The Robert Bloom Collection: Solo Works and Chamber Music for Oboe (review)

The Robert Bloom Collection: Solo Works and Chamber Music for Oboe. Composed and edited by Robert Bloom; [with prefaces by Sarah Lambert Bloom.] First edition. Cranberry Isles, Maine: The Robert Bloom Collection, 1998.

[Preface, 16 p. $5. The Collected Preface[s], 114 p. $35. Part I: Works for Oboe and Piano. No. 1, J. S. Bach: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Chorale from Cantata 147, score (8 p.) and pt. $8; no. 2, J. S. Bach: Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe, Sinfonia from Cantata 156, score (5 p.) and 6 pts. $10; no. 3, C. P. E. Bach: Sonata in G Minor, score (16 p.) and pt. $12; no. 4, R. Bloom: Aria, score (5 p.) and pt. $8; no. 5, R. Bloom: A Lullaby from the Steppes for low voice and piano, score (3 p.) and pt. $5; no. 6, R. Bloom: Madrigal, score (4 p.) and 5 pts. $10; no. 7, R. Bloom: Sonatina, score (19 p.) and pt. $12; no. 8, R. Bloom: Sonata for violin and piano, score (22 p.) and pt. $15; no. 9, G. F. Handel: Sonata in C Minor, Opus I, No. 8, score (8 p.) and 2 pts. $8; no. 10, G. F. Handel: Sonata in G Minor, Opus I, No. 6, score (8 p.) and 2 pts. $8; no. 11, The Art of Elaborating 18th-Century Music: Remarks Gathered from the Writing and Teaching of R. Bloom, 14 p. $10; no. 12, Bruno Labate: Concertino, score (17 p.) and pt. $6; no. 13, W. A. Mozart: Adagio from Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285, score (6 p.) and 5 pts. $10; no. 14, H. Purcell: I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly, score (3 p.) and pt. $4; no. 15, N. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Rose Enslaves the Nightingale, score (2 p.) and pt. $4; no. 16, R. Schumann: Canonic Etudes, op. 56, no. 2 and 4, score (13 p.) and 4 pts. $15; no. 17, R. Schumann: Three Romances, score (17 p.) and pt. $10; no. 18, N. Tcherepnin: Pièce calme, score (3 p.) and pt. $6. In slipcase. $145 (set). Part II: Works for Oboe and Strings. No. 1, T. Albinoni: Concerto in D Minor, Op. 9, No. 2, score (22 p.) and 6 pts. $18; no. 2, C. P. E. Bach: Concerto in E-flat Major, Helm 468, Wq XXI, No. 165, score (40 p.) and 7 pts. $90; no. 3, J. S. Bach: Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, Chorale Prelude, BWV XXV/2, transcription for oboe, two violas, and cello, score (3 p.) and 4 parts. $8; no. 4, J. S. Bach: Adagio from the Sinfonia of the Easter Oratorio, score (8 p.) and 6 parts. $12; no. 5, R. Bloom: Narrative for oboe and strings, score (6 p.) and 6 parts. $20; no. 6, R. Bloom: Requiem for oboe and strings, score (7 p.) and 6 parts. $20; no. 7, G. F. Handel: Aria from Water Music Suite, score (4 p.) and 6 parts. $12; no. 8, G. F. Handel, Concerto in G Minor for oboe and strings, score (17 p.) and 6 parts. $18; no. 9, A. Marcello: Concerto in D Minor for oboe, strings, and continuo, score (21 p.) and 7 parts. $20; no. 10, W. A. Mozart: Concerto in C major, K. 314 (285d) for oboe and orchestra, score (56 p.) and 10 parts. $80; no. 11, G. P. Telemann: Concerto in C Major for two violins, strings, and continuo--transcription for two oboes, strings, and continuo, score (18 p.) and 8 parts. $30; no. 12, A. Vivaldi: Concerto in D Minor, F. VII, No. 9 for two oboes, strings, and continuo, score (20 p.) and 8 parts. $30; no. 13, A. Vivaldi: Concerto in D Minor, F. VII, No. 9 [recte 1] for oboe, strings, and continuo, score (24 p.) and 7 parts. $28. In slipcase. $375 (set). Part III: Chamber Music. No. 1...