50+ Greatest Intermediate Classics for Bassoon is a collection of favourite melodies arranged especially for the intermediate to advanced bassoon player, starting with the easiest. Great for advanced sight-reading practice or just for fun.

Assuming a good knowledge of the bassoon and music reading, some pieces are one page, others longer; the music ranges from low B flat to fourth octave B although the notes are easier in the first part of the book.

50+ Greatest Intermediate Classics for Bassoon follows on from our popular 50+ Greatest Classics for Bassoon, which is much easier, contains different repertoire and shorter pieces. This, latest, book is for the more advanced player and includes extracts from:

Adagio – Albinoni; Alla Turca – Mozart;Autumn – Vivaldi; Ave Maria – Schubert; Bist du bei mir – Stölzel; Caprice – Paganini; Carol of the Bells – Leontovych; Clog Dance – Hertel; Colonel Bogey – Alford; Csárdás – Monti; Donauwellen Waltz – Ivanovici; Danse macabre – Saint Saëns; Entry of the Gladiators – Fučík; Frühlingsstimmen – J. Strauss; Funiculì, Funiculà – Denza; Für Elise – Beethoven; Garland Waltz – Tchaikovsky; Gliding Dance of the Maidens – Borodin; Gran Valse – Tárrega; Hungarian Dance No. 5 – Brahms; La Campanella – Paganini; Lacrimosa – Mozart; Largo al Factotum – Rossini; Light Cavalry Overture – Suppé; Marche Funèbre – Gounod; Marche Slave – Tchaikovsky; Mazurka – Chopin; Moonlight Sonata – Beethoven; Nimrod – Elgar; Nocturne – Chopin; Overture – Mozart; Pizzicati – Delibes; Prelude – Bizet; Rigaudon – Grieg; Romanze – Mozart; Russian Dance –Tchaikovsky; Sarabande – Handel; Scheherazade – Rimsky-Korsakov; Sheep May Safely Graze – J. S. Bach; Si un jour, La forza del destino – Verdi; Sleepers, Awake – J.S. Bach; Ständchen – Schubert; Te Deum – Charpentier; Theme, Pastoral Symphony– Beethoven; Theme, Piano Concerto No. 1– Tchaikovsky; Three Little Maids – Sullivan; Toccata and Fugue – J.S Bach; Traümerai – Schumann; Tritsch Tratsch Polka – J. Strauss; Va, Pensiero – Verdi; Vltava – Smetana; Waltz no. 15 – Brahms.

You may enjoy some of our other bassoon books: Rags to Riches; Have a Banana; Wicked Duets; Devilish Duets; Shanties and Sea Songs and many others. Look out for our solo, duet and trio music arranged for mixed instruments: Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Oboe, Saxophone, Recorder, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass, Mini-bassoon, Tenoroon, Guitar etc. We have a spectacular variety of duet books, a gargantuan selection of festive books (including Christmas, Valentine’s and Halloween!), fun practice notebooks especially for bassoon, instrument-specific theory, including theory puzzles for very young players and even a few downloadable playalong and backing tracks and sheet music on our website. Just visit WildMusicPublications.com or for tweets on our latest books, why not follow us on Twitter? @wmpublications