Suggested Literature List

All pieces have a level indication: 1 = Easy to 5 = Virtuoso. I have placed the list and then pieces that a student should cover in a particular year starting with High School through Graduate School. These lists are based on my experience as both a teacher and student over the past 20+ years.

Etudes, Scales, Altissimos

Difficulty	Author	Title	Publisher
2 - 3	Lacour, Guy	50 Etudes, Faciles et Progressive, vol. 1 & 2	Billaudot
2 - 5	Londeix, Jean-Marie	Exercises Mechanique, 3 vols.	Lemoine
2 - 5	Mule, Marcel	Scales and Arpeggios, 3 vols.	Leduc
2	Mule, Marcel	24 Easy Studies, Samie	Leduc
2 - 5	Voisin and Dufresne	Develop Sight Reading	Chas. Colin
3 - 5	Caravan, Ronald	Preliminary Exercises & Etudes in Contemporary Techniques	Dorn
3	Klose	25 Daily Exercises	Carl Fischer
3 - 5	Londeix, Jean-Marie	Le Detache (Staccato)	Lemoine
3 - 4	Londeix, Jean-Marie	Les Gammes	Lemoine
3 - 5	Londeix, Jean-Marie	Gammes et Modes, 2 vols.	Lemoine
3 - 4	Mule, Marcel	18 Studies, Berbiguier	Leduc
3 - 5	Mule, Marcel	48 Etudes, Ferling w/ 12 additional Etudes by Mule	Leduc
3 - 4	Schmidt, William	10 Contemporary Etudes	WIM
3 - 4	Voxman	Selected Studies	Rubank
4 - 5	Allard, Joseph	Three Octave Scales and Chords	Chas. Colin
4 - 5	Allard, Joseph	Advanced Rhythms	Chas. Colin
4 - 5	Bozza, Eugene	Twenty Etudes-Caprices	Leduc
4 - 5	Karg-Elert, Sigfrid	25 Caprices	Southern
4 - 5	Lacour, Guy	24 Etudes Atonal Facile	Billaudot
4 - 5	Massis	Six Etudes-Caprices	Leduc
4	Mule, Marcel	30 Grand Studies, Soussman, 2 vols.	Leduc
4 - 5	Rousseau, Eugene	Saxophone High Tones	Etoile
4 - 5	Rascher, Sigurd	Top Tones	Carl Fischer
4 - 5	Sinta, Donald	Voicing, An Approach to the Third Register	Sintafest Music
5	Londeix, Jean-Marie	Nouvelle Etudes Variees	Lemoine

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Solos

Difficulty	Composer	Title	Inst.	Publisher
3	Couf, Herbert	Introduction, Dance and Furioso	Alto	Bourne
3	Telemann, Georg Philipp	Fantasies I - XII	any	Southern
3 - 4	Debussy, Claude	Syrinx for Flute	Alto	Jobert
3 - 4	Frackenpohl, Arthur	Rhapsody	Alto	Kendor
3 - 4	Heath, Dave	Coltrane	Soprano	Boosey & Hawkes
3 - 4	Mather, Betty Bang	30 Selections in the Galant Style for Flute	Soprano	Carl Fischer
3 - 4	Noda, Ryo	Improvisation I, II or III	Alto	Leduc
3 - 5	Schmidt, William	Music for Unaccompanied Saxophone	any	WIM
3 - 4	Tomasi, Henri	Evocations, I - V	Alto	Leduc
4	Hartley, William	Petite Suite	Alto	Fema
4	Noda, Ryo	Fantaisie et Danse	Alto	Leduc
4	Tull, Fisher	Threnody	Alto	Boosey & Hawkes
4 - 5	Bach, J.S.	Six Cello Suites	Tenor
4 - 5	Bozza, Eugene	Improvisation et Caprice	Alto	Leduc
4 - 5	Bozza, Eugene	Piece Breve	Alto	Leduc
4 - 5	Caravan, Ronald	Improvisation	Tenor	Dorn
4 - 5	Caravan, Ronald	Paradigms I	Alto	Dorn
4 - 5	Dubois, Pierre Max	Suite Francais	Alto	Leduc
4 - 5	Piazzolla, Astor	Tango - Etudes	any	Lemoine
5	Berio, Luciano	Sequenza IXb	Alto	Universal
5	Bonneau, Paul	Caprice en forme de Valse	Alto	Leduc
5	Karg-Elert, Sigfrid	Sonata	any	Southern
5	Morosco, Victor	Blue Caprice	Alto	Dorn?
5	Noda, Ryo	Mai	Alto	Leduc
5	Noda, Ryo	Phoenix	Alto	Leduc
5	Persichetti, Vincent	Parable XI	Alto	Elkan-Vogel
5	Tower, Joan	Wings	Alto	Hal Leonard

