Trombone repertoire

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, Sequenza V (1966)
 * Leonard Bernstein, 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, Solo for Sliding Trombone (1957-1958)
 * Elliott Carter, Gra (1994)
 * 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, Scaglie (1992)
 * Pascal Dusapin, Indeed (1987)
 * Einar Englund, Panorama (1976)
 * Luca Francesconi, Respiro (1987)
 * Vinko Globokar, Échanges (1973)
 * Vinko Globokar, Oblak semen (1996)
 * Tom Johnson, Sequenza minimalista (1993)
 * Tom Johnson, Tilework (2003)
 * Alvin Lucier, Stacks for Trombone, Multimedia and Sculpture (1993)
 * Allen Molineux, Manipulations (1972)
 * Vincent Persichetti, Parable XVIII, Op. 133 (1975)
 * Folke Rabe, Basta (1982)
 * Frederic Rzewski, Last Judgement (1969)
 * Giacinto Scelsi, Tre pezzi (1957)
 * Karlheinz Stockhausen, In Freundschaft, Nr. 46 12/13 (1977)
 * Karlheinz Stockhausen, Signale zur Invasion, 2. ex Nr. 61 (1992)
 * Christian Wolff, Peggy (1993)
 * Iannis Xenakis, Keren (1986)

Trombone and piano

 * Bert Appermont, Sketches of Spring (2005)
 * Bert Appermont, Colors for Trombone (2008)
 * Leslie Bassett, Sonata (1954)
 * William Bolcom, 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)
 * John Cage, Two5 (1991)
 * Henry Cowell, Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 13 (1960)
 * James Curnow, Fantasy for Trombone (1992)
 * Jean-Michel Defaye, Deux Danses (1950)
 * Léo Delibes, Morceau à déchiffrer (1887)
 * Edison Denisov, Choral Varié (1975)
 * Pierre Max Dubois, Histoires de trombone (1978)
 * Pierre Max Dubois, Menuet d’automne (1978)
 * Pierre Max Dubois, La danse du hérisson (1980)
 * Henri Dutilleux, Choral, cadence et fugato (1950)
 * Launy Grøndahl, Concerto for Trombone (1924)
 * Alexandre Guilmant, Morceau Symphonique, Op.88 (1902)
 * Jennifer Higdon, Legacy, version C (1999)
 * Paul Hindemith, Trombone Sonata (1941)
 * Vagn Holmboe, Trombone Sonata, Op. 172a (1987)
 * Søren Hyldgaard, Rapsodia Borealis (2001)
 * Arthur Honegger, Hommage du trombone exprimant la tristesse de l'auteur absent (1925)
 * Alan Hovhaness, O World, Op. 32, No. 2 (1960)
 * Joseph Jongen, Aria et polonaise, Op.128 (1944)
 * Ernst Krenek, 5 Pièces (1967)
 * György Kurtág, Six Pieces (1999)
 * Alvin Lucier, Panorama (1993)
 * Otto Luening' Sonata (1953)
 * Frank Martin, Ballade (1940)
 * Johan de Meij, Canticles (2007)
 * Allen Molineux Sonata (2023)
 * Lior Navok Samsara (2020)
 * Pauline Oliveros, The Gender of Now: There But Not There (2005)
 * Guy Ropartz, Pièce (1908)
 * Camille Saint-Saëns, Cavatine, Op. 144 (1915)
 * Alexander Tcherepnin, Andante, Op. 64 (1939)
 * Carl Maria von Weber, 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, Posaunen for 4 Trombones (1987)
 * Louis Andriessen, Rage, rage against the dying of the light for 4 Trombones (1966)
 * Alexander Arutiunian, 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, Drei Equale für vier Posaunen, WoO 30 for 4 Trombones (1812)
 * Anton Bruckner, 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, Steamboat for Trombone Choir (2014)
 * Pierre Max Dubois, 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
 * Pascal Dusapin, Sly for 4 Trombones (1987)
 * Karlheinz Essl, Faites vos jeux! for 4-8 Trombones (2004)
 * Christopher Fox, stone.wind.rain.sun1 for 4 Trombones (1990)
 * Vinko Globokar, Discours II for 5 Trombones (1968)
 * Gordon Jacob, Octet for 8 Trombones (1981)
 * Georg Friedrich Haas, Octet for 8 Trombones (2015)
 * Alois Hába, 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, Krystaller-Massiver-Kaskader for 12 Trombones (2004)
 * Arvo Pärt, Summa for 4 Trombones (2008)
 * Rolf Riehm, No Velvet Mute For Lullabies for 4 Trombones (2005)
 * Frederic Rzewski, Last Judgement, version for several Trombones (1969)
 * Manfred Stahnke, COWS & BELLS for 8 Trombones (1995)
 * Charles Wuorinen, 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, Duet 5, for Horn and Trombone (2014)
 * Hayo Boerema, Mutations for Trombone and Organ (2022)
 * John Cage, Five3 for Trombone and String Quartet (1991)
 * Friedrich Cerha, Quintett for Trombone and String Quartet (2005)
 * Friedrich Cerha, Malinconia for Baritone and Trombone (2007)
 * Ikuma Dan, Three Letters for Trombone and Harp (1999)
 * Iancu Dumitrescu, 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, Duett for trombone and double bass (1887)
 * Karlheinz Essl, exit*glue for Trombone and Electric Guitar (2016)
 * Christopher Fox, Hidden Consequences for Microtonal Horn, Trombone and Microtonal Tuba (2009-10)
 * Johannes Fritsch, 12'99–01'00 for Trombone and Percussion (2000)
 * Beat Furrer, spazio immergente for Soprano and Trombone (2015)
 * Gérard Grisey, Solo Pour Deux for Clarinet and Trombone (1981)
 * Alois Hába, Suite, Op. 56 for Quarter-tone Trumpet and Trombone (1944)
