Flute Repertoire List

This list contains 246 pieces in seven different categories of difficulty from easiest
(level 1) to most difficult (level 7). These pieces are graded according to my personal
opinion. Even I can not agree with myself as to which difficulty level all of the pieces
should be most appropriately placed. Please take the list and use it if you think it
useful. Just click on the level to go to that area.

Level 1- Level 2- Level 3- Level 4- Level 5- Level 6- Level 7- List of

Publishers

Level 1:
Bach, J.S. (L. Moyse, ed.)

Gavotte: 40 Little Pieces for Beginner Flutists no. 34 (SCH)

Minuet: 40 Little Pieces for Beginner Flutists no. 22 (SCH)

Suzuki Flute School vol.1, no. 16 (SUM)

Minuet (arr. from Suite no. 2 in b minor) BWV 1067

Album of Classical Pieces vol. 1 (INT)
Suzuki Flute School vol. 2, no. 5 (SUM)

Musette
40 Little Pieces for Beginner Flutists no. 37 (SCH)

Beethoven, Ludwig Van (L. Moyse, ed.)

Allegretto and Variation (arr. from Sonata for Piano and Flute)
Suzuki Flute School vol. 2 (SUM)

Scotch dance
40 Little Pieces for Beginner Flutists no. 9 (SCH)

Romance
40 Little Pieces for Beginner Flutists no. 39b (SCH)

Dandrieu, Jean-Francois (L. Moyse, ed.)

Les Fifres
First Solos for the Flute Player (SCH)

Demersseman, Jules (L. Moyse, ed.)

Neapolitan melody
First Solos for the Flute Player (SCH)

Faure, Gabriel (L. Moyse, ed.)

Berceuse from Dolly

First Solos for the Flute Player (SCH)

Fleming, Robert

Almost waltz(JAY)

Frank, Marcel

Evening reverie (KEN)

Gluck, Christoph Willibald

Minuet from Orpheus Album of 30 Classical Pieces vol. 2 (INT)

Suzuki Flute School vol. 2 (SUM)

Handel, George, Friderick (L. Moyse, ed.)

Bourree
40 Little Pieces for Beginner Flutists no. 38 (SCH)
Suzuki Flute School vol. 1, no. 17 (SUM)

Haydn, Franz Joseph (L.Moyse, ed.)

Allegro
40 Little Pieces for Beginner Flutists no. 30 (SCH)

Serenade
40 Little Pieces for Beginner Flutists no. 40 (SCH)

Koechlin, Charles

14 Pieces pour Flute et Piano (SAL)

Meunier, Gerard

Berceuse pour Vincent (LEM)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (L. Moyse, ed.)

Allegro from Flute Quartet in C major K. 285b

40 Little Pieces for Beginner Flutists no. 29 (SCH)

Oesten, Theodor (L. Moyse, ed.)

Polonaise
First Pieces for Beginner Flutists no. 29 (SCH)

Prokofiev, Sergey (H. Voxmann, ed.)

Gavotte (Classical Symphony) (RUB)

Ravel, Maurice (L. Moyse, ed.)

Pavane pour une enfante defunte

First Solos for the Flute Player (SCH)

Reichert, Mathieu-Andre

Fantasie melancolique (Theme)

Suzuki Flute School vol. 2 (SUM)
First Solos for the Flute Player (SCH)

Saint-Saens, Camille (L. Moyse, ed.)

Air de ballet d'Ascanio (Theme)

First Solos for the Flute Player (SCH)

Le Cygne from Carnival of the Animals (Durand)

Schubert, Franz (L. Moyse, ed.)

Moment musical
40 Little Pieces for Beginner Flutists no. 36 (SCH)

Schumann, Robert (L. Moyse, ed.)

*Romance
First Solos for the Flute Player (SCH)

Level 2
Andersen, Karl Joachim

Berceuse
Five Songs Without Words op. 28, no. 1 (OUP)

Reverie
Five Songs Without Words op. 28, no. 1 (OUP)

Bach, J.S.

Bouree I & II (Suite no. 2 in b minor) BWV 1067 (INT)

Menuett I and II Sonata in C no. 4 BWV 1033 (CHE/HEN)

Rondeau (Suite no. 2 in b minor) BWV 1067

Album of 30 Classical Pieces vol. 2 (INT)
Suzuki Flute School vol. 5 (SUM)

Siciliano (Sonata no. 2 in E-flat major) BWV 1031

Album of 30 Classical Pieces vol. 1 (INT)

Borodin, Alexander

Polovtsian Dance from "Prince Igor" (RUB)

Beethoven, Ludwig Van (L. Moyse, ed.)

