Our music difficulty rating is a subjective attempt to quantify each piece's difficulty.
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J.S. Bach: The Italian Concerto
Arranged for 2 oboes, English horn and bassoon by Philip Freihofner.
"Phil Freihofner has done an excellent arrangement of this Baroque classic for double reed quartet. The work is beautifully printed in his own published edition. ... For those of you looking for a solid arrangement for double reeds of a great composition, you need look no further than this excellent edition." Ron Klimko, Bassoon Editor, IDRS. Edition: Freihofner, difficulty: 3 - 4
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(#X-346) $24.00

PDQ Bach: Fugue of the Volga Boatmen, S.1-2-3-Grunt
Edited by Prof. Peter Schickele, this unusual fugue is based on a traditional Russian folk song. Piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon. Duration ca. 2'40". Edition: Presser, difficulty: 3
(#X-391) $12.95

Henri Brod: Grand Duo for Oboe and Bassoon, Opus 43
With piano accompaniment. Edited by David Dutton Edition: B & D, difficulty: 3 - 4
See recordings of  X-274   
(#X-274) $25.00

Frederic Chopin: 4 Mazurkas, Opus 6
Arranged for 2 oboes, English horn, and bassoon by Philip Freihofner. Edition: Freihofner, difficulty: 2 - 4
(#X-344) $22.00

Mike Curtis: A Klezmer's Wedding for Double Reed Quartet
Commissioned and dedicated to the double reed quartet "Wizards". Parts for oboe I, oboe II, English horn, and bassoon are included. Difficulty: 2 - 5
See recordings of  X-219   
(#X-219) $20.00

Mike Curtis: Duo Suite on Mexican Themes
For oboe and bassoon. Edition: MSS, difficulty: 2 - 5
(#X-214) $15.00

Mike Curtis: From Their Mountain Fastnesses
For English horn, bassoon & percussion. Edition: MSS Publishing, difficulty: 4
(#X-352) $18.00

Mike Curtis: Sketches of China for Oboe and Bassoon.
4 short duets evoking sounds of China. Edition: MSS, difficulty: 4
(#X-269) $15.00

Mike Curtis: 3 Klezmer Trios for Oboe, English Horn and Bassoon.
Edition: MSS Publishing, difficulty: 2 - 3
See recordings of  X-322   
(#X-322) $18.00

Curtis: Trio Suite on Mexican Themes
For oboe, English horn, & bassoon. Edition: MSS Publishing, difficulty: 2 - 3
See recordings of  X-349   
(#X-349) $18.00

Mike Curtis: Tango La Invitación
For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, & percussion. Edition: MSS Publishing, difficulty: 3 - 4
See recordings of  X-353   
(#X-353) $20.00

Mike Curtis: Woodwind Friends
25 short intermediate duets for any combination of C, B flat, E flat and C bass clef instruments. Play with your friends! Edition: MSS Publishing, difficulty: 2 - 3
(#X-396) $15.00

Purcell, Byrd: Canons, Catches and Rounds
16 pieces arranged by Daniel Kazez Edition: Southern Music, difficulty: 2
For 3 bass clef instruments:
Henry Purcell: Knave Must Be Knave
Henry Purcell: He Who is Giddy
John Hilton: Now That the Spring
Simon Ives: Come, Honest Friends
Henry Purcell: To Thee and to a Maid
William Cranford: This Hour, My Bonny Lads
John Jenkins: Come, Pretty Maidens
William Byrd: Canon Three in One
Anonymous: Hold Thy Peace
John Hilton: Come, Merry Men, Follow
Henry Purcell: 'Tis Too Late for a Coach
For 4 bass clef instruments:
Anonymous: To Portsmouth, To Portsmouth
John Blow: John Digs
Anonymous: As I Was Walking
Henry Purcell: 'Tis Woman
Anonymous: Banbury Ale
Edition Southern Music, difficulty:2
(#X-318) $10.00

Paul Chihara: Fleeting Shadows, Still Reflections
Bassoon and piano. Performance time 9 minutes. Edition: Peters, difficulty: 3 - 4
See recordings of  X-705   
(#X-705) $35.00

Jean Françaix: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
This work was commissioned by the IDRS. Edition: Schott, difficulty: 5
See recordings of  X-324   
(#X-324) $38.95

