The modern Woodwind family consists of recorders, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons and saxophones. No matter your experience or your age, or your choice of woodwind instrument, we have sheet music, scores and tuition books for all, in a wide range of genres and styles.
Woodwind instruments began to evolve thousands of years ago. The first flutes were believed to have been up to 50,000 years old, and through the ages, old flute-like instruments have been discovered that were carved from various different woods, and even bones from birds or bears!
Through the medieval, renaissance and baroque periods, the most common woodwind instruments, recorder, flute, oboe and bassoon, developed, and the clarinet joined them from the middle of the 18th century. The first woodwind instruments had no reeds, the flutes and recorders. With the dawn of the double-reed, oboes and bassoons developed, and the clarinet was the first single reed instrument to join the family.
In the 19th century, the first saxophones started to appear, which despite being made of brass, were counted among the woodwind instruments, because they are all single reed instruments, employing a very similar finger and key system to the clarinet.
Although the saxophone is a relatively minor instrument within the classical symphony orchestra, it did however, help the woodwind family to take a prominent role in various modern musical styles, including jazz, soul, pop and rock music.
for: Descant recorder [violin/cornett], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2911
Chaconne, from: Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627
for: 2 flutes [oboes/violins], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2722
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1485
op. 447
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1471
Edition Schott
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [violin], piano
Music score
Item no.: 729706
op. 5 Nr. 12
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1177
for: 3 treble recorders [violins], basso continuo
Sheet music
Item no.: 2064
A comprehensive method for group, individual and self tuition
for: Descant recorder
Teacher's book
Item no.: 760769
Tango for violin / flute / clarinet and piano
for: Violin [flute/clarinet (B-flat)], piano; guitar, bass ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3674
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 731386
Method for descant recorder
for: Descant recorder
Spielbuch
Item no.: 760182
KV 618
for: Melody instrument (C), organ [piano]
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1550
à tre, 2 V. e Violone, o Arcileuto col Basso per l’Organo
op. 3/1
for: 2 violins [oboes], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2701
from "Porgy and Bess"
for: Violin [flute], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3491
Schott Archive
for: 3 recorders (SAT/SSA/SAA/SST)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 747512
Paris, 1900
for: Oboe [flute/clarinet (B-flat)/violin], cello [viola/bassoon/clarinet (B-flat)], piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5249
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 756579
aus: "The Flute Player's Pocket Companion"
for: 2 flutes [descant recorders/violins]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4976
Tägliche Studien
for: Descant recorder
Music score
Item no.: 756805
Gospel
for: 2 melodic instruments (C/B-flat/E-flat), piano [organ/keyboard/guitar]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3488
Method for descant recorder
for: Descant recorder
Spielbuch
Item no.: 796504
Method for descant recorder
for: Descant recorder
Spielbuch
Item no.: 796512
A comprehensive method for group, individual and self tuition
for: Treble recorder
Students book
Item no.: 759319
aus den "Kinderszenen", op. 15
bearbeitet für Klarinette oder Trompete und Klavier
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet], piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1085
Edition Schott
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 732099
101 daily exercises
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 796502
Die australische Nationalhymne
for: Voice [melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1414
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 747478
Tango
for: Violin [clarinet/trumpet], piano; guitar, bandoneon, bass ad lib.
Piano reduction, solo parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5007
for: Alto flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736743
Londoner Trio Nr. 1
for: 2 flutes [violins], cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2414
Easy pieces to play together
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 760181
per Flauto traverso e Basso
for: Flute, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 756729
for bassoon and string quintet or string orchestra
for: Bassoon, string quintet [string orchestra]
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 749339
Bb
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1553280
3 Vortragsstücke
for: Double bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 723089
20 Famous Tunes from Ireland
for: Flute [recorder/tin whistle]
Music score
Item no.: 780318
aus der Kantate BWV 140
bearbeitet für Altsaxophon und Orgel
for: Alto saxophone, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2810
aus "Der Fluyten Lust-Hof"
for: Descant recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 1452
Edition Schott
for: Treble recorder [flute], piano
Music score
Item no.: 729696
120 Duette aus acht Jahrhunderten
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 761663
Edition Schott
for: 3 recorders (SSA)
Music score
Item no.: 749872
Edition Schott
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 749611
Latin Jazz Trio
for: 3 saxophones (AAT)
Score, parts, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 3713
aus: Canzoni per sonare con ogni sorte di stromenti, Libro primo (1608)
eingerichtet für Blockflötenensemble
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2503
Solo Transcriptions for Alto Saxophone
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Spielbuch
Item no.: 1566288
aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
bearbeitet für Violine (Oboe) und Klavier
for: Violin [oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1836
Arranged from the Adagio from Clarinet Concerto KV 622
for: Clarinet, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 761376