Heckelphone / Bass Oboe Repertoire by Numbers

Here is some data on the repertoire for collection for heckelphone, bass oboe, lupophone and piccolo heckelphone, version 2 of 1 February 2022, excerpt: pieces for piccolo heckelphone.

Overview of repertoire collection for piccolo heckelphone; some pieces have parts that can be played by several or multiple of the instruments covered in the overall repertoire collection for heckelphone, bass oboe, lupophone and piccolo heckelphone.

Overview
6 composers
7 pieces in total
7 pieces with verified information 100.0%
0 pieces with partially verified information 0.0%
0 pieces with unverified information 0.0%
0 pieces with synthesised performance only 0.0%
7 pieces for piccolo heckelphone 100.0%
3 pieces for heckelphone 42.9%
1 pieces with multiple heckelphones, bass oboes, piccolo heckelphones 14.3%

Overall number of pieces per category, number of arrangements, and corresponding fractions of overall collection. Note: The fractions add up to more than 100%, since some pieces are assigned multiple categories. The solo category includes some pieces for piccolo heckelphone with ensemble or orchestral accompaniment.

Pieces per category
3 chamber music 42.9%
2 opera 28.6%
2 orchestra 28.6%
arrangement 0.0%

Nationality of composers who wrote for piccolo heckelphone (counting composers rather than pieces); percentages are relative to the total number of composers who have written for the respective instrument. Note: Some composers have written pieces for several of these instruments.

Nationality of composers
2 Germany (DE) 33.3%
1 Canada (CA) 16.7%
1 Italy (IT) 16.7%
1 Netherlands (NL) 16.7%
1 Switzerland (CH) 16.7%
0 nationality unknown 0.0%

Number of compositions for piccolo heckelphone over time (excl. pieces with unknown year of composition).

Repertoire over time

Number of compositions per decade. Arrangements are counted according to the year in which they were completed or first performed (rather than the year in which the original piece was completed).

Number of compositions per decade
0 before 1900 0.0%
0 1900-1909 0.0%
0 1910-1919 0.0%
1 1920-1929 14.3%
0 1930-1939 0.0%
0 1940-1949 0.0%
0 1950-1959 0.0%
0 1960-1969 0.0%
3 1970-1979 42.9%
0 1980-1989 0.0%
0 1990-1999 0.0%
3 2000-2009 42.9%
0 2010-2019 0.0%
0 2020-2029 0.0%
0 unknown year of composition 0.0%

Number of compositions per composer (5 composers have written a single piece each, 1 composer has written two pieces, ...).

Number of compositions per composer
5 1 Daniel Schorno (1963-); Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643); Micha Hamel (1970-); Hans Vogt (1911-1992); Samuel Andreyev (1981-)
1 2 Hans Joachim Hespos (1938-)


Last updated on 1 February 2022. To provide information on pieces in this collection, or pieces still missing from it, please contact me at heckelphone@gmx.net or at @heckelphon on Twitter.