A bassoon sonata is a larger-scale work for bassoon, usually with

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accompaniment. Most bassoon sonatas are substantial, multi-movement works, often based on Classical

sonata form Sonata form (also ''sonata-allegro form'' or ''first movement form'') is a musical structure generally consisting of three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation. It has been used widely since the middle of the 18th c ...

. Bassoon sonatinas, by comparison, tend to be shorter works, often in a single movement. Like

bassoon concerto A bassoon concerto is a concerto for bassoon accompanied by a musical ensemble, typically orchestra. Like bassoon sonatas, bassoon concerti were relatively uncommon until the twentieth century, although there are quite a few bassoon concerti ...

s, bassoon sonatas were relatively uncommon until the

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, at which point they became plentiful. During the twentieth century, the term ''bassoon sonata'' came to denote a wider range of works, including sonatas for

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bassoon and sonatas for bassoon in various duets with other instruments (such as

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

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Baroque

*Giovanni Antonio Bertoli, nine sonatas (1645) * Philipp Friedrich Böddecker, Sonata sopra "La Monica" (1651) *

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (23 December 1689 – 28 October 1755) was a French baroque composer of instrumental music, cantatas, opéra-ballets, and vocal music. Boismortier was one of the first composers to have no patrons: having obtained a ro ...

, various sonatas (1730s) *

Johann Friedrich Fasch Johann Friedrich Fasch (15 April 1688 – 5 December 1758) was a German violinist and composer. Much of his music is in the Baroque-Classical transitional style known as galant. Life Fasch was born in the town of Buttelstedt, 11 km north o ...

, Sonata in C (authorship uncertain) * Johann Ernst Galliard, six sonatas for bassoon or cello (1733) *Luigi Merci, six sonatas for bassoon or cello, Op. 3 () *

Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hild ...

, Two Sonatas (F minor (1728) and E minor)

Classical

Johann Andreas Amon Johann Andreas Amon (1763 – March 29, 1825) was a German virtuoso guitarist, horn player, violist, conductor and composer. Amon composed around eighty works, including symphonies, concerti, sonatas, and songs. He also wrote two masses, vario ...

, Sonata Concertante in F Major, Op. 88 *

François Devienne François Devienne (; 31 January 1759 – 5 September 1803) was a French composer and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory. Career Devienne was born in Joinville, as the youngest of fourteen children of a saddlemaker. After receiving ...

, six sonatas (1788?) *Miguel de Lope, Sonata for bassoon and continuo (1791) *

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

, Sonata for Bassoon and Cello in B flat major, K. 292 (1775) * Etienne Ozi, various sonatas *

Anton Reicha Anton (Antonín, Antoine) Joseph Reicha (Rejcha) (26 February 1770 – 28 May 1836) was a Czech-born, Bavarian-educated, later naturalized French composer and music theorist. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Beethoven, he is now best rem ...

, Sonata in B flat, Op. Posth.

Romantic

*Johannes Meinardus Coenen, Sonata in C Minor (c. 1864) *

William Hurlstone William Yeates Hurlstone (7 January 1876 – 30 May 1906) was an English composer. Showing brilliant musical talent from an early age, he died young, before his full potential could be realized. Nevertheless, he left behind an exquisite, albeit s ...

, Sonata in F Major (1904) *Anton Liste, Sonata, Op. 3 (c. 1822) *Josef Matern Marx, Sonata (c. 1830) *

Julius Röntgen Julius Engelbert Röntgen (9 May 1855 – 13 September 1932) was a German-Dutch composer of classical music. He was a friend of Liszt, Brahms and Grieg. Life Julius Röntgen was born in Leipzig, Germany, to a family of musicians. His father, ...

, Sonata in A Flat minor (1929) * Camille Saint-Saëns, Sonata in G major, Op. 168 (1921) * Gustav Schreck, Sonata in E flat, Op. 9 (1887)

20th century

*, Sonata (1981) *Eduardo Alemann, Sonatina, Op. 72, No. 2 (1957) * Jurriaan Andriessen, Sonata (1989) *Susana Antón, Sonatina *

Hans Erich Apostel Hans Erich Apostel (22 January 1901 – 30 November 1972) was a German-born Austrian composer of classical music. From 1916 to 1919 he studied piano, conducting and music theory in Karlsruhe with Alfred Lorenz. In 1920 he was Kapellmeister and ...

