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Pedagogical Progression for Oboe
This page is intended to be an instructional resource for oboe teachers and students who are seeking information to supplement their oboe teaching or study. It is organized in a progressive fashion, not limited to age or grade level, but in terms of the oboist's skill level (technical and expression development). Many of the books are sequential and may be used at more than one "level." While this is not a definitive guide, the list has been compiled from and by experienced oboe teachers and professional performers who regularly visit Covey Oboes.
| BEGINNER | |
| Methods | |
| Gekeler, Kenneth | Method for oboe. Book 1: Beginning to Intermediate. |
| Edlefsen, Blaine | Oboe Student Level 1 |
| Edlefsen, Blaine | Studies & Melodious Etudes Level 1 |
| Rubank | Method Volume 1: Beginner |
| Solo Repertoire | |
| Edlefsen, Blaine | Tunes for Oboe Technic Level 1 |
| Hinchliffe, Robert | The Really Easy Oboe Book |
| Richardson/Craxton | First Book of Oboe Solos |
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BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE |
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| Methods | |
| Gekeler, Kenneth | Method for oboe. Book 2: Intermediate |
| Edlefsen, Blaine | Oboe Student Level 2 |
| Studies & Melodious Etudes Level 2 | |
| Niemann/Labate | Method for Oboe |
| Rubank | Method Volume 2: Intermediate |
| Solo Repertoire | |
| de Haske | Classical Solos: 12 Pieces based on famous themes |
| Edlefsen, Blaine | Tunes for Oboe Technic Level 2 |
| Richardson/Craxton | First Book of Oboe Solos |
| Warner Brothers | Classic Festival Solos, Volume 1 |
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INTERMEDIATE & INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED |
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| Methods | |
| Sellner, Joseph | Etudes for Oboe |
| Salviani, Clemente | Volume 2: Scales and Etudes |
| Barret, A.M.R. | Method for Oboe |
| Solo Repertoire | |
| Edlefsen, Blaine | Oboe Soloist |
| Richardson/Craxton | Second Book of Oboe Solos |
| Arnold, Jay | Oboe Solos with Piano Accompaniment |
| ADVANCED | |
| Methods | |
| Salviani, Clemente | Volume 1: Duets |
| Ferling, W. | 48 Famous Studies, Parts 1 and 2 |
| Andraud, Albert | Vade-Mecum of the Oboist |
| Gillet, F. | Studies for the Advanced Teaching of the Oboe |
| Vingt Minutes D'Etude | |
| Solo Repertoire | |
| Albinini, Tomaso | Concerto in d minor |
| Concerto in D major | |
| Concerto in Db major | |
| Barlow, Wayne | Winter’s Past |
| Cimarosa, Domenico | Solo du Concert |
| Faure, Gabriel | Piéce |
| Handel, G.F. | Concerto in Bb major |
| Concerto in g minor | |
| Sonata in c minor | |
| Sonata in g minor | |
| Head | Three Pieces |
| Marcello, Benedetto | Concerto in c minor |
| Mozart, W.A. | Concerto in C major |
| Samartini, Guiseppe | Sonata in G Major |
| Telemann, G.P. | Partitas |
| Orchestral Excerpts | |
| Brahms, Johannes | Symphony No.1 |
| Beethoven, L. | Symphony No.3 |
| Mozart, W.A. | Concerto in C (first page) |
| Ravel, Maurice | Le Tombeau de Couperin |
| Rossini, Gioacchino | La scala di seta |
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PRE-PROFESSIONAL A |
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| Methods | see advanced |
| Solo Repertoire | |
| Bellini, Vicenzo | Concerto |
| Hanson, Howard | Pastorale |
| Haydn, Joseph | Oboe Concerto |
