Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2007-02-23 03:35
I have two recommendations.
First, once you get your notes learned and can do a two-octave scale in easy keys, you might enjoy the Mozart "Seven Menuets" (KV 65A) and "Twelve Duets" (KV487). Both of these are available as oboe/clarinet duets. The Menuets are the easier of the two sets. Available from various sources. Medici Music lists them as Grade 2-3 in difficulty.
Second, one of the best "early" collection of oboe solos is the Music Minus One CD and book from Elaine Douvas, entitled "Oboe Classics for the Beginner".
http://www.vcisinc.com/oboepa.htm
These are not really beginner pieces of the "Mary Had a LIttle Lamb" or "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" genre -- and the William Walton pieces, if taken up to tempo, would not be something I'd think of as beginner pieces at all. But there are several that are very accessible.
Maybe it would be better to classify these as music for the oboist who is beginning to perform as a solist. But they are nice pieces, and it's an absolute treat to hear them with the elegant tones of Elaine Douvas.
Susan
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