, Sonata, Op. 19, No. 3 for solo bassoon (1951) *

Violet Archer Violet Louise Archer (24 April 191321 February 2000) was a Canadian composer, teacher, pianist, organist, and percussionist. Born Violet Balestreri in Montreal, Quebec, in 1913, her family changed their name to Archer in 1940. She died in Ottawa o ...

, Sonatina (1978), Sonata (1980) *Edward Arteaga, Sonata (1993) *

Vyacheslav Artyomov Vyacheslav Petrovich Artyomov (russian: Вячесла́в Петро́вич Артё́мов, link=no; born on June 29, 1940, in Moscow) is a Russian and Soviet Union, Soviet composer. Biography Artyomov was preparing to become a physicist, s ...

, Sunday Sonata (1977) *Boaz Avni, Sonata (1996) *Robert Baksa, Sonata (1991, rev. 2005) *Teimuraz Bakuradze, Sonata (1965) *, Sonatina (1948) *

Richard Rodney Bennett Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (29 March 193624 December 2012) was an English composer of film, TV and concert music, and also a jazz pianist and occasional vocalist. He was based in New York City from 1979 until his death there in 2012.Zachary Woo ...

, Sonata (1999) *

Niels Viggo Bentzon Niels Viggo Bentzon (Copenhagen, 24 August 1919 – Copenhagen, 25 April 2000) was a Danish composer and pianist. Biography Bentzon was the son of Viggo Bentzon (1861-1937), Rector of Copenhagen University and Karen Hartmann (1882-1977), con ...

, Sonata, Op. 316 (1972) *Olav Berg, Sonatine (1995) *Antonio Bibalo, Sonata (1991) *Willem Frederik Bon, Sonata for bassoon solo, Op. 32 (1970) *, Sonatina (1966) * Algimantas Bražinskas, Sonatina (1958) *

Victor Bruns Victor Bruns (russian: Виктор Брунс; 15 August 1904 – 6 December 1996) was a German composer and bassoonist. He played with the Leningrad Opera, the Volksoper Berlin and the Staatskapelle Berlin. As a composer, he is known for ...

, Three Sonatas, Op. 20 (1952), 45 (1969) and 86 (1988) * David DeBoor Canfield, Sonata (1987) *

Romeo Cascarino Romeo Cascarino (September 28, 1922 – January 8, 2002) was an American composer of classical music. Cascarino was born in Philadelphia on September 28, 1922 and died in Norristown, Pennsylvania on January 8, 2002. He graduated from South Phil ...

, Sonata (1950) *

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (3 April 1895 – 16 March 1968) was an Italian composer, pianist and writer. He was known as one of the foremost guitar composers in the twentieth century with almost one hundred compositions for that instrument. In ...

, Sonatina, Op. 130 (1946) * Barney Childs, Sonata (1964) *

Arnold Cooke Arnold Atkinson Cooke (4 November 1906 – 13 August 2005) was a British composer.Biography by Eric Wetherell, British Music Society/ref> Education Cooke was born at Gomersal, West Yorkshire, into a family of carpet manufacturers. As a child, ...

, Sonata (1988) *

Jean Coulthard Jean Coulthard, (February 10, 1908 – March 9, 2000) was a Canadian composer and music educator. She was one of a trio of women composers who dominated Western Canadian music in the twentieth century: Coulthard, Barbara Pentland, and Violet ...

, Lyric Sonatina (1970) *Michael Cunningham, Parisian Sonata, Op. 72 (1981) *, Sonata (1979) *William D. Davis, Sonata (1969) *

Edison Denisov Edison Vasilievich Denisov (russian: Эдисо́н Васи́льевич Дени́сов, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called " Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music. ...

, Sonata for solo bassoon (1982) *

Pierre Max Dubois Pierre Max Dubois, sometimes given as Pierre-Max Dubois (1 March 1930 – 29 August 1995) was a French composer of classical music, conductor, and music educator. He was a student of Darius Milhaud, and though not widely popular, was respected ...