Polonaise from Flute Sonata in B-flat major

Solos for the Flute Player no. 10 (SCH)

Clementi, Muzio (L. Moyse, ed.)

Sonatina in C major
Sonatinas for Young Flutists (SCH)

Diabelli, Anton

Sonatina in C major (OTT)

Elgar, Edward

Chanson de Matin op. 15, no. 2

My Favorite Encores (SOU)

Handel, George Frideric (L. Moyse, ed.)

Gavotte (Sonata in C major) op. 1, no. 7

Solos for the Flute Player no. 5 (SCH)

Hindemith, Paul

Echo (OTT)

Honegger, Arthur

Romance
Contemporary French Recital Pieces vol. 1 (INT)

Jacob, Gordon

Cradle song
Flute Solos vol. 2 (CHE)

Koechlin, Charles

14 Pieces pour Flute et Piano (SAL)

Kuhlau, Friedrich (L. Moyse, ed.)

Andante
First Solos for the Flute Player (SCH)

Mann, Leslie

Five Improvisations (CMC)

Mendelssohn, Felix

On wings of song
Suzuki Flute School vol. 2, no. 8 (SUM)

Andante espressivo
First Solos for the Flute Player (SCH)

The shepherd's song

My favorite Encoures (SOU)

Purcell, Henry

Air and Hornpipe (ALL)

Telemann, Georg Philipp

Rejouissance Suite in a minor (PET/MOE)

Vivaldi, Antonio

Sonata in F major (INT)

Nielsen, Carl

The children are playing (CHE)

Reger, Max

Romance (BR&)

Schumann, Robert (L. Moyse, ed.)

May, sweet May

Solos for the Flute Player no. 11 (SCH)

Level 3
Andersen, Karl Joachim

Scherzino op. 55, no. 6 (BEL)

Concert and Contest Collection (RUB)

Bach, J.S.

Polonaise (include Double) and Badinerie (Suite no. 2 in b minor) BWV 1067
Suzuki flute School vol. 6 (SUM)
Concert and Contest Collection (RUB)

Baliff, Claude

Chant de l'Innocent (EMT)

Bizet

Minuet from L'Arlesienne

Concert & Contest Collection (RUB)

Carmen (Entr'acte from Act III) (Musicus)

Blavet, Michel

Sonata no. 1 (L'Henriette) (ALL)

Bozza, Eugene

Aria (LED)

Cinq chansons sur des themes Japonais (LED)

Donizetti, Gaetano (W. Bennett, ed.)

Andante sostenuto
My favorite Encoures (SOU)

Doppler, Franz

Berceuse (SOU)

Drigo, Riccardo

Serenade
Suzuki Flute School vol. 3 (SUM)

Faure, Gabriel

Piece (LED)

Sicilienne (INT)

Glick, Srul Irving

Petite suite (GVT)

Handel, George Frideric

Sonata in a minor Hallenser no. 1 (BAE/PET)

Sonata in F op. 1, no. 11 (BAE/ALL)

Sonata in g minor op. 1, no. 2 (BAE/ALL)

Ibert, Jacques

Aria (LED)

Krommer, Franz Vincenz (Wastall, ed.)

Adagio
Romantic Music for Flute (B&H)

Kuhlau, Friedrich (L. Moyse, ed.)

Sonatina

Album of Sonatinas (SCH)

Loeillet, Jean-Baptiste

Sonata in e minor (ALL)

Marcello, Benedetto

Sonata in F (INT)

Mouquet, Jules (Lemoine, ed.)

Cinq Pieces Breves (LEM)

Pepusch, Johann Christoph (L. Moyse, ed.)

Sonata in F
Flute Music of the Baroque (SCH)

Pessard, Emile

Andalouse
Concert and Contest Collection (RUB)

Schickhardt, Johann Christian

Sonata in a minor op. 17, no. 3

Flotenmusic vol. 1 (Baroque) (HEN)

Stanley

Eight Solos for FLute, Op. 1 (PET)

Telemann, Georg Philipp

Sonata in F (INT)

Zuckert, Leon

Little Spanish dance (JAY)

Level 4
Aitken, Robert

Icicle for solo flute (EMT)

Applebaum, Louis

Essay for solo flute (GVT)

Bach, J.S.

Sonata in E flat BWV 1031 no. 2 (CHE/HEN)

Sonata in g minor BWV 1020 no. 7 INT/LED/HEN

Baker, Michael C.

