  (AMORIS)
Canto de Sibila  (Amoris International)

 
SCHILLINGS, MAX VON
MOLOCH  -  MUSIKALISCHE TRAGÖDIE
MONA LISA
PROLOG ZU SOPHOKLES  (SYMPHOLISCHER)
TANZ DER BLUMEN
DEN VERKLÄRTEN
Schneider, Urs Peter
Studien (Fassung 1996)

 
Schroeder, Marianne
The Rosebud (ob, ob'd, Hph, bsn) (ms)

 
SCHULLER, GUNTHER
AN ARC ASCENDING  (1996)  (AMP)

 
SCHULZE, WERNER
SNÚNINGUR, FIVE PIECES FOR ORCHESTRA
Heckelphonia Opus 5/2 (for Heckelphone solo)
27 Takte für Arni, Op. 5/4 (ob/ob'd/EH/bsOb) (ms AG)
Austro-Polka Op. 5/4 (3 ob/2 EH/Hph/CBsn) (ms AG)
Das Knaben Englishhorn für Bariton (voice), EH/Hph & piano
Klaglied des Schwans Op. 5/7 (bsOb or Hph & piano)
Epitaph "wie ein Ausschnitt der Zeit" (bsOb or Hph & piano)

 
SCHWEITZER, BENJAMIN
TRIO  (HECKELPHON, FAGOTT, KONTRAFAGOTT)  (ACCOLADE 1009)

 
SINOPOLI, GUISEPPE
NUMQUID  (quintet: mus/ob/ob'd/EH/Hph + celesta/piano/cembalo)  (SUVINI)

 
SMITH, LEYLAND
Sonata for Heckelphone and Piano  (1954) (ms)

 
SPAHLINGER, MATHIAS
FURIOSO FOR ENSEMBLE  (1991/92)  (B & H)

 
Specht, Don
March of the Munchums  (vide: An Afternoon with Don Specht)

 
SPEVAK, MICHAEL TERRENCE 
SOMEWHAT LONG MARCH AND DANCES, A Trio for Heckelphone, bassoon, and contrabassoon with percussion (snare drum and timpani)

 
Starret, John
Passage for Heckelphone and string quartet (1997-1998)
Steinhauer, Mathias
Koren-Fantasien op. 15 (ms)

 
Stokowski, Leopold
Passacaglia & Fugue (J. S. Bach)  arrangement for band

 
STRAUSS, RICHARD
SALOMÉ (op. 54)
ELEKTRA (op. 58)
FESTLICHES PRÄLUDIUM (op. 61)
JOSEPHSLEGENDE (op. 63)
EINE ALPENSINFONIE, (op. 64)
ORCHESTRAL SUITE FROM SALOME
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks (arrangement for band) Sousa Archives for Band Research
Aus Italien: IV Neopolitanisches Volksleben (arrangement for band)  Sousa Archives for Band Research

 
Strutt, Clive
Introduction and Protiazhnahyah  (Amoris International)
English Folk Song Suite  (Amoris International)



TCHEREPNIN, IVAN
CONCERTO FOR OBOE AND WINDS

 
TIPPET, MICHAEL
TRIPLE CONCERTO FOR VN, VA, CELLO  (ORCHESTRA)
Truax, Barry
Inside for Bass Oboe
Two Digital Soundtracks

 
Tschaikowski
Andante Cantabile (arrangement for band)  Sousa Archives for Band Research
Francesca da Rimini (arrangement for band)  Sousa Archives for Band Research

 
TURNAGE, MARC-ANTHONY
(UNKNOWN)

 

 



 
VARÈSE, EDGAR
AMÉRIQUES
ARCANA

 
Vidjeskog, Patrik
Sonata in modo classico for Heckelphone and piano (1999)
Divertimento da camera for baritone oboe, accordian, harp and percussion, Opus 23
Två tämligen höga visor, Opus 24