, Sonatine Tango (1984) *Horst Ebenhöh, Sonatine, Op. 47/4 for bassoon solo (1987) * Helmut Eder, Sonatina, Op. 34/3 (1963) *, Sonata (1969) *

Willard Somers Elliot Willard Somers Elliot (18 July 1926 in Fort Worth, Texas – 7 June 2000 in Fort Worth, Texas) was an American bassoonist and composer. He was the bassoonist with the Houston Symphony Orchestra (1946–1949), bassoonist with the Dallas Symphon ...

, Sonata (1998) *

Iván Erőd Iván Erőd ( hu, Erőd Iván ; 2 January 1936 – 24 June 2019; sometimes spelled ''Eröd'') was a Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist. Educated in Budapest, he emigrated to Austria in 1956, where he studied at the Vienna Music Academy. He ...

, Sonata Milanese, Op. 47 (1985) * Alvin Etler, Sonata (1951) *Eberhard Eyser, Sonata for bassoon solo (1973) *

Ferenc Farkas Ferenc Farkas (; 15 December 1905 – 10 October 2000) was a Hungarian composer. Biography Born into a musical family (his father played the cimbalom and his mother played the piano) in Nagykanizsa, Farkas began his musical studies in Budape ...

, Sonatina Based on Hungarian Folk Songs for double bass, cello or bassoon and piano (1955); Sonate Romantique (1985) * Heinrich Feischner, Sonatina (c1936) *

Jindřich Feld Jindřich Feld (February 19, 1925 in Prague, Czechoslovakia – July 8, 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic) was a Czech composer of classical music. Feld was born into a musical family, his father a well-known professor of violin at the Prague C ...

, Sonatine (1969) *

Bjørn Fongaard Bjørn Fongaard (2 March 1919 in Oslo – 26 October 1980 in Oslo) was a Norwegian composer, guitarist, and teacher. In addition to being concerned with microtonal music, microtonal and electronic music, he was perhaps the first to use the pr ...

, Three Sonatas, Op. 109, No. 1 (1971) and Op. 125, Nos. 14 and 15 (1973); Sonatina, Op. 126, No. 17 *Cláudio de Freitas, Sonata (1998) *Merab Gagnidze, Sonata for bassoon solo; Sonata for bassoon and timpani *, Sonatina (1974) * Odette Gartenlaub, Sonatine (1959) * Serge de Gastyne, Sonatina, Op. 58 (1972) *

Harald Genzmer Harald or Haraldr is the Old Norse form of the given name Harold. It may refer to: Medieval Kings of Denmark * Harald Bluetooth (935–985/986) Kings of Norway * Harald Fairhair (c. 850–c. 933) * Harald Greycloak (died 970) * Harald Hardrada ...

, Sonata for bassoon solo (1974) *

Glenn Gould Glenn Herbert Gould (; né Gold; September 25, 1932October 4, 1982) was a Canadian classical pianist. He was one of the most famous and celebrated pianists of the 20th century, and was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann ...

, Sonata (1950) *Eduardo Grau, Sonata (1969) *Czesław Grudziński, Sonata No. 2 (1984) * Sofia Gubaidulina, Duo Sonata for two bassoons (1977) *Truman Harris, Sonata Breve, Sonata for two bassoons and piano *

Anthony Hedges Anthony J. Hedges (5 March 1931 – 19 June 2019) was an English composer, the son of children's writer Sidney Hedges. Life Hedges was born in Bicester, Oxfordshire, and studied music at Keble College Oxford, where his tutors included Thomas ...

, Fantasy Sonata, Op. 104 (1986) *Lennart Hedwall, Sonata for bassoon solo (1977) *

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ' ...

, Sonata (1938) *

Alan Hovhaness Alan Hovhaness (; March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American- Armenian composer. He was one of the most prolific 20th-century composers, with his official catalog comprising 67 numbered symphonies (surviving manuscripts indicate over 70) a ...

, Sonata for two bassoons (1977); Sonata for oboe and bassoon, Op. 302 (1979) *

Bertold Hummel Bertold Hummel (27 November 1925 – 9 August 2002) was a German composer of modern classical music. Life Bertold Hummel was born in Hüfingen, Baden. He studied at the Academy of Music in Freiburg from 1947 to 1954, taking composition with Ha ...

, Sonatina (1976) *

Yuri Kasparov Yuri Sergeyevich Kasparov (born 8 June 1955, in Moscow, russian: link=no, Юрий Серге́евич Каспа́ров—his name is variously transliterated) is a Russian composer, music teacher and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory wh ...