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Soprano and Piano

Difficulty	Composer	Title	Publisher
2	Ibert, Jacques	Melopee	Lemoine
2	Satie, Erik	Gymnopedie No. 1	Dorn
3	Clerisse, Robert	Reverie	Leduc
3	Cossaboom, Sterling	Fragments	Southern
3	Handel, Georg F.	Sonata No. 1	Leduc
3	Handel, Georg F.	Sonata No. 3	Dorn
3	Handel, Georg F.	Sonata No. 5	Southern
3	Hovhannes, Alan	Four Nocturnes	Peermusic
3	Rachmaninoff, Sergi	Vocalise Op. 34, No.14	Southern
3	Ravel, Maurice	Piece en forme de Habanera	Leduc
3	Wagner, Richard	Adagio	Southern
3 - 4	Lemeland, Aubert	Epitaph to John Coltrane	Leduc
3 - 4	Massenet, Jules	Meditation from Thais	WIM
3 - 4	Schmitt, Florent	Sond de Coppelius	Lemoine
3 - 4	Telemann, Georg P.	Sonata	Leduc
4	Bach, J.S.	Sonata in G Minor	Universal
4	Bach, J.S.	Sonata in Eb Major	Theodore Presser
4	D'Rivera, Paquito	Vals Venezolano & Contradanza	International Opus
4	Feld, Jindrich	Elegy	Leduc
4	Marcello, Benedetto	Concerto	Southern
4	Platti, Giovanni	Sonata in G Major	Etoile
4	Ricker, Ramon	Solar Chariots	Dorn
4	Schmidt, William	Sonatina	WIM
4	Villa-Lobos, Heitor	Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5 Aria	MollyAm
4 - 5	Hartley, Walter	Sonata	Ethos
4 - 5	Solomon, Melvin	Sonatina, Op. 24	Dorn
5	Feld, Jindrich	Sonata	Leduc
5	Ruggerio, Charles	Interplay	Dorn
5	Villa-Lobos, Heitor	Fantasia	Southern