Philip Freihofner: Madame d'amours
A short madrigal from the court of Henry VIII for double reed quartet (oboe 1, oboe d'amore or oboe 2, English horn, bassoon) arranged by Philip Freihofner. Score and parts. Edition: Freihofner, difficulty: 2
(#X-387) $9.00

Philip Freihofner: Music from "The Golem"
For Oboe 1, oboe 2, English horn and bassoon. A four movement suite using Klezmer stylings, taken from a score written to accompany the German silent horror file "Der Golem: Wie er in de Welt kam" (Paul Wegener, 1920). The film is based on the story of a rabbi of 16th century Prague said to have created a golem, a figure made of clay brought to life via powers of the Kabbalah, to protect the local Jewry. Difficulty: 3 - 4
See recordings of  X-903   
(#X-903) $25.00

Bartok: Sonatina
Arranged for 2 oboes, English horn and bassoon by Philip Freihofner. Edition: Freihofner, difficulty: 3
(#X-360) $22.00

Philip Freihofner: Quartet #1
A five movement work inspired by the Russian silent film comedy "The Girl with the Hat Box", written for oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. Edition: Freihofner, difficulty: 3 - 4
(#X-384) $24.00

Gary Friedman: Baroque Break
A short piece for wind octet (2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 French horns, 2 bassoons). Parts and score included. Edition: Friedman, difficulty: 3
(#X-388) $12.00

Gary Friedman: Pied Piper of Hamelin
For woodwind quintet and narrator. Edition: Freidman, difficulty: 3 - 4
(#X-354) $29.95

Gary Friedman: Romance
A one movement piece for sextet (flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon & piano) or octet (2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 French horns, & 2 bassoons). Score & parts. Difficulty: 3
(#X-392)

Gary Friedman: Fugue for Four Winds
For oboe, English horn 1, English horn 2, and bassoon. Edition: Friedman, difficulty: 2 - 3
(#X-359) $10.00

Gary Friedman: Fugue #2 for 4 Winds
For oboe, English horn, and 2 bassoons. Edition: Friedman, difficulty: 2 - 3
(#X-363) $10.00

Gary Friedman: Home Again
An short octet with four sections for 2 oboes, 2 B flat clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons. Duration: 7 minutes. Includes score and parts. Difficulty: 3
(#X-398) $12.00

Gary Friedman: Insistence for Wind Octet
Rhythmic octet for 2 oboes, 2 clarinet, 2 French horns and 2 bassoons. Score and parts. Difficulty: 4
(#X-393) $12.00

Gary Friedman: Meanderings
A short piece for wind octet (2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 French horns, 2 bassoons). Edition: Friedman, difficulty: 3
(#X-390) $15.00

Gary Friedman: Octocaglia
A wind octet in passacaglia form for oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons. Edition: Friedman, difficulty: 3
(#X-394) $12.00

Gary Friedman: Octofugue
A fugue for wind octet (2 oboes, 2 B flat clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons). Contains score and parts. Difficulty: 3
(#X-397) $12.00

Gary Friedman: On The Go
Short piece for wind octet (2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 French horns, 2 bassoons). Parts and score included. Edition: Friedman, difficulty: 3
(#X-389) $12.00

Gary Friedman: Quartet for English Horn and Strings
A two movement piece for English horn, violin, viola and cello. Includes all parts, score and piano reduction of the string parts. Difficulty: 3
(#X-699) $15.00

Gary Friedman: Rondo Giocoso
Trio for oboe, French horn (or English horn or bassoon), and piano. Edition: Friedman, difficulty: 3
(#X-364) $10.00

Gary Friedman: Sextet for winds
For flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, & piano. Edition: Friedman, difficulty: 3 - 4
(#X-365) $15.00

Gary Friedman: Three Happy Oboists
Eleven Sketches for Oboe, Oboe d'Amore and English Horn. Contains transposed parts for combinations of 2 oboes and English horn or flute, oboe and B flat clarinet. Difficulty: 3
(#X-895) $29.95

Gary Friedman: 6 Wind Quartets, Volume I
Quartets Number 1, 2 and 3 are written for flute, oboe, clarinet & horn (or bassoon). Transposed parts are included so it can be played by 2 oboes, English horn. & bassoon. Edition: Friedman, difficulty: 3
(#X-374) $25.00

