This page lists classical pieces in the trombone repertoire, including solo works, concertenti and chamber music of which trombone plays a significant part.

Solo trombone

* Hans Abrahamsen, ''Kharon'' (2009) * Kalevi Aho, ''Solo XIII'' (2017) * Louis Andriessen, ''Toespraak'' for Speaking Trombonist (1979) * Georges Aperghis, ''Ruinen'' (1994) * Malcolm Arnold, ''Fantasy'', Op. 101 (1969) * Richard Barrett, ''basalt'', (1990-91) * Leslie Bassett, ''Suite'' (1957) *

Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental music, experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition ''Sinfonia (Berio), Sinfonia'' and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled ''Seque ...

, '' Sequenza V'' (1966) *

Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was th ...

, ''Elegy for Mippy II'' (1948) * Howard J. Buss, ''A Day in the City'' (1986), ''Camel Music'' (1975), ''On the Stroke of Midnight'' (2021) *

John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and Extended technique, non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one ...

, ''Solo for Sliding Trombone'' (1957-1958) * Elliott Carter, ''Retracing V'' (2011) * David Cope, ''Three Pieces'' (1966) * David Cope, ''B.T.R.B.'' for Bass Trombonist (1971) * Peter Maxwell Davies, ''Judas Mercator'' (2004) * David Del Tredici, ''The Felix Variations'' for Bass Trombone (2010) *

Franco Donatoni Franco Donatoni (9 June 1927 – 17 August 2000) was an Italian composer. Biography Born in Verona, Donatoni started studying violin at the age of seven, and frequented the local music academy. Later, he studied at the Milan Conservatory ...

, ''Scaglie'' (1992) *

Pascal Dusapin Pascal Georges Dusapin (born 29 May 1955) is a French composer. His music is marked by its microtonality, tension, and energy. A pupil of Iannis Xenakis and Franco Donatoni and an admirer of Varèse, Dusapin studied at the University of Pari ...

, ''Indeed'' (1987) *

Einar Englund Sven Einar Englund (June 17, 1916 – June 27, 1999) was a Finnish composer. Life Sven Einar Englund was born at Ljugarn in Gotland, Sweden, on June 17, 1916; he died June 27, 1999, in Visby, Sweden. He married twice: in 1941 to Meri Mirjam ...

, ''Panorama'' (1976) *

Luca Francesconi Luca Francesconi (born 17 March 1956) is an Italian composer. He studied at the Milan Conservatory, later with Karlheinz Stockhausen and then Luciano Berio. Early years Luca Francesconi was born in Milan. His father was a painter who edited ...

, ''Respiro'' (1987) *

Vinko Globokar Vinko Globokar (born 7 July 1934) is a French-Slovenian avant-garde composer and trombonist. Globokar's music uses unconventional and extended techniques, places great emphasis on spontaneity and creativity, and often relies on improvisation. H ...

, ''Échanges'' (1973) * Vinko Globokar, ''Oblak semen'' (1996) * Tom Johnson, ''Sequenza minimalista'' (1993) * Tom Johnson, ''Tilework'' (2003) *

Alvin Lucier Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr. (May 14, 1931 – December 1, 2021) was an American experimental composer and sound artist. A long-time music professor at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, Lucier was a member of the influential Sonic Ar ...

, ''Stacks'' for Trombone, Multimedia and Sculpture (1993) * Allen Molineux, ''Manipulations'' (1972) *

Vincent Persichetti Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work ...

, ''Parable XVIII'', Op. 133 (1975) *

Folke Rabe Folke Rabe (28 October 1935 – 25 September 2017) was a Swedish composer. He was born in Stockholm and studied at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, where his teachers included Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Ingvar Lidholm, György Ligeti and othe ...

, ''Basta'' (1982) *

Frederic Rzewski Frederic Anthony Rzewski ( ; April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021) was an American composer and pianist, considered to be one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. From 1977 up to his eventual death, he lived mainly in Be ...

, ''Last Judgement'' (1969) *

Giacinto Scelsi Giacinto Francesco Maria Scelsi (; 8 January 1905 – 9 August 1988, sometimes cited as 8 August 1988) was an Italian composer who also wrote surrealist poetry in French. He is best known for having composed music based around only one pitch, ...

, ''Tre pezzi'' (1957) *

Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is known for his groun ...

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In Freundschaft ''In Freundschaft'' (In friendship) is a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen, number 46 in his catalogue of works. It is a serial composition for a solo instrument, first for clarinet, and later arranged by the composer for many other instrumen ...

'', Nr. 46¹²/₁₃ (1977) * Karlheinz Stockhausen, '' Signale zur Invasion'', 2. ex Nr. 61 (1992) * Christian Wolff, ''Peggy'' (1993) *

Iannis Xenakis Giannis Klearchou Xenakis (also spelled for professional purposes as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; , ; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born Greek-French avant-garde composer, music theorist, architect, performance director and enginee ...

, ''Keren'' (1986)

Trombone and piano

* Bert Appermont, ''Sketches of Spring'' (2005) * Bert Appermont, '' Colors for Trombone'' (2008) * Leslie Bassett, ''Sonata'' (1954) *

William Bolcom William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. He ...

