Flute sonata explained

A flute sonata is a sonata usually for flute and piano, though occasionally other accompanying instruments may be used. Flute sonatas in the Baroque period were very often accompanied in the form of basso continuo.

List of flute sonatas

• George Antheil
  • Sonata for flute and piano (1951)
• Malcolm Arnold
  • Sonata for flute and piano, Op.121 (1977)
• Claude Arrieu
  • Sonatina for flute and piano (1944)
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Sonata in A minor for solo flute (H. (Helm) 562/Wq. (Wotquenne) 132) (1747)^[1]
  • 14 sonatas for flute and continuo^[2]
  • Sonata in G minor for flute and harpsichord, BWV 1020
  • Sonata in E-flat major for flute and harpsichord, BWV 1031
  • Sonata in C major for flute and basso continuo, BWV 1033
• Johann Christian Bach
  • Sonatas for keyboard with flute or violin, Op. 16
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Sonata in B minor for flute and harpsichord, BWV 1030
  • Sonata in A major for flute and harpsichord, BWV 1032
  • Sonata in E minor for flute and basso continuo, BWV 1034
  • Sonata in E major for flute and basso continuo, BWV 1035
• Nicolas Bacri
  • Spring Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 147 (2018)
• Arnold Bax
  • Sonata for flute and harp (1928)
• Lennox Berkeley
  • Sonata for flute and piano (1978)^[3]
• Ludwig van Beethoven (attributed)
  • Flute Sonata in B-flat major, Anh. 4
• Mélanie Bonis
  • Flute Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 (1904)
• Pierre Boulez
  • Sonatina for flute and piano (1946) (1 serial movement)
• York Bowen
  • Flute Sonata, Op. 120 (1946)
• Robert J. Bradshaw
  • Sonata No. 2 In My Collection for flute and piano
• Jean Coulthard
  • Lyric Sonatina for flute and piano (1971)
• Edison Denisov
  • Sonata for flute and piano (1960)
  • Sonata for flute and guitar (1977)
  • Sonata for flute solo (1982)
  • Sonata for flute and harp (1983)
• Pierre Max Dubois
  • Sonata for flute and piano
• Henri Dutilleux
  • Sonatine for Flute and Piano (1943)
• Jindřich Feld
  • Sonata for flute and piano (1957)
• César Franck
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major (transcribed for flute) (1886)
• Frederick the Great
  • 121 sonatas for flute and continuo
• Glenn Gould
  • Sonata for Flute and Piano (1950). (This work is an arrangement of Gould's Sonata for Bassoon and Piano).
• George Frideric Handel
  • Sonata for flute and basso continuo in E minor, HWV 359b
  • Sonata for flute and basso continuo in G major, HWV 363b
  • Sonata for flute and basso continuo in B minor, HWV 367b
  • Sonata for flute and basso continuo in A minor, HWV 374, Halle sonata No. 1 (authenticity uncertain)
  • Sonata for flute and basso continuo in E minor, HWV 375, Halle sonata No. 2 (authenticity uncertain)
  • Sonata for flute and basso continuo in B minor, HWV 376, Halle sonata No. 3 (authenticity uncertain)
  • Sonata for flute and basso continuo in D major, HWV 378
  • Sonata for flute and basso continuo in E minor, HWV 379
• Hans Werner Henze
  • Sonatina for flute and piano (1947)
• Paul Hindemith
  • Sonata for flute and piano (1936)
• Bertold Hummel
  • Sonatina for flute and piano, Op. 107a (2001) http://www.bertoldhummel.de/english/commentaries/opus_107A.html
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  • Sonata in D, Op. 50 (c1810–14)
  • Sonata in A, Op. 64 (c1814–15)
• Philipp Jarnach
  • Sonatina for flute and piano, Op. 12 (1919)
• Sándor Jemnitz
  • Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 27 (1930–31)
• Paul Juon
  • Sonata for flute and piano in F, Op. 78 (1924)

