Brandt’s Woodwind Quintet List – A
In concert with recent scholarship on women composers, this list now highlights their names with a different-colored background.
We’ll start with a few anonymous listings, then go alphabetically.
Anonymous
Air du Guet
Jeugel
“Theme provençal attribue au Roi René (1409-1480)”
Anonymous
Three Songs of Mainland China (arr. by Staff Musicians of the China Broadcasting System)
Movements/durations: I Love Beijing’s Tien an Men [Tiananmen] Gate (2:00); The White Haired Girl (2:09), Happy Life after Liberation. Recorded by the Miami Woodwind Quintet (of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio) on LP, 1988.
Anonymous
4 Altwiener Tänze (Four Old Viennese Dances) (arr. Peter Totzauer)
Wien: Doblinger
Peter Totzauer has done many arrangements of works by various composers, mostly Viennese, scattered through this list as well.
Anonymous arranger
Robbins Collection of Classics for Woodwind Quintet
New York: Robbins Music Corp., 1961.
Includes score and 7 parts. (includes extra parts to substitute for missing instruments, i.e., 2nd clarinet to replace horn and bass clarinet to replace bassoon).
Anonymous arranger
Wind Quintets
New York: G. Schirmer, 1931
Untitled collection of wind quintets:
Sonatina from the cantata “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit” by J. S. Bach
“Around the Wigwam” by Harvey Loomis
“Petite Marche” by Leo Delibes
“Minuet” from piano sonata in G major, Op. 78 by Franz Schubert
“La Marais” by J. R. Rameau
“Musette” by Katherine Davis.
Aarne, Els (Els Paemurru, married name) (1917-1995)
Wind Quintet, Op. 50 (Puhkpillikvintett)(1965)
Aaron, Henry (1914- ?)
Encore Pieces for Woodwind Quintet – Vol. 1
Houston Publishing Co., 224 S. Lebanon St., Lebanon, IN 46052 /
Hal Leonard Publishing
12 arrangements for quintet:
Debussy – Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Mendelssohn – Scherzo in E Minor, Op. 16, No. 2
Shostakovich – Polka from The Golden Age
Gounod – Funeral March of a Marionettes
Tchaikovsky – Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 2
F. J. Haydn – Capriccio in A Minor
Bartok – The Diary of a Fly
Cecile Chaminade – Scarf Dance
Edward MacDowell – In Autumn, from Woodlnd Sketches, Op. 51
Edvard Grieg – Norwegian Dance in G Major, Op. 35, No. 13
Mussorgsky – Gopak
J. Strauss – Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
These are generally light, well-done arrangements that are easy to put together. This editor has not found any info on a Volume 2. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Abate, Rocco (1950- )
Tatá Requien: obscuro gioco del tempo per doppio quintetto di fiati (1981, for double woodwind quintet)
Rome: Edipan, 1986
Duration: 13:00.
ABBA
Mamma Mia (the musical) for variable wind quintet and optional percussion (arr. Peter Kleine Schaars)
Oude Haske: Netherlands: De Haske
Abbasov, Jalal (1957- )
Five Pieces for Wind Quintet (1999)
Marne, France: Musik Fabrik
Abbate, Luigi (1958- )
Apax (1985) for flute, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, horn, bassoon.
Abbott, Alan (1926- )
Alla Caccia (for double woodwind quintet, arranged)
According to Catherine Gerhart’s Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music, this work was originally for horn and piano, written in 1962. It was included in a list of double woodwind quintets by the Orion Winds.
Abdel-Rahim, Gamal (1924-1988)
Bohayrat Al-Lotus (The Lotus Pond) (1973)(arr. Adam Lesnick)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus 2001 www.internationalopus.com
Duration: 5:00.
Abdel-Rahim was a ground-breaking 20th century Egyptian composer who brought Arabic music and Western notation together. The work has ornamented solos for flute, oboe and clarinet and is based on arabic modes. It is an arrangement of a work for flute, oboe or violin and orchestra.
Abe, Kyoko (1950- )
Sequenz für Bläserquintett (1983)
Manuscript
Tokyo born, she teaches at Vienna University in Austria. Flute doubles on alto flute, oboe doubles on English horn. Duration: 16:30. E-Mail: kyoko[at]gmx.at
Abrahamsen, Hans (1952- )
Landscapes (Landskaber)(1972)
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen
Duration: 8:00.
Walden, Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (1978)
Copenhagen: W. Hansen
Delaware Water Gap, Pa.: Shawnee Press
Duration: 10:00. (In 1995, the composer arranged this piece for oboe, 2 clarinets, alto sax and bassoon. Be sure you order the version you want.)
also:
3 Piano Pieces by Carl Nielsen (recomposed 1990)
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen
Duration: 10:00. For woodwind quintet and string quintet (2 vn, va, vc, db)
Abramsky, Alexander (Aleksandr Savvat’yevich Abramski) (1898-1985)
Concertino
Moscow: Muzyka, 1929
Instrumentation might be for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano, but could not confirm this.
Abreu, José Antonio (1939- )
Quinteto para Instrumentos de Viento
Abreu was the Venezuelan culture minister who helped create the music education system now famous as El Sistema.
Abreu, Zequinha de (a.k.a. José Gomes de Abreu(1880-1935)
Os Pintenhos no Terreiro
Recorded in 1977 by Quinteto Villa-Lobos and probably arranged specifically for them. Uses piccolo instead of flute. The recording by Quinteto Villa-Lobos is now available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Az9ScQGHEDs .
The melody is carried by the piccolo. For some reason this piece reminds me of some quintet arrangements of Scott Joplin; it sounds like a Brazilian rag (yes, a contradiction in terms). Very lively piccolo part, with some counterpoint in the lower instruments. See the article in our Cracked Reed Blog about Quinteto Villa-Lobos for a link to an old recording. [Andrew Brandt]
Tico Tico no Fubá (for double woodwind quintet, arranged)
According to Catherine Gerhart’s Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music, this is recorded by the Orion Winds.
Abreu, Zequinha de and Eurico Barreiros
Tico-tico No Fubá (arr. Isac Emerick)
Duration: 5:46. Recorded by the Quinteto Brasília. Also available on Youtube by the World Wind Quintet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dle4djzWa2o (possibly a different arrangement, though, since it’s much shorter).
Absil, Jean (1893-1974)
Quintette, Op. 16 (1934)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1969
Paris: Editions Lemoine
Movements: Introduction et Fugue; Sicilienne; Rondo. Duration: 11:00.
Suite Pastorale, Op. 37 (1939)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM)
Danses Bulgares, Op. 103 (1959)
Henry Lemoine & Cie., Paris
Duration: 11:55.
Six Bulgarian folk dances. There are lots of changing meters in some movements to reflect the uneven meters of the original dances. The Finale is very lively and dramatic. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Concerto Grosso, Op. 60 (1944) for woodwind quintet and string orchestra
CeBeDeM (Bruxelles)
Duration: 11:00.
Achron, Joseph (1886-1943)
Sextet, “Cantillations” Op. 73 (1938) for woodwind quintet and trumpet
Pacific Palisades, California: New Music
Duration: 16:47.
Adam, Adolphe-Charles (1803-1856)
O Holy Night (arr. David Burndrett)
Published by the arranger; see http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Usually performed around Christmas.
Adam Ferrero, Bernardo (1942- )
Llevantines
Valencia: Piles Editorial de Musica, 1980
Movements: Ball dels Bastonets; Dansa; Tocateta d’eixida de Missa; Ball de la Muixeranga; Dansa dels Porrots; Canco de Bressol; Alla baix en el riu; mare; Passacarrer. Duration: 16:00.
Adamič, Bojan (1912-1995)
Nalepke (Labels) (1978)
Ljubljana: Edicije Drustva slovenskih skladateljev, 1982 Society of Slovene Composers, www.dss.si
Duration: 11:00.
Adamic, Josef (or Adamik) (1947- )
Wind Quintet for Children’s Toys and Wind Instruments (1970)
also:
Nonet (1981) for woodwind quintet and string quartet (violin, viola, cello, double bass)
Adams, Daniel Clifford (1956- )
Fluctuation (1983)
Duration: 6:00.
Adashi, Judah E. (1975- )
Songs and Dances of Macondo (2004)
Richmond, Va.: International Opus
Duration: 14:00. Movements: I. Song of the Birds; II. March of the Gypsies; III. Song of Francisco the Man; IV. Waltz of the Clocks; V. Pianola Dances; VI. Sunset Hymns and Psalms; VII. The Last Dawn of Macondo. See also: http://www.judahadashi.com/
According to the composer, “The fictional town of Macondo is the setting of Gabriel García Márquez’ ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude.’ This suite for woodwind quintet was conceived as a songbook of sorts, inspired by musical elements and episodes in the novel.” Commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival and School.
Adaskin, Murray (1906-2002)
Quintet for woodwinds (1974)
Ontario, Canada: Murray Adaskin, 1974 /
Victoria, B.C.: Adlar Publications, 1995
Duration: 13:30. Movements: I. Allegretto; andantino; allegretto; II. Andante; andantino; andante; III. Allegro ma non troppo. Commissioned by the Pacific Woodwind Quintet through the Canada Council.
Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (1993)
Victoria, B.C.: Adlar Publications, 1994
Duration: 17:00. Premiere: May 8, 1994, Bel Canto Wind Quintet, Ottawa, Ontario.
also:
In Memoriam – Frances James Adaskin (1988) for woodwind quintet and string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, double bass)
Victoria, B.C.: Adlar Publications.
Premiere: April 30, 1988, Memorial Concert, University of Victoria. Duration: 13:00.
Rondino for Nine Instruments (1961) for woodwind quintet and string quartet
Duration: 5:00. Try the Canadian Music Center or Adlar Publications.
Addison, John (1920-1998)
Divertimento (1990)
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993
6 movements. Requires flute, oboe and clarinet to double on alto flute, english horn and bass clarinet, respectively. Reviewer described it as an interesting, fairly easy, light-hearted work. Permission for public performance must be obtained from ASCAP.
also:
Serenade (1957) for woodwind quintet and harp
London: Oxford University Press, 1958
Duration: 18:20. Available for rent only. This has been performed by the Renaissance City Winds in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Woodwind Sextet (1949)
The Woodwind Sextet was performed at the 1951 International Society for Contemporary Music festival. Addison went on to become a prominent film and tv score composer. His scores and recordings were donated to the Film Music Archives at Brigham Young University in 1994.
Addison, Phyllis
The Room
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Hildegard Pub. Co.,1996
A theme and variations.