, ''Trombone Concerto'' (2016) * Howard J. Buss, ''Trombone Concerto'' (1985), ''Trek!'' (1999), ''Sonata Lyrique'' (2020) * Vladislav Blazhevich, ''Concerto No. 1'', ''Concerto No. 2'' (1924), ''Concerto No. 3'', ''Concerto No. 4'', ''Concerto No. 5'', ''Concerto No. 6'', ''Concerto No. 7'', ''Concerto No. 8'', ''Concerto No. 9'' (1926), ''Concerto No. 10'', ''Concerto No. 11'', ''Concerto No. 12'', ''Concerto No. 13'', ''10 Concert Pieces'' (1935) *

, '' Two⁵'' (1991) *

Henry Cowell Henry Dixon Cowell (; March 11, 1897 – December 10, 1965) was an American composer, writer, pianist, publisher, teacher Marchioni, Tonimarie (2012)"Henry Cowell: A Life Stranger Than Fiction" ''The Juilliard Journal''. Retrieved 19 June 2022.C ...

, ''Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 13'' (1960) *

James Curnow James Curnow (born 17 April 1943) is a composer of music for concert bands, brass bands, vocal and instrumental solos and ensembles. Curnow has also written arrangements of music pieces such as Trumpet Voluntary. He has taught at both public sc ...

, ''Fantasy for Trombone'' (1992) *

Jean-Michel Defaye Jean-Michel Defaye (18 September 1932 – 1 January 2025) was a French pianist, composer, arranger and conductor known for his collaboration with French poet and singer-songwriter Léo Ferré. Life and career Defaye was born in Saint-Mandé, V ...

, ''Deux Danses'' (1950) *

Léo Delibes Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (; 21 February 1836 – 16 January 1891) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer, best known for his ballets and French opera, operas. His works include the ballets ''Coppélia'' (1870) and ''Sylvia (b ...

, ''Morceau à déchiffrer'' (1887) *

Edison Denisov Edison Vasilievich Denisov (, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called " Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music. Biography Denisov was born in Tomsk, Siberia. He studied math ...

, ''Choral Varié'' (1975) *

Pierre Max Dubois Pierre Max Dubois, sometimes given as Pierre-Max Dubois (1 March 1930 – 29 August 1995) was a French composer of classical music, conductor, and music educator. He was a student of Darius Milhaud, and though not widely popular, was respected ...

, ''Histoires de trombone'' (1978) * Pierre Max Dubois, ''Menuet d’automne'' (1978) * Pierre Max Dubois, ''La danse du hérisson'' (1980) *

Henri Dutilleux Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer of late 20th-century classical music. Among the leading French composers of his time, his work was rooted in the Impressionistic style of Debussy and R ...

, ''Choral, cadence et fugato'' (1950) *

Launy Grøndahl Launy Grøndahl (30 June 1886 – 21 January 1960) was a Danish conductor and composer. Grøndahl studied the violin from the age of eight. His first work as a professional musician was as a violinist with the Orchestra of the Casino Theatre in C ...

, '' Concerto for Trombone'' (1924) * Alexandre Guilmant , ''Morceau Symphonique, Op.88'' (1902) *

Jennifer Higdon Jennifer Elaine Higdon (born December 31, 1962) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She has received many awards, including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her Violin Concerto and three Grammy Awards for Best Contemp ...

, ''Legacy'', version C (1999) *

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advo ...

, ''Trombone Sonata'' (1941) *

Vagn Holmboe Vagn Gylding Holmboe (; 20 December 1909 – 1 September 1996) was a Danish composer and teacher. Early life and education Vagn Holmboe was born in Horsens, Jutland, into a merchant family of dedicated amateur musicians. Both parents played the ...

, ''Trombone Sonata'', Op. 172a (1987) *

Søren Hyldgaard Søren Hyldgaard (6 August 1962 – 7 May 2018) was a Danish film composer, also known for several New Age albums and for his concerts. Hyldgaard was a self-taught musician. As a composer of meditational New Age music, he produced a string of ...

, ''Rapsodia Borealis'' (2001) *

Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss-French composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. Honegger was a member of Les Six. For Halbreich, '' Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher'' is "more even ...

, ''Hommage du trombone exprimant la tristesse de l'auteur absent'' (1925) *

Alan Hovhaness Alan Hovhaness (; born Alan Vaness Chakmakjian; March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American composer. He was one of the most prolific 20th-century composers, with his official catalog comprising 67 numbered symphonies (surviving manuscripts ...

, ''O World'', Op. 32, No. 2 (1960) *

Joseph Jongen Joseph Marie Alphonse Nicolas Jongen (14 December 1873 – 12 July 1953) was a Belgian organist, composer, and music educator. Biography Jongen was born in Liège, where his parents had moved from Flanders. He was the elder brother of Léon Jonge ...

, ''Aria et polonaise'', Op.128 (1944) *

Ernst Krenek Ernst Heinrich Krenek (, 23 August 1900 – 22 December 1991) was an Austrian, later American, composer. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including ''Music Here and Now'' (1939), a study of Johannes Ock ...

