Heckelphone / Bass Oboe Repertoire by Numbers

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

Overview of repertoire collection for heckelphone, piccolo heckelphone, bass oboe or lupophone; 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
54 composers
71 pieces in total
61 pieces with verified information 85.9%
10 pieces with partially verified information 14.1%
0 pieces with unverified information 0.0%
1 pieces with synthesised performance only 1.4%
45 pieces for heckelphone 63.4%
27 pieces for bass oboe 38.0%
3 pieces for lupophone 4.2%
1 pieces with multiple heckelphones, bass oboes, piccolo heckelphones 1.4%

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 heckelphone, piccolo heckelphone, bass oboe or lupophone with ensemble or orchestral accompaniment.

Pieces per category
24 chamber music 33.8%
22 orchestra 31.0%
8 opera 11.3%
7 solo 9.9%
6 keyboard instrument 8.5%
2 film music 2.8%
2 ballet 2.8%
1 jazz 1.4%
21 arrangement 29.6%

Nationality of composers who wrote for heckelphone, piccolo heckelphone, bass oboe or lupophone (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
14 Germany (DE) 25.9%
10 United States (US) 18.5%
7 United Kingdom (UK) 13.0%
3 Austria (AT) 5.6%
3 Italy (IT) 5.6%
2 Canada (CA) 3.7%
2 Czech Republic (CZ) 3.7%
1 Belgium (BE) 1.9%
1 France (FR) 1.9%
1 Hungary (HU) 1.9%
1 Israel (IL) 1.9%
1 Mexico (MX) 1.9%
1 Netherlands (NL) 1.9%
1 Philippines (PH) 1.9%
1 Poland (PL) 1.9%
1 Slovakia (SK) 1.9%
1 South Korea (KR) 1.9%
1 Spain (ES) 1.9%
1 Switzerland (CH) 1.9%
1 nationality unknown 1.9%

Number of compositions for heckelphone, piccolo heckelphone, bass oboe and lupophone 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%
1 1900-1909 1.4%
2 1910-1919 2.8%
3 1920-1929 4.2%
0 1930-1939 0.0%
1 1940-1949 1.4%
0 1950-1959 0.0%
4 1960-1969 5.6%
3 1970-1979 4.2%
6 1980-1989 8.5%
5 1990-1999 7.0%
6 2000-2009 8.5%
22 2010-2019 31.0%
14 2020-2029 19.7%
4 unknown year of composition 5.6%

Number of compositions per composer (43 composers have written a single piece each, 7 composers have written two pieces, ...).

Number of compositions per composer
43 1
7 2 Yoram Meyouhas (1967-); Robert Delanoff (1942-); Frank Lewin (1925-2008); Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892-1988); David Raksin (1912-2004); Walter von Forster (1915-2002); Rudolf Weishappel (1921-2006)
2 3 Aribert Reimann (1936-); Matthias Pintscher (1971-)
2 4 Richard Wagner (1813-1883); Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)


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.