, Sonata-Infernale for solo bassoon (1989) *Kjell Mørk Karlsen, Choral Sonata No. 2, Op. 13, No. 2 (1971) *

Ulysses Kay Ulysses Simpson Kay (January 7, 1917 in Tucson, Arizona, Tucson, Arizona – May 20, 1995 in Englewood, New Jersey, Englewood, New Jersey) was an American composer. His music is mostly neoclassicism, neoclassical in style. Life and career Kay, the ...

, Sonata (1941) *

Homer Keller Homer T. Keller (b. Oxnard, California, February 17, 1915; d. Upland, California May 12, 1996) was an American composer of contemporary classical music. He graduated from Oxnard Union High School in Oxnard, California in 1933, after which he ...

, Sonata (1955) *Brian Kershner, Sonata (1989) * Valeri Kikta, Sonata No. 1 (1977); Sonata No. 2 (1979) * Ron Klimko, Sonata (1997) * Charles Koechlin, Sonata, Op. 71 (1918) *

Ellis Kohs Ellis Bonoff Kohs (May 12, 1916 – May 17, 2000) was an American composer, theory textbook author, and Professor at the University of Southern California. Life and career Born in Chicago to Pauline Bonoff, a school teacher of Russian Jewish ext ...

, Sonata (1953) *

Serge Lancen Serge Jean Mathieu Lancen (5 November 1922 – 10 July 2005) was a French composer and classical pianist. Life Born in Paris, already in his earliest childhood Lancen developed an extraordinary interest in music. He completed the Conservatoire d ...

, Sonatine (1983) *Terje Bjørn Lerstad, Sonata, Op. 192 (1989) * David Loeb, Two Sonatas for solo bassoon (1975, 1990) *

Otto Luening Otto Clarence Luening (June 15, 1900 – September 2, 1996) was a German-American composer and conductor, and an early pioneer of tape music and electronic music. Luening was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to German parents, Eugene, a conduct ...

, Sonata (1970) *Juliusz Łuciuk, Sonata (1954) *, Sonata, Op. 78 (1982) *Mathieu Lussier, "White Rock" Sonata, Op. 28 *Trygve Madsen, Sonata, Op. 25 * Ernst Mahle, Sonata (1969), Sonatina (1974) *Pierrette Mari, Sonatine (1964) * Władysława Markiewiczówna, Sonatina (1954) * Henri Martelli, Sonata, Op. 50 (1960) *Arnold Matz, Sonatine (1987) *Brady McElligot, Sonata (1982) *

Georges Migot Georges Elbert Migot (27 February 1891 – 5 January 1976) was a prolific French composer. Though primarily known as a composer, he was also a poet, often integrating his poetry into his compositions, and an accomplished painter. He won the 1921 ...

, Sonate en quatre mouvements pour basson seul (1953) *

Marcel Mihalovici Marcel Mihalovici (Bucharest, 22 October 1898 – Paris, 12 August 1985) was a French composer born in Romania. He was discovered by George Enescu in Bucharest. He moved to Paris in 1919 (at age 21) to study under Vincent d'Indy. His works include ...

, Sonata (1958) * Isaac Mikhnovsky, Sonata (1978) *John Mitchell, Sonata, Op. 36 (1979) *

Oskar Morawetz Oskar Morawetz, (January 17, 1917 – June 13, 2007) was a Canadian composer. Biography Morawetz was born in Světlá nad Sázavou, Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic). He studied piano and theory in Prague and, following the Nazi takeov ...

, Sonata (1981) *Herman Mulder, Sonata No. 5 (1944) *

Nicolas Nabokov Nicolas Nabokov (Николай Дмитриевич Набоков; – 6 April 1978) was a Russian-born composer, writer, and cultural figure. He became a U.S. citizen in 1939. Life Nicolas Nabokov, a first cousin of Vladimir Nabokov, and of ...

, Sonata (1941) *Ray Næssén, Sonata Divina * Vaclav Nelhybel, Sonata da Chiesa No. 3 "Variations on 'Our God Almighty'" for trombone, bassoon or oboe and organ (1977) *Lazar Nikolov, Sonata (1976) *

Aleksandar Obradović Aleksandar Obradović ( sr-cyr, Александар Обрадовић) (22 August 1927 in Bled, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes – 1 April 2001 in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia) was a Serbian 20th-century composer and professor at the ...