 
VIVALDI  (CASELLA)
CONCERTO IN C DUR
ORCHESTRA WORKS FOR DIVERSE INSTRUMENTS
IM VERLAUFE DER JÜNGSTEN FORCHUNGEN

 
VAUGHN WILLIAMS
LONDON SYMPHONY  (ORIGINAL ORCHESTRATION)

 

 
 



 
Wallach, Joelle
Don’t Write to Me (soprano, bass clarinet, or Heckelphone) (1980)
Tiger Songs (The Chinese Handcuff) soprano, bass clarinet or Heckelphone

 

 

WATERHOUSE, GRAHAM
TRIO - 4 EPIGRAPHS AFTER ESCHER  (HECKELPHONE, VIOLA, PIANO) (pub. Hofmeister)

 
WEAVERS, HAROLD
TRIO FOR VIOLA, HECKELPHON, AND PIANO (TRANSCRIPTION FROM TRIO  FOR CELLO BASSOON AND PIANO)

 
WEINGARTNER
SYMPHONY NO. 3, OPUS 49  (B & H)

 
WEISSENSTEINER, RAIMUND
SONATA FOR HECKELPHONE AND PIANO Op. 88 (Oberon)

 
WITTAKER, GILLIES
Suite for Bass oboe and Piano (1941) (ms)

 
WINTER, PAUL
PRAYER FOR THE WILD THINGS
The Man Who Planted Trees
Noah and the Ark

 
Wolking, Henri
Suite for 2 oboe/EH/Hph (1951) (Donemus)
Concertino for Heckelphone and string orchestra (commissioned by Douglas Craig, principal bassoon, Utah Symphony)

 

 



 
 
ZAGWIJN, HENRI
QUARTET for Oboe, Oboe d'amore, English Horn, Heckelphone
Zechlin, Ruth
Briefe an HWH pour Oboe solo (#1 & #3 authorized for Hph) (Edition Zimmermann)

 

MOTION PICTURE SCORES AND MUSICALS


 
AMRAM, DAVID
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

 
KAPER, BRONISLAU

 
NORTH, ALEX

 
RAKSIN, DAVID

 
ROSZA, MIKLOS

 
The X-Men
Charly
OKLAHOMA (ORIGINAL ORCHESTRATION)
SPARTACUS
GREEN MANSIONS
THE SECRET GARDEN

 

MUSIC IN TRANSCRIPTION

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V- W - Y - Z
BEETHOVEN
QUINTET  (OBOE, 3 HORNS, BASSOON)

 
BESOZZI, ALESSANDRO
SONATA A’TRE   (2 OBOES, BASSOON)

 

 


DUSSEK, FRANTISEK
PARTHIA IN F  (2 OBOES, 2 HORNS, BASSOON) (LISTED IN IDRS LIBRARY)

 

 


FUCIK, J
DER ALTE BRUMMBAR

 
FRANCAIX, JEAN
SAXOPHONE QUARTET (PETITE QUATOUR)  (SCHOTT)

 

 


GRAUN, K. H.
TWO TRIOS  (OBOE D’AMORE, HORN, BASSOON)

 

 


MOSER, FRANZ
TRIO OPUS 38  (2 OBOES, ENGLISH HORN)

 
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (2 ob, EH, Hph, Bssn) arr. by WOLFGANG SCHOTTSTADT  (EDITION SCHOTTSTADT)

 

 
 
 
 
 


ROSETTI, F. A.
QUINTET IN E FLAT FOR FLUTE, OBOE, CLARINET, ENGLISH HORN, BASSOON

 

 
 
 
 
 


TRADITIONAL
BOAR’S HEAD CAROL
Studies in Folk Music from Bosnia and Herzegovina (Amoris)
Sixteen Christmas Carols for 2 oboes and 2 bassoons (optional parts for oboe III, oboe d'amore, and bass oboe)   BMC   (BMC- 119)

 
TRIEBENSU, JOSEPH
TRIO IN F MAJOR  (2 OBOES, ENGLISH HORN)

 

 
 
 
 
 


Wallach, Joelle 
Two songs  (1988) soprano (or tenor), bass clarinet, or Heckelphone
WENDT, JOHANN
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