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Alto and Piano

Difficulty	Composer	Title	Publisher
2	Absil, Jean	5 Easy Pieces, Op. 138	Lemoine
2	Benson, Warren	Cantilena	MCA
2	Benson, Warren	Farewell	MCA
2	Chopin, Frederic	Largo, Op. 65	Etoile
2	Debussy, Claude	Golliwogg's Cake Walk	WIM
2	Dubois, Pierre Max	Dix Figures A Danser	Leduc
2	Faure, Gabriel	Apres un Reve	Dorn
2	Faure, Gabriel	Claire de Lune	Dorn
2	Ibert, Jacques	Aria	Leduc
2	Lantier, Pierre	Sicilienne	Leduc
2	Milhaud, Darius	Dance	International
2	Wilder, Alec	Air	Dorn
2 - 3	Bozza, Eugene	Aria	Leduc
2 - 3	Eccles, Henri	Sonata	McGinnis & Marx
2 - 4	Ibert, Jacques	Histoires	Leduc
3	Benson, Warren	Aeolian Song	MCA
3	Debussy, Claude	Reverie	Jobert
3	Delvincourt, Claude	Croquembouches	Leduc
3	Faure, Gabriel	Fantaisie, Op. 79	Leduc
3	Faure, Gabriel	Pavane	Dorn
3	Frackenpohl, Arthur	Air for Alto	Kendor
3	Frackenpohl, Arthur	Dorian Elegy	Kendor
3	Frackenpohl, Arthur	Variations	Shawnee
3	Handel, Georg	Sonata No. 2	Leduc
3	Handel, Georg	Sonata No. 3	Leduc
3	Jolivet, Andre	Fantaisie Impromptu	Leduc
3	Rachmaninoff, Sergi	Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (arr. Rousseau)	Etoile
3 - 4	Debussy, Claude	Rapsodie	Durand
3 - 4	Delden, Lex Van	Sonatina	Donemus
3 - 4	Heiden, Bernhard	Diversion	Schott
3 - 4	Planel, Robert	Prelude et Salterelle	Leduc
3 - 4	Rueff, Jeanine	Chanson et Passepied	Leduc
3 - 4	Tcherepnine, Alex	Sonatine Sportive	Leduc
3 - 4	Wilder, Alec	Sonata	Wilder
3 - 5	Broege, Timothy	9 Arias	Dorn
3 - 4	Koechlin, Charles	15 Etudes	Ed. Francaises
4	Absil, Jean	Sonata	Lemoine
4	Anderson, Tommy Joe	Sonata No. 1	Southern
4	Bach, J.S.	Sonata No. 4	Leduc
4	Bach, J.S.	Sonata No. 6	Leduc
4	Benson, Warren	Concertino	MCA
4	Bonneau, Paul	Suite	Leduc
4	Bozza, Eugene	Concertino	Leduc
4	Bozza, Eugene	Prelude et Divertissement	Leduc
4	Bozza, Eugene	Pulcinella	Leduc
4	Charpentier, Jacques	Gavambodi 2	Leduc
4	Creston, Paul	Sonata, Op. 19	Shawnee
4	Creston, Paul	Suite	Shawnee
4	Derr, Elwood	1 in 5 in 1	Dorn
4	Erickson, Frank	Concerto	Bourne
4	Eychenne, Marc	Sonata	Billaudot
4	Francaix, Jean	Cinq Danses Exotiques	Schott
4	Glazounov, Alexander	Concerto	Leduc
4	Grundman, Clare	Concertante	Boosey & Hawkes
4	Hartley, Walter	Duo	Tenuto
4	Hartley, Walter	Sonorities IV	Tenuto
4	Heiden, Bernhard	Sonata	Schott
4	Hindemith, Paul	Sonata	Schott
4	Kennan, Kent	Night Soliloquy	Kendor
4	Koch, Erland Von	Sonata	Dorn
4	Lunde, Lawson	Sonata	Southern
4	Maurice, Paul	Tableaux de Provence	Lemoine
4	Muczynski, Robert	Concerto	Schirmer
4	Tomasi, Henri	Ballade	Leduc
4	Tull, Fisher	Sarabande and Gigue	Boosey & Hawkes
4	Woods, Phil	Sonata	Kendor
4 - 5	Bourrel, Yvon	Sonata, Op. 18	Billaudot
4 - 5	Demersseman, Jules	Le Carnaval de Venice	Southern
4 - 5	Dubois, Pierre Max	Concerto	Leduc
4 - 5	Dubois, Pierre Max	Le Livre et la Tortue	Leduc
4 - 5	Fiocco, Joseph	Allegro	Dorn
4 - 5	Gotkovsky, Ida	Brillance	Ed. Francaises
4 - 5	Hartley, Walter	Concerto	Tenuto
4 - 5	Heiden, Bernhard	Fantasia Concertante	Schott
4 - 5	Jacobi, Wolfgang	Sonata	Bourne
4 - 5	Karlins, M. William	Music for Alto Sax and Piano	Dorn
4 - 5	Milhaud, Darius	Scaramouche	Salabert
4 - 5	Muczynski, Robert	Sonata	Schirmer
4 - 5	Pascal, Claude	Sonatine	Durand
4 - 5	Rorem, Ned	Picnic on the Marne	Boosey & Hawkes
4 - 5	Schmidt, William	Sonata	WIM
4 - 5	Schmitt, Florent	Legende, Op. 66	Durand
4 - 5	Smith, Claude	Fantasia	Winger & Jones
4 - 5	Tomasi, Henri	Concerto	Leduc
5	Albright, William	Sonata	Peters
5	Amram, David	Concerto, Ode to Lord Buckley	Peters
5	Bassett, Leslie	Music	Peters
5	Cowell, Henry	Air and Scherzo	Assoc. Mus.
5	Creston, Paul	Concerto	Schirmer
5	Dahl, Ingolf	Concerto	Eur. Amer.
5	Denisov, Edison	Deux Pieces	Leduc
5	Denisov, Edison	Sonata	Leduc
5	Descenclos, Alfred	Prelude, Cadence et Finale	Leduc
5	Feld, Jindrich	Sonata	Leduc
5	Gotkovsky, Ida	Concerto	Ed. Francaises
5	Harbison, John	San Antonio Sonata	Assoc. Music
5	Hayden, Paul	Concerto	Carl Fischer
5	Husa, Karel	Concerto	Assoc. Music
5	Husa, Karel	Elegie et Rondo	Leduc