, ''5 Pièces'' (1967) *

György Kurtág György Kurtág (; born 19 February 1926) is a Hungarian composer of contemporary classical music and pianist. According to ''Grove Music Online'', with a style that draws on " Bartók, Webern and, to a lesser extent, Stravinsky, his work is c ...

, ''Six Pieces'' (1999) *

, ''Panorama'' (1993) *

Otto Luening Otto Clarence Luening (June 15, 1900 – September 2, 1996) was a German-American composer and conductor, and flutist. He was an early pioneer of tape music and electronic music. Biography Luening was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to German par ...

' ''Sonata'' (1953) * Frank Martin, ''Ballade'' (1940) * Johan de Meij, ''Canticles'' (2007) * Allen Molineux ''Sonata'' (2023) *

Lior Navok Lior Navok (; born September 6, 1971) is an Israeli classical composer, conductor and pianist. He was born in Tel Aviv. Navok studied composition privately with the Israeli composer Moshe Zorman, and completed a Bachelor's degree at the Jerusal ...

''Samsara'' (2020) *

Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center ...

, ''The Gender of Now: There But Not There'' (2005) *

Guy Ropartz Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (; 15 June 1864 – 22 November 1955) was a French composer and conductor. His compositions included five symphonies, three violin sonatas, cello sonatas, six string quartets, a piano trio and string trio (both in A min ...

, ''Pièce'' (1908) *

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano ...

, ''Cavatine'', Op. 144 (1915) *

Alexander Tcherepnin Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (; 21 January 1899 – 29 September 1977) was a Russian-born composer and pianist. His father, Nikolai Tcherepnin (pupil of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov), and his sons, Serge Tcherepnin and Ivan Tcherepnin, a ...

, ''Andante'', Op. 64 (1939) *

Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and Music criticism, critic in the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Best known for List of operas by Carl Maria von Weber, h ...

, ''Romanza appassionata'' in C minor (doubtful authenticity) * Christian Wolff, ''Ruth'' (1991) * Shai Cohen, ''Remez'' (2021)

Trombone choir

* Bert Appermont, ''Golden Glow'' for 4 Trombones (2013) *

Gilbert Amy Gilbert Amy (born 29 August 1936) is a French composer and conductor. Career Born in Paris, Amy entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1954, where he was taught and influenced by Olivier Messiaen and Darius Milhaud and studied piano with Yvonne ...

, ''Posaunen'' for 4 Trombones (1987) * Louis Andriessen, ''Rage, rage against the dying of the light'' for 4 Trombones (1966) *

Alexander Arutiunian Alexander Grigori Arutiunian (23 September 192028 March 2012), was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist, widely known for his 1950 Trumpet Concerto (Arutiunian), Trumpet Concerto. A professor at Komitas State Conservatory of ...

, ''Dance'' for 4 Trombones (1989) * Leslie Bassett, ''Quartet'' for 4 Trombones (1949) * Leslie Bassett, ''12 Duos'' for 2 or 4 Trombones (1974) * Leslie Bassett, ''Three Equale'' for 4 Trombones (1996) *

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

, ''

Drei Equale für vier Posaunen Drei (German: "three") may refer to: * ''Drei'' (Glashaus album), a 2005 album by pop band Glashaus * ''Drei'' (Emika album) (stylised form: ''DREI''), a 2015 album by electronic artist Emika * ''Three'' (2010 film), a German film called ''Drei'' ...

'', WoO 30 for 4 Trombones (1812) *

Anton Bruckner Joseph Anton Bruckner (; ; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his Symphonies by Anton Bruckner, symphonies and sacred music, which includes List of masses by Anton Bruckner, Masses, Te Deum (Br ...

, '' Two Aequali'', WAB 114 & 149 for 3 Trombones (1847) * Howard J. Buss, ''Odyssey'' for 4 Trombones (1987), ''Levi's Dream'' for 4 Trombones (2011), ''Brom Bones'' for 8 Trombones (2010), ''Showdown'' for 10 Trombones (1987), ''Prayer'' for 12 Trombones (2015), ''Trombone Graffiti'' for 4 Trombones (2016), * Vladislav Blazhevich, ''Impromptu'' for 12 Trombones (1915), ''Fantasy'' for 12 Trombones (1920s) *

Michael Daugherty Michael Kevin Daugherty (born April 28, 1954) is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American composer, pianist, and teacher. He is influenced by popular culture, Romanticism, and Postmodernism. Daugherty's notable works include his Superman comic b ...

, ''Steamboat'' for Trombone Choir (2014) *

, ''Cahin-caha'' for 2 Trombones (1978) * Pierre Max Dubois, ''A petits pas'' for 3 Trombones (1978) * Pierre Max Dubois, ''A toute coulisse'' for 4 Trombones (1978) * Pierre Max Dubois, ''Easy sliding'' for 8 Trombones *

, ''Sly'' for 4 Trombones (1987) *

Karlheinz Essl Karlheinz Essl Jr (born 15 August 1960) is an Austrian composer, sound artist, electronic performer, music curator, and composition professor. He is the eldest son of Karlheinz Essl Sr., an entrepreneur and art collector. Biography Essl was born ...