Adler, Richard(1921-2012)
“Hernando’s Hideaway” from The Pajama Game (arranged for double woodwind quintet)
Performed (and recorded?) by the Orion Winds.
Adler, Samuel (1928- )
Intrada for Woodwind Quintet (1966)
New York: Oxford University Press 1969
Independent Music Publishers
Duration: 4:30. “Commissioned in memory of Paul Brooks by the students, faculty, and alumni of the Music division of Southern Methodist University.” Written for the Dallas Symphony Woodwind Quintet. See also: http://www.samueladler.com/
According to OUP’s catalog, “While the technical aspects are demanding, they lie well within the idiomatic tradition of each instrument.” (I loosely translate that to mean “If you can’t play it, it’s your own fault, not the composer’s.”) [Andrew Brandt]
Concerto: shir hama’alot (A Song of Ascent) for woodwind quintet and orchestra (1991)
Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser
Wind Conversations
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company, https://www.presser.com/
Duration: 6:00.
also:
Seven Epigrams for Woodwind Sextet (1966) for 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon
London: Oxford University Press
Six Epigrams for piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon
London: Oxford University Press
Songs with Winds for woodwind quintet and soprano
London: Oxford University Press
“A serenade for soprano and Woodwind Quinteton Poems of Kenneth Patchen.” Commissioned by Harpur College, State University of New York at Binghamton. The New York Woodwind Quintet premiered the work here on Feb. 13, 1968.
Adolphe, Bruce (1955- )
Night Journey (1986)
St. Louis, MO: MMB Music, 1991 1987
Duration: 10:26. Commissioned and recorded by the Dorian Quintet, Summit Records, Koch International: DCD 117 Summit. The composer also arranged it for orchestra.
Chiaroscuro for double woodwind quintet (1984)
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1984
Commissioned for the winds of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and premiered by them on December 16, 1984 in Carnegie Hall. Duration: 10:00. Recorded by the Sylvan Winds.
Zephyronia, a tale for woodwind quintet & narrator (2006)
Maryland Heights, MO: Lauren Keiser Music, 2011
Duration: 30:00. Text by Louise Gikow. “On the distant planet Zephyronia, wind power is the solution when Flora and Flutter teach the emperor that there is more than one way to run a planet.”
Anniversary Variation
A variation based on a theme of Anton Reicha, written for the Dorian Quintet’s 40th anniversary. Part of a collaborative series by various composers, including Richard Rodney Bennett and Lee Hoiby.
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Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society: a cantata in ten movements for SATB chorus, woodwind quintet & three percussionists (2010)
New York, NY: The Learning Maestros
Maryland Heights, MO; Keiser Classical; Milwaukee, WI: Exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard
Lauren Keiser Music.
Adomian, Lan (1905-1979)
Fin de Verano
New York: G. Schirmer
Duration: 6:00.
Advis, Luis (a.k.a. Luis Advis Vitaglich) (1935-2004)
Quinteto para vientos (1962)
See also Advis’s Sextet in the Winds & Keyboard page.
Aerts, Hans(1958- )
Aubade
Metropolis Music Publishers;
Antwerp: Digital Music Print (DMP)
Sonatina for flute, oboe, clarinet in B-flat, horn and bassoon (1983)
Aeschbacher, Walther (1901-1969)
Thema, Variationen und Fuge über ein romantisches Weihnachtslied (1951)
Manuscript only?
Duration: 9:00
Agay, Denes (1911-2007)
Five Easy Dances
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company, https://www.presser.com/, 1956 /
Tokyo: Ongaku No Tomo Sha, 1956
Movements: Polka; Tango; Bolero; Waltz, Rumba.
According to Rasmus Sandberg on the Doublereed list, “The dances are not as easy as it may sound, but very entertaining and particularly good for presenting the characteristics of each instrument in the woodwind quintet at e.g. school concerts.”
Ager, Klaus (1946- )
HOSHI, Op. 13 (1975) für fünf Blasinstrumente und Tonband
Munich: Edition Modern
Recorded: Austria: Osterreichischer Komponistenbund. Preiserrecords SPR 10045 For woodwind quintet and tape. Duration: 20:00. E-Mail: klaus.ager(at)moz.ac.at
Aglinskas, Julius
One (Changes) (2010) for woodwind quintet and live electronics
Duration: 5:00.
Agnew, Elaine (1967 – )
Colmcille (1995)
Manuscript: Try Dublin: Contemporary Music Centre
Duration: 15:00. Premiered by the Belfast Wind Quintet.
Agobet, Jean-Louis (1968- )
Einfallen (1991-92) for woodwind quintet, piano, percussion and band (alternate version without band available)
Paris: Max Eschig
Duration: 8:00. Flute doubles on piccolo, clarinet doubles on bass clarinet. See: http://www.sonances.qc.ca/composers/agobet.htm
Agrell, Jeffrey (1948- )
Circus Etudes (1996)
Veritas Musica
Commissioned by and dedicated to the Wildwind Quintet. Movements: Dancing Elephants, Clowns, Trapeze Artists, Acrobats. See also: http://jeffreyagrell.com/ or the University of Iowa.
Carib Dance
Veritas Musica
Dedicated to the Wildwind Quintet.
Agudelo, Victor
Cinco Palo$
Cali, Colombia: Universidad del Valle, 2015
Movements: Uno de cinco; Dos de cinco; Tres de cinco; Cuatro de cinco; Cinco de cinco. Duration: 12:00. Includes notes in Spanish.
Agudelo, Graciela(1945-2018)
Venias de ayer (You Came Yesterday) (1991)
Duration: 6:55. A recording is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/twqc_85L9VY , recorded by Asako Arai, flute; Carmen Thierry, oboe; Luis Humberto Ramos, clarinet; Jon Gustely, horn; David Ball, bassoon. The work is also part of the repertory of Mexico City Woodwind Quintet.
Aguila, Miguel del
Aguirre, Julian (1868-1924)
Dos Danzas Argentinas, Huella y Gato (Two Argentine Dances) (arr. Mariano Frogioni)
Manuscript
Flute doubles on piccolo. Duration: 10:00.
Agustsson, Herbert Hriberschek (1926- )
Quintet (1968)
Berlin: Bote & Bock
Reykjavik: Iceland Music Information Centre
Flute doubles piccolo.
Aharonian, Arthur(1962- )
Contes Russes (2010-2015)
Contact the composer on his website, https://arthuraharonian.fr/
Duration: 11:00.Movements: 1. Va cheminée au palais du roi par la magie; 2. Chaque oiseau fait les louanges de son marais; 3. Souvenirs de la jeunesse de Baba-Yaga; 4. Ronde des Matriochkas aguicheuses; 5. Il vaut mieux naitre heureuse que belle, roucoule Kastcheï l’Immortel en embrassant Baba-Yaga; 6. La petite souris s’est échappée en frétillent la queue; 7. Le coq et le renard. The titles are translations of short Russian phrases that evoke literary characters. (See notes, in French, on the composer’s website. Premiered by the Quintette à vent de Marseille.
Novelettes (2004)
Contact the composer on his website, https://arthuraharonian.fr/
6 movements. Duration: 9:30. Dedicated to and performed by the Quintette à Vent du Bretagne on May 5, 2006.
See Aharonian’s works for quintet and piano.
Ahlberg, Gunnar (1942-2015)
Impulser (1973)
Stockholm: STIMS Informationscentral for Svensk Musik
Duration: 10:00
Ahmas, Harri (1957- )
Mosaic (2012)
Helsinki: Music Finland http://musicfinland.fi/en/
Duration: 17:30. See also: http://composers.musicfinland.fi/musicfinland/fimic.nsf/WLCBND/ahmas+harri
Gammal fäbodpsalm från Dalarna (an old choral melody from Sweden) (1998) (arr. Harri Ahmas)
Edition Till
Duration: 3:40. A traditional folk chorale.
Kolmen kuninkaan marssi (Le bon matin) (2011) (arr. Harri Ahmas)
Helsinki: Music Finland http://musicfinland.fi/en/
PDF of score available to download. A traditional folk tune.
Ahn, Caroline Kyunga
Wind Quintet I (2002)
Contact the composer http://www.carolineahncomposer.com/
Duration: 20:00. Exact scoring not listed.
Wind Quintet II (2007)
Contact the composer http://www.carolineahncomposer.com/
Duration: 10:00. Exact scoring not listed.
Ahnell, Emil Gustave (1925- )
Wind Quintet #1
Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, USA: Manuscript Publications
ASCAP
Aho, Kalevi (1949- )
Wind Quintet (2006)
Helsinki: Fennica Gehrman
Duration: 24:30.
Bläserquintett Nr. 2 (2014)
Helsinki: Fennica Gehrman, 2015
Movements: I. Ruhig beginnend – bewegter; II. Sehr schnell, wild; III. Ruhig fliessend; IV. Lebhaft. Flute doubles on piccolo and alto flute; oboe doubles English horn, clarinet in A and B♭. Duration: 35:00. Commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker for the Philharmonische Bläserquintett Berlin.
Ahrendt, Karl (1904-1993)
Variegations
A photocopy score is in the Indiana University Music Library, Bloomington, Indiana.
Aichinger, Oskar (1956- )
5 aphorische Stücke für Bläserquintett (1996)
Contact the composer: info[at]oskaraichinger.at (Austria)
Duration: 8:00 Homepage: http://www.oskaraichinger.at
Aitken, Hugh (1924-2012)
Six Studies for Wind Quintet (1958)
Microfilm. Washington, DC: U. S. Library of Congress
Eight Studies for Wind Quintet (1966)
Philadelphia: Elkan-Vogel, 1966
Duration: 5:30. Flute doubles piccolo. Serial work.
Folia (1980)
Hamburg: Peermusic, 1994
Commissioned and recorded by the York Winds (Canada) Duration: 10:33 SEE http://www.culturenet.ca/cmc/
also:
Serenade for Double Quintet (1958) (woodwind quintet and string quintet: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass)
See American Music Center
Duration: 8:00.
See also Aitken’s Short Suite for winds and piano.
Aitken, Paul A.
Huron Carol (arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
Contact the arranger.
Curtis Vander Hyden is hornist with the Blythwood Winds.
Ajdič, Alojz (1939- )
Pihalni Kvintet (Woodwind Quintet) (1974)
Ljubljana: Edicije Drustva slovenskih skladateljev, 1990
Society of Slovene Composers, www.dss.si
Akins, John R.
Movement for woodwind quintet
American Music Center
Duration: 6:00.