, Mikrosonata II for bassoon solo (1971) * Ivo Petrić, Sonata (1954) *Wolfgang Plagge, Three Sonatas, Op. 43 (1989/90), Op. 74 (1993) and Op. 123 (2007) * Francis Poulenc,

Sonata for clarinet and bassoon The ''Sonate pour clarinette et basson'' (Sonata for clarinet and bassoon), FP 32a, is a piece of chamber music composed by Francis Poulenc in 1922. Composition This sonata is the third work of chamber music of the composer after the sonata for ...

(1922) *Graham Powning, Sonata for two bassoons *

Gerhard Präsent Gerhard Präsent (born 21 June 1957) is an Austrian composer, conductor and academic teacher. Professional career Born in Graz, Präsent studied from 1976 at the Musikhochschule Graz, composition with Iván Erőd and conducting with Milan Horva ...

, ''Erödiana (Capriccio Erödico)'' for bassoon (or cello) and piano (1996), for

* André Previn, Sonata (1999) *Salvador Ranieri, Sonatina (c. 1990) *

Einojuhani Rautavaara Einojuhani Rautavaara (; 9 October 1928 – 27 July 2016) was a Finnish composer of classical music. Among the most notable Finnish composers since Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), Rautavaara wrote a great number of works spanning various styles. ...

, Sonata, Op. 26 (1970) *Verne Reynolds, Sonata *

Alan Ridout Alan Ridout (9 December 1934 – 19 March 1996) was a British composer and teacher. Life Born in West Wickham, Kent, England, Alan Ridout studied briefly at the Guildhall School of Music before commencing four years of study at the Royal C ...

, Sonata (1972) *

Peter Schickele "Professor" Peter Schickele (; born July 17, 1935) is an American composer, musical educator, and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, but which he presents as being composed by the fictional P. D. Q. Bach. He also hosted ...

, Sonata Abassoonata, S.888 (1996) Schickele's program notes state that "the bassoonist plays both the bassoon and piano parts simultaneously...the pianist...runs on only in time to play the last two measures" *

Robert Schollum Robert Schollum (22 August 1913 – 30 September 1987) was an Austrian composer, conductor, music educator, music critic, musicographer and academic scholar. He was president of the for several years in the 1960s and 1980s. Life and career ...

, Two Sonatinas, Op. 55/3 and Op. 57/3 *

Nikos Skalkottas Nikos Skalkottas ( el, Νίκος Σκαλκώτας; 21 March 1904 – 19 September 1949) was a Greek composer of 20th-century classical music. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical reper ...

, Sonata Concertante, A/K 67 (1943) *Gunnar Sønstevold, Sonatina (1990) *

Luboš Sluka Luboš Sluka (born on September 13, 1928, in Opočno) is a Czech contemporary composer. Life and career Lubos Sluka was admitted to Prague Conservatory where he completed his studies in three subjects - percussion, conducting and composition. In 1 ...

, Sonata (1956/71) * Nicholas Van Slyck, Fantasia Numerica: Sonata for bassoon alone (1960) * Dmitri Smirnov, Sonata, Op. 22 *Michael Smolanoff, Sonata, Op. 3 (1972) *Gunnar Sønstevold, Sonatina (1990) *

Leon Stein Leon Stein (September 18, 1910 in Chicago – May 9, 2002 in Laguna Hills, California) was an American composer and music analyst. Stein attended DePaul University, where he achieved his MM in 1935 and his Ph.D. in 1949; he studied under Le ...

, Sonata (1970) *John Steinmetz, Sonata (1981) *

Halsey Stevens Halsey Stevens (December 3, 1908 – January 20, 1989) was a music professor, biographer, and composer of American music. Life Halsey Stevens was born in Scott, New York and educated at Syracuse University and the University of California, Ber ...

, Sonata (1949) *

Alexandre Tansman Alexander Tansman ( pl, Aleksander Tansman, link=no, French: Alexandre Tansman; 12 June 1897 – 15 November 1986) was a Polish composer, pianist and conductor who became a naturalized French citizen in 1938. One of the earliest representatives of ...

