Brandt’s Woodwind Quintet List – C
In concert with recent scholarship on women composers, this list now highlights their names with a different-colored background.
Cabus, Peter (1923-2000)
Quintet (1966)
Brussels: J. Maurer
Cacavas, John (1930-2014)
Windette
New York: Sam Fox Pub. Co., 1960
Cage, John (1912-1992)
Music for Wind Instruments: Trio, Duo, Quintet (1938)
New York: Henmar Press, sole selling agents C. F. Peters, 1997, 1961
Duration: 8:00. Work consists of 3 pieces: Trio for flute, clarinet, and bassoon, Duet for oboe and horn, Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. Recorded by the Aulos Wind Quintet on Koch Schwann 311532 (1993) and by the Esbjerg Ensemble on Kontrapunkt 32002
also:
Eight for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, tenor trombone and tuba (woodwind quintet and brass trio)
New York: Henmar Press, 1991
4′ 33”, tacet for any instruments (1952)
Cahn, Sammy (1913-1993)
Let it Snow (arr. by James Christensen)
Kendor Music, Inc., Delevan, NY 14042
Fun swing-style arrangement. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Cai, Shiya
Jubilaeum
Xianggang: Gong jiao zhen li xue hui, 2000
Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. Sheng yue wei yuan hui.
Perhaps a musician with Chinese-language fluency could help with this and other Chinese works. Please.
Cailliet, Lucien (1891-1985)
Concertino for woodwind quintet.
Sherman Oaks, Calif., Lucien Cailliet 1956
Philadelphia: Henri Elkan, 1958
Duration: 4:50.
Ouverture in B-flat major
Bryn Mawr: Elkan-Vogel, 1950
Calabro, Louis (1926-1991)
Divertimento
Bryn Mawr: Elkan-Vogel, 1966
Duration: 7:00.
Calandin, Emilio (1958- )
Sac de Noeuds (1992)
Piles Editorial de Musica
Duration: 11:00. Google Translate says the title means “Can of Worms” or “Sack of Nodes” or “Sack of Bows.” Take your pick. See also: http://www.ecalandin.com/ .
Caldara, Antonio(ca. 1671-1736)
Canzonetta, “Sebben, Crudele’ for soprano and woodwind quintet (arr. Robert Ostermeyer)
Wernigerode, Germany: Robert Ostermeyer Musikedition, ROM 212
Original score was probably for voice and strings.
Caldwell, James
Vicissitude for Woodwind Quintet (1994)
Duration: 9:30. Composer may be contacted through the Western Illinois University website, among other ways.
Caldwell, Mary L.
Viennese Waltz (arranged), 1937
Cale, Bruce (1939- )
Kookaburra, No. 3, Op. 20 (1978)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre 1999
Duration: 5:00. See: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Caliendo, Christopher
Chamber Jazz
Los Angeles: Caliendo World Music Publishing, Inc.
Duration: 5:45.
Choose to Love
Los Angeles: Caliendo World Music Publishing, Inc., chamber jazz series
Duration: 6:30.
Despiadado (Desperado) (tango)
Caliendo Word Music Publishing; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
La Esgrimadora (The Fencer)
Los Angeles: Caliendo World Music Publishing, Inc.; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
A Tango. See also: http://www.christophercaliendo.com/
La Primavera (Spring)
Los Angeles: Caliendo World Music Publishing, Inc.; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
A tango. Duration: 4:05.
Gangar (Norwegian Walking Dance)
Duration: 5:40. See http://www.christophercaliendo.com/
New York and All That Jazz
Los Angeles: Caliendo World Music Publishing, Inc.
Duration: 7:30.
Siempre Domingo
Los Angeles: Caliendo World Music Publishing, Inc.
Tango. Duration: 3:25.
Sincerita
Los Angeles: Caliendo World Music Publishing, Inc.
Duration: 4:15. Combines Flamenco and jazz.
Ven a mis Brazos (Come into My Arms)
Los Angeles: Caliendo World Music Publishing, Inc.
Tango Americano Series. Duration: 3:00.
Callhoff, Herbert (1933-2016)
Bläserquintett No. 1 (1967-69)
Hans Gerig Musikverlag (Breitkopf & Härtel)/
Bad Schwalbach: Edition Gravis, 2006.
Duration: 10:00.
Bläserquintett Nr. 2 (1975/76)
Bad Schwalbach, West Germany: Edition Gravis, 1984 1982
Hans Gerig Musikverlag (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Calvin, Jean-Philippe (1974- )
Kleztet (2011)
Emerson Edition
Duration: 9:00. Commissioned by Arte Combo and Cannes International Film Festival for Ennio Morricone’s birthday celebrations. See also: http://www.jeanphilippecalvin.com/
Cambini, Giuseppe Maria (1746-1818 or later)
Trois Quintetti Concertans (Three Concert Quintets) (ca. 1802)
Paris: Sieber, 1802
Score and parts for all three quintets are now also available for download from the International Music Score Library Project, at http://imslp.org/wiki/3_Wind_Quintets_(Cambini,_Giuseppe_Maria).
Originals are reportedly located in the U.S. Library of Congress.
This composer has also mistakenly been called Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini. He was active in Paris and his death is shrouded in obscurity and may have been as early as 1818, although some sources say 1825. He also wrote 82 Symphonies Concertantes, many of them featuring small groups of woodwinds. ¶ Although Cambini is not nearly as accomplished a composer as Mozart or Haydn, these three works are interesting because they appear to be the first quintets ever written for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn. (Note tha Franz Anton Rosetti’s Quintets were written 20 or so years earlier, but they were scored for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and English horn, not French horn.) Cambini’s quintets remain light, classical works which were later eclipsed by the quintets of Danzi and Reicha. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Quintetto concertante No. 1 in B-flat Major
Munchen: F.E.C. Leuckart
New York: McGinnis & Marx, 1965
Boca Raton, Fla.: Masters Music Publications, 2006
Planegg bei München: Thomi-Berg
Movements: Allegro maestoso; Larghetto cantabile; Rondo: Allegretto grazioso.