Alamá-Gil, José (1952- )
Díptic Edetà
Valencia: Piles, 2000
Based on folk songs: Allà a les Portes del Cel (cançó popular lliriana); La Jota Lliriana.
Alary, Giulio (1814-1891)
Cavatine et Intermezzo, sextet for woodwind quintet and 2nd clarinet.
Paris: Society for Chamber Music
Albam, Manny (1922-2001)
Quintet No. 1 (1957)
Manuscript: U.S. Library of Congress
American jazz arranger and composer.
Albéniz, Isaac (1860-1909)
arrangements
Cordoba (arr. Patrick Clements) for wind nonet
London: PCMS Sheet Music, http://www.clements16.co.uk/
Scored for 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns. Duration: 5:30. The work depicts a summer evening in Cordoba.
“El Puerto” from Iberia (1906 )(arr. Glenn Prohasky)
Published by the arranger? Available in Emerson Catalog.
“Evocation” from Iberia (1906) (arr. Glenn Prohasky)
Published by the arranger? Available in Emerson Catalog.
“Fête-Dieu à Seville” (1906) from Iberia (arr. Glenn Prohasky)
Published by the arranger? Available in Emerson Catalog.
From the collection of piano works called Iberia written between 1905-1908. “Fête-Dieu à Seville” ends the first volume of works and is also titled “Corpus Christi in Seville” or “El Corpus en Sevilla.” To view the original piano score, you can download Cahier 1 from the International Music Score Library Project: http://imslp.org/wiki/Iberia_(Albéniz,_Isaac) .
Cantos de España, Op. 232 (arr. ?)
St. Cloud, Minn.: Medici Music Press, 1983
Prelude from “Cantos de España,” plus “Granada” and “Aragon” from Suite Española, No. 1, Op. 47. To study, the original piano score for the final two pieces can be downloaded from the International Music Score Library Project: http://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_Espa%C3%B1ola_No.1,_Op.47_(Albéniz,_Isaac)
Malagueña & Serenata, from España (arr. Bill Holcombe & Bill Holcombe, Jr.)
Chesapeake, VA: Bill Holcombe’s Musicians Pub’s (http://billholcombe.com/)
Preludio & Tango from España (Isaac Albeniz, arr. by Holcombe & Bill Holcombe, Jr.)
Chesapeake, VA: Bill Holcombe’s Musicians Pub’s (http://billholcombe.com/)
Espana, Six Pieces (“Six Hojas de Album”) (arr. Randall Stalken)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2008. cimarronmusic.com
Three Pieces from “Espagna” (arr. ?)
Paris: Durand & Cie.
España Suite (arr. Jerry Nowak)
Glenmoore, PA: Roncorp [2012]
Suite Espagnole, Op. 47 (arr. by Graham Sheen)
Boca Raton, Florida: Masters Music Publications
This Suite Espagnole is an arrangement of piano works on Spanish dances by Albeniz. The orchestration is OK but the music doesn’t translate so well to quintet, in my opinion. [ Andrew Brandt ] Duration: 4:00.
Oriental (arr. Ross Taylor)
Edition Viento; Tallevast, FL: TrevCo Music
Piezas Celebres (arr. Sharpe)
Ars Viva Verlag
“Sevilla” from Suite Española for double woodwind quintet (arr. Jerry Lanning)
Includes an optional part for E♭ clarinet (to substitute for 2nd oboe) and an optional double bass part. Recorded by the Sylvan Winds.
Tango for double woodwind quintet (arr. Michael Axtell)
Published by the arranger, axtellmusic[at]gmail.com
Clarinets are both in A.
Albert, Adrienne (1941- )
“Animalogy (n.)” (2006)
Palm Springs, California: Kenter Canyon Music, 2006
Flute doubles on piccolo. (Also uses oboe and bassoon reeds to create animal sounds.) Duration: 8:00. You can purchase parts and listen to recordings of the works on http://www.adriennealbert.com/. See also http://library.newmusicusa.org/
According to the composer, the work is a “not-very-serious study of the many varieties of animals found in their natural habitats in and around the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska.” It is also the middle movement of a larger Alaskan Symphony for woodwind quintet, orchestra and choir.
Sam’s Dance (1997, rev. 2008?)
Palm Springs, California: Kenter Canyon Music, 1997
Duration: 6:00. See: http://library.newmusicusa.org/
Albert, Karel (1901-1987)
Kwintet
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale
This work appears to be a quintet, 1954, for flute, oboe, violin, viola and cello, not a woodwind quintet. It may be incorrectly listed in some other woodwind quintet lists.
Werkstuk voor altviool en blazerskwintet (Workpiece for Viola and Wind Quintet) (1958)
Albert, Stephen (1941-1992)
Distant Hills (1989) for soprano, tenor, woodwind quintet, piano and string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, double bass)
New York: G. Schirmer
Duration: 31:00. Text (English) based on James Joyce’s Ulysses. Flute doubles on alto flute, oboe doubles on English horn. Movements: 1. Sun’s Heat (tenor solo); 2.Flower of the Mountain (soprano solo).
Albinoni, Tomaso (1671-1751)
Oboe Concerto in D Major, Op. 7, No. 6 (arr. Jennifer Stevens)
Markham, ON: Eighth Note Publications, 1997
Albisi, Abelardo (1872-1938)
Miniature Suite No. 2 (arranged?)
Iowa City, Iowa: Eble Music
Originally for 3 flutes.
Albrecht, Alexander (1885-1958)
Bläserquintett (1929)
Fragment. Manuscript: Prager Rundfunk
Albrecht, Georg von (1891-1976)
Bläserquintett, Op. 74 (1967)
Wolfenbuettel: Moeseler Verlag, 1981
Albrecht, Mark (arranger)
In the Cross of Christ, I Glory
Psalm 150, publisher
Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg (1736-1809)
Serenata à 5 (1806) (edited Friedrich J. Gabler)
Wien: Doblinger, 1999
May be performed by 2 oboes, clarinet, horn and bassoon — the original orchestration — or by standard woodwind quintet.
Fugue on B-A-C-H (arr. Keith Terrett)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Albright, William (1944-1998)
Abiding Passions (1988)
New York: C. F. Peters, 67389a
Duration: 15:35. 4 movements Movements: 1. Stage One: Awakening; 2. Stage Two: Ardor; 3. Stage Three: Play by Play; 4. Stage Four: Loss. Commissioned by the Sierra Wind Quintet, in residence at the U. of Nevada, Las Vegas. Recorded on Cambria Records and on Centaur Records by the Pennsylvania Quintet. The 4 movements, or “stages” depict 4 stages of human relationships. Described as a “serious work.” Uses Clarinet in A.
Alcalay, Luna (1928-2012)
Escapade (2011)
Edition HH Music Publishers, http://www.editionhh.co.uk/
Written for the Orsolino Wind Quintet. 4 movements: “Verworbene Pfade, verlorene Wege” (Criss-crossing Paths, Lost Trails); “Passagen” (Passages); “Gewächse” (Growths); and “Verirrungen, Attacken” (Aberrations, Attacks). Duration: 9:00.
also:
gliederungen (1970) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, and trombone
MHW Musikverlag GmbH
Duration: 12:00.
in connexion (1993) septet for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets and 2 bassoons
Tre Media Musikverlage
See http://db.musicaustria.at/en/node/100961 .
beauté homogene, sextet for woodwinds (1967) (exact instrumentation not given)
Commissioned by the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Alcocer, Ana Paola Santillán(1972- )
Encuentro (2000)
Contact the composer http://www.anapaolasa.com/
Alcorn, Michael (1962 -)
In a roundabout way (1986)
Manuscript. Try Dublin: Contemporary Music Centre
Duration: 7:00. Flute doubles on alto flute.
Perchoresis (1990)
Flute doubles on piccolo, bassoon doubles on antique cymbal, horn doubles on cymbal.
Aldana, Mario Kuri
See KURI-ALDANA
Aldis-Evans, Maddy
The Witch’s Cat Who Lost Her Spells (2006) for woodwind quintet and narrator
Emerson Edition
Duration: 28:00. Emerson Edition includes German and English versions. Also translated into French. See composer’s site: http://maddyaldisevans.drupalgardens.com/
Denton Moore (1990)
Contact the composer from her website: http://www.maddy-aldis.co.uk/
Three Sketches (2005)
Contact the composer from her website: http://www.maddy-aldis.co.uk/
Alejandre Prada, Manuel(1977- )
Pequeña Suite para Quinteto de viento (Suite for Wind Quintet), Op. 44
Available under a Creative Commons license from the International Music Score Library Project. http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
Duration: 20:00. 5 movements: Allegro ritmico; Molto Adagio, con languideza; Allegro ben ritmato; Adagio semplice; Allegro comodo. Biography available on http://www.asociaciongalegadecompositores.com/web/compositores.asp?var1=AlejandrePrada,Manuel&nar1=148 (in Gallician and Spanish).
Alemann, Eduardo Armando (1922-2005)
Serenata para Vientos (1959)
Manuscript: Library of Congress
3 movements: Alla marcha; Andante; Vivace. Recorded by the Quintet de vientos de la Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional (Argentina)
Kaleidoscopia, (1969)
Manuscript
Duration: 12:00
Alexander, Josef (1907-1990)
Wind Quintet (1949)
American Music Center, 1949.
See also Alexander’s Hexagon for winds and piano.
Alexander, Lorin
Woodwind Quintet (2001)
Idyllwild, California: Granite Hill Pub., 2001.
Movements: Meditation; Dance; Jest. Duration: 10:00. See also: http://www.lorialexander.com/ E-mail: lorin[at]lorinalexander.com
Alexander, William (1927- )
Woodwind Quintet (1987)
Edinboro, Pennsylvania: Conneauttee Composers Press, 1987 /
Edinboro, PA (Box 382, Edinboro 16412): Peddie Publications, 1987
Duration: 12:30.
Divertimento for Woodwind Quintet
Edinboro, PA: Conneautee Composers Press, 1987
Duration: 11:00.
Huntingdon Quintet (1996)
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 12:00. See also works with piano.
also:
Suite for Five Winds for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon.
American Music Center
Alexandra, Liana Moraru (1947-2011)
Imagini interupte (Images Interrupted) Op. 26 for wind quintet (1983)
Bucharest: Nuova musica consonante
Score and parts and 2 recordings are available from the International Music Score Library Project. http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
Duration: 12:30. Oboe doubles on English horn. See also: http://www.sonances.qc.ca/composers/alexandra.htm .
also:
Portrait d’une femme (Cantata No. 7: Portrait of a Woman, 1989) for Soprano or Mezzo-soprano and woodwind quintet
Available only from the Liana Alexandra Estate
Based on poetry by Smaranda Cosmin. Text in French. Duration: 10:00. The score (only) is available for download from the International Music Score Library Project.
