Table of Saxophone Literature
This table of literature is intended to familiarize saxophonists with the vast literature written for the instrument. This is not a complete list of saxophone literature, rather some of the most well known works, as well as some that are not so well known. If you have any suggestions of pieces to add to this list, please contact me.
You can download my suggested high school saxophone repertoire list here. And my suggested college rep. list here.Alto Saxophone and Piano (or orch./band)
| COMPOSER | WORK | PUBLISHER | LEVEL: (1 easy - 6 difficult) |
| Absil | Sonata | Lemoine | 4 |
| Albright | Sonata | Peters | 6 |
| Bach, Jan | My Very First Solo (sax/elc. pno) | 6 | |
| Bach (arr. Mule) | Sonata #4 (for flute) | Leduc | 4 |
| Bach | Partita in a minor (solo) | 4 | |
| Bassett | Music for Saxophone | Peters | 5 |
| Bassett | Duo Concertante | Peters | 5 |
| Benson, Warren | Concertino (band) | T.Presser | 3 |
| Bonneau | Suite | Leduc | 2 |
| Boutry | Divertimento (string orch.) | Leduc | 4 |
| Bozza | Aria | Leduc | 2 |
| Creston | Sonata | Southern | 4 |
| Creston | Concerto (band or orch.) | Schirmer | 4 |
| Charpentier | Gavambodi 2 | Leduc | 5 |
| Dahl | Concerto (band) | European American Music | 5 |
| Debussy | Rhapsodie | Durand | 6 |
| Derr, Ellwood | Never Saw Another Butterfly (alto, sop vox, pno.) | 4 | |
| Denisov | Sonata | Leduc | 6 |
| Desenclos | Prelude, Cadence et Finale | Leduc | 5 |
| D'Indy | Choral VariŽ (orch) | Durand | 3 |
| Dubois | Concerto (orch.) | Leduc | 4 |
| Finny | Concerto (band) | Peters | 5 |
| Francaix | Cinque Dances Exotiques | Schott | 3 |
| Gillingham | Sonata (also with band) | MMB | 5 |
| Glazounov | Concerto | Leduc | 4 |
| Gotkovsky | Brillance | Fransaises | 4 |
| Gurewich | Concerto (band or orch.) | Rubank | 3 |
| Harbison | San Antonio "Sonata for Alto Sax and Piano" | 5 | |
| Hartly | Duo | Tritone | 3 |
| Heiden | Sonata | Schott | 5 |
| Hindemith | Sonata | Schott | 4 |
| Husa | Elegie et Rondeau (orch.) | Leduc | 5 |
| Husa | Concerto (band) | Leduc | 5 |
| Ibert | Concertino da Camera (orch.) | Leduc | 5 |
| Jolivet | Fantaisie-Impromptu | Leduc | 3 |
| Koch | Concerto (orch.) | Peer | 5 |
| Lantier | Sicilienne | Leduc | 2 |
| Larson | Konsert (orch.) | Gehrmans | 5 |
| Lennon | Distances Within Me | Dorn | 6 |
| Lennon | Symphonic Rhapsody (orch.) | Dorn | 6 |
| Lunde | Sonata | Southern | 3 |
| Mahler/Hemke | A Ruckert Song | Southern | 2 |
| Martin | Ballade (orch.) | Universal | 5 |
| Maslanka | Sonata | NASA | 6 |
| Maslanka | Concerto (wind ensemble) | Fischer | 6 |
| Maurice | Tableaux de Provance (orch.) | Leduc | 4 |
| Milhaud | Scaramouche (orch.) | Salabert | 4 |
| Muczynski | Sonata | Schirmer | 3 |
| Muczynski | Sonata | Schirmer | 3 |
| Ott | Concerto (orch.) | 4 | |
| Peterson | Concerto (orch.) | rpeters@cord.edu | 6 |
| Peterson | Concerto for sax & Perc. Orch. | rpeters@cord.edu | 5 |
