Finding Repertoire:
If you're looking for new repertoire to perform, it is often helpful to browse the Music Library's scores. The following call number ranges are for oboe music; individual works within these numbers are arranged alphabetically by composer or arranger:
M65-M69, oboe alone
M245-M247, oboe and piano
M1022, oboe with orchestra (full score)
M1023, oboe with orchestra (piano reduction)
M1122, oboe with string orchestra (full score)
M1123, oboe with string orchestra (piano reduction)
Music Bibliographies:
Bibliographies compile lists of materials by topic. The Music Library owns several bibliographies of woodwind music that can help you to find repertoire by composer, difficulty level, and instrumentation (this is particularly helpful for finding chamber music for mixed instrumentation like woodwind quintet).
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Wind Chamber Music for 2 to 16 Winds: An Annotated Guide by Call Number: Music Reference, ML128 .W5 S43 2002ISBN: 0810842467Publication Date: 2002-08-29 -
Wind Chamber Music, Winds with Piano and Woodwind Quintets: An Annotated Guide by Call Number: Music Reference ML128 .C4 S43 1996ISBN: 0810831112Publication Date: 1996-10-10
Books on the Oboe:
In addition to the titles listed below, you can browse for books about the oboe in the following call number ranges:
ML419, Biographies of instrumentalists
ML940-ML943, oboe - general, history and construction, music and playing
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The Oboe by Call Number: ML940 .B47 2003ISBN: 0300093179Publication Date: 2004-03-11 -
Marcel Tabuteau by Call Number: ML419 .T125 S76 2008ISBN: 9780253349491Publication Date: 2008-05-07 -
The Eloquent Oboe by Call Number: ML940 .H39 2001ISBN: 019816646XPublication Date: 2001-10-18 -
Oboe and the Bassoon by Call Number: ML940 .J6613 1988ISBN: 0931340128Publication Date: 1988-12-01 -
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Oboe Reedmaking by Call Number: ML941 .R47 2011 v.1ISBN: 9780983806004Publication Date: 2011-11-01 -
Mozart in the Jungle by Call Number: ML419 .T48 A3 2005ISBN: 0871138905Publication Date: 2005-06-07
Looking for Something Specific? Use Library Search:
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Library Search This link opens in a new windowCheck out the Library Search which finds print and electronic items, including journal and newspaper articles, book chapters, books, reviews, legal documents, and much more. Note: Due to licensing restrictions, some content is only available to current students, faculty, and staff.
Excerpts, Etudes, and Method Books:
Excerpts and instructional materials are classified in the MT range and housed in the same location as books about music (MLs):
MT360, General works
- Libby Van Cleve, Oboe Unbound: Contemporary Techniques, rev. ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]), call no. MT360 .V35 2014.
MT362, Systems and methods
- J.P. Freillon Poncein, On Playing Oboe, Recorder, and Flageolet, translated by Catherine Parsons Smith (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1992), call no. MT362 .F813 1992.
MT365, Studies and exercises
- Eugene Bozza, Dix-huit etudes pour hautbois (Paris: A Leduc, [1950]), call no. MT365 .B69.
MT366, Orchestral studies (excerpts)
- Example: John Ferrillo, Orchestral Excerpts for Oboe: With Piano Accompaniment (King of Prussia, PA: Theodore Presser, 2006), call no. MT366 .O73 2006.
Online Resources for Oboe:
International Double Reed Society - The professional society for bassoonists and oboists.
Solo Oboe or Solo English Horn with Band or Wind Ensemble - A list of solo compositions for oboe and English horn compiled by Clinton Nieweg, retired librarian for the Philadelphia Orchestra.