Five miniatures for wind quintet and (2) percussion (1970)
Bucharest: Nuova musica consonante
A recording, score and parts are available from the International Music Score Library Project (https://imslp.org).
Sextet (2001) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, and horn
Bucharest: Nuova musica consonante
Duration: 14:00. Score and recording available for download: http://imslp.org/wiki/Sextet_(Alexandra,_Liana)
Alford, Kenneth J. (pseudonym for Maj. Fredric Joseph Ricketts)(1881-1945)
Colonel Bogey March (1914) (arr. Frank J. Halferty)
Delevan, NY: Kendor Music, 2000
A British military bandmaster, Ricketts used the alias Alford (his mother’s name) for his music published outside the military. The title and the tune were inspired by a fellow military man and golfer who whistled a characteristic two-note phrase (a descending minor third interval) instead of shouting “Fore!” It is this descending interval which begins each line of the melody. Bogey is a golfing term meaning one over par. Wikipedia has an entertaining article on this march with description of various lyrics.
Aliabiev, Alexander Nikolaivich (also spelled Alyabyev, Aliabev, Aljabjew)(1787-1851)
Quintet in C Minor
Moscow: Muzycka /
Koln: P. J. Tonger, 2000, also try Interlibrary loan: Harvard
This quintet begins with an introduction in C Minor, then when the allegro section begins, it quickly switches to C Major, but at the end there’s a slower section back in C minor, so there appears to be some debate whether the listed key should be C minor or C major. It appears that the work is in just one movement. Duration: 7:20. There is a nice recording by the Bolshoi Theater Woodwind Quintet on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQEngWLidqw . (Aliabiev should not be confused with his contemporary, Alabiev, Alexander Micholaevich, 1802-1852.)
According to Nikolaus Spoerel “This is a quintet written in the early 19th century…, simple, but may be a good alternative to a Cambini or Haydn divertimento arrangement.” Reportedly left unfinished by the composer, completed by B. Dobrochotow.
Cherubic Hymn (arr. Bill Schuetter)
Imagine Music; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Duration: 3:30.
Alinder, Håkan (1941- )
Koralpartita: Jesus ar min van den baste (1977/1990)
Borensberg, Sweden: Norbergs Musikforlag (1991)
Duration: 5:00
Ali-Zadeh, Franghiz (a.k.a. Ali-Sade, Frangis) (1947- )
Dilogie II (Dialogue II) for Woodwind Quintet and String Quartet (1989/1994)
Hamburg: Hans Sikorski
Duration: 14:00. First performed in Bern, Switzerland. Azerbaijani composer.
Vorgefühl (2005) for woodwind quintet and cello
Hamburg: Hans Sikorski
Premiered by members of the Bavarian State Orchestra.
Alkema, Henk (1944- )
Openen en sluiten (To Open and Close) (1982) for double woodwind quintet
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1983 (rental only)
Duration: 9:00.
See also Alkema’s En nu Gezamenlijk for winds and piano.
Allegri, Gregorio (1582-1652)
Miserere Mei, Deus (arr. Mike Magatagan)
Published by the arranger
Available on Scribd http://www.scribd.com/ . Originally written for two antiphonal choirs.
Allemeier, John & Paul Barsom & Clifton Callender & Lionel Semiatin
Light Blossoms
Miami, Fla.: Published for the Society of Composers by European American Music, 2001.
Allen, Geoffrey (1927- )
Wind Quintet, Op. 71 (2007)
Perth, W.A.: Keys Press, 2007.
Biography on http://www.amcoz.com.au/. See also: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Allen, Judith Shatin (1949- )
Wind songs for wind quintet (1975)
SEE http://www.sonances.qc.ca/composers/allen.htm
Allers, Hans-Günther (1935- )
Musica Serena, Op. 79
Koln: Dohr, 2008
See also his website: http://www.hans-guenther-allers.de/index.html
also:
Suite für sechs Bläser (woodwind quintet and 2nd horn)
Wolfenbuttel: Karl Heinrich Moseler
See Allers’s works for winds and piano.
Allesandro, Victor, Jr. (1915-1976)
Impromptu (1932)
Manuscript: Library of Congress, Mss. also in Houston, Texas.
Allgén, Claude Loyola (1920-1990)
Sinfonia ‘La mattina del diavolo’ (1980) for woodwind quintet
Stockholm: Svensk Musik
Full name: Claude Johannes Maria Klas Thure Allgén. Oboe doubles on English horn, clarinet doubles on alto sax
Allworth, Robert (1943- )
Five Preludes (1993) for mandolin and wind quintet instruments
Australian Music Centre, sales[at]amcoz.com.au
Flute performs in Preludes 1, 3, and 4; clarinet in Preludes 2 and 5; oboe in 1 and 3; bassoon and horn in 2 and 5.
Study in Grey (1997) for mandolin and woodwind quintet
Australian Music Centre, sales[at]amcoz.com.au
Duration: 3:30.
Almeida, Adolfo (1960- )
Tempus I (1975)
Centro de Documentacao de Musica Contemporanea CDMC-Brasil
Duration: 10:45
Almila, Atso (1953- )
Wind Quintet (1993)
Helsinki: Suomalaisen musilikin tiedotuskeskus – Finnish Music Information Centre
Movements: 1. Animato; 2. Largo ma tensivo; 3. Tranquillo. Commissioned by The Ostrobothnian Wind Quintet
Wind Quintet II “Arktinen hysteria” (Arctic Hysteria) (2006)
Helsinki: Suomalaisen musilikin tiedotuskeskus – Finnish Music Information Centre
Movements: 1. New Thousand and Six; 2. Neither and Nor; 3. Name of the Blame; 4. No One’s Lullaby; 5. Never Never Everland; 6. Arctic Hysteria. First performed by the Arctic Hysteria Wind Quintet
Alnar, Hasan Ferit (1906-1978)
Turkish Suite (arr. Kathryn Woodard) for flute, oboe, clarinet, & bassoon
Sonic Crossroads; see also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
An arrangement of Alnar’s Eight Piano Pieces. Although it’s advertised as a woodwind quintet, the score shows it’s a wind quartet. Looks interesting, nevertheless.
Alpaerts, Flor (1876-1954)
Evening Music for double woodwind quintet
Amsterdam: Edition Compusic
Alpern, Wayne (1948- )
Serenade for Winds (2016)
Contact the composer, https://www.waynealpern.com
Written for and premiered by the Washington Square Winds. A midi-realization of the work is available on the composer’s website.
Nutcracker Variations (1987)
New York: H. Elkan, 1993
Based on the suite from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. Duration: 15:00. Movements: Miniature overture, Dance of the sugar plum fairy, Arab dance, Russian dance.
Alsina, Carlos Roqué (1941- )
A Letter for wind quintet (1970)
Milan: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
Duration: 10:00. Commissioned by the Dorian Wind Quintet and premeired by them in 1975 in Hilversum, Holland.
Quinteto de Maderas (woodwind quintet) Op. 9 (1961)
Also:
Jeu de cloches for 3 or more instruments and tape (1969)
Alter, Martha (1904-1976)
Sextet (1933) for woodwind quintet and trumpet
Alterhaug, Bjørn (1945- )
Wind Quintet (1980)
Oslo: NB noter
See Norwegian Music Information Centre http://www.notam.uio.no/nmi/index.html
Altisent i Ceardi, Joan (Juan) (1891-1971)
Scherzo and choral with variations
Here, the name “Joan” is the Catalan equivalent of the Spanish “Juan” or the English “John.” Do not confuse with the English “Joan.”
Would love to find confirmation of the following works. [ Andrew Brandt ]
El compte Arnaue, Poema Lirico
Cuatro piezas breves
Quinteto romantico
Minuetto No. 3
Titles may be listed in either Catalan or Spanish. All works might be in manuscript only.
Altmanis, Alvils (1950- )
Conversions for woodwind quintet and percussion (vibraphone, xylophone, triangle, bongos, tom-tom-, bass drum)
Riga, Latvia: Musica Baltica, Ltd., https://www.musicabaltica.com/
Themes from the Old Town of Riga for woodwind quintet, and percussion (vibraphone, triangle, 3 bongos, temple blocks)
Riga, Latvia: Musica Baltica, Ltd., https://www.musicabaltica.com/; aee also Edition Peters
5 movements: Chorale; In the old church cellars; Hamlet by Janis’ yard; Bastejkalns at night; Old town polka.
Altmann, Eddo
Kleine Tanzsuite (for woodwind quintet and 2nd horn)
Leipzig: Hofmeister
Álvarez, Javier(1956- )
De Hormigas y Estrellas (2013)
Commissioned by the Quinteto de Alientos de la Ciudad de México (Mexico City Woodwind Quintet).
Àlvarez Valero, Òscar (1979- )
Bufonesques
Brotons & Mercadal
Duration: 2:20. Written for the Zoar Ensemble. A recording (presumably by the Zoar Ensemble) is available to download on the Associació Calana de Compositors website: http://www.accompositors.com/compositores-curriculum.php?nIdioma=ing&idComp=1250 , The composer’s page also gives info on contacting him via email, Facebook or Twitter.
A quick listen to the sound file shows this to be a fun, frenetic, and humorous work that packs a lot of notes into a short piece.[ Andrew Brandt ]
Parafrase do nihilismo for woodwind quintet and mezzo-soprano (2013)
Duration: 10:00. Based on poems by Rosalía de Castro (1837-1885): Movements: ¿Porque?; A xusticia pola man; Xigantescos olmos, mirtos. The poems appear to be in Galician (Gallego), which makes sense when you look up the de Castro’s biography on Wikipedia. A video of mezzo-soprano Anna Alàs i Jové with the Zoar Ensemble is available on YouTube.
If you can find a mezzo who can sing Galician (which appears to be a variation of Spanish and Portuguese), this work could be a very worthwhile project. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Alwyn, William(1905-1985)
Concerto for Flute and Eight Wind Instruments (1980) for solo flute, 2 clarinets, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons and 2 horns
Lengnick & Co. (now part of Universal Publishing)
Duration: 16:00.
