From 1955 through 1960 Erdman toured extensively as a solo artist throughout the U. S. Notable works from her repertory of that period include Changingwoman ( 1951 ) with a commissioned score by Henry Cowell including vocalizations by Erdman as she moved through a multi-colored abstract projected environment, Portrait of a Lady created to jazz recordings that were layered by John Cage into his eight track commissioned score, Dawn Song, a lyrical solo with commissioned score by Alan Hovhaness, Fearful Symmetry ( 1956 ) an allegory in six visions inspired by William Blake's poem, The Tyger to Ezra Laderman's Sonata for Violincello in which Erdman emerged from and interacted with a metal sculpture by Carlus Dyer, and Four Portraits from Duke Ellington's Shakespeare Album ( 1958 ), a suite of comic portrayals of Shakespearean heroines.

Other works include Paseo for guitar ( 1969 ), Sinfonia in Memoriam Benjamin Britten ( 1977 ), two violin concertos ( 1950, 1954 ), choral and chamber works ( including the 1956 Cello and Piano Sonata, recorded twenty years later for L ' Oiseau Lyre by Julian Lloyd Webber and John McCabe ) and works for piano and organ.

** Cello Sonata ( 1956 )

** Sonata concertante, for violin and piano ( 1956 )

* Luboš Sluka, Sonata ( 1956 / 71 )

The sonata is the last of Poulenc's three sonatas for wind instruments, the others being the Flute Sonata ( 1956 ) and the Clarinet Sonata ( 1962 ).

In 1944, he was also commissioned by Yehudi Menuhin to write a Sonata for Solo Violin.

In the Soviet Union, Mieczysław Weinberg wrote his Sonata No. 1 for double bass solo in 1971.

Sofia Gubaidulina penned a Sonata for double bass and piano in 1975.

In 1987 Lowell Liebermann wrote his Sonata for Contrabass and Piano Op. 24.

Elliott Carter's Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord ( 1952 ) explores the timbre possibilities of the modern harpsichord.

While he was in Düsseldorf, Brahms participated with Schumann and Albert Dietrich in writing a sonata for Joachim ; this is known as the " F – A – E Sonata " ().

He looked to older music for inspiration in the art of counterpoint ; the themes of some of his works are modelled on Baroque sources such as Bach's The Art of Fugue in the fugal finale of Cello Sonata No. 1 or the same composer's Cantata No. 150 in the passacaglia theme of the Fourth Symphony's finale.

* Trio Sonata for 2 violins & cello in A major, WK 102

* Trio Sonata for 2 violins & cello in A major, WK 103

* Trio Sonata for 2 flutes & cello in G major, WK 104

* Trio Sonata for 2 flutes & cello in D major, WK 105

* Trio Sonata for 2 flutes & cello in G major, WK 106

* Trio Sonata for 2 flutes & cello in F major, WK 107

* Trio Sonata for 2 flutes & cello in C minor, WK 108

* Trio Sonata for 2 flutes & cello in G major, WK 109

* Trio Sonata for 2 flutes & cello in G major, WK 110

* Trio Sonata for 2 flutes & cello in D major, WK 110a

* Trio Sonata for 2 flutes & cello in G major, WK 110b

* Trio Sonata for 2 flutes & cello in C major, WK 110c

* Trio Sonata for 2 flutes & cello in B flat major, WK 110d

* Trio Sonata for 2 flutes & cello in C major, WK 110e

* Trio Sonata for 2 flutes & cello in C major, WK 110f

* Sonata for viola da gamba No. 1 in C major, WK 141

* Sonata for viola da gamba No. 2 in A major, WK 142

* Sonata for viola da gamba No. 3 in D major, WK 143

The 4th movement of the Concord Sonata for piano ( with a part for flute, Thoreau's instrument ) is a character picture and he also set Thoreau's words.

:: Trio Sonata for flute, viola d ' amore and continuo

* A Sonata sopr ' il Soggetto Reale – a trio sonata featuring the flute, an instrument which Frederick played, consisting of four movements:

* Sonata Undine, a Romantic sonata for flute and piano ( in E-minor ) by Carl Reinecke

* Duo Sonata for flute and piano-2004

* Sonata Undine, a Romantic sonata for flute and piano ( in E-minor ) by Carl Reinecke, 1882

* Sonata for Three ( 1982 ) for flute, viola and guitar

* Sonata a quattro for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon ( 1954 )

* Sonata for flute and viola, op.

Many composers are beginning to write more for the bass flute, including Katherine Hoover's Two for Two, Bill Douglas's Karuna, Mike Mower's Obstinato and Scareso, Gary Schocker's A Small Sonata for a Large Flute, Sonny Burnett's Stone Suite, Catherine McMichael's Baikal Journey and Ennio Morricone's Secrets of the Sahara.

* Sonata for flute and piano, Op.

Recent commissions have included a concerto from the American composer Keith Gates, “ Oiseau Soleil ” for flute and piano by the French composer Jean Sichler, “ The Moon Dances ” by the British composer Cecilia McDowall, “ Sonata ” by British composer Brian Lock and “ Octagon ” by British composer Ian Finney.

* 1974 “ Fantasy Sonata ”-D. Morgan ; Purcell Room, London, England ; Susan Milan flute, Clifford Benson piano.

* 2004 “ Sonata ”-Brian Lock ; Seoul Arts Centre, Seoul, South Korea ; Susan Milan flute, Ian Brown piano.

The Flute Sonata by Francis Poulenc, for flute and piano, was written in 1957.

24 ( 1932 ) for dancer and piano ( later expanded and revised as Moods for solo piano ) and Trio Sonata II for flute, cello, and piano.

It was the first significant piece for solo flute after the Sonata in A minor composed by C. P. E. Bach 150 years before ( 1763 ), and it is the first such solo composition for the modern Böhm flute, perfected in 1847.

* Sonata à 5 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano ( 1966 )

* Sonata, flute and piano op. 52 ( 1913 )

* Sonata in C for flute and piano, Op.

: Sonata for flute

** Sonata for flute & piano ( 1925 )

French Masterpieces for flute and piano, Ruth Laredo ( piano ), Paula Robison ( flute ); Gabriel Fauré: Sonata in A major ; Lili Boulanger: Nocturne ; Maurice Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera ; Francis Poulenc: Sonata.