Light, classical sounding work. Recorded by Soni Ventorum, 1972. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Quintetto concertante No. 2 in D Minor
New York: McGinnis and Marx, 1978
Munchen: F. E. C. Leuckart, 1973
Planegg bei München: Thomi-Berg
Movements: Allegro espressivo; Larghetto sostenuto ma con moto; Presto ma non tanto.
Quintetto concertante No. 3 in F Major
New York: McGinnis and Marx, 1965
Munchen: F.E.C. Leuckart
Planegg bei München: Thomi-Berg
Cameron-Wolfe, Richard
Reconciliation – Deliberations on Stravinsky (1981, revised 2016) for oboe (doubling English horn), B♭ clarinet (doubling on E♭ clarinet), bassoon, horn, trombone and string quartet
New York: American Composers Alliance, https://composers.com/
Cammarota, Carlo (1905-1990)
Introduction, Chromatic Fugue
Bologna: Edizioni Bongiovanni, 1960
Campbell, Michael
Baroque Suite (arr. Michael Campbell)
Trevco Music Publishing
Includes:
Bach, J. S. – Prelude from Cantata #58
Boyce, William – Pastorale from Symphony #4
Durante, Francesco – Air from Concerto Grosso in F minor
Handel, G. F. – Finale from Sonata in B-flat
Campioleti, Virginia M.
Pinocchio, from “Cantate, Bambini” (1913) (arr. Bill Schuetter)
Imagine Music; see also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Duration: 1:35.
Campo, Frank Philip (1927- )
5 Pieces for Winds, Op. 18 (1959)
Los Angeles: Western International Music, 1976
5 movements.
Images of Childhood, Op. 109
Studio City, CA: Dario Music, 2001
also:
Viaggi for Woodwind Quintet and percussion.
Campo, Regis (1968- )
Cinq Sonates a cinq (wind quintet) (1999)
Paris: Editions Henry Lemoine
Duration: 10:00.
Toy (2006)
Paris: Editions Henry Lemoine
Duration: 11:00. First performed by the Quintette à vent de Marseille. Program notes, in French, available on the IRCAM site: http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/26500/
Capón, Juan (or Xoán) Montes (1840-1899)
Cinco danzas gitanas (Five Gypsy Dances) (arr. unlisted)
Duration: 15:00. Performed by the Azahar Ensemble.
Campos, Juan Morel and Felix Astol
Puerto Rico Suite (arr. William Scribner)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus
La Borinque-a by Felix Astol
No Me Toques by Juan Morel Campos
Laura y Georgina by Juan Morel Campos
Felices Dias by Juan Morel Campos
A collection of four dance selections from the two most prominent Puerto Rican composers of the 19th century. The first dance, La Borinque-a has also served as Puerto Rico’s national anthem.
Campos, Roberto()
Nocturno Congoleno for woodwind quintet and 5 percussion
Valencia: Piles Editorial de Musica
Duration: 25:00.
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Canfield, David DeBoor (1950- )
Woodwind Quintet
Cano, César (1960- )
Wind Quintet
Valencia: Institut Valencia de la Musica
Valencia: Piles, 2007
Duration: 13:00.
Cano, Francisco
Diferencias Agogicas (1969)
? Paris: Enoch & Cie.
Manuscript: Archivo Sinfonico de la S.G.A.E., Madrid
Cantrell, Byron (1919- ) arranger
Four Elizabethan Pieces for woodwind quintet
Los Angeles, Calif.:G. Scott Music, 1970
Los Angeles, Calif.: Western International Music [distributor] 1970
Includes The King’s Hunt by John Bull, Pavana, the Earl of Salisbury & Galiardo by William Byrd, and The Queen’s Command by Orlando Gibbons. Recorded by the (Los Angeles?) Philharmonic Quintet.
Cantu, Carlos M.
Longing
Riverdale, Md.: Kommissarshevskaya Music, 1996
Capanna, Robert(1952-2018)
5 Serenades
Malvern, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Co. https://www.presser.com/
Duration: 11:00.
Caplet, André (1878-1925)
Suite Persane for double wind quintet (1901)
Amsterdam: Edition Compusic, 1988
Bocal Raton, Florida: Masters Music
Also available from Rainer Schottstaedt, Petersbergstr. 9, D-53797 Lohmar, Germany.
3 movements: Scharki (Chant d’amour; Nihavend; Iskia samaisi. Recorded on Dabringhaus & Grimm CD MDG 603 0599 by the Calamus Ensemble. Also recorded by the Joseph Triebensee Ensemble on Asturia.
According to Catherine Gerhart’s Annotated Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music, this work was “[w]ritten in 1901 and first performed by the Societe de Musique on March 9, 1901, this piece was most likely inspired by the World’s Fair which was held in Paris in 1900.”
See Caplet’s Quintet for piano and winds.
Capodaglio, Leonello (1945- )
Ballo Campestre
Horgen, CH: Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia
Circus (Divertimento for Wind Quintet)
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, 2006, http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
Six Timbres
Seattle, WA: Alry Publications
Movements: De Vienne; De l’Arabie; De la Bohême; De la Suisse; De la Grèce; De l’Afrique.
Three Chorales, Op. 86 for double woodwind quintet
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, 2006 (See June Emerson Wind Music)
According to Catherine Gerhart’s Annotated Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music, this is a “contemporary look at the choral and instrumental traditions of Italy.”
Carabella, Ezio (1891-1964)
Suite
Milano: G. Ricordi, 1935
Carbajo, Victor(1970- )
Insufflations (2014) for woodwind quintet
Score and parts available under a Creative Commons license from the International Music Score Library Project. http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
Duration: 3:00.