Amaya, Efrain (1959- )
Ikarus (1982)
Latin American Frontiers International Publishers, (LAFI) Ltd., 2003
Duration: 4:00. Visit his website: http://www.efrainamaya.com/main.html
also:
Kaleidoscope Suite (2003) for flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone, horn and bass clarinet
Pittsburgh, PA: LaFi Publishers, 2003 http://www.lafipublishers.com/catalog.htm
Aquaclara (Clear Water) (2002) Sextet for woodwind quintet and cello (2002)
Pittsburgh, PA: LaFi Publishers , 2003
Ocean Light (2004) A song for mixed chorus and woodwind quintet
Written for the Renaissance City Winds of Pittsburgh. SATB voices. Also a version for Chorus and Piano.
Polaris (1997) for woodwind quintet, trumpet, trombone, and double bass
Duration: 7:30.
See also Amaya’s Sidewalk Divertimento for winds and piano.
Ambros, Vladimir (1890-1956)
Fantasie “Picadilly” (1935)
Manuscript only. Czech composer.
Ambrosi, Dante d’
SEE d’Ambrosi, Dante
Ambrosio, Joseph Michael (1943- )
Wind Quintet
New York: American Music Center
Ambrosius, Hermann (1897-1983)
Suite in B Minor, Op. 57 (1925)
Leipzig: Hofmeister, 1974
Hamburg: Joachim Trekel, 1995
Movements: I. Praeludium – Andante con moto; II. Courante – Vivace; III. Sarabande – Andante molto moderato; IV. Gavotte – Allegretto scherzando; V, Menuett – Allegretto con moto; VI. Allemande – Adagio non troppo; VII. Canon – Musette; VIII. Gigue – Presto. Duration: 13:00. There is a recording of this work by the Quintette à Vent du Conservatoire de Luxembourg on the Antes Edition label. Several movements of this recording are available on YouTube, but the movements are scattered.
Drei Fugen für Blas-Quintett (Three fugues for wind quintet)
German catalogs say this was published in 1995, but don’t give a publisher. There is a recording of this work by Quintette à Vent du Conservatoire de Luxembourg on the Antes Edition label. All three are available on YouTube, but in separate files.
Amellér, André (Charles Gabriel) (1912-1990)
A la Française, trois pièces pour quintette à vent, Op. 14
Paris: Editions Musicales Transatlantiques, 1973
Duration: 13:30. Movements: 1. Prelude; Fughetto; 2. Grave; 3. Rondo. Performed originally by the Quintette à vent de Paris and the Quintette à Vent de Pecs, Budapest, Hungary. See also: http://www.ameller.org/
Andante et scherzo Op. 7 (1944)
Unpublished
Manuscript available in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Music Department). Duration: 7:00.
Quintette, Op. 383
Unpublished
Transcription of an unspecified work by Dmitri Kabalevsky. See http://www.ameller.org/
also:
Huit chansons de geste, Op. 100 (1956) for woodwind quintet, trumpet and percussion
Unpublished
Manuscript available in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Music Department).
Ames, William T. (1901-1987)
Woodwind Quintet
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1960
Movement for woodwind quintet
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 6:00.
Amirov, Fikret Dzhamil (1922-1984)
Five Pieces for wind quintet (1953)
Ammann, Benno (1904-1986)
Bläserquintett (1956)
Manuscript. Switzerland?
also:
Musik für 6 Blasinstrumente (1938)
Duration: 20:00.
Amos, Keith (1939- )
Alisma (1980)
Boosey & Hawkes /
Kingston, Surrey: Caprice /
London: Ramsden Music, 1980
Oboe doubles on English horn. Duration: 14:00.
Catland Quintet
Boosey & Hawkes / Ramsden Music / Caprice
Duration: 8:00. 3 movements: “The perfect cat” “Orpheus” “Seaside joys.” Inspired by the cat illustrations of Louis Wain. There is also a version for string orchestra.
Four American Dances (1987)
London: Boosey & Hawkes /
Kingston, Surrey: CMA Publications: Caprice, 1987
Originally for brass quintet. Movements: One step; Two step; Cakewalk; Jig.
Four Victorian Dances
Boosey & Hawkes
Movements: Minuet, Polonaise, Sarabande, March.
Lupin, the Pot-Bellied Pig for woodwind quintet and narrator
Caprice
Roses (1988)
Boosey & Hawkes
Kingston, Surrey, England: CMA Publications, http://www.cma-publications.co.uk/
Caprice
Theme & Variations, for double wind quintet (1986)
Kingston, Surrey, England: CMA Publications, http://www.cma-publications.co.uk/
Duration: 11:30.
According to Catherine Gerhart’s Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music, this is a “neo-classical theme with six variations displaying all the colors, beautiful solos, gusto and lyricism of this medium.”
Windglass, one movement for five players
London: Ramsden Music, 1980
Duration: ca. 14:00.
Amram, David (1930- )
Quintet for Winds (1968)
New York: C. F. Peters, 1971
Duration: 19:00. See: http://www.davidamram.com/index.php
Rather “different” type of work for quintet. Listen for the hidden popular tune in the second movement. Third movement is a Theme and Variations (bassoon has the solo theme!), one variation uses unconventional sounds (reeds alone, key slapping, etc.) [ Andrew Brandt ]
Fanfare and Processional
McGinnis & Marx
also:
Three songs for America: for bass voice, woodwind quintet and string quintet
C. F. Peters Corp.,1969
For bass voice and flute (piccolo), English horn (oboe), clarinet in Bb (bass clarinet in Bb), horn in F, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, and double bass. The text is from Profiles in Courage, by John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Strength to love, by Martin Luther King, Jr., and from public speeches of Robert F. Kennedy.
Triple Concerto (1970) for woodwind, brass and jazz quintets and orchestra.
New York: C. F. Peters, P66402
Duration: 25:00..
Amy, Gilbert (1936- )
Alpha-Beth for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn (1964)
Paris: Heugel
Duration: 14:00.
Anderberg, Carl-Olof (1914-1972)
Quintett
Manuscript. Sweden.
Andergassen, Gunther (1930- )
Bläserquintett 1964 “in memoriam Paul Hindemith”, Op. 15 (1964)
Manuscript only? Austria.
Duration: 12:00. E-mail: g.andergassen(at)aon.at
Andersen, Johannes (1890-1980)
Kvintet (1936)
Kobenhavn, Dan Fog Musikforlag 1969 /
Kobenhavn, Samfundet til udgivelse af dansk musik, 1968
Duration: 23:00.
Andersen, Karl August (1903-1970)
Variazioni su tema e ritmo (1966)
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
Duration: 7:40.
Wind Quintet
See Norwegian Music Information Centre http://www.notam.uio.no/nmi/index.html
It’s possible that these two listings are for the same work.
Andersen, Kjell Magne (1954- )
Tre Rapsodier (1994)
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
Movements: Allegro Moderato, Allegretto, Allegro Moderato. Good, easy work for young, student quintets. See also: http://kandersen.musicaneo.com/
Anderson, Leroy (1908-1975)
Sleigh Ride (1948)(arr. Lin Yizhi Ernest, 2014)
Boston, MA.: Ione Press
Includes sleigh bells and whip part.
Sleigh Ride (1948)(arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
Arranged for the Blythwood Winds.
“Rakes of Mallow” from Irish Suite (1947) (arr. Richard Maynes) for double woodwind quintet
Originally scored for orchestra.
Anderson, Olive (1917-1995)
Elegy for a daughter (1976) for woodwind quintet, brass quartet (horn, trumpet, tenor trombone, bass trombone) and string quintet (2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass).
Australian Music Centre: AMC Library number: Q 784.2/AND 2 c.1
SEE http://www.amcoz.com.au/
Tibrogargan (1990) for woodwind quintet, euphonium, percussion, piano, & strings.
Australian Music Centre: AMC Library number: Q 784.2/AND 1 c.1
Oboe doubles on English horn.
Anderson, Ruth (1928-2019)
Prelude & Allegro (1952)
Anderson, T. J., Jr. (Thomas Jefferson) (1928- )
Five Etudes and a Fancy (1964)
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1967
Duration: 9:00. Movements: Assimilation; Complements; Transference; Diversities; Recurrence; Fancy.
Andersson, Benny(1946- )
Thank You for the Music (2004)(arr. Ben Pope)
Commissioned by New Harmonie, which has restricted its use to their ensemble. The composer was also a member of ABBA and was also involved in the creation of Mamma Mia!.
Andersson, Kjell (1937- )
Divertimento (1987)
Stockholm: Svensk Musik
Bricks
Sweden: Blås-Basen, http://www.blas-basen.se/
Three movements.
Andomian, Lan
Fin de Verano
New York: G. Schirmer
Duration: 6:00.
Andraud, Albert J. (1884-1975)
editor
Twenty-Two Woodwind Quintets
San Antonio: Southern Music Co.
San Antonio: Southern Music Co., new version, edited by Charles Neidich, which includes a 186-page score.
The famous “Yellow Books” (formerly the “Orange Books”). In the new edition, the color may be red. Links below take you to the composer’s listing on this website.
Beethoven – Op. 71 (originally Sextet for clarinets, horns & bassoons)
Beethoven – Op. 25 Minuet, Andante and Variations
Beethoven – Op. 18, No. 5 variations
Elsa Barraine – Ouvrage de Dame, Theme & Variations
Adrien Barthe – Passacaille
B. M. Colomer – Minuet & Bourree
Hedwige Chretien (1859-1944) – Quintet
Adolphe Deslandres (1840-1911) – Trois Pieces en Quintette
Karl Goepfart – Quartet, Op. 93 (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon)
F. J. Haydn – Quintet (arr. Fritz Muth)
F. J. Haydn – Presto
Charles Lefebvre (1843-1917) – Suite, Op. 57
Moritz, Edvard (1891-1974) – Quintet, Op. 41
Mozart – Minuet
Mozart – German Dance
Albert Normand – Quintette, Op. 45
Georges Pfeiffer (1835-1908) – Musette for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon
Gabriel Pierne (1863-1937) – Pastorale, Op. 14, No. 1
Claude Paul Taffanel (1844-1908) – Quintet
Heinrich Scherrer (1865-1937) – Old French Dances, Op. 11 (sextet for woodwind quintet and 2nd clarinet)
Probably the most popular collection of woodwind quintets, although some of the works are definitely showing their age. Southern recently released a new, edited edition of the collection, now with a separate score. ¶ Notably, the collection includes two works by women composers, Elsa Barraine and Hedwige Chretien. ¶ The arrangement of the Beethoven Sextet gives all the bassoon solos to the horn, so I prefer the “Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet” arrangement, see BEETHOVEN. The Taffanel Quintet is possibly the best work in the collection (but see the link above for other resources). The Barthe and Lefebvre pieces are relatively easy, attractive original quintet works; they and other works are also available individually. Follow the links above or look them up by composer in this list. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Quintets for Wind Instruments
Cincinnati: A. J. Andraud, 1937 (now Southern Music Co.)