, ''Faites vos jeux!'' for 4-8 Trombones (2004) * Christopher Fox, ''stone.wind.rain.sun¹'' for 4 Trombones (1990) *

, ''Discours II'' for 5 Trombones (1968) *

Gordon Jacob Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob CBE (5 July 18958 June 1984) was an English composer and teacher. He was a professor at the Royal College of Music in London from 1924 until his retirement in 1966, and published four books and many articles about ...

, ''Octet'' for 8 Trombones (1981) *

Georg Friedrich Haas Georg Friedrich Haas (born 16 August 1953) is an Austrian composer. In a 2017 ''Classic Voice'' poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000, pieces by Haas received the most votes (49), and his composition ''in vain'' (2000) topped the li ...

, ''Octet'' for 8 Trombones (2015) *

Alois Hába Alois Hába (21 June 1893 – 18 November 1973) was a Czech composer, music theorist and teacher. He belongs to the important discoverers in modern classical music, and to the major composers of microtonal music, especially using the quarter-to ...

, ''Suite in quarter-tones'', Op. 72 for 4 Trombones (1944) * Luca Lombardi, ''Proporzioni'' for 4 Trombones (1969) * Luca Lombardi, ''Mirum'' for 4 Trombones (1984) *

Per Nørgård Per Nørgård (; 13 July 1932 – 28 May 2025) was a Danish composer and music theorist. Though his style varied considerably throughout his career, his music often included repeatedly evolving melodies, in the vein of Jean Sibelius, and a per ...

, ''Krystaller-Massiver-Kaskader'' for 12 Trombones (2004) *

Arvo Pärt Arvo Pärt (; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in p ...

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Summa Summa and its diminutive summula (plural ''summae'' and ''summulae'', respectively) was a medieval didactics literary genre written in Latin, born during the 12th century, and popularized in 13th century Europe. In its simplest sense, they might ...

'' for 4 Trombones (2008) *

Rolf Riehm Rolf Riehm (born 15 June 1937) is a German composer who wrote stage and orchestral works as well as music for ensembles and solo instruments. He began as an oboist and music teacher and was later a professor of music theory at the Hochschule für ...

, ''No Velvet Mute For Lullabies'' for 4 Trombones (2005) *

, ''Last Judgement'', version for several Trombones (1969) *

Manfred Stahnke Manfred Stahnke (born 30 October 1951) is a German composer and musicologist from Hamburg. He writes chamber music, orchestral music and stage music. His music makes extensive use of microtonality. He plays piano and viola. Life Manfred Stahnke wa ...

, ''COWS & BELLS'' for 8 Trombones (1995) *

Charles Wuorinen Charles Peter Wuorinen (, ; June 9, 1938 – March 11, 2020) was an American composer of contemporary classical music based in New York City. He also performed as a pianist and conductor. Wuorinen composed more than 270 works: orchestral music, c ...

, ''Consort of Four Trombones'' (1960)

Trombone and instrument(s)

* Kalevi Aho, ''Epilogue'' for Trombone and Organ (1998) * Richard Barrett, ''EARTH'' for Trombone and Percussionist (1987-88) * Richard Barrett, ''Aurora'' for Quartertone Flugelhorn and Alto Trombone (2005-10) * Leslie Bassett, ''Concerto Lirico'' (1983) *

Harrison Birtwistle Sir Harrison Birtwistle (15 July 1934 – 18 April 2022) was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his operas, often based on mythological subjects. Among his many compositions, his better known works include '' T ...

, ''Duet 5'', for Horn and Trombone (2014) * Hayo Boerema, ''Mutations'' for Trombone and Organ (2022) *

, '' Five³'' for Trombone and String Quartet (1991) *

Friedrich Cerha Friedrich Cerha (; 17 February 1926 – 14 February 2023) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and academic teacher. His ensemble in Vienna was instrumental in spreading contemporary music in Austria. He composed several operas, beginning with ...

, ''Quintett'' for Trombone and String Quartet (2005) * Friedrich Cerha, ''Malinconia'' for Baritone and Trombone (2007) *

Ikuma Dan was a Japanese composer. Dan was born in Tokyo, the descendant of a prominent family, his grandfather Baron Dan Takuma having been President of Mitsui before being assassinated in 1932. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin and Tokyo Music School i ...

, ''Three Letters'' for Trombone and Harp (1999) *

Iancu Dumitrescu Iancu Dumitrescu (born 15 July 1944) is a Romanian Avant-garde music, avant-garde composer. Life and works Dumitrescu was born in Sibiu, Kingdom of Romania, Romania. He received a master's degree in composition in Bucharest, where his teache ...

