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Selected Alto Flute Repertoire

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Level B
Range D1 to D3. Key signatures of up to 2#'s and 3b's. Simple rhythms, short scale patterns, limited leaps.

Kozlowski, Jessica
Assorted Images "Alone with Jessica" Haunted House, Fun House
Southern
fl
[B C

Potter, arr.
Alto and Bass Flute Solos; Book 1
Falls House Press 
alfl(bfl), pf, CD
[B C D E]

Vester, arr.
125 Easy Classical Studies
Universal
fl(alfl)
[b c D E F]

Level C
Range C1 to F3. Key signatures up to 3#'s and 3b's. Dotted 8th-16th pattern, some leaps, triplet 8ths.

Datschkovsky, Yasha
Lullaby for Alexandra
Southern
alfl, pf

Part, Arvo
Spiegel im Spiegel
Universal
alfl, pf

Level D
Range C1 to G3. Key signatures up to 4#'s and 4b's. Triplet quarters, octave leaps, simple trills.

Dallinger, Fridolin
Day-Times: Three Pieces for Solo Flute
Doblinger Collection
fl(alfl)

Davidson, Lachlan
Mediterranean Blue
www.reedmusic.com 
alfl, pf

Gounod, Charles
Le Soir
www.zamzammusic.com
alfl, pf

Palmer, Jim
Raga Kalyan: alaap
Harpistic Publications
alfl, CD

Schocker, Gary
Atlantis
Falls House
alfl, pf

Tung/Wong
Alone in the Rain
www.flute.net
alfl,pf

Wolzein/Noble, arr.
Six Folk Songs
Southern
alfl, guitar

Level E
Beginning to control pp and ff playing. Use of some 32nd notes. Moderately complex rhythmic passages. Trills, mordents.

Archer, Violet
Signatures
Canadian Music Centre
fl/alfl

Burnette, Sonny
Stone Suite - Cliff Palace Ghost Dance
Pine Castle
alfl, flute choir (also alfl, pf arrangement)

Forman, Edmund
The Brooklet
www.zamzammusic.com
alfl, pf

Levine, Bruce
Song Without Words
Franklin Edition
alfl, pf

Pinkham, Daniel
Elegy
Ione Press - Boston
alfl

Vadala, Kathleen
Sea Change
Southern
alfl, pf

Level F
Extended chromatic passages, complex rhythms, compound and mixed meters, control of dynamics in all registers, double and triple tonguing. Some atonal music.

Genzmer, Harald
Pan
Peters
fl(alfl)

Giovaninni, Caesar
Morocco
RBC Publications
fl(alfl), pf

Gottsche-Niessner, Friedgund
Nachfaltergedanken
Zimmermann
fl/alfl

Jacob, Gordon
Pied Piper - The Spell
Oxford
picc/fl(alfl)

Louke, Phyllis
As the Clouds Parted
www.phyllislouke.com
alfl, pf

Malicoate, Todd
Four Pieces for Flute Choir - Soliloquy
Southern
solo alfl, flute choir

Molnar-Sujahda, Alexandra
Voices from the Deep
www.flute.net
3alfl, 2bfl, cbfl, other optional low flutes

Taverner, John
Song for Ileana
Chester
alfl

Telemann, Georg
Sonata for Two Flutes, op. 2
Falls House Press
fl, alfl

Telemann, Georg
Six Canonic Sonatas
various publishers
2fl(alfl)

Level G
Complex rhythmic patterns including 32nds, control of tone and vibrato, familiarity with extended techniques, groups of notes up to 7, meter changes.

Bach, J.S.
Four Bach Fugues - Fugue in A Major
Falls House Press
2alfl (or alfl, bfl or fl, alfl)

Beethoven, Ludwig van
Largo
Progress Press
alfl, pf

Holcombe, Bill
Blue Flute Funk
Musicians
alfl, pf

Lazarof, Henri
Solo for Alto Flute 
Merion
alfl

McMichael, Catherine
Baikal Journey - Ancient Friend
www.catherinemcmichael.com 
alfl, pf

Mower, Mike
Sonnets
Boosey & Hawkes
alfl, pf

Schubert, Franz arr. Boehm
Three Lieder aus dem Schwanengesang
Zimmermann
alfl, pf
[GGD]

Welcher, Dan
Spirit Realms - Prayer Tunnel
Elkan-Vogel
alfl, percussion

Zipoli, Domenico
Aria
www.rarescale.org.uk
alfl, pf

Level H
Ability to sustain long phrases, unmetered sections possible, ability to incorporate elements of style, control of all varieties of articulations, control of extreme dynamics, comfort playing atonal music.