Preambule et danses, Op. 98 by J. Jongen,
A little serenade, Op. 36 by C. H. Grimm,
Minuet and hunting scene (La Chasse) by Leclair,
Pastorale, Le Mal du pays, et Eglogue by Liszt.
Three Little Pieces
San Antonio, Texas: Southern Music
Two Short Quintets
San Antonio: Southern Music
Andreoiu, Constantin
Sonatina
Source: Biblioteca Uniunii Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România.
Andrews, Nicola Ellis (1964- )
Man made uppers, God made soul (1991) for wind quintet & string quintet [2111]
SEE http://www.musicnow.co.uk/composers/andrews.html
Andrews, ?
Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven
Integra Music, 23 Music Square East, Nashville, TN 37203 USA (now defunct)
Andricu, Mihail Gheorghe (1894-1974)
Cvintet Nr. 1, Op. 77 (1955)
Duration: 11:30. Movements: Allegro poco moderato; Andante pastorale. Source: Biblioteca Uniunii Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România. The composer’s birthdate is given as either Dec. 22, 1894 or Jan. 5, 1895, perhaps indicating the difference between Gregorian and Julian calendars. His main publishers are Editura muzicală (Bucharest), Hamelle, and Salabert
Cvintet Nr. 2, Op. 79 (1955-56)
Duration: 14:00. Movements: Allegro moderato; Andante cantabile. Manuscript: Biblioteca Uniunii Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România.
Wind Quintet, Op. 104 (1963)
See also Andricu’s Sextet in our winds and keyboard page.
Andriessen, Hendrick (1892-1981)
Quintet (1951)
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus, 1951 /
New York: C. F. Peters in US & Canada
Duration: 10:00. Hendrick is father to Jurriaan, below.
Andriessen, Jurriaan (1925-1996)
Jeux des vents (1996)
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1996
Jurriaan is a son of Hendrick Andriessen, above. Duration: 10:30.
Sciarada Spagnuola (Spanish Charade) (1962)
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus, 1963 /
Barnet, VT: [distributed by] Double Reed Shop, [2002], 1963
Duration: 8:00. Movements: Entrata; Pavane; Gagliarda; Passamezzo; Frottola; Finale.
also:
Respiration Suite (Suite 1962) for double wind quintet (1962)
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1972 1967; see also Theodore Presser in the U.S.; June Emerson in England; Muramatsu Flute in Japan
Siegertshofen, Germany: Floricor Editions
Movements: 1. Blood-air-dialogue; 2. Deep-sea sarabande; 3. Menuet at high altitude; 4. Flowing air. Duration: 11:00.
Antifona e Fusione for wind quintet, brass quartet and timpani (1966)
Concertino for Bassoon and Winds for solo bassoon and double woodwind quintet (1962)
Amsterdam: Donemus
Rental work. 12:00.
See also his L’Incontro de Cesare e Cleopatra on our winds and keyboard page.
Androsch, Peter (1963- )
Paso Doble – für Holzbläserquintett (2002) for flute, English horn, clarinet, bassoon and horn.
Doblinger – Musikhaus und Verlag
Duration: 6:00.
Neun Facetten für Holzbläserquintett (1993)
Manuscript
Duration: 15:00. Homepage: http://www.androsch.servus.at
Angelini, Louis (1935- )
Quintet
Manuscript only.
also:
Woodwind Sextet (for woodwind quintet and saxophone)
Angerer, Paul (1927- )
Quintett (1956)
Wien: Verlag Doblinger, 1963
Composer’s E-Mail: info(at)concilium.at
also:
Quinta-Ton for woodwind quintet, 2 trumpets and trombone (1946)
Wien: Universal Edition
Duration: 15:00.
Antheil, George (1900-1959)
Bohemian Grove at Night (1952) for flute, oboe/English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet and bassoon
New York: G. Schirmer
Not a traditional woodwind quintet but it sounds interesting.
Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (Octet for Winds) (1932) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon(or double bass), horn, trumpet, trombone
For rental, New York: G. Schirmer
Duration: 15:00.The second bassoon part is for contrabassoon
Antony, ?
Five Dutch Landscapes
Ampleforth, York: June Emerson Catalog (now out of print)
Antonini, Alfredo (1901-1983)
Twentieth Century Doll (1966)
London, New York: Chappell & Co., 1968
Duration: 3:30.
Antonio, Lincoln(1970- )
Três Batuques
Published by the composer with a Creative Commons license
Available from the International Music Score Library Project at
http://imslp.org/wiki/3_Batuques_(Antonio,_Lincoln) . A ‘Batuque’ is a song or dance form from Cape Verde, according to Wikipedia.
Antunes, Jorge (1942- )
Regional (1965)
Duration: 4:20.
Suite Infantil Carioquinha (1965) (for woodwind quintet, “cuas criancas: castanholas, caixa, harmonete e celesta”)
Any Brazilian musicians who can translate this for us?
Vórtices (1975)
Anzaghi, Davide (1936- )
Queen That (1986)
Milano: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
Aléna (1976) for double woodwind quintet
Milano: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
According to Catherine Gerhart’s Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music, this work was premiered by I Dieci Fiati Italiani In Utrecht in 1976. Duration: 9:00. Parts might be available only by rental.
ApIvor, Denis (1916-2004)
Woodwind Quintet, Op. 31 (1960)
Manuscript in Ireland?
http://www.musicweb-international.com/apivor/
Vista, Op. 77 (1983) for double woodwind quintet
Manuscript held by the British Music Information Centre
Movements: Prelude and Choral (entire ensemble); Concertino – Five Variations in the shape of three arias and two ritornelli (featuring solos and duos); Antiphony (dividing the ensemble into two quintets playing antiphonally). Originally written for a college wind group, the work is reportedly more tonal and easier to perform than many of ApIvor’s works.
Apkalns, Longins (1923-1999)
Rondo Straro (1971)
Miroslav Hosek lists this as being performed by the Phoenix Woodwind Quintet.
also:
Four Latvian Folk Songs for woodwind quintet and soprano
Applebaum, Edward (1937- )
Prelude for wind quintet (1982)
St. Louis: MMB Music, 1996 1986
St. Louis: Norruth Music, 1984
For flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), oboe (doubling English horn), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), horn and bassoon.
Whispers of Yesterday (1988)
Applebaum, Louis (1918-2000)
Moments from Romeo and Juliet (1961) for woodwind quintet, percussion, harp, cello.
Duration: 6:30. Performed on CBC-TV. Canadian composer.
Applebaum, Mark (1967- )
Merit
Menlo Park, California: M. Applebaum, 2002
http://www.markapplebaum.com/ E-mail: applemk[at]stanford.edu
Aquilanti, Giancarlo(1959- )
Woodwind Quintet (2004)
Jesi, Italy: G. Aquilanti, 2004
Movements: I. Lentamente – Allegro; II. Il Contrappunto – Grave; III. Scherzo – Allegro Spiritoso (Jazzy…); IV. Fugue – Allegro. Written for and dedicated to the Stanford Woodwind Quintet. See: http://www.giancarloaquilanti.com/
Woodwind Quintet n. 2 (2014)
Movements: 1. Moderato – Allegro; 2. Adagio; 3. Allegro Spiritoso (Il Valzer Impazzito); 4. Allegro (La Ninna Nanna de Emma). See http://www.giancarloaquilanti.com/wordpress/ to download scores and sound files.
Arakawa, Hiroshi
Hill of Mésénat
Deerfield Beach, Florida: Bravo Music (American Division of Japan’s Brain Music)
Duration: 4:10. Composed with student ensembles in mind. Sound file available on publisher’s website.
Arakelian, Grigor(1963- )
Wind Quintet (2016)
Available under a Creative Commons license from the International Music Score Library Project. http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
Duration: 11:00. 3 movements.
Arányi, György (a.k.a. Aranyi-Aschner, Georg) (1923-2018)
Erstes Bläserquintett (1962)
Duration: 9:00. Contact: Prof. Georg Arányi-Aschner 8382 Mogersdorf, Mozartstraße 168, Wein, Austria.
Zweites Bläserquintett (1978)
Duration: 7:30.
Eine Sommernachtstraumphantasie, Drittes Bläserquintett (1979)
Duration: 5:30.
Bubu, der verwünschte Prinz, Ein kleines Charakterstück (1976)
Divertimento serio (1983)
Duration: 9:00.
also:
Gebet for woodwind quintet and voice
Duration: 4:00. Text by Gertrude Schmitzer, in German.
Impressionem for woodwind quintet and harp (1973)
Duration: 10:00.
See also Aranyi-Aschner’s works for winds and keyboard.
Arcaro, Enrico
The Calling (2016)
Written for and premiered by the Washington Square Winds, https://www.washingtonsquarewinds.org .
Monograph (2010)
Written for and premiered by the Washington Square Winds. A sound file is available on the Arcaro’s website, http://www.enricoarcaro.com/ , and on SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/enrikhavoc/monograph-for-woodwind-quintet .
Ardévol, José (1911-1981)
Wind Quintet (1957) (ed. Don Stewart)
Tunbridge, Vt.: Trillenium Music, 1994 /
Original edition: Havana: Ediciones de la Biblioteca Nacional
de Cuba
Duration: 20:00. Movements: Preludio; Allegro; Variaciones; Rondo.
Arends, Michael (1939?- )
Traurigkeit
Rimsting/Chiemsee: Keturi, 2004
Arensky, Anton Stepanovich (1861-1906)
Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)
Yorkshire: The Red Hedgehog (45 Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough, Yorkshire, England)
It appears to be an arrangement of the slow movement of Arensky’s String Quartet, No. 2, Op. 34, which is itself based on Tchaikovsky’s Legend, Op. 54, No. 5. Arensky also did a string orchestra version of the piece.
Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky (arr. K. David Van Hoesen)
Trevco Music Publishing
Same work, different arranger and publisher.
Argentesi, Dario
Exotica for Winds (2013)
Available under a Creative Commons license from the International Music Score Library Project. http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
Arho, Anneli (1951- )
Once Upon a Time for wind quintet (1979)
Helsinki: Suomalaisen musiikin tiedotuskeskus, 1990
See Finnish Music Information Service. Duration: ca. 13:00.
Arkhimandritov, Boris Ivanovich (1932-2009)
Quintet: for wind instruments, “Drinking music” (Zastol’naia muzyka) (1977)
Leningrad [St. Petersburg]: State Publishers [Soviet Composer]
Moskva: Sovetskii Kompositor, 1977
Also try Interlibrary loan: University of California, Univ of Illinois.