, ''Nimbus I-III'' for Trombone(s), Percussion and Tape (1984) * Peter Maxwell Davies, ''Aloha Hunter'' for Trombone and Clarinet (1966) * David Del Tredici, ''Dynamic Duo'' for Bass Trombone and Violin (2013) * David Del Tredici, ''David'' for Bass Trombone and Violin (2015) *

Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

, ''Duett for trombone and double bass'' (1887) *

, ''exit*glue'' for Trombone and Electric Guitar (2016) * Christopher Fox, ''Hidden Consequences'' for Microtonal Horn, Trombone and Microtonal Tuba (2009-10) *

Johannes Fritsch Johannes Georg Fritsch (27 July 1941 – 29 April 2010) was a German composer. At the age of seven, Fritsch found a violin in the attic of his uncle's house in Bensheim-Auerbach, Germany, and began lessons with a village music teacher named Kna ...

, ''12'99–01'00'' for Trombone and Percussion (2000) *

Beat Furrer Beat Furrer (born 6 December 1954) is a Swiss-born Austrian composer and conductor. He has served as professor of composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz since 1991. He was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2018 ...

, ''spazio immergente'' for Soprano and Trombone (2015) *

Gérard Grisey Gérard Henri Grisey (; ; 17 June 1946 – 11 November 1998) was a twentieth-century French composer of contemporary classical music. His work is often associated with the Spectralist Movement in music, of which he was a major pioneer. Biograp ...

, ''Solo Pour Deux'' for Clarinet and Trombone (1981) *

, ''Suite'', Op. 56 for Quarter-tone Trumpet and Trombone (1944) *

, ''Notater'', Op. 140 for 3 Trombones and Tuba (1979) *

Gustav Holst Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite ''The Planets'', he composed many other works across a range ...

, ''Duo Concertante'' for Trombone and Organ (1894) *

, ''Mysterious Horse Before the Gate'', Op. 205 for Trombone and 5 Percussions (1977) * Jan Koetsier, ''Partita "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"'' for Trombone and Organ, Opus 41/3 (1976) *

, ''Bar Lazy J'' for Tenor Trombone and Clarinet (2003) *

Johan de Meij Johannes Abraham "Johan" de Meij (; born November 23, 1953 in Voorburg) is a Dutch conductor, trombonist, and composer, best known for his '' Symphony No. 1'' for wind ensemble, nicknamed ''The Lord of the Rings'' symphony. Biography Johan d ...

, ''Two-Bone Concerto'' for 2 Trombones and Piano (2016) *

Octavian Nemescu Octavian Nemescu (29 March 1940 – 6 November 2020) was a Romanian composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, electroacoustic, multimedia, metamusic, imaginary and ritual works. Born in Pașcani, Nemescu studied from 1956 to 1963 at the National ...

, ''Finalpha'' for Trombone, Percussion and Tape (1990) *

Larry Polansky Larry Polansky (October 16, 1954 – May 9, 2024) was an American composer, guitarist, mandolinist, and academic. Biography The brother of the writer Steven Polansky, Polansky read mathematics and music at the University of California, Santa C ...

, ''Two Children's Songs'' for Trombone and Tuba (1992) * Larry Polansky, ''Three Pieces'' for Trombone and Tuba (2011) *

Roger Reynolds Roger Lee Reynolds (born July 18, 1934) is an American composer. He is known for his capacity to integrate diverse ideas and resources, and for the seamless blending of traditional musical sounds with those newly enabled by technology. Beyond com ...

, ''...from behind the unreasoning mask'' for Trombone, Percussion and Electroacoustic Sound (1974-75) * Corrado Maria Saglietti, ''Suite for Alto Trombone and String Quartet'' (1993) * R. Murray Schafer, ''Music for Wilderness Lake'' for 12 Trombones (1979) * Ernst Schiffmann, ''Intermezzo'' for Trombone and Organ, Opus 53 *

Florent Schmitt Florent Schmitt (; 28 September 187017 August 1958) was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches. His most famous pieces are ''La tragédie de Salome'' and ''Psaume XLVII'' ( Psalm 47). He has been described as "one of t ...

, ''Quartet'', Op. 109 for 3 Trombones and Tuba (1946) *

Enjott Schneider Enjott Schneider (born Norbert Jürgen Schneider 25 May 1950 in Weil am Rhein) is a German businessman, composer, musicologist, and music educator. He is best known as the chairman of the board of the German collecting society GEMA. As a compos ...

, ''Golgatha. Introduction and Chaconne'' for Trombone and Organ (2010) *

Alfred Schnittke Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody (composer), Ivan Moody as a ...

, ''Schall und Hall'' for Trombone and Organ (1983) *

Josef Tal Josef Tal (; September 18, 1910 – August 25, 2008) was an Israeli composer. He wrote three Hebrew operas; four German operas, dramatic scenes; six symphonies; 13 concerti; chamber music, including three string quartets; instrumental works; ...

, ''Duo'' for Trombone and Harp (1989) *

Joan Tower Joan Tower (born September 6, 1938)http://www.schirmer.com/default.aspx?TabId=2419&State_2872=2&ComposerId_2872=1605 Biography on Schirmer is a Grammy-winning contemporary American composer, concert pianist and conductor. Lauded by ''The New Y ...