 * Vagn Holmboe, Notater, Op. 140 for 3 Trombones and Tuba (1979)
 * Gustav Holst, Duo Concertante for Trombone and Organ (1894)
 * Alan Hovhaness, 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)
 * Alvin Lucier, Bar Lazy J for Tenor Trombone and Clarinet (2003)
 * Johan de Meij, Two-Bone Concerto for 2 Trombones and Piano (2016)
 * Octavian Nemescu, Finalpha for Trombone, Percussion and Tape (1990)
 * Larry Polansky, Two Children's Songs for Trombone and Tuba (1992)
 * Larry Polansky, Three Pieces for Trombone and Tuba (2011)
 * Roger Reynolds, ...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, Quartet, Op. 109 for 3 Trombones and Tuba (1946)
 * Enjott Schneider, Golgatha. Introduction and Chaconne for Trombone and Organ (2010)
 * Alfred Schnittke, Schall und Hall for Trombone and Organ (1983)
 * Josef Tal, Duo for Trombone and Harp (1989)
 * Joan Tower, Elegy for Trombone and String Quartet (1993)
 * Christian Wolff, Dark as a Dungeon for Trombone and Double Bass (1977)
 * Charles Wuorinen, Archangel for Bass Trombone and String Quartet (1977)
 * Charles Wuorinen, Trombone Trio for Trombone, Mallet Instruments and Piano (1985)
 * Iannis Xenakis, 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)
 * William Bolcom, Trombone Concerto for Trombone and Concert Band (2016)
 * Steven Bryant, Trombone Concerto for Trombone, Orchestral Winds, and Percussion (2016)
 * Friedrich Cerha, Musik for Trombone and Strings (2005)
 * Franco Donatoni, Sweet Basil for Trombone and Big Band (1993)
 * Peter Eötvös, Paris-Dakar for Trombone, Brass and Percussion (2000)
 * Jean Françaix, Concerto pour trombone et 10 instruments à vent (1983)
 * Vinko Globokar, Kolo for Trombone, Mixed Choir and Electronics (1988)
 * Vinko Globokar, Eppure si muove for Trombone and 11 instruments (2003)
 * Launy Grøndahl, Concerto for Trombone, version for Trombone and Concert Band / Brass Band (1924)
 * Alan Hovhaness, 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, Fleisch des Kreuzes (mäso kriza) for Trombone and 10 Percussions (1962)
 * David Lang, men for Amplified Trombone and Ensemble (2001)
 * Alvin Lucier, 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)
 * Johan de Meij, T-Bone Concerto for Trombone and Wind Orchestra / Brass Band (1996)
 * Johan de Meij, Canticles for Bass Trombone and Wind Orchestra / Brass Band (2007)
 * Darius Milhaud, Concertino d'hiver, Op. 327 for Trombone and String Orchestra (1953)
 * Arvo Pärt, Fratres for Trombone, String Orchestra and Percussion (1993)
 * Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Concerto for Trombone and Military Band (1877)
 * Peter Ruzicka, STILL for Trombone and Ensemble (2016)
 * Frederic Rzewski, Moonrise with Memories for Bass Trombone and 6 Instruments (1978)
 * Gunther Schuller, Eine Klein Posaunenmusik for Trombone and Ensemble (1980)
 * Marco Stroppa, From Needle's Eye for Trombone, Double Quintet and Percussion (1996-2001)
 * Charles Wuorinen, Archaeopteryx for Bass Trombone and 10 Players (1978)
 * Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, 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, Trombone Concerto in B-flat major (1769)
 * Bert Appermont, Colors for Trombone
 * Alexander Arutiunian, Concerto for Trombone (1991)
 * Luciano Berio, SOLO (1999)
 * Ernest Bloch, Symphony for Trombone and Orchestra (1954)
 * William Bolcom, Trombone Concerto (2016)
 * Carlos Chávez, Concerto for Trombone (1976-77)
 * Ferdinand David, Concertino for Trombone, Op. 4 (1837)
 * Pascal Dusapin, Watt (1994)
 * Rolf Gehlhaar, Lamina! (1977)
 * Launy Grøndahl, Concerto for Trombone (1924)
 * Georg Friedrich Haas, Trombone Concerto (2016)
 * Michael Haydn, Larghetto per il trombone concertato in F major (1763?)
 * Michael Haydn, Trombone Concerto in D major (1764)
 * Vagn Holmboe, Concerto No. 12, Op. 52 (1950)
 * Søren Hyldgaard, Concerto Borealis (2001)
 * Gordon Jacob, Concerto for Trombone (1956)
 * Jouni Kaipainen, 'Life is...'', Trombone Concerto, Op.100 (2014)
 * James MacMillan, Trombone Concerto (2016)
 * Frank Martin, Ballade (1940–41)
 * Leopold Mozart, Trombone Concerto from Serenade in G major (1762)
 * Michael Nyman, Concerto for Trombone (1995)
 * Arvo Pärt, An den Wassern zu Babel saßen wir und weinten for Trombone and Chamber Orchestra (1995)
 * Wolfgang Rihm, Canzona per sonare (1952)
 * Nino Rota, 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, Trombone Concerto (1953)
 * Nathaniel Shilkret, Concerto for Trombone (1942)
 * Toru Takemitsu, Fantasma/Cantos II (1994)
 * Jukka Tiensuu, Suuna, Trombone Concerto (2017)
 * Melinda Wagner, Concerto for Trombone (2007)
 * Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Trombone Concerto in E-flat major (1755?)
 * Iannis Xenakis, Troorkh (1991)
 * Takashi Yoshimatsu, Orion Machine, Trombone Concerto (1993)
 * Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Trombone Concerto (1988)

