Users Guide

Entries are listed from easiest level (A) to hardest (K). Each level is described briefly.

NFA members can view the criteria charts which provide a detailed explanation of the skills required at each level by going to http://www.nfaonline.org, signing in as an NFA member, going to the Resources tab, selecting Publications and Periodicals, looking under NFA Pedagogy and clicking on Selected Flute Repertoire.

A printed version of the 2009 Repertoire Guide that includes these criteria charts is available to anyone through the NFA store at http://www.nfaonline.org/store.

A listing of reference materials is shown at the end of the repertoire list.

Each repertoire entry follows this format:

composer or arranger
title
publisher
instrumentation


If a collection or multi-movement work has a variety of difficulty levels, those additional levels will be shown in square brackets as a fifth line of the entry. A collection with just a few pieces at any one level will be indicated by a lower case letter.

Abbreviations as follows:

alfl = alto flute

bfl = bass flute

cbfl = contra bass flute

CD = compact disc included/available

fl = flute

pf = piano

scbfl = sub contra bass flute




alfl/bfl: one player switches between alto and bass

alfl(bfl): the piece could be played on either instrument

alfl, bfl: one person plays alto, a second person plays bass

Selected Alto Flute Repertoire

There are currently no recommended Level A pieces

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 32^nd 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.

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

Reference Materials

Andersen, Mark and Irene Maddox

The Artist's Guide to Alto and Bass Flute

publ. ALRY

Levine, Carin and Christina Mitropoulos

Techniques of Flute Playing 2 - Piccolo, Alto and Bass Flute

publ. Barenreiter

Munster, Peter van

Repertoire Catalogue - Piccolo, Alto and Bass flute

publ. Riverberi Sonori

Potter, Christine

The Alto and Bass Flute Resource Book

publ. Falls House Press

Wye, Trevor and Patricia Norris

The Alto Flute Book

publ. Novello