| Hindemith, Paul | Sonata |
| Jacob, Gordon | Sonatina |
| Mozart, W.A. | Concerto in C (last 2 movements) |
| Nielsen, Carl | Fantasy Pieces |
| Paladilhe, E. | Solo de Concert |
| Saint-Saens, Camille | Sonata |
| Schumann, Robert | Romances |
| Telemann, G.P. | Sonata in a minor |
| Vivaldi, Antonio | Sonatas and Concerti |
| Orchestral Excerpts | |
| Bach, J.S. | Concerto No. 1 |
| Beethoven, L. | Symphony No. 6 |
| Beethoven, L. | Symphony No. 7 |
| Bizet, Georges | Symphony in C |
| Brahms, Johannes | Violin Concerto |
| Mendelssohn, Felix | Symphony No. 3 |
| Stravinsky, Igor | Pulcinella Suite |
| Strauss, Richard | Don Juan |
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PRE-PROFESSIONAL B |
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| Methods | see advanced |
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Solo Repertoire |
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| Bach, J.S. | Cantata No.56 |
| Cantata No. 82 | |
| Cantata No.202 | |
| Bach, C.P.E. | Sonata |
| Bartok, Bela | Three Folk Songs |
| Bozza, Eugene | Fantasy Italian |
| Britten, Benjamin | Six Metamorphoses After Ovid |
| Francais, Jean | Flower Clock |
| Hummel, J.N. | Adagio Theme and Variations |
| Arnold, Malcolm | Sonatina |
| Mozart, W.A. | Concerto in C |
| Oboe Quartet | |
| Poulenc, Francis | Sonata |
| Telemann, G.P. | Partitas (with ornamentation) |
| 12 Methodical Sonatas | |
| Varrust | Solo primier |
| Orchestral Excerpts | English horn excerpts |
| Berlioz, Hector | Roman Carnival |
| Dvorak, Antonin | Symphony No. 9 |
| Franck, Cesar | Symphony in d minor |
| Rossini, Gioacchino | William Tell |
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PRE-PROFESSIONAL C |
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| Methods | see advanced |
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Solo Repertoire |
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| Bach, J.S. | Concerti |
| Sonata in g minor | |
| Bach, C.P.E. | Sonatas and Concerti |
| Dutilleux | Sonata |
| Goossens, Eugene | Concerto |
| Graun, | Concerto |
| Kalliwoda, J.W. | Concertino and Marceau de Salon |
| Strauss, Richard | Concerto |
| Telemann, G.P. | Sonatas and Concerti |
| Vaughan Williams, R. | Concerto |
| Vivaldi, Antonio | Concerti |
| Martineau | Concerto |
| Pasculli | Concerti |
| Orchestral Excerpts | |
| Bartok, Bela | Concerto for Orchestra |
| Beethoven, L. | Symphony No. 6 |
| Symphony No. 9 | |
| Berlioz, Hector | Benvenuto Cellini |
| Romeo and Juliet | |
| Brahms, Johannes | Symphony No. 2 |
| Brahms/Haydn | Variations |
| Debussy, Claude | La Mer |
| De Falla, Manuel | El amor brujo |
| Haydn, F.J. | Surpirse Symphony |
| Oxford Symphony | |
| Miracle Symphony | |
| Mahler, Gustav | Das lied van der erde |
| Symphony No. 3 | |
| Mozart, W.A. | Symphony No. 25 |
| Symphony No. 36 | |
| Symphony No. 41 | |
| Mussorgsky, Modest | Pictures at an Exhibition |
| Prelude to Kovanchina | |
| Prokofiev, Sergei | Romeo and Juliet |
| Classical Symphony | |
| Ravel, Maurice | Daphnis and Chloe |
| Rossini, Giaocchino | Italian in Algiers |
| La Scala di Seta | |
| Schubert, Franz | Symphony No. 9 in C major |
| Schumann, Robert | Piano Concerto |
| Symphony No. 2 | |
| Shostakovich, Dmitri | Symphony No. 1 |
| Symphony No. 5 | |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilych | Swan Lake |
| Wagner, Richard | Ziegfried Idyll |
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