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Instrumental Solos
Alto Saxophone
Aeolian Song (2nd Movement of Concertino for Alto Sax & Wind Ensemble) Donald Sinta, saxophone, Nelita True, piano Mark Custom Recording 4372-MCD Theodore Presser Company-rental 05:00 a.s. with w.e., & rentd/sld as a.s./pf & a.s./cham orch: 1(pc).1.1.1/1.0.0.0/stg/1 perc (be); or a.s./str orch 1953 for Sigurd Rascher
Cantilena Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard 02:50 Alto Saxophone, pf 1954 for Sigurd Rascher
Farewell Donald Sinta, saxophone, Nelita True, piano Mark Custom Recording 4372-MCD Theodore Presser Company-sales 01:30 Alto Saxophone, pf 1964 for Don Sinta
Bassoon – easy
Song and Dance Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard 02:10 bassoon, pf 1953
Clarinet – easy
Gentle Song, A Theodore Presser Company-sales 01:35 Clarinet, pf 1953
Oboe, English Horn, French Horn – easy
Evening Piece Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard 02:00 Oboe or Eng hn, pf 1952
Soliloquy for Horn in F and Piano Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct 2:40 hn, pf 1958
Percussion
Three Dances for Solo Snare Drum Movement 1 - Cretan Dance Movement 2 - Fox Trot Movement 3 - Fandango James Campbell, solo snare
Steve Weiss Music 05:00 snare drum 1961
Piano – easy
Alexandria Set Bill Dobbins, piano Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct 5:35 Piano – easy 1995
If I Could Be…Four Daydreams for Piano Theodore Presser Company-sales 03:00 Piano – easy 1963
Not Without Merritt Theodore Presser Company-sales 05:00 Piano – easy; humorous 1985 for Merritt Torrey, Jr.
Recipe For a Little Girl Subito Music/The Online Subito Store 01:30 Piano – easy 1963
Roswell Set Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct 2:00 piano – easy 1995
Three Macedonian Miniatures Theodore Presser Company-sales 04:15 Piano – easy 1951
Serenade for Flute Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct 2:30 flute with piano – easy 1953
Trombone – easy
Aubade Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct 02:00 Trombone (or Baritone-Teble clef), pf 1956
Trumpet – easy
Prologue Hal Leonard/Sheet Music Direct 01:50 Trumpet, pf 1956
Tuba
Arioso Scott C. Watson, tuba, Ellen R. Bottorff, piano Stepping Stones for Tuba Volume 1, Potenza Music Hal Leonard 02:10 Tuba, pf