Bosque de Palomas Disecadas (Forest of Dessicated Pigeons) for double woodwind quintet
Madrid: V. Carbajo, 2004
Duration: 9:00. Commissioned by and dedicated to the Polizeimusikkorps Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (See http://www.landespolizeiorchester-bw.de/)
Carbon, John (1951- )
Woodwind Quintet (2006) (revised 2008?)
New York: American Music Center
Score and parts sold at Lulu.com.
Duration: 7:54. Composed for the Pennsylvania Academy Woodwind Quintet. http://www.johncarbon.com/; PDF of score available at: http://library.newmusicusa.org/
Cardona, Alejandro(1959- )
Zachic 2 (1994)
Flute doubles on piccolo. See also: http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/cardonaa.htm
Cardoso, Lindembergue Rocha (1939-1989)
Bläserquintett (1970)
According to Grove Music Online, his principal publishers are Gerig and Radio Jornal do Brasil (a Rio de Janeiro radio station, now dedicated to classical music, that had an art-music department that appears to have published Brasilian music).
Sincronia (1975)
Cardozo, Orlando, arranger & composer
Arreglos de Música Venezolana de Cámera (Venezuelan Chamber Music Arrangements), Volume 1
Por culpa de Alessandro by Orlando Cardozo for woodwind quintet
Siete colores by Luis Flores for woodwind quintet
Porque no hay palabras, by Orlando Cardozo for unlisted trio
Natalia by Antonio Lauro, arranged for 2 oboes and English horn
Natalia by Antonio Lauro, arranged for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Barcelonesa by Enrique Hidalgo (for oboe, clarinet and bassoon?)
Señor JOU by Pablo Camacaro (duet)
Laberinto by Daniel Mayz (duet)
Mia Merengue by Luis Laguna (duet)
Carhart, Gary
Inventions (1992)
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Duration: 14:00. 7 movements.
Carion, Fernand (1908-1960)
Fantaisie Concertante
Brussels: Editions Musicales Brogneaux
Carl, Robert (1954- )
A Fork in the Road (1987)
New York, N.Y.: American Composers Alliance, 1987
Duration: 9:00. Flute doubles on piccolo.
Carlson, Mark (1952- )
Nightwings (for woodwind quintet and tape)
Recorded by the Westwood Wind Quintet for Crystal Records (CD).
Duration: 20:18.
Carlstedt, Jan (1926-2004)
Pentastomos, Op. 27 (1972-73)
Stockholm: STIMS Informationscentral for Svensk Musik
Stockholm : Musikaliska konstföreningen, 1997
Duration: 15:30.
Kvintett, Op. 19 (1962)
Stockholm: STIMS Informationscentral for Svensk Musik
Stockholm: Sveriges Radio/Musikbiblioteket
Stockholm: Musikaliska konstforeningen, 1997
Uses A clarinet. Duration: 10:00.
Sinfonietta for blasinstrument (1959)
Stockholm: STIMS Informationscentral for Svensk Musik
Duration: 19:00. Grove Music Online also refers to a fourth Wind Quintet of 1971, but I haven’t found it elsewhere.
Carmichael, Hoagy (1899-1981)
Stardust (arr. Klickman) for woodwind quintet and 2nd clarinet
Melville, N.Y.: Belwin-Mills Music Publishing
Carp, David M. arranger
Jacobean Music for Wind Quintet (1984)
Carp Music, Inc., USA
Consists of 1 work by John Dowland and 3 by Alfonso Ferrabosco II.¶ Other works arranged by David Carp are scattered throughout this catalog under the original composers.
Carpenter, Gary (1951- )
Antiques and Curios for woodwind quintet (1994)
London: Camden Music, available in the USA through Theodore Presser
You may also check the composer’s web page at:
http://www.garycarpenter.org.uk
Dances for Mutilated Toys (1969)
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Carr, Benjamin (1768-1831)
The Federal Overture (1794) (arr. John Gibson)
JB Linear; See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
A pastiche of popular works, published in 1794, familiar to early American listeners and a few from the French revolution. Includes: Marseilles March (La Marseillaise); “Ça ira”; “Oh Dear, What can the Matter Be?”; The Irish Washerwoman; The Rose Tree; La Carmagnole; President’s March (composed for the inauguration of George Washington in 1789); and Yankee Doodle. For a rousing interpretation of “Ça ira” see Edith Piaf’s version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9VoRmjxvPs (subject to change).
Carr, Gordon
Sinfonietta for double woodwind quintet
Reynard Music Publications
Movements: Andante; Scherzando; Lento – Allegretto.
According to Catherine Gerhart’s Annotated Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music, this work was ”Written at the request of Lawrence Leonard of the Morley Wind Group, this piece is a tribute to Ruth Gipps, 1921-1999. This piece is serious, melodic with modern harmonies.”
Carr, Paul (1961- )
Diverting Sundays
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, 2004 http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
Occasional Postcards
Comus?
Carr-Boyd, Ann (1938- )
Two Themes with Variations for double woodwind quintet (1964)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre
The Dance Suite included in a number of other quintet lists (and mentioned in Grove Music Online as a woodwind quintet) is actually a quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, in the Archives of of the State Library of New South Wales, Australia (http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110043735 .) It appears to be unpublished. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Carrapatoso, Eurico(1962- )
Cinco Elegias, Op. 11 (Five Elegies) (1997)
Contact the composer, http://eurico-carrapatoso.weebly.com/
Duration: 7:00. A live performance recording by Quinteto Klaue is available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lNtJ1Jsdds .
From listening, each of the short movements appears to be modeled after the music of a different composer or a different composition style. Nicely done and worth a look. The composer’s email address is available on his website. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Cinco Miniaturas, Op. 25
Contact the composer, http://eurico-carrapatoso.weebly.com/
Duration: 6:00. Recorded by the Galliard Ensemble in London on the Deux-Elles (Reading, UK) label, 2003.