Arma, Paul (professional name for Imre Weisshaus) (1905-1987)
Sept Transparences (Seven Transparencies)
Paris, Editions H. Lemoine, 1969 / Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co.
Duration: 14:00. Originally written for string quartet, arranged by the composer. A student of Bartok, Arma also collected folk music after moving to Paris, including French folksongs, World War II Resistance songs, and American spirituals.
Armstrong, Louis “Satchmo” (1901-1971)
Yes, I’m in the Barrel (1925) (arr. David Jolley)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus
Includes jazzy licks for clarinet and horn. Duration: 5:00.
This work is based in New Orleans-style Dixieland/jazz and features the clarinet. It’s a lot of fun and a nice alternative to the usual quintet fare. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Arne, Thomas (1710-1778)
Suite of Dances (arr. Anthony Collins)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
New York: Skidmore Music, for K. Prouse Music Pub. Co.
Library citation cites transcription by Anthony Collins; but also adds Dirk Keetbas, although it is unclear what Keetbas’s contribution is. Movements: 1. Bagatelle; 2. Sicilienne; 3. Gavotte; 4. Sarabande; 5. Menuet; 6. Final.
Arnell, Richard Anthony (1917-2009)
Cassation in F Major, Op. 45 (1946)
London: Hinrichsen Edition Ltd., 1961, Peters
Emerson Edition, #E336
Duration: 9:00.
also:
Serenade, Op. 57 (1949) for double woodwind quintet and double bass.
London: Hinrichsen Edition
Concerto for Flute for solo flute and wind octet
Richard Arnell
For solo flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns.
Arnold, David
Theme from Independence Day (arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
Arranged for the Blythwood Winds of which Curtis is a member.
Arnold, Malcolm (1921-2006)
Three Shanties, Op. 4 (1943)
New York: Carl Fischer (c) 1952 /
London: Paterson’s Publications, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk: Exclusive distributors, Music Sales Ltd., [2004?], 1952.
You probably knew that the first movement was based on “What can you do with a drunken sailor?” but did you know that the second movement is based on “Boney was a warrior” (“Boney” being Bonaparte, as in Napoleon), and the third is based on “What will the Navy do when good old Lulu’s gone?” (Although another source lists is as “When Johnny comes down from Hilo.”) I’ve never heard of a quintet who didn’t play this piece (too many times). ¶ If your only experience of Arnold is this work, it may be surprising to learn that Arnold also wrote 9 symphonies, 20+ concertos, and scores for almost 120 films. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Wind Quintet, Op. 2 (1942)
Queen’s Temple Publications
Movements: Allegro; Presto; Alla Marcia. Originally written for principal players of the London Philharmonic, the score and parts were long lost. Recently, the parts were found and the work was published in 2003. For the convoluted story of the first BBC broadcast, and how it was lost and found, see Paul Harris’s website: http://www.paulharristeaching.co.uk/blog/2016/7/7/lost-and-found-the-remarkable-story-of-malcolm-arnolds-wind-quintet . A recording of the East Winds is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sISR08alhoA .
After listening to the East Winds recording, this is an interesting early Arnold work for winds, much like his Three Shanties, but longer, less succinct and, in the last movement, a bit angrier. The first two movements are bright and cheery — nothing to dislike here. The third movement includes a satirical, somewhat dissonant, march-like theme. Some ascribe it to Arnold’s anti-war sentiment. Indeed, in 1942, Britain was fighting for its existence against Nazi Germany, so your opinion on whether an anti-war stance was principled or traitorous might vary. In any case, the finale seems the least focused and attractive to these ears. ¶ In the 1940s, this quintet might have been considered a significant addition to woodwind quintet literature. 80 years later, the reaction is more muted, with so much more wonderful quintet music to choose from. In my opinion, whether you like or dislike this piece will really depend on whether you would enjoy the Three Shanties without the folksy musical appropriations. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Dream City (arr. Paul Harris)
England: Queen’s Temple, 2001
also:
Trevelyan Suite for double woodwind quintet and one additional flute
Faber Music www.fabermusic.com
Duration: 8:00.
Arp, Klaus(1950- )
Tentett (1997) for double woodwind quintet
New York: Peermusic
Second bassoon doubles on contrabassoon. According to Catherine Gerhart’s Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music, the work is intended for good amateur players or professionals. Commissioned by the Landesmusikakademie Rheinland-Pfalz.
Arrieu, Claude (professional name for Anne Louise Marie Simon) (1903-1990)
Quintet en Ut (Quintet in C)
Paris: Gerard Billaudot, 1953
Paris: Pierre Noel
The Bellavente Wind Quintet has a video of this piece on Youtube. Movements: I. Allegro; II. Andante; III. Allegro scherzando; IV. Adagio; V. Allegro vivace. Duration: 11:15. See also: http://www.musicologie.org/Biographies/a/arrieu_claude.html (en Français).
Although written in 1955, a time of upheaval in musical composition, Arrieu’s Quintet harkens back to the Parisian wind music of the 1920s and 1930s. The work sounds a bit like Ibert or Milhaud, but taking the time to fill out traditional Classical forms. The oboe, flute and clarinet particularly shine in the piece, which is well crafted for each instrument without pushing the technical boundaries very far. ¶ In other words, if you are looking for a 1950s adventurous, avant-garde woodwind quintet, this is definitely not it. But if you want to perform something showing off the light, optimistic French salon style of the early twentieth century (and you just can’t face another performance of Ibert or Milhaud), this is a good choice. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Wind Dixtuor (1967)
Paris: Gerard Billaudot
There is some conflicting information about the instrumentation for this piece. The correct instrumentation appears to be: 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, horn, trumpet and trombone. (The 2nd flute may double on piccolo.) A pair of YouTube recordings by the student Neoteric Winds uses different instrumentations (substituting saxophone for trumpet in one).Duration: 13:00.Movements: 1. Allegro moderato; 2. Moderato – Allegro scherzando – Andante – Tempo primo; 3. Andante – Allegro scherzando. The Atlanta Chamber Players has recordings of several of the movements scattered around, but doesn’t identify the movements. (Sigh!) Wikipedia (English) currently has a short description of this work under the composer’s entry.
Concerto (1962) for woodwind quintet and strings
Paris: Costallat
Milano: Ricordi
There appears to be a version for quintet and piano (by Ricordi), probably for rehearsal purposes. But this leads some publishers to list this as a work for quintet and piano instead of quintet and strings. Another catalog lists a sextet, but that is likely another confused entry for this work.
Arro, Edgar(1911-1978)
Neli pala puhkpillikvintetile (Four Pieces for Wind Quintet) (1967-1968)
Manuscript score in Estonian Theatre and Music Museum, see http://www.emic.ee .
Movements: 1. Andante sostenuto con humore; 2. Allegro assai; 3. Andante cantabile; 4. Allegretto. See https://www.emic.ee/edgar-arro for more info in English.
Arteaga, Edward (1950- )
Quintet for Winds (1970) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn
Arter, Matthias (1964- )
Detours (1996/98)
Luzerne: Swiss Music Editions:
see http://www.musicedition.ch/werke/ewindex.htm or http://www.marterart.ch/ Includes Alto flute, English horn with some percussion. Duration: 17:00.
Arutiunian, Alexander Grigori (also spelled: Arutyunyan, Alexander Grigori or Harut’unyan, Alexander Grigori or Arutjunjan or Harutiunian) (1920-2012)
Suite on Folk Tunes (1978)
Editions Bim
Duration: 6:00. Movements: I. Adagio; II. Allegretto; III. Andante sostenuto; IV. Allegro molto.
also:
Concerto-Fantasy: 5 Contrasts for wind quintett and symphony orchestra (1964)
Arvidsson-Bremmers, Per (1959- )
Stanzas (1986)
Stockholm: Svensk Music
Arvinte, Constantin(1926- )
Capriccio Transilvan (Transilvanian Capriccio) (2015)
Download from the Romanian site, Ars Ventus.
Burlesca, Fantezie rapsodică pe teme muzical-folclorice romanêsti (2000)
Source: Biblioteca Uniunii Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România.
Chindia (2001)
Source: Biblioteca Uniunii Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România.
Capricio Romanesc (2003)
Aschaffenburg, Walter (1927-2005)
Quintet for Winds, Op. 16 (1967)
Published by the composer in Hollywood, Calif./
Hollywood, Cameo Music Papers, 1968
Commissioned by the Cleveland Chamber Music Society.
Aschenbrenner, Johannes (1903-1964)
Quintet for flute, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn
Ricordi Berlin, MOD 1258
Duration: 24:00.
Ásgeirsson, Jón (1928- )
Woodwind Quintet (1969 or 1971 )
Reykjavik: Iceland Music, 1971
Blásarakvintett (Quintet No. 2) (1999)
Movements: Vivacity; Intermezzo without rhythm; 3. Toccata – Tranquillo – Fugue. Recorded by members of the Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra on the Smekkleysa label (likely an Icelandic label).
Ashlyn, Quenton
The Bassoon Song for woodwind quintet with solo bassoon or solo voice, or bassoon or voice and piano.
Trevco Music Publishing
Based on a 19th century parlor tune.
Ashton, Algernon Bennet Langton (1859-1937)
Quintet
According to http://www.musicweb-international.com/Ashton/ , this quintet is lost, along with a Septet and a Nonet for winds and strings and piano. A significant portion of Ashton’s music was lost during World War II (Grove Music Online).
Asia, Daniel (1953- )
Woodwind Quintet (1998)
King of Prussia, PA: Merion Music, T. Presser Co., sole representative, 2001
See also: http://www.danielasia.net/ Movements: 1. Lively; 2. Moderately; 3. Fiery; 4. Ruminative; 5. Impetuous, darting; 6. Fast and mercurial. Duration: 14:00. Written for and premiered by the Dorian Woodwind Quintet. Their recording is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cHMk7n-HNeE .
also:
Pines Songs for soprano, woodwind quintet and piano (1983-4)
King of Prussia, PA: Merion Music, T. Presser Co., sole representative, 2001
Duration: 16:00.
Nonet for woodwind quintet and string quartet (violin, viola, cello, double bass)
Merion Music, Inc.
Six movements. Duration: 18:00.
Atehortúa, Blas (a.k.a. Blas Emilio Atehortúa Amaya) (1943- )
Primer quinteto para vientos, Op. 2. 1959
Segundo quinteto para vientos, Op. 4. 1959
A recording of this quintet by Quinteto Ébano is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IZH8qJAp6SE .