5	Ibert, Jacques	Concertina da Camera	Leduc
5	Koch, Erland Von	Concerto	Presser
5	Larsson, Eric	Konsert, Op. 14
5	Lennon, John	Distances Within Me	Dorn
5	Markis, Andreas	Fantasy and Dance	Mediterranean
5	Martin, Frank	Ballade	Universal
5	Masalanka, David	Sonata	NASA
5	Robert, Lucie	Cadenza	Ed. Francaises
5	Robert, Lucie	Tourbillon	Ed. Francaises
5	Rueff, Jeanine	Concertino	Leduc
5	Whitney, Maurice	Introduction and Samba	Bourne
5	Worley, John	Sonata	Carl Fischer
5	Yoshimatsu, Takashi	Fuzzy Bird Sonata	Leduc
5	Yoshioka, Emmett	Intermezzo	Man.

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Tenor and Piano

Difficulty	Composer	Title	Publisher
2	Boccherini, Luigi	Adagio	Leduc
2	Caravan, Ronald	Quiet Time	Ethos
2	Clerisse, Robert	Serenade Variee	Leduc
2	Debussy, Claude	Two Lyric Pieces	Southern
2	Faure, Gabriel	Claire de Lune	Dorn
2	Saint-Saens, Camille	L'elephant	MollyAm
2	Saint-Saens, Camille	The Swan	Dorn
2	Saint-Saens, Camille	Tortues	MollyAm
2	Satie, Erik	Gymnopedie No. 1	Dorn
2	Skolnik, Walter	Meditation	Tenuto
2	Skolnik, Walter	Sonatina	Tenuto
2	Solomon, Ed	The Friend	Southern
2	Solomon, Ed	Someday	Southern
2	Tomasi, Henri	Chant Corse	Leduc
3	Ben-Haim, Paul	Three Songs Without Words	Israeli Music
3	Debussy, Claude	Nocturne et Scherzo	MollyAm
3	Duckworth, William	A Ballad in Time and Space	Seesaw
3	Faure, Gabriel	Sicilienne, Op. 78	MollyAm
3	Goltermann, Georg	Cantilena
3	Hartley, Walter	Poem	Tenuto
3	Ravel, Maurice	Piece en forme de Habanera	Leduc
3	Ross, William James	Aria and Dance	Southern
3	Singelee, Jean Baptiste	Solo de Concert, Op. 83	Rubank
3	Spohr, Louis	Adagio	Southern
3	Vivaldi, Giovanni	Sonata in G Minor	McGinnis & Marx
3	Warren, David	Sonatina	Ludwig Music
3 - 4	Duckworth, William	Pitt County Excursions	Seesaw
3 - 4	Fiocco, Joseph	Aria and Rondo	Kendor
3 - 4	Galliard, Johann Ernst	Sonata IV	McGinnis & Marx
3 - 4	Schmitt, Florent	Song de Coppelius	Lemoine
3 - 4	Singelee, Jean Baptiste	Adagio et Rondo, Op. 63	Roncorp
3 - 4	Wilder, Alec	Suite No. 1 - Three Ballads for Stan Getz	Margun Music
4	Bach, J.S.	Sonata No. 3 (Gamba)	WIM
4	Broege, Timothy	Characteristic Suite	Dorn
4	Bruce, Anton	Kol Nidre	Man.
4	Di Pasquale, James	Sonata	Southern
4	Faure, Gabriel	Elegie, Op. 24	MollyAm
4	Fiocco, Joseph	Concerto	Schott
4	Frackenpohl, Arthur	Sonata	Dorn
4	Hartley, Walter	Sonorities VII	Tenuto
4	Karlins, M. William	Music for Tenor Sax and Piano	Southern
4	Lacour, Guy	Piece Concertante	Billaudot
4	Martin, Frank	Ballade	Universal
4	Schmidt, William	Sonatina	WIM
4 - 5	Andriessen, Louis	Ittrospezione III	Peters
4 - 5	Hartley, Walter	Sonata	Dorn
4 - 5	Martino, Ralph	Iberian Sketches	Dorn
4 - 5	Schmidt, William	Concerto	WIM
4 - 5	Schmidt, William	Sonata	WIM
4 - 5	Schmidt, William	Concertino	WIM
4 - 5	Stein, Leon	Sonata	Southern
5	Arnold, Hubert	Anamnesis	Man.
5	Hasquenoph	Concertino	Heugel
5	Mihalovici, Marcel	Chant Premier	Huegel?
5	Villa-Lobos, Heitor	Fantasia	Southern
5	Worley, John	Sonata	Dorn