, Sonatine (1952) *

Alexander Tcherepnin Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Черепни́н, link=no; 21 January 1899 – 29 September 1977) was a Russian-born composer and pianist. His father, Nikolai Tcherepnin (pupil of Nik ...

, Sonatine Sportive for bassoon or saxophone and piano, Op. 63 (1939) *, Sonata (1965–66) *

Yuzo Toyama is a Japanese composer and conductor. A native of Tokyo, he was a pupil of Kan'ichi Shimofusa; he studied conducting with Kurt Wöss and Wilhelm Loibner and, like them, later became a conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra. As a conductor h ...

, Sonata (1987) *Robert E. Tyndall, Sonata (1947) * Lloyd Ultan, Sonatine for unaccompanied bassoon (1961), Sonata for bassoon and piano (1975) *

Mieczysław Weinberg Mieczysław Weinberg (8 December 1919 – 26 February 1996) was a Polish-born Soviet composer and pianist. Names Much confusion has been caused by different renditions of the composer's names. In official Polish documents made before he mov ...

, Sonata for bassoon solo, Op. 133 *

Jaromír Weinberger Jaromír Weinberger (8 January 1896 – August 8, 1967) was a Bohemian born Jewish subject of the Austrian Empire, who became a naturalized American composer. Biography Weinberger was born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, into a family of Jewish or ...

, Sonatina for bassoon and piano (1940) *Stanley Weiner, Sonata, Op. 32 (1971) *Elliot Weisgarber, Sonata (1973) * Alec Wilder, Three Sonatas, No. 1 (1968), No. 2 (1969) and No. 3 (1982) *Adrian Williams, Sonata (1996) *

Luigi Zaninelli Luigi Zaninelli (born 30 March 1932, in New Jersey) is an Italian-American composer of vocal and instrumental music. Biography Zaninelli was born in Raritan, New Jersey, and began his musical career as a jazz pianist at the age of 12, but also ...

, Sonatina

21st century

Teddy Abrams Edward "Teddy" Paul Maxwell Abrams (born May 6, 1987) is an American conductor, pianist, clarinetist, and composer. He is currently Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra and the Britt Festival Orchestra. Early life and education Abrams wa ...

, Sonata (2007) *Yves Bouillot, Sonata (2013) *Robert J. Bradshaw, Sonata No. 7 "Ad Hoc" for bassoon and strings or piano (2008) *Leo Eylar, Sonata (2008) *Abraham Fabella, Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (2002–2003) * Michael Finnissy, Sonata (2007) * Nancy Galbraith, Sonata (2004) *Sebastian Huydts, Sonata Breve (2006) * Ivan Jevtić, Sonata (2005) *

David Maslanka David Maslanka (August 30, 1943 – August 7, 2017) was an American composer of Polish descent who wrote for a variety of genres, including works for choir, wind ensemble, chamber music, and symphony orchestra. Best known for his wind ensemble c ...

, Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (2003) * Robert Paterson, Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (2001) *

Nikola Resanovic Nikola Resanovic (born 1955) is an American composer and professor of music at the University of Akron School of Music. He is the winner of the 2003 Cleveland Arts Prize in Music and is one of Ohio's best known living composers. In 1955, he was ...

, Sonata (2004) *

Simon Sargon Simon Sargon (6 April 1938 Bombay, India - 25 December 2022 Kensington, Maryland) was an American composer, pianist, and music educator of Israeli and Indian descent. He studied at Brandeis University and at the Juilliard School under Sergius Ka ...

, Sonata in A (2005) (also arranged for oboe and piano)
Daniel Schnyder
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano *Randall Snyder, Spring Sonata (2005) *Helga Warner-Buhlman, Sonatine (c2003) *

Graham Waterhouse Graham Waterhouse (born 2 November 1962) is an English composer and cellist who specializes in chamber music. He has composed a cello concerto, '' Three Pieces for Solo Cello'' and '' Variations for Cello Solo'' for his own instrument, and str ...

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Phoenix Arising ''Phoenix Arising'' is a composition for bassoon and piano by Graham Waterhouse, who wrote it in 2008 in memory of his father, the bassoonist and musicologist William Waterhouse. It premiered in London in 2009, and was published by Accolade the sa ...

'' in memoriam William Waterhouse for bassoon and piano (2008)

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