Kubik composed his Divertimento No. 2 in the late 1950s, completing it in 1958. The work is scored for a diverse ensemble of eight instruments: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone,
Transcribed by Bruce Gbur.
Vivaldi is usually associated in the minds of concert-goers with instrumental music-the hundreds of concertos and chamber music pieces he composed have cemented that
For Oboe and Piano, by Richard Crosby. This is a brief piece written in memory of an oboist and journalism student who was tragically killed in an automobile accident. Alycia Smith was a very talented
In 1950 Hovhaness composed Manko, a suite of fourteen pieces for oboe and bassoon. Ten of these are duets, six of which were published as part of the Suite for Oboe and Bassoon in 1968.
The Four Latin Dances were commissioned by pianist Imelda Delgado in memory of her father, Narciso Delgado (1903-1977), an important figure in Tejano music. Composer Richard Crosby and
Landscape, a beautiful miniature for oboe and piano was published in one of the volumes of the Wa-Wan Press, a subscription magazine of compositions by American composers that Farwell produced for
This collection of original duet compositions can be played by two saxophones or two oboes. Written for beginning students, the pieces range from Grade 1 to Grade 3 and cover a variety of different modes in
As a student in college, I was asked to write music for a solo dancer and a solo oboe. While the dancer performed on the stage, the oboist walked around the auditorium playing the music. Years later, I