Fantasia-Rondó for woodwind quintet, Op. 6 (1960)
Cuarto quinteto de vientos, Op. 46. 1970
Colombian composer. Work performed by the Quintet of the Americas in 1981.
See also Atehortua’s Quintet for piano and winds.
Athanasiadis, Basil (1970- )
Faded Shonorities (2004)
(No, that’s not a typo.) “Shonorities” is a title used in a couple of this composer’s works and also for a composer/performance group. This is the only one for quintet. See: http://shonorities.com/artists.html
Attwood, William (1972- )
Pintura Fresca (2004)
New Voices (BMIC/SAM) according to the British Music Collection
Not a normal woodwind quintet, the scoring is for flute, piccolo, oboe, bass clarinet and horn. Duration: 10:00. First performed by Ensemble Lonbba at the salon Dorado of the Teatro Colon in Buenas Aires.
Aufderheide, May (1888-1972)
The Thriller! (Slow rag) (1909) (arr. Jim O’Briant)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2007. cimarronmusic.com
Also known as May Frances Aufderheide Kaufman, she was probably the most famous woman ragtime composer in spite of the fact that she ended her composing career at age 23, after just four years; based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Thriller was one of her most popular compositions.
Aulin, Tor(1866-1914)
Fyra Akvareller (Four Water-Colours) (1899) (arr. Jesper Jerkert)
Published by the arranger, 2018
Originally for violin and piano. Movements: 1. Idyll; 2. Humoresk; 3. Vaggsång (Lullaby); 4. Polska. Score and parts available for free download under a Creative Commons license from ScorSer.com.
Aulio, Maxime
Arachnophobie, Op. 2 (2000)
Published by the composer; see also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Originally composed for saxophone quartet, arranged for woodwind quintet. Hear the original: http://www.maximeaulio.net/ENG/Maxime_Aulio_ENG/Blog/Entrees/1999/6/20_Arachnophobie.html
Auster, Lydia (1912-1993)
Four Pieces for Wind Quintet (4 pala puhkpillikvintetile), Op. 38 (1983)
Manuscript score in the Estonian Theatre and Music Museum, see http://www.emic.ee
Movements: 1. Old Tune; 2. Flat-Footed Waltz; 3. Herdboy’s Story 4. Polka. Duration: 8:00.
Suite on Estonian Folk Tunes (Süit eesti rahvaviisidele) (1946)
Manuscript score in the Estonian Theatre and Music Museum, see http://www.emic.ee .
Movements: 1. Reed Pipe; 2. Flat Footed Waltz; 3. Poor Slave’s Song; 4. Loess; 5. Lullaby; 6. St. Martin’s Song; 7. Tempest Polka; 8. Wooden Wheel.
Three Pieces for Wind Quintet (3 pala puhkpillikvintetile)
Duration: 6:00.
Prelude and Fugue (1936)
Austin, Dorothea (born Dorothea Blaukopf) (1921 or 1922-2011)
Reflections II (1985)
Flute doubles piccolo, oboe doubles English horn. The third movement, entitled “A Man Saw a Ball of Gold in the Sky,” is for high voice with the above ensemble, words by Stephen Crane (1871-1900).
Opus 1 1/2 (1969)
Canotre (1968)
Austin, John
Divertimento for wind quintet (1966)
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1966
Movements: Overture; Love song; Waltz; Aria; March; Finale. Duration: 12:00.
Austin, Larry (Don) (1930- )
Woodwind Quintet (1949)
First performed in Denton, TX, probably when the composer was a student there.
Auvinen, Antti (1974- )
Beneath (2007) for woodwind quintet
Helsinki: Suomalaisen musilikin tiedotuskeskus – Finnish Music Information Centre
Duration: 7:00. Commissioned by Musiikkia Paanukirkossa festival First performed by the Arktinen Hysteria Woodwind Quintet.
See our winds and keyboard page for another Auvinen work for winds, keyboard and brass.
Averitt, William (1948- )
Tunebook, based upon seven tunes from The Sacred Harp (2008)
Nashua, NH: Falls House Press, 2011.
Movements: Saints Bound for Heaven; Idumea; Sweet Prospect; Home; The Enquirer; Expression; Jordan’s Shore. See also: http://www.williamaveritt.com/williamaveritt/Home.html . ¶For those not familiar with it, The Sacred Harp was originally a hymn tunebook published in New England in 1844 for a capella choirs using shape notes instead of usual musical notation. The style and notation was later popular in Southern American churches. (Wikipedia has a pretty good article about it.)
Avidom, Menahem (1908-1995)
Woodwind Quintet (1937)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute
Duration: 12:00.
Woodwind Quintet (1982)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute, https://www.imi.org.il/
Duration: 12:00. It is possible that the 1982 quintet is a reworking of the original 1937 work.
also:
Enigma (1962) for Woodwind Quintet, 1 percussionist & piano
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute
Duration: 15:00
Avila, Julian
Afonia (2008)
See http://www.julianavila.com/
Marea (2006)
Valencia: Piles Editorial de Musica
Winner of the Hui, hui music 2006 award.
Avni, Tzvi (Jacob) (1927- )
Wind Quintet, Hamishiyah li-klei neshifah shel ets (1959)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute (Makhon le-musikah Yisre’elit), 1991
New York: Mills Music (now Belwin-Mills), 1966
Duration: 14:00.
Avoni, Petronio(apparently 1790-1839)
Armonia, Variazioni prese da un mottivo di Paisiello, in B♭ Major for double woodwind quintet
Manuscript in the Civico Museo Bibliografico-Musicale in Balogna, Italy
A set of 20 variations on a theme of Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816). Half are for double woodwind quintet, the others add trumpets and a bass trombone.
Avshalomov, David (1946- )
Around the Year (2002)
Duration: 11:00.
According to the composer, “The four miniatures of Around the Year create moods that briefly evoke the four seasons of the year. They can be performed singly or in sets, and (unlike the real seasons) in normal or reverse order: Winter Mood (Snow on the mountains). Autumn Walk (Brisk leaf-blown day in a park). Summer Dream (Hot Southern night). Spring Games (Children on a grassy hillside). The images listed after the movement titles came to me well after I had started or completed each piece.”
Axelrod, Lawrence
Diary Pieces (1994)
See Also: http://www.lawrenceaxelrod.com/index.html
Axman, Emil (1887-1949)
Wind Quintet (1938)
Paris: Le Chant du Monde
Axtell, Michael
Scottish Fantasy (2010) for double woodwind quintet
Published by the composer, axtellmusic[at]googlemail.com
Arrangements by Michael Axtell for double woodwind quintet
See Catherine Gerhart’s Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music, for more information.
“Tango” by Isaac Albéniz
“Turkish March” by Ludwig van Beethoven
“Carmen Suite” by Georges Bizet
Introduction to the slow movement of the Violin Concerto by Johannes Brahms, Op. 77
“Golliwogg’s Cakewalk” from Children’s Corner by Claude Debussy
“Fille aux cheveux de lin” (Girl with the Flaxen Hair) from Preludes, book 1, by Claude Debussy
“Le Petite Nègre ” by Claude Debussy
“The Little Shepherd” from Children’s Corner by Claude Debussy
First movement of the Serenade for Strings, Op. 22, by Antonín Dvořák
“Chanson de matin” by Edward Elgar
“Serious Doll” by Edward Elgar
“Tambourin” by François-Joseph Gossec
“Anitra’s Dance” by Edvard Grieg
“Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” from Solomon, by George Frideric Handel
“Rondo Capriccioso” by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Selections from Don Giovanni: “In welche Frevel” (”Mi tradi quel’alma ingrata”) and “Là ci darem la mano” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Seven selections from Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Allegretto alla turca” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Marche des petits soldats de plomb” (March of the Lead Soldiers) by Gabriel Pierné
“Vocalise” by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Entr’acte (No. 1) from Rosamunde by Franz Schubert
“Sehnsucht”, D. 636, by Franz Schubert (originally for solo voice and piano)
“Andante cantabile” from String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Selections from The Nutcracker (Shchelkunchik) by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. Includes movements: Miniature Overture, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy; Dance of the Mirlitons, and March
“March” from Serenade for Strings, Op. 11, by Dag Wirén
Aylward, John
Daedalus (2014)
Contact the composer at https://johnaylward.com/ .
This one-movement work uses alto flute throughout although, apparently, it can be performed with one or more flutes and one and more clarinets. The rest of the quintet is as expected. Duration: 8:30. Written for the City of Tomorrow quintet, which has also recorded the work. (The composer later created a version for bass flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin and cello, so be sure to order the correct version.) A video is available on the ensemble’s website and on YouTube (which is always subject to change) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea6IrwflnvA .
To perform this work, the flutist must be comfortable with making lots of huffing and puffing sounds (there probably is a technical term for that, but I don’t remember it) as well as fluttertonguing. The other instruments have occasional stop-tongue effects and glides. It appears to have constantly changing meters and everybody needs a lot of rhythmic security. (In the video, the clarinetist appears to be the designated conductor.) ¶ The composer could be channeling the ghosts of Boulez and Stockhausen. ¶ One could find parallels in the mythology of Daedalus and Icarus, the pair taking off, souring in the high air, and then Daedalus landing after Icarus crashed (a 3-part structure). But one should also remember that Daedalus created the original labyrinth, which the piece might also imitate. ¶ Any quintet thinking about programming this work should definitely watch the video. Aesthetically, this seems as far from Ibert’s Trois Pièces Brèves as you can get. (My sense of irony might lead me to put both on the same program.) If your ensemble is interested in a challenge and extending your (and your audience’s) idea of woodwind quintet music, you should give this piece a look. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Ayoub, Nick (Nicholas) (1926-1991)
Diversions 1
Needham, Mass.: Dorn Publications, 1981
Diversions 2
Dorn Publications, 1981
Duration: 80:00. (No, that’s not a typo.)
Diversions 3
Dorn Publications, 1981
Duration: 1:00.
Diversions 4
Needham, Mass.: Dorn Publications, 1981
Ayres, Thomas
March
Manuscript: Univ. of Iowa
Azevedo, António Sérgio (1968- )
Aspetto (1996)
Portugal: Camara Municipal de Cascais, 1998
Recorded by the Galliard Ensemble in London on the Deux-Elles (Reading, UK) label, 2003. Duration: 7:30.
Azevedo, Waldir
Pedacinhos do Céu (arr. José Ursicino da Sila “Duda”)
Duration: 3:50. Recorded by the Quinteto Brasília.