List of Recommended
Saxophone Repertoire

List of Recommended Repertoire for Eb Alto saxophone
(with piano unless specified)

Many of the great pieces in the repertoire are concertos for solo sax with orchestra or band, and most of these have piano reductions, so be sure to have a look at my concerto list for more pieces for alto. Additional pieces can also be found in the unaccompanied and sax/tape/electronics lists. I have indicated many of the most well-known, and most frequently performed and recorded pieces of standard repertoire by typing the titles in green.

Composer

Title

Grade/comments

Publisher

Jean Absil

Sonata

3

Lemoine

Samuel Adler

Soundings

6-7

Southern

William Albright

Sonata

6

Peters

J.S. Bach,
arr. Mule

Sonata No. 4  
(originally for flute)

4

Leduc

Leslie Bassett

Music for Saxophone and Piano

6

Peters

Beethovev, arr. Saino

Romance in F, Op. 50 (orig. for violin)

6

International

Jean-Thierry Boisseau

Trois Mélodies Traditionnelles Japonaises

4- asx, low voice, and piano

Musik Fabrik

William Bolcom

Lilith

6

Peters

Eugene Bozza

Aria

2-3

Leduc

Yvon Bourrel

Sonata, Op. 18

5

Billaudot

J.  Charpentier

Gavambodi II

 5

Leduc

Paul Creston

Sonata

5- a standard

Shawnee

Paul Creston

Rapsodie

5-w/organ or piano

Shawnee

Elliot del Borgo

Sonata

6

Dorn

Lex van Delden

Sonatina

3

Donemus

Edison Denisov

Sonata

6-7

Leduc

Elwood Derr

1 in 5 in 1

 

Dorn

Alfred Desenclos

Prelude, Cadence et Finale

5-6 a standard

Leduc

Erwin Dressel

Partita

6

Peters

Erwin Dressel

Bagatellen

5

Peters

Pierre-Max Dubois

Cinq Pièces Caractéristiques

5

Leduc

Pierre-Max Dubois

Circus Parade

Asx, percussion

Leduc

Pierre-Max Dubois

Le Lievre et la Tortue

4-5

Leduc

Pierre-Max Dubois

Sonata

5

Leduc

Henri Eccles, arr. Sigurd Raschèr

Sonata (orig. for
viola da gamba)

3

McGinnis & Marx

Marc Eychenne

Sonata

5

Billaudot

J.F. Fasch , arr. Sigurd Raschèr

Sonata (orig. for
bassoon)

4-5

McGinnis & Marx

Arthur Frackenpohl

Sonata

4

Dorn

Jean Francaix

Cinque Dances Exotiques

3-4

Schott

G.F. Handel, arr. Marcel Mule

Sonata No. 1

(orig. for flute)

4

Leduc

G.F. Handel, arr. Marcel Mule

Sonata No. 2

(orig. for violin)

4

Leduc

G.F. Handel, arr. Sigurd Raschèr

Sonata No. 3

(orig. for violin)

3

Chappell

G.F. Handel, arr. Sigurd Raschèr

Sonata No. 13

(orig. for flute)

3-4

McGinnis & Marx

Walter S. Hartley

Duo

5

Tritone

Walter S. Hartley

Pastorale & Tarantella

5- for ssx, asx, pno

Ethos

Walter S. Hartley

Sonorities IV

4

Tenuto

Walter S. Hartley

Trio Estatico

6- for asx, tsx, pno

Ethos

Alan Hovhaness

Suite, Op. 291

(asx and gtr) 4

Peer Musik

Bernhard Heiden

Sonata

4-5

Schott

Paul Hindemith

Concertpiece

5- for 2 altos

McGinnis & Marx

Paul Hindemith

Sonata

4

Schott

Alan Hovhaness

Suite, Op. 291

4- for asx w/ gtr.

Peer

Karel Husa

Postcard from Home

3

Associated

Jacques Ibert

Aria

2-3

Leduc

André Jolivet

Fantaisie-Impromptu

3

Leduc

Mark Kilstofte

Sonata

6- asx w/ prepared piano & Dr. Beat

 Newmatic Press

Erland von Koch

Sonata

4

Dorn

Hans Kox

Through a Glass Darkly

7

Donemus

Pierre Lantier

Sicilienne

2-3

Leduc

John Anthony Lennon

Distances Within Me

6

Dorn

Terje Lerstad

Duo, Op. 94b

5-asx w/contrabsn

Norsk

Lawson Lunde

Sonata

4-5

Southern

Graham Lynch

Spanish Cafe

4

Lynch

David Maslanka

Sonata

6

NASA

Darius Milhaud

Dance

2

International

Vittorio Monti, arr. Leonard

Csardas (orig. for violin)

5- double-tonguing & opt. Altissimo

Masters

Robert Muczynski

Sonata

4-5

Schirmer

Oliver Nelson

Sonata

5

Advance

Lucie Robert

Cadenza

5-6

Ed. Françaises

Lucie Robert

Tourbillon

5-6

Ed. Françaises

Ned Rorem

Picnic on the Marne

5-6

B&H

Jeanine Rueff

Chanson et Passepied

3

Leduc

Takefusa Sasamori

Variations on Taki’s “Kojo No Tsuki

5- but has some big altissimo

Peer International

Erik Satie, arr. J. M. Leonard

Trois Gymnopédies

2-3

Masters Music

Daniel Schnyder

Baroquelochness

5- w/ pno or basso continuo

Kunzelmann

Erwin Schulhoff

Hot-Sonate

4-5

Schott

Robert Schumann,  arr. F. Hemke

Three Romances

2-3

Southern

Marilyn Shrude

Renewing the Myth

6

Lemoine 

Randall Snyder

Coulisses

6- for alto and pipe organ

Musik Fabrik

Piet Swerts

Klonos

6-7

ASCOLTA

Alexander Tcherepnine

Sonatine Sportive

4

Leduc

Dimitri Terzakis

Der Hölle Nachklang I

7- cat. # EG 322

Gravis

Henri Tomasi

Ballade

4

Leduc

Henri Tomasi

Introduction et Danse

5

Leduc

 Fisher Tull

Sarabande and Gigue

5

B & H

Gregory  Wanamaker

Sonata- Deus Sax Machina

7- great piece

Wanamaker

Paul Wehage

Prelude, Toccata, et Fugue

6- for alto and pipe organ

Musik Fabrik

Rudy Wiedoft, arr. Paul Wehage

The Rudy Wiedoft Collection volumes 1-10

3-5-  sax-o-phun!

Musik Fabrik

Carl Anton Wirth

Dark Flows the River

3

Wirth

Carl Anton Wirth

Prologue

4 (has altissimo B)

Wirth

Carl Anton Wirth

Beyond These Hills

4

Wirth

Waldemar Welander Arietta 5- altissimo Carl Fischer

 Phil Woods

Sonata

5- w/ some improv. 

Kendor

John Worley

Sonata

 

Carl Fischer

Takashi Yoshimatsu

Fuzzy Bird Sonata

5

Billaudot

Various pieces arr. Raschèr/Glaser

The Raschèr Collection

3-6- good light pieces

Chappell


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