See Carrapatoso’s Cinco aforismos for quintet and piano. (The composer seems to like works with five movements.)
Carreño, Inocente (1919-2016)
Quinteto (1968)
Washington: General Secretariat, Organization of American States,
New York: sole selling agent Peer International, 1970.
Carrouge, Régis
Le Rêve de Cassandre (Cassandra’s Dream)
Editions Delatour France
Duration: 8:00.
This work refers, musically, to the 1983 German novel, Cassandra by Christa Wolf. The story is based on the Aeneid tale of the fall of Troy. This work is not related to the Woody Allen movie of 2007 of the same name. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Carter, Chandler
Symphony for Winds (1988-9) for double woodwind quintet
New York: Kremer Music Publishing, 1989
For 2 flutes (2nd doubling on piccolo), oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons. Movements: Variations; Passacaglia; Toccata and Fugue. Duration: 18:00. See also: http://www.chandlercarter.com/ .
According to Catherine Gerhart of the Annotated Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music, this work was “Originally wrriten for Dana Paul Perma and the Holzblazer double wind quintet. … This three movement piece is difficult, requiring good college players or excellent amateurs. It is easier to perform with a conductor.”
Carter, Earl L.
Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (1974)
Carter, Elliott (1908-2012)
Woodwind Quintet (1948)
Associated Music Publishers, 1955, 1992
Two movements. Duration: 8:00. (Recorded by the Sierra Wind Quintet on Cambria.)
Very good, entertaining, difficult work in 2 movements for the ambitious woodwind quintet. The second movement takes lots of adrenaline. (See the Imani Winds’ video of the second movement before attempting this for the first time.) Mention should also be made of Carter’s notable Eight Etudes and a Fantasy (1950) for woodwind quartet. Also published by AMP. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Nine by Five: Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (2009)
New York: Hendon Music
Boosey Hawkes, 2010
Hal Leonard (distributor)
Flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, Clarinets in B-flat and E-flat, bassoon/contrabassoon, horn. “Commissioned by The Juilliard School in honor of Joseph Polisi on his 25th anniversary as president of Juilliard.”
See also Carter’s Quintet for piano and winds.
Carwithen, Doreen (1922-2003)
Five Diversions (1953)
Bradfield, Berkshire, England: Rosewood Publications, 2000
Cary, Tristram (1925-2008)
The Songs Inside (1977)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre, 1999
Written for the University of Adelaide Wind Quintet. Duration: 17:00. Also see British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/. Also: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
also:
Three Threes & One Make Ten (1961) for 5 woodwinds and 5 strings (flute, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet and double bass)
Casadesus, Francis (1870-1954)
London Sketches: Petite Suite Humoristique (1924) for double woodwind quintet
Paris: Deiss Editeur (out of print)/
Cincinnati: Albert J. Andraud Woodwind Music, 1932 (out of print)
Paris: Editions Salabert (rental only)
3 movements: The Policeman in the Zoo; Trafalgar Square Idyll; Hyde Park (children at play). See also his biography and a 5-generation Casadesus musical family tree at: http://www.casadesus.com/ . Francis was brother to Henri Gustave (below) and uncle to Robert Casadesus (also below).
Casadesus, Henri Gustave (1879-1947)
La ronde des saisons for woodwind quintet (published 1987)
See Niedernhausen, Germany: Noten Roehr
Casadesus, Robert(1899-1972)
Trois intermezzi, Op. 24 (1936)
Paris?: Hexacorde
Movements: Lento; Scorrevole; Presto. Duration: 12:00.
See also Robert Casadesus’s Quintet with piano.
Casanova, André (1919-2009)
4 Bagatelles, Op. 11 (1955)
Published by the composer.
See Casanova’s Quintet for winds and piano.
Casas, Pere (a.k.a. Pere Casas Torres) (1957- )
Serenata – quintet de vent (1994)
Sabadell: Edicions La Mae de Guido, 1999
Duration: 17:00. Casas is from Catalonia, northern Spain. See also: http://www.perecasas.cat/
Casey, Jerry H.
Gli intrighi d’amore (The Intrigues of Love) (1995) for narrator and woodwind quintet
See http://www.jerrycaseymusic.com/
Duration: 14:00. See composer’s website for parts and CD recording by the Moyzes Quintet,
The work is an homage, of sorts, to the Italian commedia dell’arte, with each instrument taking a thematic part of one of the standard players, with each movement being a scene. The romantic nature of the plot is emphasized with quotes from wedding music. [ Andrew Brandt ] See http://www.jerrycaseymusic.com/chamber.shtml for her full notes.
Cashian, Philip (1963- )
Silent Steps (1995) Five pieces for wind quintet
British Music Information Centre – New Voices Project: See: http://www.bmic.co.uk/ E-mail: newvoices[at]bmic.co.uk
Duration: 14:00. First performed by the Haffner Wind Quintet.
among the bleached stars and suns (2000)
Contemporary Voices, British Music Information Center,http://www.bmic.co.uk/
First performed by Quintessence. Duration: 10:00. Uses bass flute instead of flute.
Cashman, Glenn Louis
American Dream
Castaldo, Joseph (1927-2000)
Dichotomy
Castelló, Antonio Cuenca (or Cuenca Castelló, Antonio)
Tres Peces Breus
Tevernes de la Valldigna, Valeència Musicvall, Edicions Musicals C.B. 2013
Castells Valero, Andres
Triptico, A.V. 21
Valencia: Piles, 2000.
Castérède, Jacques (1926-2014)
Quintette
Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1955
Movements: Allegro con spirito; Andantino; Allegro vivace.
