With many studies for the Oboe in print Gillet's Method For The Beginning Of The Oboe is set apart by the significant experience of the composer which informs the compilation. During the preface in which Gillet writes to his pupils he describes the need for studies to deal with the typical problems that beginners to the Oboe face. His exercises cover a wide range of techniques essential to progression on the Oboe. Moreover  Method For The Beginning Of The Oboe also contains a clear helpful fingering chart comprising a huge 80 fingerings. The vast variety of studies and fingering chartcombined create an essential book for beginner oboists.

105 Orchesterstudien aus den Werken Johann Sebastian Bachs-Excerpts from Bach's cantatas masses concertos and more all selected and edited by Evelyn Rothwell for the accomplished Oboe soloist. These difficult passages are for Oboe Oboe D'amore and Oboe Da Caccia and will help to develop your technical control while playing lyrical pieces from Bach's many famous works.

French oboist Henri Brod (1799-1839) was a performer composer and instrument builder during the early Romantic era. Considered a virtuoso Brod's compilation Studies and Sonatas for Oboe is very well-informed. Brod introduced his own innovations in Oboe design and playing techniques both which are still used to this day. The first volume of Studies and Sonatas for Oboe comprises 40 easy studies and 6 progressive sonatas for beginner to intermediate level oboists. These are in a variety of keys and address features including different rhythms scales breath control phrasing articulation ornamentation accidentals simple and compound time signatures range performance directions and dynamics among other aspects. Brod's wealth of experience and expertise which enabled the composition of Studies and Sonatas for Oboe make it an essential purchase for aspiring players of the instrument.

Oboe And Piano-Quickie is a very short and fast-paced piece for oboe and piano composed by Victor Brightmore and is a great exercise for the advancing oboe student. The solo oboe part is also included on a separate insert.

This collection of oboe music written by living composers is an invaluable resource for any oboist of Grade 8 and conservatoire standard who is curious about widening their repertoire and exploring the various languages ofmodern music. The term 'modern music' can alienate many minds who may think it will be too difficult technically; aurally unknown and therefore unsatisfying; harmful or damaging to their musical sensibility. To all these pointsthis volume has the answers. Every one of these pieces requires challenging technical skills demanded of any of the more traditional oboe repertoire and additionally they will improve technique. Each piece portrays a characterand language that is approachable and compelling. Far from damaging musical sensibility these musical types will open the ear and enrich the spirit. Some are physically demanding and require very good breath control others needpatience in learning new fingerings and timbres and some travel to extreme registers. But in all cases the effort will be rewarding and not only that the knowledge gained about the oboe and how it works will be equallyentertaining and stimulating.

The 48 Studies For Oboe Op.31 by Franz Wilhelm Ferling are presented here in a new edition that has been meticulously edited by Nancy Clauter Professor of Oboe at the University of Kentucky. Ms. Clauter's edition as indicated in her detailed prefatory notes on fingerings takes into account modernisations and upgrades made to the mechanism of the Oboe.This book includes online access to downloadable Piano accompaniments by pianist John Walker. The recordings may be used during practice to make the etudes more enjoyable. As an added bonus the music for these accompaniments is also included as a printable PDF file so that youcan use these studies with a pianist in juries or recitals thereby making this edition even more valuable.

Reduction for oboe and piano-You won't find many better 20th Century Woodwind Concertos than this one. In fact this is the only one that Vaughan Williams ever wrote. This wonderful version is for solo Oboe with a Piano Reduction by Michael Millinar.

or Flute/Bb Clarinet and Piano-This short work for Oboe and String trio was written c.1878 probably for performance at Worcester Glee Club. It has never previously been published.Here presented with Piano reduction. Solo Oboe part includes version for Flute and also transposed part for Clarinet in B Flat. The solo parts can also be used with the original string trio version.

Oboe Hub is a collection of colourful and quirky new pieces studies duets and trios for bassoons. The book will inspire elementary and intermediate players providing new music that will support exam preparation as well as fun arrangements of well-known tunes. There are also duets and trios to play with other bassoonists. Oboe Hub is a highly useful resource with plenty of new material for teachers and students.

Both of these works for oboe and piano explore the emotions of grief and anger following loss or bereavement. Fierce Tears I and Fierce Tears II both use a melodic line taken from Berkeley's Oboe Concerto but it is developed in different ways in each work.

These Five Pieces For Oboe were first performed on 14th May 1982 at the Tonhalle Zurich. Arranged for Solo Oboe.

British composer Benjamin Britten’s Six Metamorphoses After Ovid is a piece of program music written for solo Oboe in 1951. The piece was inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses and each of the titular six metamorphoses is based on a character from Roman mythology and includes an inscription summarizing their story. The music for each metamorphosis reflects its character atmosphere or plot – for example the fifth metamorphosis Narcissus (‘who fell in love with his own image and became a flower’) is marked lento piacevole and is meant to convey the act of staring at a reflection in a pool. By virtue of the musicbeing written for a solo instrument Britten allows the performer to be highly expressive so that the characteristics of each God can be fully represented through the performance. With a performance time of ca. 13 minutes this virtuoso solo piece will quickly become a staple in any intermediate to advanced Oboe player’s repertoire.