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Baritone and Piano

Difficulty	Composer	Title	Publisher
2	Faure, Gabriel	Claire de Lune	Dorn
2	Saint-Saens, Camille	Tortues	MollyAm
2	Satie, Erik	Gymnopedie No. 1	Dorn
2 - 3	Brown, Rayner	Sonata Breve	WIM
3	Hartley, Walter	Little Suite	Dorn
3	Presser, William	Prelude	Tenuto
3 - 4	Bozza, Eugene	Divertissement	Leduc
4	Boismortier	Sonata in A Minor	Man.
4	Hartley, Walter	Sonata	Dorn
4	Linn, Robert	Saxofrage Blue	Man.
4	Worley, John	Sonatina	Dorn
4 - 5	Schmidt, William	Sonata	WIM
5	Watters, Mark	Rhapsody	Man.

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Duos

Difficulty	Composer	Title	Publisher
1 - 3	Voxman	Selected Duets, 2 vols.	Rubank
3	Arma, Paul	Divertimento, No. 12	Chappell
3	Cervantes	Two Cuban Dances	International Op.
3	Ferling	Duets for Alto and Tenor	Southern
3 - 4	Bach, J.S.	15 Two Part Inventions	Presser
3 - 4	LeClair, Jean-Marie	Sonata en Fa	Leduc
3 - 4	LeClair, Jean-Marie	Sonata en Ut	Leduc
3 - 4	LeClair, Jean-Marie	Sonata en Re	Leduc
3 - 4	Ross, William James	Didactic Duos	Dorn
3 - 4	Schmidt, William	12 Concert Duets	WIM
3 - 4	Telemann, Georg P.	Six Canonic Sonatas, Op. 5	Etoile
3 - 5	Morosco, Victor	6 Contemporary Etudes in Duet Form	Artisan
4	Koechlin, Charles	24 Duos, Op. 186, 2 vols.	Billaudot
4	Lamb, John D.	Six Barefoot Dances	McGinnis & Marx
4	Smith, Glenn	Mood Music 2	Etoile
4 - 5	Allison, E.	Legit Conv w/ Blues	Dorn
4 - 5	Dubois, Pierre Max	Six Caprices	Leduc
4 - 5	Hindemith, Paul	Konzertstuck	Schott

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Trios

Difficulty	Composer	Title	Publisher
3 - 4	Harbison, John	Trio Sonata (Sop., Alto & Bari)	Hal Leonard