Castiglioni, Niccolò(1932-1996)
Cassazione (1991) (Cassation)
Milano: Ricordi, 1992
Flute doubles on piccolo and alto flute; oboe doubles on English horn; clarinet doubles on E-flat clarinet and bass clarinet. Duration: 10:00.
Filastrocca, per quintetto a fiati (1989)
Milano: Ricordi, 1989
Oboe doubles on English horn. Duration: 6:00.
Doppio Coro (1977) for double woodwind quintet
Milano: Ricordi, 2002
For two groups of instruments, each with flute doubling piccolo, oboe doubling English horn, clarinet doubling E♭ clarinet and bass clarinet, bassoon and horn. Duration: 6:00.
Mottetto per 10 strumenti a fiato (1978) for double woodwind quintet
Milano: Ricordi, 1978
Duration: 7:30.
Castilla, Alberto (1883-1937)
Bunde Tolimense
Castillo, Manuel(1930-2005)
Quinteto de Vientos (1955)
The composer’s full name is Manuel Castillo Navarro-Aguilera. Duration: 13:00. Movements: Allegretto; Tema con Variaciones; Animato. Recently performed, March 8, 2021, by Aulos Madrid (Alvaro Octavio, flute; José Maria Ferrero, oboe; Enrique Pérez, clarinet; Javier Bonet, horn and Vicente Palomares, bassoon). Also recorded and available on YouTube by the Quinteto de Viento del Ateneo de Sevilla (Agustín Llavata, flute; Antonio García Herrera, clarinet; Carlos Baena, oboe; Manuel Salvador Tomás, horn; and Alfonso Sánchez, bassoon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tCJEQE3yUM
This quintet was apparently ignored for many years and later rescued from obscurity by at least two Spanish woodwind quintet ensembles. A quick listen to the YouTube recording shows it to be a delightful, wholly original tonal work with some virtuosic episodes for the players. (The recording has a few unfortunate interpolated noises and vibrations.) I’ve been unable to locate a publisher for the work, but if you can obtain the parts, it should be worth performing. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Castle, Patrick (1945- )
Rondo (1966)
Woodwind Quintet (1973)
Composer is a member of ASCAP.
Castro, D. de
Pente (1970)
Madrid: Editorial de musica espanola contemporanea
Castro, Eduardo Charpentier de (1927- )
Marcha (1950)
Duration: 2:05. Composer is Panamanian.
Castro, Washington (1909-2004)
Musica para quinteto de vientos (4 Stücke) (1969)
Musica de Primavera (1952)
Manuscript
Movements: Despertar; Paseo; Intermezzo Pastorale; Cancion y danza. Duration: 16:00.
Tango para Cinco (1979)
Manuscript
Composer is also an Argentine conductor. Check Editorial Argentina de Musica in Buenos Aires or Ricordi Americana in Buenos Aires.
Cavadini, Claudio (1935-2014)
Suite II (1962)
Manuscript: Swiss Music Archive, Zurich
Basel: Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia, 1996
Quintetto “auletico”
Basel: Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia, 1996
Cavalcanti, Nestor de Hollanda(1949- )
Suite Quase Clássica (No. 1 da série “Cartas a meu Pai’ (2010) for woodwind quintetwith optional drums
Cavazzoni, Girolamo(ca. 1525-1577)
Canzon
Duration: 1:30. Recorded by the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Cave, Michael (1944-1991)
Woodwind Quintet, Op. 14
Published by the composer. See whmc.umsystem.edu/invent/desc-cult.html
Duration: 16:00.
Caviani, Ron (1931- )
The French Quintet
San Antonio: Southern Music Co., 1996
Prelude, Fugue and Scherzo
Eau Claire Wisconsin: Really Good Music, LLC
Five Vignettes for Woodwind Quintet
available from the composer, email: rcaviani[at]upnorthcable.com
Cazden, Norman (1914-1980)
Wind Quintet, Op. 96 (1966)
New England Music Center
Bangor, Me.: Andrews Music House, 1967
One source lists the duration as 6:00, another as 23:45, which is a much wider discrepancy than normal.
Three Constructions, Op. 38 (1941)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida: Spratt Music Publishers / Kalmus
Duration: 6:00. This piece is listed in a catalog as “Works for Study” rather than with the rest of his chamber music, suggesting it was written with student groups in mind. First performance was a broadcast on WNYC on Feb. 19, 1943.
Arthur Cohn in “The Literature of Chamber Music” describes this as “easy to perform and just as easy to listen to.”
also:
Concerto for Ten Instruments, Op. 10 (1937) for flute, oboe, clarinet,bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, piano, viola, cello
MCA
Duration: 15:00.
Cazurra Baste, Anna(1965- )
Kalonice, Op. 14
Barcelona: Brotons & Mercadal, 2007
See also: http://www.annacazurra.com . Includes preface in Catalan, Spanish and English by the composer.
Cece, Antonio (1907-1971)
Quintetto per fiati
Niedernhausen, Germany: Noten Roehr
Čekovská, Ľubica(1975- )
Evenodd (2013)
Music Center Slovakia, http://hc.sk/en/
Movements: Vivace; Cantabile, Bibrante; Sostenuto Morendo; Giocoso con umore. See also: http://hc.sk/en/hudba/osobnost-detail/228-lubica-cekovska and http://cekovskalubica.com/web/en/news/
also:
Arctic Descent, Op. 8 for wind septet
Music Center Slovakia, http://hc.sk/en/
For flute (doubling alto flute and piccolo), 2 oboes (one double English horn), 2 clarinets (one doubles bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (one doubles contrabassoon).
Celis, Fritz (1929- )
Divertimento, Op. 32 (1990)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1991
Duration: 16:00.
Introduzione e Scherzo, Op. 30 (1990) for double woodwind quintet (decet)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM)
Medfield, Massachusetts: Dorn Music Publications
Duration: 17:00.
