Music by
DANIEL DORFF

SAXOPHONE

Barnyard Bash for Alto Saxophone and Piano

Duration: c. 2'

AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.

Cool Street for Alto Saxophone and Piano

Duration: c. 2'

AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.

Fantasy, Scherzo and Nocturne   for SATB Saxophone Quartet

Duration: c. 11'

AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.
RECORDED on Orange Note (Scherzo only) by the Harmo Saxophone Quartet (Japan).

FIRST PRIZE, Aspen Music Festival Composers' Competition, 1974.

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Fast Walk  for SATB Saxophone Quartet

Duration: c. 2½'

AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.
RECORDED by the Harmo Saxophone Quartet on Meister Music CD MM-1016 (Japan) and also the "Harmo's Best" Greatest Hits CD.
Hundreds of performances by San Francisco Saxophone Quartet and Amherst Saxophone Quartet.
ALSO AVAILABLE for Clarinet Quartet, Bassoon Quartet, Orchestra

AUDIO EXCERPT from Harmo Saxophone Quartet CD
NYSSMA list of recommended contest pieces.

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In A Deep Funk Dance Set for Solo Baritone Saxophone (or Bass or Contrabass/Tubax)

Duration: c. 14'
Adapted by saxophonist Yo-Yo Su from the work originally for contrabassoon

1. Hustle Misterioso
2. Twist Variations
3. Bear Hug
4. Funk Scherzo

PREMIERED by Yo-Yo Su at the US Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, January 15, 2023.
AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.

YOUTUBE of tubax version by Yo-Yo Su.

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It Takes Four to Tango for SATB Saxophone Quartet

Duration: c. 2½'

AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.
ALSO AVAILABLE for Clarinet Quartet, Bassoon Quartet, Flute Quartet, String Quartet, and other combinations.
RECORDED by the Harmo Saxophone Quartet on Meister Music CD MM-1016 (Japan).
RECORDED in jazz adaptation by The Osland Saxophone Quartet, Sea Breeze Records.

AUDIO EXCERPT from Harmo Saxophone Quartet CD.
(YouTubes are available for other instrumentations.)

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Musetta Steps Out for SATB Saxophone Quartet

Duration: c. 2½'
Swing adaptation of Musetta's Waltz from La Bohème.

PREMIERED by the Ellipsis Saxophone Quartet, NASA Biennial saxophone convention March 2014.
AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.

YOUTUBE of the MaMiKaPi Quatuor de Saxophones (live recital in Luxembourg).

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Quartet for Alto Saxophone, Violin, Cello, and Piano

Duration: c. 16'

PREMIERED at Cornell University, April 1977.

Summer Strut for Alto Saxophone and Piano

Duration: c. 2'

AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Kendor Music.

The Beautiful Frog Pond Waltz   for Alto Saxophone and Piano

Duration: c. 3'

PREMIERED by Daniel Dorff saxophone and Michael Starobin piano, Bennington College, Spring 1975.

The Seven Chakras for Tenor Saxophone and Piano

Duration: c. 19'

AVAILABLE from your favorite sheet music dealer, or direct from Presser.

YOUTUBE of Todd Groves tenor saxophone and Francesca Hurst piano, all-Dorff concert at University of Delaware, May 2019.

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last updated May 2, 2026

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