, ''Elegy'' for Trombone and String Quartet (1993) * Christian Wolff, ''Dark as a Dungeon'' for Trombone and Double Bass (1977) *

, ''Archangel'' for Bass Trombone and String Quartet (1977) * Charles Wuorinen, ''Trombone Trio'' for Trombone, Mallet Instruments and Piano (1985) *

, ''Zythos'' for Trombone and 6 Percussionists (1996)

Trombone and ensemble

* Bert Appermont, '' Colors for Trombone'' for Trombone and Concert Band (1998) * Richard Barrett, ''basalt-E'' for Trombone, Percussionist and Strings (1990-92) *

, ''Trombone Concerto'' for Trombone and Concert Band (2016) * Steven Bryant, ''Trombone Concerto'' for Trombone, Orchestral Winds, and Percussion (2016) *

, ''Musik'' for Trombone and Strings (2005) *

Simon Dobson Simon Dobson (born 1981) is an English composer particularly noted for his brass band compositions. Biography Dobson was born in Birmingham, England. Having grown up in a brass banding family, he was educated at Launceston College where he was ...

, ''Shift'' (2012)Peter Moore, Tredegar Brass Band
conductor Ian Porthouse. Chandos CHSA 5366 (2025) *

, ''Sweet Basil'' for Trombone and Big Band (1993) *

Peter Eötvös Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

, ''Paris-Dakar'' for Trombone, Brass and Percussion (2000) *

Jean Françaix Jean René Désiré Françaix (pronunciation Fran-say or Fran-seks) was born on 23 May 1912, in Le Mans and died in 25 September 1997, in Paris). Françaix was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator known for his prolific outp ...

, ''Concerto pour trombone et 10 instruments à vent'' (1983) *

, ''Kolo'' for Trombone, Mixed Choir and Electronics (1988) * Vinko Globokar, ''Eppure si muove'' for Trombone and 11 instruments (2003) *

, '' Concerto for Trombone'', version for Trombone and Concert Band / Brass Band (1924) *

, ''Symphony No. 34'', Op. 310 for Bass Trombone and Strings (1977) * Alan Hovhaness, ''Diran (the Religious Singer)'', Concerto No. 3, Op. 94 for Baritone Trombone and Strings (1948) * Søren Hyldgaard, ''Rapsodia Borealis'' for Trombone and Wind Orchestra (2001) *

Ladislav Kupkovič Ladislav Kupkovič (17 March 1936 – 15 June 2016) was a Slovak composer and conductor . Life Kupkovič was born in Bratislava, and studied violin and conducting there, first at the conservatory, then at the Academy of Performing Arts. He pl ...

, ''Fleisch des Kreuzes (mäso kriza)'' for Trombone and 10 Percussions (1962) * David Lang, ''men'' for Amplified Trombone and Ensemble (2001) *

Gordon Langford Gordon Langford (11 May 1930 – 18 April 2017) was an English composer, arranger and performer.Obituary in ''The Times'', May 01, 2017 Don Lusher Gordon Douglas "Don" Lusher OBE (6 November 1923 – 5 July 2006) was an English jazz and big band trombonist best known for his association with the Ted Heath Big Band. In a career spanning more than 60 years, he played trombone with a numbe ...

) (1978) * Eric Leidzen, ''Concertino'' (1955) *

, ''Copied Lines'', previously ''Panorama II'' for Trombone and Strings (2011) * John Mackey, ''Harvest: Concerto for Trombone'' for Trombone and Wind Ensemble (2009) * David Maslanka, ''Trombone Concerto'' for Trombone and Wind Ensemble (2007) *

, '' T-Bone Concerto'' for Trombone and Wind Orchestra / Brass Band (1996) * Johan de Meij, ''Canticles'' for Bass Trombone and Wind Orchestra / Brass Band (2007) *

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, ''Concertino d'hiver'', Op. 327 for Trombone and String Orchestra (1953) *

, ''

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'' for Trombone, String Orchestra and Percussion (1993) *

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. At the time, his name was spelled , which he romanized as Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakow; the BGN/PCGN transliteration of Russian is used for his name here; ALA-LC system: , ISO 9 system: .. (18 March 1844 – 2 ...

, '' Concerto for Trombone and Military Band'' (1877) *

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, ''STILL'' for Trombone and Ensemble (2016) *

, ''Moonrise with Memories'' for Bass Trombone and 6 Instruments (1978) *

Gunther Schuller Gunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, educator, publisher, and jazz musician. Biography and works Early years Schuller was born in Queens, New York City ...

, ''Eine Klein Posaunenmusik'' for Trombone and Ensemble (1980) * Marco Stroppa, ''From Needle's Eye'' for Trombone, Double Quintet and Percussion (1996-2001) *

, ''Archaeopteryx'' for Bass Trombone and 10 Players (1978) *

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, ''Concerto for Bass Trombone, Strings, Timpani and Cymbals'' (1989)

Trombone and orchestra

* Kalevi Aho, ''Symphony No. 9'' (1993-94) * Kalevi Aho, ''Trombone Concerto'' (2010) *

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (3 February 1736 – 7 March 1809) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist, widely regarded as one of the leading figures in counterpoint and composition theory during the Classical period. He was a prol ...