Cellier, Alexandre (1883-1968)
Images médiévales
Paris: Editions musicales transatlantiques, 1960
Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co.
Six movements.
Cinq danses anciennes
Cerchia, Richard
Woodwind Quintet No. 1
See http://www.cerchiamusic.com/
3 movements: Panic Polka: Quirky and humorous; Delicate Dolce: Lyrical and peaceful; Rondo/Giocoso: Spikey and “Stravinskian.”
Three Hymns of the Cross (arr. Richard Cerchia)
Devid E Smith Publications; see http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Includes: At the Cross; When I Survey the Wondrous Cross; The Old Rugged Cross. One listing lists the name William Moore as the composer, but none of the hymns was written by him.
Ceremuga, Josef (1930-2005)
Rozmarná Suita (Whimsical Suite)
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Wind Quintet No.1 (1964)
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Duration: 15:00.
Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (1967)
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Duration: 10:00.
Wind Quintet No. 3 (1986)
Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/
also:
Concerto da Camera (1971) for woodwind quintet and string orchestra
Praha: Panton, 1978.
Cervantes, Ignacio (1847-1905)
Six Cuban Dances (arr. Adam Lesnick)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus,
Duration: 8:00. Originally for piano.
Two Cuban Dances: “Gran Señora” and “¿Porque, eh?” (arr. Simeon Loring)
Published by Simeon Loring; See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Two of Cervantes’ 41 Danzas Cubanas, originally for piano.
Cervelló (i Garriga), Jordi(1935- )
Capriccio per Quinteto (1971)
Madrid: Editorial de Musica Espanola Contemporanea, 1976
Cesarini, Franco(1961- )
Divertimento, Op. 4 Folk Song Suite for 10 Wind Instruments (for double woodwind quintet)
Manuscript, Available from the composer?
Movements: 1. Poco sostenuto – Allegretto; 2. Lentamente; 3. Presto. Duration: 8:30. A recording of the work conducted by the composer is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isOE4ffqFeQ
Ceulemans, Ivo
Boertig Fugato (1943)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM)
Duration: 5:00.
Serenata (1964)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM)
Duration: 8:35.
Chabrier, Emmanuel (1841-1894)
arrangements
Danse Villageoise (arr. David Carp)
Bryn Mawr, PA: Carp Music, sole selling agent T. Presser, 1984
Originally no. 7 from Chabrier’s Pièces pittoresques for piano solo; also arr. by the composer in his Suite pastorale for orchestra, in turn arranged by David M. Carp for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon.
“Village Dance” from Suite Pastorale (arr. John Gibson)
JB Linear Press; see also: Boston, MA.: Ione Press
Danse Villageoise (arr. Walton)
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
Uses clarinet in A.
Joyeuse Marche (arr. John Jay Hilfiger)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2007. cimarronmusic.com
Joyeuse Marche (Joyful March) (arr. John Gibson)
JB Linear Press; see also: Boston, MA.: Ione Press
España Rhapsody (arr. Bill Holcombe, Jr.)
Chesapeake, VA: Bill Holcombe’s Musicians Pub’s (http://billholcombe.com/)
Mauresque (Moorish) (arr. Mike Walton)
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
For student quintets.
8 Pieces from Pièces pittoresques (arr. Jean Françaix, 1984) pour dix instruments à vent
Mainz: B. Schott’s Sohne, 1985. Rental.
Originally for piano. Orchestrated for 2 flutes, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon and 2 horns. Movements: Mélancolie; Menuet pompeux (Pompous minuet); Sous bois (Under the Tree); Tourbillon (Whirlwind); Mauresque (Moorish); Danse villageoise (Village Dance); Idylle; Scherzo-valse. Duration: 26:00. Several movements were scored for orchestra by Chabrier under the title, Suite pastorale.
Scherzo-Valse (arr. Denwood)
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
For student quintets, but uses Clarinet in A.
Tourbillon (Whirlwind) (arr. Denwood)
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
Chadabe, Joel (1938- )
For Woodwinds (1974)
Written for the Dorian Wind Quintet and premiered by them, Sept. 26, 1972 in Albany, NY.
Chadwick, David B.
Three Sea Sketches
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
3 simple arrangements of traditional shanties: Haul Away Joe; Tom’s Gone to Hilo; Sailors Hornpipe.
Air from County Derry
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
Variations on an American Shaker Tune
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, 2004
Chadzijev, Paraskev (1912- )
3 Stücke for Bläserquintett (1942)
Chaffin, Lon W.
To the middle and back
Louisville, KY: Potenza Music Publishing, 2013.
Chagnon, Roland
Le Fantôme de l’étrange opéra
Editions Delatour
Duration: 8:30. The work is based on themes from Bizet’s Carmen (no, NOT The Phantom of the Opera), and may be performed with various, undescribed stage interpretations.
Chagrin, Francis (1905-1972)
Divertimento
London: Augener, 1952
New York: Galaxy Music Publishers
Stainer & Bell, Ltd.
Duration: 8:30.
Arthur Cohn in “The Literature of Chamber Music” describes this work as “Tuneful and light-hearted music, tonal, and with the lightest edge of contemporary fizz.”
Renaissance Suite (1962)
Originally written for chamber orchestra.
Serenade
Sept Petite Pieces (1966) for wind nonet
Novello
For 2 flutes, 1 oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 1 horn. Several movements appear to be available on YouTube.
Chaikovskii, Boris(1925-1996)
Sextet for woodwind quintet and harp
Moscow: Russkoe Myzykal’noe t-vo, 1996
Duration: 17:00.
Chailley, Jacques (1910-1999)
Suite Enfantine (1976)
Paris: Editions Salabert, 1976
Duration: 10:00. Movements: Sur trois notes; Calinette; Pagaie pas gaie; Valse sous la grand-halle; Postlude a la soiree d’une faunesse; Meditation; Quand trois poules vont aux champs. Originally written for brass ensemble.
