Bassoon Sonata - 20th Century

20th Century

  • Eduardo Alemann, Sonatina, Op. 72, No. 2 (1957)
  • Jurriaan Andriessen, Sonata (1989)
  • Susana Antón, Sonatina
  • Hans Erich Apostel, Sonata, Op. 19, No. 3 for solo bassoon (1951)
  • Violet Archer, Sonatina (1978), Sonata (1980)
  • Edward Arteaga, Sonata (1993)
  • Boaz Avni, Sonata (1996)
  • Robert Baksa, Sonata (1991, rev. 2005)
  • Konstantin Batashov, Three Sonatas (1974-76)
  • Richard Rodney Bennett, Sonata (1999)
  • Niels Viggo Bentzon, Sonata, Op. 316 (1972)
  • Olav Berg, Sonatine (1995)
  • Antonio Bibalo, Sonata (1991)
  • Willem Frederik Bon, Sonata for bassoon solo, Op. 32 (1970)
  • Robert J. Bradshaw, Sonata No. 7 "Ad Hoc" for bassoon and strings or piano
  • Algimantas Bražinskas, Sonatina (1958)
  • Victor Bruns, Three Sonatas, Op. 20 (1952), 45 (1969) and 86 (1988)
  • Romeo Cascarino, Sonata (1950)
  • Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Sonata, Op. 130 (1946)
  • Barney Childs, Sonata (1964)
  • Arnold Cooke, Sonata (1988)
  • Jean Coulthard, Lyric Sonatina (1970)
  • Michael Cunningham, Parisian Sonata, Op. 72 (1981)
  • William D. Davis, Sonata (1969)
  • Serge de Gastyne, Sonatina, Op. 58 (1972)
  • Pierre Max Dubois, Sonatine Tango (1984)
  • Horst Ebenhöh, Sonatine, Op. 47/4 for bassoon solo (1987)
  • Helmut Eder, Sonatina, Op. 34/3 (1963)
  • Iván Erőd, Sonata Milanese, Op. 47 (1985)
  • Alvin Etler, Sonata (1951)
  • Eberhard Eyser, Sonata for bassoon solo (1973)
  • Ferenc Farkas, Sonatina Based on Hungarian Folk Songs for double bass, cello or bassoon and piano (1955); Sonate Romantique (1985)
  • Jindřich Feld, Sonatine (1969)
  • Bjørn Fongaard, 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
  • Odette Gartenlaub, Sonatine (1959)
  • Harald Genzmer, Sonata for bassoon solo (1974)
  • Glenn Gould, Sonata (1950)
  • Eduardo Grau, Sonata (1969)
  • Czesław Grudziński, Sonata No. 2 (1984)
  • Sofia Gubaidulina, Duo Sonata for two bassoons
  • Anthony Hedges, Fantasy Sonata, Op. 104 (1986)
  • Lennart Hedwall, Sonata for bassoon solo (1977)
  • Paul Hindemith, Sonata (1938)
  • Alan Hovhaness, Sonata for two bassoons (1977); Sonata for oboe and bassoon, Op. 302 (1979)
  • Bertold Hummel, Sonatina (1976)
  • Yuri Kasparov, Sonata-Infernale for solo bassoon (1989)
  • Kjell Mørk Karlsen, Choral Sonata No. 2, Op. 13, No. 2 (1971)
  • Ulysses Kay, Sonata (1941)
  • Homer Keller, Sonata (1955)
  • Brian Kershner, Sonata (1989)
  • Ron Klimko, Sonata (1997)
  • Charles Koechlin, Sonata, Op. 71 (1918)
  • Ellis Kohs, Sonata (1953)
  • Serge Lancen, Sonatine (1983)
  • Terje Bjørn Lerstad, Sonata, Op. 192 (1989)
  • David Loeb, Two Sonatas for solo bassoon (1975, 1990)
  • Otto Luening, Sonata (1970)
  • Juliusz Łuciuk, Sonata (1954)
  • Ivar Lunde, Jr., 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)
  • Arnold Matz, Sonatine (1987)
  • Brady McElligot, Sonata (1982)
  • Marcel Mihalovici, Sonata (1958)
  • John Mitchell, Sonata, Op. 36 (1979)
  • Oskar Morawetz, Sonata (1981)
  • Nicolas Nabokov, 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)
  • Ivo Petrić, Sonata (1954)
  • Gabriel Pierné, Prélude de Concert (1933)
  • Wolfgang Plagge, Three Sonatas, Op. 43 (1989/90), Op. 74 (1993) and Op. 123 (2007)
  • Graham Powning, Sonata for two bassoons
  • Gerhard Präsent, Erödiana (Capriccio Erödico) for bassoon (or cello) and piano (1996), for Iván Erőd
  • André Previn, Sonata (1999)
  • Salvador Ranieri, Sonatina (c. 1990)
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara, Sonata, Op. 26 (1970)
  • Verne Reynolds, Sonata
  • Alan Ridout, Sonata (1972)
  • Peter Schickele, 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, Two Sonatinas, Op. 55/3 and Op. 57/3
  • Nikos Skalkottas, Sonata Concertante, A/K 67 (1943)
  • Gunnar Sønstevold, Sonatina (1990)
  • Luboš Sluka, 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, Sonata (1970)
  • John Steinmetz, Sonata (1981)
  • Halsey Stevens, Sonata (1949)
  • Alexandre Tansman, Sonatine (1952) (Tansman also wrote a Suite for bassoon and piano, 1960)
  • Alexander Tcherepnin, Sonatine Sportive for bassoon or saxophone and piano, Op. 63 (1939)
  • Kunio Toda, Sonata (1965–66)
  • Robert E. Tyndall, Sonata (1947)
  • Mieczysław Weinberg, Sonata for bassoon solo, Op. 133
  • Jaromír Weinberger, 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, Sonatina
  • Tom Hardy, Nocturne for Bassoon and Piano (1999)

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