Sonata (SOU)

Barber, Samuel

Canzone (SCH)

Blavet, Michel

Sonata (La Lumagne)

Flotenmusik vol. 1 (Baroque) (HEN/ALL)

Bodinus, Sebastian

Caprice in gigue for solo flute (BAE)

Busser, Henri Paul

Les cygnes et les ecureuils (LED)

Caplet, Andre

Reverie et petite valse (INT)

Couperin, Francois

Le rossignol en amour
Suzuki Flute School vol. 4 (SUM)

Evans, Robert

Thoronet for solo flute (CMC)

Faure, Gabriel

Morceau de concours (BRO)

Freedman, Harry

Soliloquy (LEE)

Fukushima, Kazuo

Requiem (ZER)

Gaubert, Philippe

Madrigal (INT/ENO)

Gluck, Christoph Willibald

Minuet and dance of the blessed spirits (BET/RUB)

Godard, Benjamin

Allegretto and Idylle

Suite de Trois Morceaux (CHE/SOU)

Handel, George Frideric

Sonata in b minor op. 1, no. 9 (BAE/ALL)

Sonata in C op. 1, no. 7 (BAE/ALL)

Sonata in G op. 1, no. 5 (BAE/ALL)

Heiden, Bernard

Sonatina (AMP)

Keetbaas, Dirk, Jr.

Three miniatures for solo flute (JAY)

Kuhlau, Friedrich

Grand solo no. 1 op. 57 (BIL)

Leclair, Jean-Marie

Sonata in G op. 9, no. 7 (OTT)

Locatelli, Pietro Antonio

Sonata in F (HUG)

Mozart, W. A.

Andante in C (BR&/ALL)

Ravel, Maurice

Piece en forme de habanera (LED)

Saint-Saens, Camille

Romance (DUR)

Schumann, Robert

Three romances (INT)

Stamitz, Johann

Capriccio-Sonata in A for solo flute (BR&)

Telemann, Georg Philipp

Fantasia no. 8 for solo flute

Fantasia no. 9 for solo flute

Twelve Fantasias (BAE/INT)

Vivaldi, Anonio

Sonata no. 6
Six Sonatas (Il Pastor Fido) (BAE/INT)

Woodall, Albert

Serenade
Suzuki Flute School vol. 3 (SUM)

Level 5
Bach, C.P.E.

Sonata in G major (Hamburg) H564 (OTT)

Bach, J.S.

Sonata no. 3 in A BWV 1032 (CHE/HEN)

Sonata no. 4 in C BWV 1033 (CHE/HEN)

Blavet, Michel

Sonata in d minor (La Vibray) (ALL)

Suzuki Flute School vol. 4 (SUM)

Csillag, Pierre

Sonatina for flute and piano (FHP)

Chopin, Fryderyk

Variations on a theme of Rossini (INT)

Debussy, Claude

Syrinx for solo flute (JOB/CHE)

Devienne, Francois

Sonata in D (INT)

Donizetti, Gaetano

Concertino (PET)

Faure, Garbriel

Morceau de concours (Bourne)

Fukushima, Kazuo

Mei for solo flute (ZER)

Ganne, Louis

Andante and Scherzo

Flute Music by French Composers (SCH)

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix

The Shepherd's Song

My Favorite Encores (SOU)

Gaubert, Philippe

Sicilienne (Heugel)

Genin, Pierre-Agricole

Carnival of Venice (BIL/CHE)

Suzuki Flute School vol. 5 (SUM)

Giron, Arsenio

Sonata for flute and piano (GIR)

Handel, George Frideric

Sonata in e minor op. 1, no. 1b (BAE/ALL)

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Concerto in D (INT)

Sonata in G major (Peters)

Hindemith, Paul

Acht Stucke (OTT)

Honegger, Arthur

Danse de la chevre (SAL)

Ibert, Jaques

Aria (LED)

Kuhlau, Friedrich

Introduction and Rondon sur "Le colporteur de Onslow" (BIL)

Luening

Suite No. 1 for Flute Alone (Galaxy)

Loeillet

Sonatas, Op. 3 (SCH)

Marais, Marin

Les Folies d'Espagne for solo flute (BAE)

Martinon, Jean

Sonatine (BIL)

Pentland, Barbara

Sonatina for solo flute (CMC)

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista

Concerto in G (INT)

Reinecke, Carl

Ballade (ZIM)

Roussel, Albert

Krishna

M. de la Pejaudie

Pan

Tityre

Joueurs de Flute (DUR)