Barcarolle
Paris: A. Leduc, 1948
Duration: 3:30.
Suite du XV siecle (1945)
Paris: A Leduc, 1967
also:
Suite sans pretention pour Monsieur de Molière (1953) for woodwind quintet and 3 ondes martinot
Chaitkin, David (1938-2011)
Nocturne (1991)
New York: McGinnis & Marx Music Pub., 1991 (previously Josef Marx.)
Duration: 12:00. Commissioned by the Quintet of the Americas and Chamber Music America and premiered by the Quintet of the Americas. (FYI, the Quintet (1985) is for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano.)
Challinger, Andrew(1950- )
Wind Chimes
Phylloscopus
Montem Music
See http://www.montemmusic.com/biography.shtml . Appears to be written for an advanced student ensemble.
Chaloupka, Frantisek (1981- )
Orestes by Euripides, for wind quintet (2006)
Check Prague: Ceska Hudebna Fond?
Duration: 17:00. Movements: 1. Starovĕké Řecko; 2. Renesance; 3. Klasicismus. See Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/.
Chamberlain, Nicole
Everything is Fine (2020)
Spotted Rocket Publishing (the composer’s publishing company), https://www.spottedrocket.com
Duration: 3:00. Commissioned by the Maryland Chamber Winds. Performed by the Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet. A recording is on the Spotted Rocket website (you have to search a bit to find it, though). Flutist uses extended techniques for percussive effects. In performance, you might consider amplifying just these flute effects but not the regular ensemble flute-playing.
Hit the Bricks (2020)
Spotted Rocket Publishing (the composer’s publishing company), https://www.spottedrocket.com
Commissioned by the Georgia Symphony Orchestra for members of the orchestra.
Lift Up (2022)
Spotted Rocket Publishing (the composer’s publishing company), https://www.spottedrocket.com
Commissioned by the Tennessee Technological University Foundation for the Cumberland Quintet (Tennessee Tech’s faculty quintet). Features English horn. Duration: 8:50. Video is available on the Spotted Rocket website.
See Chamberlain’s work for quintet and piano.
Chaminade, Cécile Louise Stephanie (1857-1944)
Scarf Dance (arr. Hicks)
Scarf Dance (arr. Henry Aaron)
See also: Aaron, Henry: Encore Pieces for Woodwind Quintet.
As nice as the Scarf Dance might be, with over 400 compositions it seems like arrangers could find something else by Chaminade worth working on. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Chan, Ka Nin (1949- )
Nature / Nurture for woodwind quintet and marimba (2002)
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Commissioned by the Estria Woodwind Quintet. Available on Spotify.
Treasured Pasture Leisure Pleasure (1989) for woodwind quintet and string orchestra.
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre Commissioned by the CBC for the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra.
Duration: 18:00.
Chan, Richard
Library Talk
Delaware Water Gap, PA: Shawnee Press
Duration: 7:00. Movements: Conversation; Catalog carnavaal; Fourth floor; Term paper.
According to the composer: “Library Talk was written during my graduate days at the University of California, Irvine. My composition professor, Dr Peter S Odegaard, had gotten some grant money and decided to hire a woodwind quintet. So his students were assigned the task of creating them music. To save time, I dug out various pieces and thematic ideas from my undergraduate days and tied them together as a tribute to all the hours I’d spent in the library doing research….” He describes the work as of moderate difficulty (mostly rhythmic) with some high horn parts.
Chance, Nancy Laird (1931- )
Woodwind Quintet (1983, revised 1990)
Saint Louis, MO: MMB Music, 1996
Duration: 15:00. Written for the Quintet of the Americas.
Chandler, Gus and Bert White and Henry Cohen
Canadian Capers (arr. Judith Kane)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Chandler, Mary(1911-1996)
Valse Emilie
London: Boosey, Hawkes, Belwin, inc., 1941.
Masquerade
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
also:
Badinages (1975) for double woodwind quintet
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications
Medfield, Massachusetts: Dorn Publications
Depicting life at a music center, the movements are Les Gammes; Les eaux; Le déménagement. For a description, see: http://faculty.washington.edu/gerhart/dwqbibliography/#C
Chang, Deborah (1952- )
Beginnings (1981, revised 1985) for woodwind quintet and projected visuals
According to H. Alais Boenke’s Flute Music by Women Composers, the work comes with abstract images on slides for 2 projectors. “This work creates an impression of suspended time, with metric freedom and elasticity recalling the ‘breath rhythm’ characteristic of Japanese gagku [gagaku?] and other Asian music….” Other than this entry, I have found no other information or source about this work online. It may have been written as a doctoral thesis at the University of North Texas. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Chang, Hui-Yen T.
Woodwind Quintet (1987)
Thesis (D.M.A.)–University of Maryland at College Park, 1988.
Chapman, Basil
Flurries
Needham, Mass.: Dorn Publications, 1981
Charbonnier, Ignacio Miró
Charles Soler, Agustí(1960- )
La Fira
Editorial Tritó ; see http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Zweideutig (1988)
Barcelona: Clivis, 1988
Duration: 12:00. Premiered by the Quinteto de viento Harmonia in Barcelona, 1990. See also: http://www.agustincharles.com/
Charpentier, Raymond (1880-1960)
Quintette (1922)
See the article about Raymond Charpentier in our Roaring Twenties Series.
Chasalow, Eric (1955- )
Narwal Song
Hollywood, Calif.: Alpheus Music Corp., 1975
Chattelun, Maurice (1912-2002)
Suite Inchoative
Joseph Boonin, Inc. (see European American Music-EAM)
Paris: Editions musicales transatlantiques, 1971
Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co.
Uses English horn instead of oboe. Movements: Rondo; Caprice; Cavatine; Eglogue.