Gary Friedman: 6 Wind Quartets, Volume II
Quartets Number 4, 5 and 6 are written for flute, oboe, clarinet & horn (or bassoon). Transposed parts are included so it can be played by 2 oboes, English horn & bassoon. Difficulty:3 Difficulty: 3
(#X-374-II) $25.00

Eugene Jancourt: Concertino, op 40
A trio for oboe, bassoon and piano, edited by Bruce Gbur. Contains a piano score and separate oboe and bassoon parts. Edition: Prairie Dawg Press, difficulty: 3 - 4
(#X-898) $18.00

PDQ Bach/Schickele: Octoot
For 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 B flat clarinets, and 2 bassoons. Edition: Presser, difficulty: 3 - 4
(#X-320) $23.95

Rossini: Largo al Factotum from The Barber of Seville
Arranged for bassoon quartet by Mathew Griffiths. Includes score and parts. Difficulty: 4
(#X-654) $29.95

Paul Arden-Taylor: Carry on Bach
Three light hearted arrangements for three (duty free) bassoons by Sheila Wyver. Includes:
Bach Goes to Sea
Bach Goes East
Bach goes North
Includes score and three bassoon parts. Edition: Emerson, difficulty: 3 - 5
(#X-231) $22.95

18 Trios for From the Classic Masters
Transcibed and arranged by Ary van Leeuwen and Albert Andraud for flute, oboe, and clarinet or two flutes and clarinet.
Score and parts are included. Edition: Southern Music, difficulty: 3 - 4
W.A. Mozart: Larghetto
W.A. Mozart: Adagio
L.C. Daquin: La Joyeuse
J.J. Mondonville: Tambourin
J.S. Bach: Two Gavottes
F.J. Haydn: Allegro Marziale
F.J. Haydn: Andante
F.J. Haydn: Allegro
J.P. Rameau: Rigodon de Dardanus
W.A. Mozart: Adagio
A. Lotti: Allegro
F.J. Haydn: Presto
F.J. Haydn: Presto
J.M. Leclair: Musette
A. Järnefelt: Praeludium
Paul de Wailly: Aubade
G.B. Martini: Les Moutons
Caix d'Hervelois: Musette
Score and parts are included. Edition Southern Music, difficulty:3-4
(#X-319) $25.00

Scott Joplin: The Ragtime Dance
Aranged for woodwind trio (oboe, clarinet, bassoon) by Anthony Averay. Edition: Draft III Music, difficulty: 3
(#X-335) $17.50

Scott Joplin: Chrysanthemum
Arranged for woodwind trio (oboe, clarinet, bassoon) by Anthony Averay. Edition: Draft III Music, difficulty: 3
(#X-336) $17.50

Scott Joplin: Elite Syncopations
Arranged for woodwind trio (oboe, clarinet, bassoon) by Anthony Averay. Edition: Draft III Music, difficulty: 3
See recordings of  X-337   
(#X-337) $17.50

Scott Joplin: The Entertainer
Arranged for woodwind trio (oboe, clarinet, bassoon) by Anthony Averay. Edition: Draft III Music, difficulty: 3
(#X-338) $17.50

Scott Joplin: Eugenia
Arranged for woodwind trio (oboe, clarinet, bassoon) by Anthony Averay. Edition: Draft III Music, difficulty: 3
See recordings of  X-339   
(#X-339) $17.50

Scott Joplin: Leola
Arranged for woodwind trio by Anthony Averay. Edition: Draft III Music, difficulty: 3
(#X-340) $17.50

Scott Joplin: Paragon Rag
Arranged for woodwind trio (oboe, clarinet, bassoon) by Anthony Averay. Edition: Draft III Music, difficulty: 3
See recordings of  X-341   
(#X-341) $17.50

Scott Joplin: Solace
Arranged for woodwind trio (oboe, clarinet, bassoon) by Anthony Averay. Edition: Draft III Music, difficulty: 3
(#X-342) $17.50

John Marvin: Octet for Winds
For 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, and 2 horns. Score and parts included. Edition: Fish Creek Music, difficulty: 4
(#X-361) $50.00