| Peterson | Concertino for Sax and Young String Orch. | rpeters@cord.edu | 4 |
| Peterson | Sonata for alto sax and piano | rpeters@cord.edu | 5 |
| Ravel/Viard | Piece en Forme de Habanera | Leduc | 2 |
| Rodgers | The Nature of this Whirling Wheel | Manuscript | 5 |
| Rorem | Picnic on the Marne | Boosey | 4 |
| Rueff | Chanson et Passepied | Leduc | 2 |
| Schmitt | Legende | Durand | 3 |
| Schumann/hemke | Three Romances | Southern | 2 |
| Scinto | Earth Shaker | manuscript | 5 |
| Tcherepnine | Sonatine Sprotive | Leduc | 4 |
| Tomasi | Ballade (orch.) | Leduc | 4 |
| Tomasi | Concerto (orch.) | Leduc | 6 |
| Tull | Saraband and Gigue | Boosey | 3 |
| Yoshimatsu | Fuzzy Bird Sonata | Billaudot | 5 |
| Yoshimatsu | Cyberbird Concerto | 5 |
Solo Alto Saxophone
| COMPOSER | WORK | PUBLISHER | LEVEL: (1 easy - 6 difficult) |
| Bach | Sonata in A Minor (flute) | 3 | |
| Berio | Sequenza IXb | Universal | 6 |
| Bonneau | Caprice en forme de valse | Leduc | 4 |
| Bozza | Improvisation et Caprice | Leduc | 4 |
| Debussy (arr. Londeix) | Syrinx | Leduc | 3 |
| Lauba | Steady Study on the Boogie | Billaudot | 5 |
| Lauba | Hard (tenor) | Billaudot | 5 |
| Noda | Improvisation 1, 2 & 3 | Leduc | 3 |
| Noda | Mai | Leduc | 4 |
| Noda | Pheonix | Leduc | 3 |
| Rolin | Puzzle Pulse | manuscript | 5 |
| Rueff | Sonata | Leduc | 4 |
| Stockhausen | In Freundschaft | Stockhausen Verlag | 5 |
| Tower | Wings | Associated | 5 |
Soprano Saxophone and Piano or Orchestra
| COMPOSER | WORK | PUBLISHER | LEVEL: (1 easy - 6 difficult) |
| Bedare, D | Fantaisie | Billaudot | 4 |
| Berio | Sequenxa VI (solo) | Universal | 6 |
| Feld, Jindrich | Sonata | 6 | |
| Heath | Concerto for Soprano Saxophone 'The Celtic' | 4 | |
| Iturralde | Suite HellŽnique | 4 | |
| Koechlin | Sonatine, op. 194/2 | 4 | |
| Lunde, Lawson | Sonata | to the fore | 4 |
| Villa Lobos | Fantasia | Southern | 4 |
| Maslanka | Sonata | Carl Fischer | 4 |
| Ravel/Viard | Piece en forme de Habenera | 3 | |
| Rodgers | Lesson of the Sky | Dorn | 4 |
| Scelsi, Giacinto | Tre Pezzi | Salabert | 4 |
| SingelŽe, Jean Baptiste | Caprice, Op. 80 | 4 | |
| SingelŽe, Jean Baptiste | Fantasie, Op. 89 | 4 |
Etude and Method books
| COMPOSER | WORK | PUBLISHER | LEVEL: (1 easy - 6 difficult) |
| Ferling | 48 Famous Etudes | Southern | 3 |
| Mule | 18 Studies after Berbiguier | Leduc | 3 |
| Small | 27 Melodious & Rhythmical Etudes | Carl Fischer | 3 |
| Voxman | Selected Studies | Rubank | 3 |
| Rousseau | High Tones for Saxophone | Etorile | 4 |
| Sinta/Dabney | Voicing: An Approach to Third Range | Sintafest | 3 |
| Kynaston | Daily Studies | Studio PR | 3 |
| Londeix | Les Gammes | Lemoine | 4 |
| Londeix | Nouvelles Etudes Variees | Leduc | 5 |
| Karg-Elert | 25 Capricen und Sonate | Southern | 4 |
| Bozza | 12 Etudes and Caprices | Leduc | 4 |
| Mule | 53 Etudes (books 1-3) | Leduc | 4 |