• Sigfrid Karg-Elert
  • Sonata for flute and piano in B flat, Op. 121 (1918)
  • Sonata Appassionata for flute solo in F sharp, Op. 140 (1917)
• Charles Koechlin
  • Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 52 (1911–13)
  • Sonata for 2 flutes, Op. 75 (1918–20)
  • Three sonatines for solo flute, Op. 184 (1942)
• Rachel Laurin
  • Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 29 (1995)
• Jean-Marie Leclair
  • Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.1 in B major, Book 1, No.2
  • Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.2 in E minor, Book 1, No.6
  • Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.3 in E minor, Book 2, No. 1
  • Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.4 in C major, Book 2, No. 3
  • Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.5 in G major, Book 2, No. 5
  • Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.6 in B minor, Book 2, No. 11
  • Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.7 in E minor, Book 4, No. 2
  • Sonata for flute and harpsichord No.8 in G major, Book 4, No. 7
• Dieter Lehnhoff
  • Sonata Porteña for flute and piano, Op. 35 (2013)
• Bohuslav Martinů
  • Sonata for flute and piano, Halbreich 306 (1945)
• Peter Mieg
  • Sonata for flute and piano (1963)
• Darius Milhaud
  • Sonatina for flute and piano, Op. 76 (1922)
• Ignaz Moscheles
  • Sonata for flute and piano in A, Op. 44 (1819)
  • Sonata for flute and piano in G, Op. 79 (1828)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Sonata in B-flat for keyboard with flute (or violin) and cello, K. 10
  • Sonata in G for keyboard with flute (or violin) and cello, K. 11
  • Sonata in A for keyboard with flute (or violin) and cello, K. 12
  • Sonata in F for keyboard with flute (or violin) and cello, K. 13
  • Sonata in C for keyboard with flute (or violin) and cello, K. 14
  • Sonata in B-flat for keyboard with flute (or violin) and cello, K. 15
• Jules Mouquet
  • La Flûte de Pan, Sonata, Op. 15
• Robert Muczynski
  • Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 14 (1961)
• Gabriel Pierné
  • Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 36 (1900)
• Willem Pijper
  • Sonata for flute and piano (1925)
• Walter Piston
  • Sonata for flute and piano (1930)
• Francis Poulenc
  • Flute Sonata, Schmidt 164 (1956–7)
• Sergei Prokofiev
  • Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94 (1943)
• Einojuhani Rautavaara
  • Sonata for flute and guitar (1975)
• Carl Reinecke
  • Undine, Flute Sonata, Op. 167 (1882)
• Ferdinand Ries
  • Flute Sonata in G major, Op. 48 (pub. 1815)
  • Divertimento for Piano and Flute in G major, Op.62 (1815, pub. 1819)
  • Flute Sonata in C major, Op. 76, No. 1 (1816, pub. ca 1817/18)
  • Flute Sonata in G major, Op. 76, No. 2 (1817, pub. ca 1817/18)
  • Flute Sonata in G major, Op. 87 (pub. 1819)
  • Flute Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 169 Sonate sentimentale (1814, pub. 1834)
• Nino Rota
  • Sonata for flute and harp (1937)
• R. Murray Schafer
  • Sonatina for flute and harpsichord (or piano) (1976)
• Erwin Schulhoff
  • Sonata for flute and piano (1927)
• Lachlan Skipworth
  • Flute Sonata (2020)
• Leo Smit
  • Sonata for flute and piano (1939–43)
• Otar Taktakishvili
  • Sonata for flute and piano (1968)
• Grace Williams
  • Sonatina for flute and piano (1931)

See also

• Flute concerto
• Flute repertory

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of C.P.E. Bach's Works. David . Schulenberg. 2008-02-09.
2. Web site: Helm Catalog of C.P.E. Bach's Works. David . Schulenberg. 2008-02-09.
3. Web site: Description page for Berkeley Sonata. Chester Music. 2008-02-09.