Saint-Saens, Camille

Airs de ballet d'Ascanio (DUR)

Schafer, R. Murray

Sonatina for flute and harpsichord or piano (BER)

Simeonov

Scherzino (Harris)

Somers, Harry

Etching
The vollard Suite (RIC)

Stamitz, Johann

Concerto in G (INT)

Telemann, Georg Philipp

Fantasia for solo flute nos. 2, 3, 6, 12

Twelve Fantasias (BAE/INT)

Veracini

Sonatas (B&H)

Vaughan-Williams, Ralph Von

Suite de ballet (OUP)

Level 6
Bartok, Bela

Suite paysanne hongroise (UNI)

Bach, C.P.E.

Sonata in a minor for solo flute H. 562 (AMA/INT)

Sonata in B flat op. 130 (ZIM)

Bach, J.S.

Sonata in b minor BWV 1030 (CHE/HEN)

Sonata in E BWV 1035 (CHE/HEN)

Suite no. 2 in b minor BWV 1067 (PET/SCH)

Beethoven, Ludwig Van

Ten Themes with Variations (Belwin Mills)

Bedard, Denis

Sonate (DBM)

Beecroft, Norma

Tre pezzi brevi (UNI)

Benda, Franz

Concerto in e minor (OTT)

Bennett, Richard Rodney

Winter music (MIL)

Blavet, Michel

Concerto in a minor (INT)

Sonata No. 4 La lumagne (Fischer)

Bloch, Ernst

Suite modale (Broude)

Boccherini, Luigi

Concerto in D op. 27 (LEU/INT)

Bolling, Claude

Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano (Silhouette Music Corp.)

Chaminade, Cecile

Concertino (FIS)
Flute Music by French Composers (SCH)

Couperin, Francois

Concert royal no. 4 (INT)

Doppler, Franz

Fantasie pastorale hongroise (CHE/FIS)

Enescu, George

Cantabile and Presto (INT)

Flute Music by French Composers (SCH)

Faure, Gabriel

Fantasie (CHE/INT)
Flute Music by French Composers (SCH)

Gaubert, Philippe

Nocturne and allegro scherzando (INT)

Flute Music by French Composers (SCH)

Romance (LED)

Hetu, Jacques

Aria op. 27 (DBM)

Hindemith, Paul

Sonata (OTT)

Hoover, Kathryn

Kokopeli (POP)

Medieval Suite (POP)

Hue, Georges-Adolphe

Fantasie (BIL)

Ibert, Jacques

Piece for solo flute (LED)

Jeux (LED)

Jones, Kelsey

Rondo for solo flute (WAT)

Leclair, Jean-Marie

Concerto in C op. 7, no. 3 (INT)

Martinu, Bohuslav

First sonata (AMP)

Milhaud, Darius

Sonatine (DUR)

Pepin, Clermont

Quatre monodies pour flute seule (CPE)

Poulenc, Francis

Sonata (CHE)

Quantz, Johann Joachim

Concerto in G (BR&/INT)

Reinecke, Carl

Sonata (Undine) (INT)

Taffanel, Paul

Andante pastoral & Scherzettino (INT)

Flute Music by French Composers (SCH)

Telemann, Georg Philipp

Concerto a cinque in D (SIK)

Sonata in f minor (INT)

Suite in a minor (MOE/PET/HIN)

Tulou, Jean-Louis (M. Moyse, ed.)

Grand solo no. 13

The Golden Age of the Flutists vol.1 (ZEN/BIL)

Grand solo no. 5

The Golden Age of the Flutists vol. 2 (ZEN/BIL)

Varese, Edgard

Density 21.5 for solo flute (RIC/COL)

Vivier, Claude

Piece pour flute et piano (DBM)

Weinzweig, John

Divertimento 1 (B&H)

Level 7
Arnold, Malcolm

Concerto (Boosey)

Aitken, Robert

Plainsong for solo flute (UNI)

Bach, C.P.E.

Concerto in d minor (LEU/INT)

Bach, J.S.

Partita in a minor for solo flute BWV 1013 (BAE)

Sonata no. 5 in e minor BWV 1034 (CHE/HEN)

Badings, Henk

Capriccio (DON)

Berkeley

Sonata (Chester)

Boehm, Theobald (M. Moyse, ed.)