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Chamber Groups

Difficulty	Composer	Title	Orchestration	Publisher
2 - 3	Hovhannes, Alan	Suite, Op. 291	alto, guitar	Peermusic
2 - 3	Nosse, Carl	Sonnet	alto, guitar	Dorn
3	Duckworth, William	Midnight Blue	sax, taped dubbs	Man.
3	Hovhannes, Alan	The World Beneath the Sea	alto, harp, perc.	Peters
3	Koechlin, Charles	Epitaphe de Jean Harlow	alto, flute, pno.	Max Eschig
3	Nin, Joaquin	Le Chant du Veilleur	alto, vox, pno	Max Eschig
3 - 4	Blacher, Boris	Jazz Koloraturen, Op. 1	alto, vox, pno	Bote & Boch
3 - 4	Hartley, Walter	Chamber Music	alto, wwd quintet	Crescendo
3 - 4	Horvit, Michael	Antiphon	alto, tape	Dorn
4	Copley, R. Evan	Trio	alto, hn, pno	Man.
4	DeMars, James	7th Healing Song of John Jospeh Blue	alto, tape	Ariz. State Univ.
4	Derr, Ellwood	I Never Saw Another Butterfly	alto, vox, pno	Dorn
4	Dubois, Pierre Max	Circus Parade	alto, perc.	Leduc
4	Dubois, Pierre Max	Sinfonia da Camera	alto, wwd quintet	Leduc
4	Ehle, Robert	Hypothetical Orbits	alto, tape	Dorn
4	Ellis, Merrill	A Dream Fantasy	cl/ al, perc, tape	Carl Fischer
4	Eychenne, Marc	Cantilene & Danse	alto, vln, pno	Billaudot
4	Grant, Jerome	Duo 1	sax, tape	Dorn
4	Grant, Jerome	Duo 1 Point 5	alto, tape	Man.
4	Hartley, Walter	Double Concerto	al, tba, wind octet	Autograph
4	Heiden, Bernhard	Intrada	alto, wwd quintet	Southern
4	Heussenstamm, George	Four Minatures	tn, fl, ob. vln	Dorn
4	Honegger, Arthur	Concerto da Camera	alto, fl, pno	Salabert
4	Holcombe, Bill	Blues Concerto	alto, brass quintet	Musicians Pub.
4	Koechlin, Charles	Septour	al, eng hn, wwd 5	Max Eschig
4	Lacour, Guy	Divertissement	alto, perc.	Billaudot
4	Myers, Robert	Fantasy Duos	alto, perc.	Artisan
4	Schmidt, William	Jazz Suite	2 al, 2 tn, perc	WIM
4	Villa-Lobos. Heitor	Choros No. 7	al, vln, wwd quartet, tam tam	Max Eschig
4	Villa-Lobos, Heitor	Quatour	al, fl, vox, harp, celeste	Max Eschig
4	Villa-Lobos, Heitor	Sextour Mystique	al, fl, ob, gtr, celeste, harp	Max Eschig
4	Yoshioka, Emmett	Arioso	al, harp, strings	Man.
4	Yuyama, Akira	Divertimento	alto, marimba	Ongaku No Tomo
4 - 5	Heussenstamm, George	Dialogue, Op. 77	alto, tuba	Man.
4 - 5	Heussenstamm, George	Score	4 sax quartets, 4 percs.	Dorn
4 - 5	Hindemith, Paul	Trio	tn, vla, pno	Schott
4 - 5	Milhaud, Darius	Scaramouche	alto, wwd quintet	Salabert
4 - 5	Morrill, Dexter	Getz Variations	tenor, CD accomp	Chenango
4 - 5	Tomasi, Henri	Printemps	alto, wwd quintet	Leduc
4 - 5	Tull, Fisher	Colloquy	alto, perc.	Boosey & Hawkes
4 - 5	Webern, Anton	Quartet	tn, cl, vln, pno	Universal
5	Babbitt, Milton	All Set	al, tn, jazz ens.	Assoc. Music
5	Denisov, Edison	Concerto Piccolo	SATB 1, 6 percs.	Leduc
5	Hayden, Paul	Cherubs on the Ceiling	alto, string trio	Carl Fischer
5	Heussenstamm, George	Playphony	alto, perc.	Paul Price
5	Heussenstamm, George	Saxoclone	al, tn, pno	Seesaw
5	Ruggerio, Charles	Dances & Other Movements	alto, vln, pno	Dorn
5	Schmidt, William	Concertino	tn, wwd quintet	WIM
5	Tamusuza, Justinian	Abaana Bange Na-Ka-Lwa	ss, elgtr, marimba	International Op.
5	Wolpe, Stephen	Quartet	tn, tpt, perc, pno

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