Trombone, soloist(s) and ensemble / orchestra

 * Michael Daugherty, Rosa Parks Boulevard for 3 Trombones and Orchestra / Symphonic Band (2014)
 * Beat Furrer, spazio immergente III for Soprano, Trombone and Strings (2019)
 * Michael Haydn, Concertino in D major for Horn, Trombone and Orchestra (1767)
 * Jennifer Higdon, Low Brass Concerto for 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tuba and Orchestra (2017)
 * Helmut Lachenmann, NUN for Flute, Trombone, Male Choir and Orchestra (1999)
 * Johan de Meij, Two-Bone Concerto for 2 Trombones and Wind Orchestra / Brass Band (2016)
 * Leopold Mozart, Serenade for Trumpet, Trombone and Orchestra (1762)
 * Pauline Oliveros, The Heart of Tones - Mixed realities for Trombones, Voices & Ensemble in Mixed Reality (2008)
 * Arvo Pärt, Pari intervallo for Clarinet, Trombone and String Orchestra (1976)
 * Toru Takemitsu, Gémeaux for Oboe, Trombone and 2 Orchestras (1971-86)
 * Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Memoriam from Confitebor for Trombone, Alto and Orchestra (1760?)

Electronic / Electroacoustic

 * Barry Anderson, 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)
 * Karlheinz Essl, 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)
 * Luca Francesconi, Animus for Trombone and Live Electronics (1995-96)
 * Rolf Gehlhaar, Rondell for Trombone and Delay (1975)
 * Vinko Globokar, Prestop II for Trombone and Electronics (1991)
 * Jonathan Harvey, Ricercare una melodia for Trombone and Electronics (1984)
 * Alvin Lucier, Wind Shadows for Trombone and Pure Wave Oscillators (1994)
 * Octavian Nemescu, IN PAR for Trombone and Tape (1988)
 * Phill Niblock, A Trombone Piece for Taped Trombone (1977)
 * Phill Niblock, A Third Trombone for Taped Trombone (1979)
 * Pauline Oliveros, 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, JUZ (a Yodel Cry), Op. 40 for Trombone and Echo Sounds (1999/2009)
 * Karlheinz Stockhausen, 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)