Air varie de la Molinara "Nel cor piu"

The Golden Age of the Flutists vol. 2 (ZEN)

Bozza, Eugene

Image for solo flute (LED)

Burton, Eldin

Sonatina (FIS)

Coulthard

Lyric Sonatina (Waterloo)

Copland, Aaron

Duo for Flute and Piano (B&H)

Damase, Jean-Michel

Scherzo (LEM)

Serenade (LEM)

Dohnanyi, Ernst Von

Passacaglia for solo flute (BRO)

Doppler, Franz

Airs valaques (EME)

Dutilleux, Henri

Sonatine (LED)

Farroud, Pierre-Octave

Trois pieces (SAL)

Francaix, Jean

Divertimento pour Flute et Piano (SCH)

Frank, Cesar

Sonata (ZER/INT)

Gordelli, Otar

Concerto (PIP)

Griffes, Charles T.

Poem (SCH)

Hanson, Howard

Serenade (Fischer)

Hetu, Jacques

Quatre pieces pour flute et piano (BIL)

Ibert, Jacques

Concerto (LED)

Jolivet, Andre

Chant de Linos (LED)

Cinq incantations (B&H)

Karg-Elert, Sigfrid

Impressions exotiques op. 134 (ZIM)

Kenins, Talivaldis

Concertante (B&H)

Martin, Frank

Ballade (UNI)

Mercadante, Saverio

Concerto in e minor op. 57 (ZER)

Messiaen, Oliver

Le merle noir (LED)

Milhaud, Darius

Sonatine (DUR)

Morawetz, Oskar

Sonata (EAS/CMC)

Mozart, W.A.

Concerto in G K. 313 (BR&)

Concerto in D K. 314 (BR&)

Mucynski, Robert

Sonata (SCH)

Nielsen, Carl

Concerto (SAM)

Piston, Walter

Sonata (AMP)

Prokofiev, Sergey

Sonata (MCA/SIK)

Quantz, Johann Joachim

Concerto in D ("pour Potsdam")(INT)

Pergolesi

Concerto in G (Boosey)

Piston, Walter

Sonata (SCH)

Reinecke, Carl

Concerto in D op. 283 (BR&)

Rodrigo, Joaquin

Concierto pastoral (OTT)

Sancan, Pierre

Sonatine (DUR)

Schubert, Franz

Introduction & Variations on "Trockne Blumen" (OTT/UNI/BR&)

Sigurbjornsson, Thorkell

Kalais for solo flute (UNI)

Stevens

Sonatina (Broude)

Taffanel Paul

Fantasie sur le "Freischutz"

The Golden Age of the Flutists vol. 1 (ZEN)

Grande fantasie on themes from "Mignon" (SOU)

Tremblay, Gilles

Envol-Alleluia pour flute seule (SAL)

Widor, Charles-Marie

Suite op. 34 (HEU/PIP)

List of Publishers

ALL Rudall Carte

AMA Amadeus

AMP Associated Music Publishers

B&H Boosey & Hawkes

BAE Barenreiter Verlag

BEL Belwin Mills

BER Berandol

BET Cundy-Bettony

BIL Billaudot

BR& Breitkopf & Hartel

BRO Broude Brothers

BVP Broeckmans & Van Poppel

CHE J. & W. Chester Ltd.

CMC Canadian Music Centre

COL Colfranc

CPE Clemont Pepin Editions

DBM Les Editions Doberman, Inc.

DON Donemus

DUR Durand & Cie

EAS Aeneas Publications

EMB Editio Musica Budapest

EME Emerson

EMT Editions Musicales Transatlantiques

ENO Enoch

FHP Falls House Press

FIS Carl Fischer, Inc.

GIR Arsenio Girn, Faculty of Music, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canda

GVT Gordon V. Thompson, Ltd.

HEN G. Henle Verlag

HEU Heugel

HIN Hinrichsen

HUG Hug

INT International Music Co.

JAY Jamar

JOB Jobert

KEN Kendor

LED Leduc

LEE Leeds Music

LEM Lemoine

LEU Leuckart

MCA MCA and Mill/MCA Joint Venture Editions

MIL Mills Music

MOE Moeck

OTT B. Schotts Sohne

OUP Oxford University Press

PET Edition Peters

PIP Piper Press

POP Papagena Pres

RIC G. Ricordi & Co.

RUB Rubank

SAL Editions Francis Salabert

SAM Samfunder

SCH G. Schirmer Inc.

SIK Sikorski

SOU Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc.

SUM Summy-Birchard, Inc.

UMP United Music Publishers

UNI Universal Edition

WAT Waterloo Music Co., Ltd.

ZEN Zen-On

ZER Zerboni

ZIM Zimmermann

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