John Marvin: Quintet for Woodwinds
Commissioned by and dedicated to the Blair Quintet. Includes score and flute, oboe, B flat clarinet, horn, and bassoon parts. Edition: Fish Creek Music, difficulty: 4
(#X-375) $38.00

John Marvin: Tapestry
Trio for oboe d'amore (or English horn), viola, & piano, dedicated to Julie Ann Giacobassi, Geraldine Walther, and Stephen Thomas. Duration ca. 10:00. Includes piano score, oboe d'amore, alternate English horn, and viola parts. Edition: Fish Creek Music, difficulty: 5
(#X-608) $23.00

Rafael Mevorach: Concerto for Oboe, Bassoon, Percussion and String Orchestra
Commissioned by and written for John Dee, this concerto is one long movement with several sections featuring various combinations of the four groups: solo oboe, solo bassoon, percussion and strings. It is written based on two sets: a four pitch set and another set based on the combinatorility of the original set and its inversion. Contains score, oboe and bassoon solo parts, four percussion parts and 10 string parts. Duration ca. 30 minutes. Edition: Mevorach, difficulty: 4 - 5
(#X-395) $100.00

Rafael Mevorach: Reflections for Flute, Oboe and Clarinet
A three movement work for flute, oboe and clarinet. Score and parts. Edition: Mevorach, difficulty: 4
(#X-386) $30.00

Rafael Mevorach: Shared Memories
Commissioned by Georgia Dowgert and dedicated to and written for Stephenie Cervi, this piece for oboe and violoncello (or bassoon), evokes the poem "Send Me a Song" by Celtic Women. Two performance scores included Edition: Mevorach, difficulty: 4
(#X-865) $15.00

Rafael Mevorach: Woodwind Quartet (after Vox Machina)
A four movement work for oboe, B flat clarinet, French horn and bassoon. Score and parts included, duration: ca 11'20". Edition: Mevorach, difficulty: 5
(#X-399) $40.00

Rafael Mevorach: Woodwind Quintet (2004)
A three movement work for flute,oboe,clarinet, bassoon and French horn. Score and parts included. Edition: Mevorach, difficulty: 3
(#X-383) $40.00

Valarie Morris: Cloud Dances
A four movement work for woodwind quintet. "Cloud Dances was influenced by the ever-changing, always beautiful clouds in the skies of Santa Fe." Edition: Sandscape, difficulty: 3 - 4
(#X-357) $34.95

W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture
Arranged for woodwind trio (oboe, clarinet, bassoon) by Anthony Averay. Edition: Dorave, difficulty: 3
(#X-325) $17.50

W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni "Notte e giorno faticar"
Arranged for woodwind trio by Anthony Averay. Difficulty:4 Edition: for woodwind trio by Anthony Averay. Difficulty:4
(#X-326) $17.50

W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni "La ci darem la mano"
Arranged for woodwind trio (oboe, clarinet, bassoon) by Anthony Averay. Edition: Draft III Music, difficulty: 3
(#X-327) $17.50

W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni. "Fin chhan dal vino"
Arranged for woodwind trio by Anthony Averay. Edition: Arranged for woodwind trio by Anthony Averay.
(#X-329) $17.50

Mozart: Quintet in E flat Major KV 452
For piano, oboe, clarinet, horn & basssoon. Edited by Hellmut Federhofer. Edition: Baerenreiter, difficulty: 4
See recordings of  X-373   
(#X-373) $25.45

Mozart: Serenade in B flat Major for Wind Quintet
The Grand Partita K. 361 arranged by Z.M. French for flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon.
Parts and full score for all 7 movements are included. Edition: Premiere Music, difficulty: 3
(#X-378) $58.50

Ray Pizzi: Modissimo
A "modal jazz-rock, funky groove" piece for woodwind quintet. Score and parts. Performance time 3:30. Difficulty: 3
(#X-379) $22.00

Ray Pizzi: Windrider
A "medium swing, funky jazz groove" piece for woodwind quintet. Score and parts. Performance time 3:30. Difficulty: 3
(#X-380) $22.00

Previn: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Edition: Chester, difficulty: 5
See recordings of  X-355   
(#X-355) $53.95

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Arranged by Mike Curtis for wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon) & narrator. Edition: MSS Publishing, difficulty: 3
See recordings of  X-348   
(#X-348) $25.00