, ''Trombone Concerto'' in B-flat major (1769) * Bert Appermont, '' Colors for Trombone'' *

, ''Concerto for Trombone'' (1991) *

, ''SOLO'' (1999) *

Ernest Bloch Ernest Bloch (; ; July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and left a lasting legacy. He is recognized as one of the greatest Swiss composers in history. Several of his most no ...

, ''Symphony for Trombone and Orchestra'' (1954) *

, ''Trombone Concerto'' (2016) *

Carlos Chávez Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (13 June 1899 – 2 August 1978) was a Mexican composer, conducting, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influence ...

, ''Concerto for Trombone'' (1976-77) *

Ferdinand David Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "courage" or "ready, prepared" related to Old High German "to risk, ventu ...

, '' Concertino for Trombone'', Op. 4 (1837) *

, ''Watt'' (1994) *

Rolf Gehlhaar Rolf Rainer Gehlhaar (30 December 1943 – 7 July 2019) was an American composer, Professor in Experimental Music at Coventry University and researcher in assistive technology for music. Life Born in Breslau, Gehlhaar was the son of a German rock ...

, ''Lamina!'' (1977) *

, '' Concerto for Trombone'' (1924) *

, ''Trombone Concerto'' (2016) *

Michael Haydn Johann Michael Haydn (; 14 September 1737 – 10 August 1806) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. Life Michael Haydn was born in 1737 in the Austrian village of Rohra ...

, ''Larghetto per il trombone concertato'' in F major (1763?) * Michael Haydn, ''Trombone Concerto'' in D major (1764) *

, ''Concerto No. 12'', Op. 52 (1950) * Søren Hyldgaard, ''Concerto Borealis'' (2001) *

, ''Concerto for Trombone'' (1956) *

Jouni Kaipainen Jouni Ilari Kaipainen (24 November 1956 – 23 November 2015) was a Finnish composer. Kaipainen was born in Helsinki to the physician and politician Osmo Kaipainen, and his wife, the author Anu Mustonen. He studied at the Sibelius Academy T ...

, 'Life is...'', Trombone Concerto, Op.100 (2014) *

James MacMillan Sir James Loy MacMillan, TOSD (born 16 July 1959) is a Scottish classical composer and conductor. Early life MacMillan was born at Kilwinning, in North Ayrshire, but lived in the East Ayrshire town of Cumnock until 1977. His father is Jam ...

, '' Trombone Concerto'' (2016) * Frank Martin, ''Ballade'' (1940–41) *

Leopold Mozart Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist, and music theorist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook ''Versuch einer grün ...

, ''Trombone Concerto'' from ''Serenade'' in G major (1762) *

Michael Nyman Michael Laurence Nyman, Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, libretto, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film soundtrack, scores (many written during his lengthy ...

, ''Concerto for Trombone'' (1995) *

, ''An den Wassern zu Babel saßen wir und weinten'' for Trombone and Chamber Orchestra (1995) *

Wolfgang Rihm Wolfgang Rihm (; 13 March 1952 – 27 July 2024) was a German composer of contemporary classical music and an academic teacher based in Karlsruhe. He was an influential post-war European composer, as "one of the most original and independent mus ...

, ''Canzona per sonare'' (1952) *

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. At the time, his name Reforms of Russian orthography, was spelled , which he romanized as Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakow; the BGN/PCGN Romanization of Russian, transliteration of Russian is used for his name here; ...

, '' Trombone Concerto'' (1877) *

Nino Rota Giovanni "Nino" Rota Rinaldi (; ; 3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. He also composed ...

, '' Concerto per Trombone'' (1966) * Christopher Rouse, '' Trombone Concerto'' (1991) * Jan Sandström, '' Motorcykelkonserten'', Trombone Concerto No. 1 (1988-89) * Jan Sandström, ''Don Quixote'', Trombone Concerto No. 2 (1994) *

Kazimierz Serocki Kazimierz Serocki (3 March 1922 – 9 January 1981) was a Polish composer and one of the founders of the Warsaw Autumn contemporary music festival. Life Serocki was born in Toruń. He studied composition with Kazimierz Sikorski and piano wi ...

, Trombone Concerto (1953) *

Nathaniel Shilkret Nathaniel Shilkret (December 25, 1889 – February 18, 1982) was an American musician, composer, conductor and musical director. Early career Shilkret (originally named Natan Schüldkraut) was born in New York City, United States, to parents w ...

, '' Concerto for Trombone'' (1942) *

Toru Takemitsu TORU or Toru may refer to: *TORU, spacecraft system *Tōru (given name), Japanese male given name *Toru, Pakistan, village in Mardan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan *Tõru Tõru is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Es ...

, ''Fantasma/Cantos II'' (1994) *

Jukka Tiensuu Jukka Santeri Tiensuu (born 30 August 1948) is a Finnish contemporary classical composer, harpsichordist, pianist and conductor. Career Tiensuu was born in Helsinki. After extensive musical studies (piano, harpsichord, conducting, composing, histor ...