Bach, J.S.
Violin Sonata No. 3 Allegro Assai
www.rarescale.org.uk
alfl

Blank, Allen
Monologue
Falls House Press
alfl

Dahl, Ingolf
Variations of a Swedish Folktune
Presser
fl, alfl

Debussy, Claude
Syrinx
Jobert
fl(alfl)

Dunleavy, Houston
Music for Foul Play #4
Nat'l Library of Australia #4817372
alfl, bfl, cbfl, scbfl

Edwards, Ross
Ulpirra
www.reedmusic.com 
fl

Erb, Donald
Music for Mother Bear
Merion
fl(alfl)

Gottsche-Niessner, Friedgund
Walpurgis
Zimmerman
alfl

Gunn, David
Lunar Mural
www.davidgunn.org
alfl, CD

Kuhlau, Friedrick
Three Concert Duos op. 10
Falls House
fl, alfl

Kvandal, Johan
Da Lontano op. 32
Norsk Musikforlag (Chester)
alfl, pf

Liebermann, Lowell
Eight Pieces
Presser
picc/fl/alfl/bfl
[H I J]

Mols, Robert
Three Pieces for Solo Flute and Alto Flute
JP Publications
fl/alfl

Schoenfeld, Paul
Ani Ma'amin
Migdal Publications www.paulschoenfield.org/id2.html 
alfl,pf

Level I
Comfort with double sharps and flats and all key signatures. Extended chromatic passages, mature tone with control of intonation, dynamics and vibrato, comfort with extended techniques.

Albert, Adrienne
Three for Two
www.adriennealbert.com
alfl/bfl, cbfl

Aquino, Francisca
A Taste of Brazil
Assunto Grave
alfl, pf

Clarke, Ian
Within
www.ianclarke.net
picc/fl/alfl, CD

Crumb, George
Eleven Echoes of Autumn
Peters
alfl, clarinet, viola, pf

Csanyi-Wills, Michael
The Trystyng
www.rarescale.org.uk
alfl

Galloway, James
Alabado
NFA Library
soprano, alfl, pf

Harwood, Alexandra
Sonatina
Progress Press
alfl, pf

Hoover, Katherine
Two for Two
Papagena
alfl/bfl, pf

Kessner, Daniel
Tous Les Matins
Theodore Front
alfl

Persichetti, Vincent
Parable, Op. 100
Elkan-Vogel
fl(alfl)

Piazzolla, Astor
Tango Etudes No. 1, 3, 6
Lemoine
fl(alfl)

Reiner, Thomas
Five Propositions
Australian Music Centre
alfl
[H I]

Schocker, Gary
Sonata for a Lost Planet
Presser
alfl, pf

Level J
Range C1 to C4. Comfort with mixed meters, extreme range and dynamics, complicated accent and articulation patterns, groups of 12 and 13 notes in one beat.

Britten, Benjamin
Six Metamorphosis After Ovid
Boosey & Hawkes
oboe(alfl)

Dodgson, Stephen
O Swallow!
Emerson
alfl, pf

Francaix, Jean
Le Colloque des deux Perruches
Schott
fl, alfl

Harlos, Steven
Sonata Rubata
Southern
picc/fl/alfl, pf

Holliger, Heinz
Schlafgewolk
Schott
alfl

Kessner, Daniel
Shades of Pastel
Theodore Front
alfl, guitar

Luppi-Betts, G.P.
Vier Stucke fur Vier Floten
Peters
picc/fl/alfl/bfl

Mower, Mike
A Night in Greenwich
Itchy Fingers
alfl(bfl)

Mower, Mike
Obstinato and Scareso
Itchy Fingers
solo alto and bass, flute choir

Ott, David
Alto Flute Concerto
Lauren Keiser Music Publ.
alfl part only
piano reduction available david@davidottcomposer.com

Reede, arr.
Orchestral Excerpts for Alto Flute
Broekmans en Van Poppel
alfl
[J K]

Stockhausen, Karlheinz
Susanis Echo
Universal
alfl

Takemitsu, Toru
Toward the Sea
Schott
alfl, guitar

Tomasi, Henri
Les Cyclades
Leduc
fl/alfl

Yun, Isang
Salomo,
Bote & Bock
alfl

Level K
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound while playing low B, fingers faster than a speeding bullet.

Hersant, Philippe
Cinq Miniatures
Durand
alfl

Lindquist, Ellen
Nakoda
www.ellenlindquist.com
alfl (amplified)

Saariaho, Kaija
Coleurs du Vent
Chester
alfl

Schwantner, Joseph
Silver Halo
Schott-Helicon
picc, fl, alfl, bfl

Snyder, Randall
Concerto for Alto Flute and Flute Ensemble
JP Publications
solo alfl, 6fl, 4fl/picc

Sollberger, Harvey
Hara
Peters
alfl

Veldhuis, Jacob ter
Lipstick
Muziekgroep Nederland
fl/alfl, CD

Yuasa, Joji
Mai-Bataraki 2
Schott Japan
alfl