List of Recommended
Saxophone Repertoire

List of Recommended Repertoire for Bb soprano saxophone
(with piano unless specified)

Several of the best solo works for soprano sax are for solo soprano with orchestra or band, and these have piano reductions available. Be sure to have a look at my concerto list for more pieces for soprano. Additional pieces can be found in the unaccompanied and sax/tape/electronics lists.

Composer

Title

Grade/comments

Publisher

Christopher Adler

Song for a Form Carved by Water

6- for ssx and drone (on F and C)

Adler

Paul Arma

 Phases Contra Phases

 5-6

Lemoine

J.S. Bach

Sonata in G Minor

4

Universal

J.S. Bach

Sonata in Eb Major

4

Theodore Presser

Felix Baumann

Ins Offene

6- ssx, ehn, & alt fl

SMS

Ronald Caravan

Sonata

5

Ethos

Andre Charlton

Caprice

4 (with guitar)

Charlton

Robert Clerisse

Reverie

3

Leduc

Sterling Cossaboom

Fragments

3

Southern

Harald Genzmer

10 Stücke

3-5- for ssx & asx

Ries & Erler

Walter S. Hartley

Diversions

 5-6

Ethos

Walter S. Hartley

Duo Sonata

 4- for ssx & bsx

Ethos

Walter S. Hartley

Pastorale & Tarantella

5- for ssx, asx, pno

Ethos

Walter S. Hartley

Sonata

4-5

Ethos

Theodor Koehler Lange Tage 4 Zerluth

Yusef A. Lateef

Romance

4- for ssx and harp

Dorn

Aubert Lemeland

Epitaph to John Coltrane

4

Leduc

David Liebman

Ode for Leo

5- ssx & cello

Advance

Lawson Lunde

Sonata “Alpine”

4-5

To the Fore

Benedetto Marcello, arr. Harvey Pittel

Concerto (orig. in
C minor for oboe)

4- actually written by Allesandro Marcello

Southern

Jules Massenet

Meditation from Thais

3

WIM

W. A. Mozart, arr. Merle E. Hogg

Divertimento I (orig. for violin)

4

Hogg

Michael Nyman

Shaping the Curve

6

Chester

Giovanni Platti, arr. Rousseau

Sonata in G Major

4

Etoile

Ramon Ricker

Solar Chariots

5

Dorn

Rodney Rogers

Lessons of the Sky

5- also for oboe

Rogers

Erik Satie, arr;
J. M. Leonard

Trois Gymnopédies

2-3

Masters Music

William Schmidt

Sonatina

4

WIM

Marilyn Shrude

Music for soprano saxophone and piano

5

Shrude

Melvin Solomon

Sonatina

4

Dorn

Mark Alan Taggart

Fantasia on a Theme by Ronald Caravan

5- Lyrical and lovely

Dorn

Mark Alan Taggart

Welcoming Piece

5- ssx, asx,and piano (3 players)

Ethos

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5 (Aria)

4

MollyAm

Antonio Vivaldi,
arr. Raschèr

Sonata in G minor

5- a good transcription

McGinnis & Marx

Yassen Vodenitcharov

Répliques

5

E.M.E.



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