, ''Suuna'', Trombone Concerto (2017) *

Melinda Wagner Melinda Jane Wagner (born 1957 in Philadelphia) is a US composer, and winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize in music. Her undergraduate degree is from Hamilton College. She received her graduates degrees from University of Chicago and University of P ...

, '' Concerto for Trombone'' (2007) *

Georg Christoph Wagenseil Georg Christoph Wagenseil (29 January 1715 – 1 March 1777) was an Austrian composer. He was born in Vienna, and became a favorite pupil of the Vienna court's Kapellmeister, Johann Joseph Fux. Wagenseil himself composed for the court from 1739 ...

, ''Trombone Concerto'' in E-flat major (1755?) *

, ''

Troorkh ''Troorkh'' is a composition for trombone and orchestra by Greek composer Iannis Xenakis. It was commissioned by Swedish Radio for Swedish trombonist Christian Lindberg, to whom it is dedicated, and was completed in 1991. It was premiered on March ...

'' (1991) *

Takashi Yoshimatsu is a Japanese classical music composer. He is well known for composing the score for the 2003 remake of ''Astro Boy''. Biography Yoshimatsu was born and raised in Yoyogi, Tokyo. He did not receive formal musical training while growing up. Yoshi ...

, ''Orion Machine'', Trombone Concerto (1993) *

, ''Trombone Concerto'' (1988)

Trombone, soloist(s) and ensemble / orchestra

, ''Rosa Parks Boulevard'' for 3 Trombones and Orchestra / Symphonic Band (2014) *

, ''spazio immergente III'' for Soprano, Trombone and Strings (2019) *

, ''Concertino'' in D major for Horn, Trombone and Orchestra (1767) *

, ''

Low Brass Concerto The Low Brass Concerto is a concerto by American composer Jennifer Higdon for four solos, low brass instruments, and orchestra. The work was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for its renowned low brass section and co-commissioned by th ...

'' for 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tuba and Orchestra (2017) *

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, ''NUN'' for Flute, Trombone, Male Choir and Orchestra (1999) *

, ''Two-Bone Concerto'' for 2 Trombones and Wind Orchestra / Brass Band (2016) *

, ''Serenade'' for Trumpet, Trombone and Orchestra (1762) *

, ''The Heart of Tones - Mixed realities'' for Trombones, Voices & Ensemble in Mixed Reality (2008) *

, '' Pari intervallo'' for Clarinet, Trombone and String Orchestra (1976) *

, ''Gémeaux'' for Oboe, Trombone and 2 Orchestras (1971-86) *

, ''Memoriam'' from ''Confitebor'' for Trombone, Alto and Orchestra (1760?)

Electronic / Electroacoustic

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, ''Sound The Tucket Sonance And The Note To Mount'' for Trombone and Tape (1980) * Richard Barrett, ''mask'' for Trombone and Optional Electronics (2017-18) * Richard Barrett, ''membrane'' for Trombone and Electronics (2017-19) * Howard J. Buss, ''Alien Loop de Loops'' for Trombone or Bass trombone and electronic recording (2015) *

, ''Si!'' for Trombone, Live Electronics and Surround Sound (2012) * Christopher Fox, ''Recirculation'' for Bass Trombone and Tape (1981-82) * Christopher Fox, ''stone.wind.rain.sun¹'' for Trombone and Tape (1990) *

, ''Animus'' for Trombone and Live Electronics (1995-96) *

, ''Rondell'' for Trombone and Delay (1975) *

, ''Prestop II'' for Trombone and Electronics (1991) * Jonathan Harvey, ''Ricercare una melodia'' for Trombone and Electronics (1984) *

, ''Wind Shadows'' for Trombone and Pure Wave Oscillators (1994) *

, ''IN PAR'' for Trombone and Tape (1988) *

Phill Niblock Phillip Earl Niblock (October 2, 1933 – January 8, 2024) was an American composer, filmmaker, and videographer. In 1985, he was appointed director of Experimental Intermedia,Alan Licht, ''Common Tones: Selected Interviews with Artists and Music ...

, ''A Trombone Piece'' for Taped Trombone (1977) * Phill Niblock, ''A Third Trombone'' for Taped Trombone (1979) *

, ''Theater Piece for Trombone Player'' for Trombone, Pipes and Tape (1966) * Pauline Oliveros, ''The Heart of Tones'' for Trombone and Electronics (1999) * Pauline Oliveros, ''Red Shifts'' for Trombone, Oscillators and Noise (2000) * Pauline Oliveros, ''Big Room'' for Trombone and Expanded Instrument System (2003) *

Wolfgang von Schweinitz Wolfgang von Schweinitz (born 7 February 1953 in Hamburg) is a Germans, German composer of classical music and an academic teacher. Career Schweinitz studied composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, from 1971 to 1973 with G ...

, ''JUZ (a Yodel Cry)'', Op. 40 for Trombone and Echo Sounds (1999/2009) *

, '' Signale zur Invasion'', 2. ex Nr. 61 for Trombone and Electronics (1992) * Marco Stroppa, ''I will not kiss your f.ing flag'' for Trombone and Electronics (2005)

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