P.I. Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Little Swans
From Swan Lake, arranged for 2 oboes, English horn, and bassoon by Philip Freihofner. Edition: Freihofner, difficulty: 3
(#X-345) $10.00

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Trio
For oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. Three solo parts. Edition: Eschig, difficulty: 4
(#X-381) $32.95

Johann S. Kusser: Suite No. 4 in C Major (1700)
Music for 4-Part Double Reed Band (2 oboes, English horn, bassoon). Edition: The King's Trumpetts and Shalmes Music Editions, difficulty: 2 - 3
(#X-301) $18.75

Henry Purcell: Suite from The Married Beau
Music for 4-Part Double Reed Band (2 oboes, English horn, bassoon). Edition: The King's Trumpetts and Shalmes Music Editions, difficulty: 2 - 3
(#X-302) $18.75

Henry Purcell: Suite from The Virtuous Wife
Music for 4-Part Double Reed Band (2 oboes, English horn, bassoon). Edition: The King's Trumpetts and Shalmes Music Editions, difficulty: 2 - 3
(#X-303) $18.75

Henry Purcell: Suite from The Gordian Knot Untied
Music for 4-Part Double Reed Band (2 oboes, English horn, bassoon). Edition: The King's Trumpetts and Shalmes Music Editions, difficulty: 2 - 3
(#X-304) $18.75

Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite for Wind Quintet
Arranged for flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, clarinet, French horn and bassoon by Z.M. French. Edition: Premiere Music, difficulty: 3
(#X-376) $41.75

Maurice Ravel: Vocalise-Étude en forme de Habanera for Wind Quintet
The famous Ravel piece arranged for flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon by Z. M. French. Score and parts. Edition: Premiere Music, difficulty: 3 - 4
(#X-377) $23.40

Robert Sibbing: Four Western Songs
Written for "Wizards" double reed quartet (oboe, oboe d'amore (or oboe II), English horn, bassoon), each movement showcases a different instrument.
Days of '49
Sweet Betsy from Pike
Cowboy's Lament
Big Rock Candy Mountain Edition: Bocal Music, difficulty: 3 - 4
See recordings of  X-874   
(#X-874) $16.00

Johann Fischer: Suite in B flat from Journal du Printemps (1695)
Music for 5-Part Double Reed Band (2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons). Edition: The King's Trumpetts and Shalmes Music Editions, difficulty: 2 - 3
(#X-305) $18.75

Jean-Baptiste Lully: Suite from Xerxes
Music for 5-Part Double Reed Band (2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons). Edition: The King's Trumpetts and Shalmes Music Editions, difficulty: 2 - 3
(#X-306) $18.75

John Thow: Trilce
For oboe/English horn, flute/piccolo, cello & piano. Edition: Fish Creek Music, difficulty: 3
(#X-362) $25.00

Zelenka: Sonata I in F Major
For 2 oboes, bassoon, and basso continuo. Editing and realization of the figured bass by Wolfgang Horn. Edition: Hortus Musicus, difficulty: 3
See recordings of  X-371   
(#X-371) $30.75

Zelenka: Sonata II in G Minor
For 2 oboes, bassoon, and basso continuo. Edited, with critical commentary, by Wolfgang Reich. Edition: Hortus Musicus, difficulty: 3
See recordings of  X-367   
(#X-367) $31.45

Zelenka: Sonata IV in G Minor
For 2 oboes, bassoon, and basso continuo. Edited by Wolfgang Reich, realization of the figured bass by Wolfgang Horn. Edition: Hortus Musicus, difficulty: 3
See recordings of  X-372   
(#X-372) $31.45

Zelenka: Sonata V in F Major
For 2 oboes, bassoon & basso continuo. Editing and realization of the figured bass by Wolfgang Horn. Edition: Hortus Musicus, difficulty: 3
See recordings of  X-368   
(#X-368) $29.25

Sonata VI in C Minor
For 2 oboes, bassoon & basso continuo. Editing and realization of the figured bass by Wolfgang Horn. Edition: Hortus Musicus, difficulty: 3
See recordings of  X-369   
(#X-369) $30.75

Our music difficulty rating is a subjective attempt to quantify each piece's difficulty.
1: Begining  2: Early Intermediate  3: Advanced Intermediate  4: Advanced  5: Difficult
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