Chaun, Frantisek (1921-1981)
Bläserquintett
Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
also:
Divertimento pro devet dechovych nastroju (Divertimento for nine wind instruments) (1961) for 1 flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons.
Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Chaushian, Levon Alexandri (alternatively: Chaushyan)(1946- 2022)
Five Pieces (1979)
Chávez, Carlos (1899-1978)
Soli No. 2 (1961)
New York: Mills Music, 1963 (now Belwin-Mills)
Recorded by the Quintetto de Alientos de la Ciudad de Mexico on
Spartacus 21018 (A Mexican label), on “Nueva Musica Mexicana,” The composer’s full name is Carlos Antonio de Padua Chavez y Ramirez. Duration: 19:00.
La Sandunga (arr. Asako Arai)
Arranged for the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet, a recital video of them performing this arrangement is on YouTube: https://youtu.be/F53QoOJd8lM
Chaynes, Charles (1925-2016)
Sérénade (1954)
Paris: Alphonse Leduc 1958
also:
Valeurs transposees (1981) for Woodwind Quintet, string quartet, piano, harp, guitar & percussion.
Cheetham, John (1939- )
Quintet for Woodwinds
Delaware Water Gap, Pa: Shawnee Press, 1979
Performed by the Missouri Arts Woodwind Quintet. Duration: 10:00.
Cheknavarian, Loris
Chemin-Petit, Hans Helmuth (1902-1981)
Quintett (1948)
Berlin: Robert Lienau Musikverlag, 1949
Duration: 22:00. Neo-classic style.
Suite “Dr. Johannes Faust”
Berlin: R. Lienau
Duration: 20:00.
Chen, Chiung-Yu(1969- )
Discolorations (2003)
From the database of the NCAF Taiwan Composers Database.
Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (2010)
From the database of the NCAF Taiwan Composers Database.
Chen, Yao
See Yao Chen
Chen Yi (1953- )
Woodwind Quintet (1987)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company, https://www.presser.com/, 1994
Duration: 9:00. See also: http://www.presser.com/composers/info.cfm?Name=CHENYI or see: http://library.newmusicusa.org/ChenYi
According to the composer: “The creative inspiration came from the booming tide of the Chaoyin Cave in the Putuo Mountain located in southeastern China: the dull chanting from the Buddhist nunnery; the reciting tunes played by Xiao, a Chinese traditional woodwind instrument; and the rude, primitive roaring by Changjian, a Tibetan low-range wind instrument.”
Feng (1998)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company, https://www.presser.com/, 1999
See http://www.presser.com/composers/info.cfm?Name=CHENYI for ordering info.
Duration: 12:00. Movements: Introduction; Rondo. Commissioned by the San Francisco Citywinds with a Chamber Music America award.
Woodwind Quintet No. 3, Suite from China West (2008)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company
Commissioned by Commissioned by the Upper New York State’s Humanities Corridor; first performed by Antara Winds. Duration: 13:00.Movements: Introduction; Zang Songs; Miao Dances.
Chenaux, Antoine (1899-1991)
Quintett (1939)
Manuscript: Swiss Music Archive, Zurich
Duration: 12:00.
Cheng, Anthony Yu-sum
Sketches for Wind Quintet
Chenette, Jonathan (1954- )
Spillville Variations (2003)
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 10:00. Based on themes composed by Dvořák in Spillville, Iowa. Theme and four variations. See www.amc.net/composers for more info.
Cheong, Simplicius (1942- )
Wind Quintet
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Reproduced and distributed by Australian Music Centre, [1999] see: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Cherney, Brian (1942- )
Woodwind Quintet (1965)
London, Ontario, Canada: Jaymar Music / Represented in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press, 1990
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Movements: I. Andante; II. Adagio; III. Allegro scherzando. Duration: 9:15. CMC citation notes an error in printing: First page of horn part is printed on bassoon part. First page of bassoon part is printed on horn part. (Don’t know if subsequent editions corrected this.) Recorded by the York Winds.
Mr. Cherney is a unique composer in that he often illustrates his scores and parts with antique illustrations that may or may not help the performers interpret the score (and may suggest multi-lingual puns). Sonically, he does much the same by adding quotations of nineteenth century works, or other more modern works and songs. In one (non-quintet work), Cherney illustrates the score so heavily with illustrations of Brahms’s love life and Jewish life in Austria in Brahms’s lifetime, that he allows the performers to just enjoy the score and forego performing the work if they wish. (See Brian Cherney: Collaborator and Composer by John Beckwith, Brian Cherney: Collaborator and Composer by John Beckwith. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Group Portrait–with Piano (1978)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Flute doubles on piccolo. Duration: 13:00. ¶ Commissioned by the York Winds through the Canada Council. Counterintuitively, this work is scored for normal woodwind quintet but requires the piano (without pianist) to be onstage with the quintet.
A problem of listing this work is that some sources say this work includes piano and other catalogs say that it doesn’t. In a way, it is both. In an article by John Bechwith, “Brian Cherney: Collaborator and Composer,” Beckwith explains the performance requirements for Group Portrait–with Piano: “The five wind players wear specific costumes and enact an elaborate comic scenario. In the end, a costumed figure emerges from the audience with a camera and poses the players for a flash portrait. There is no pianist: the piano is there simply as part of the stage setting, and the horn plays a few phrases into its sound-board. In his introduction, the composer refers to the score as a ‘cheap piece of theatrical and musical entertainment,’ and adds, ‘There is irony but no depth, symbolism but no meaning, form but no content.’” [ Andrew Brandt ]
Interlude and Variations (1965)
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
London, Ontario, Canada: Jaymar Music / Represented in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press, 1990
Recorded by the Ayorama Woodwind Quintet.
Duration: 8:00.
See Cherney’s works for winds and piano.
Cherubini, Luigi(1760-1842)
Bläserquintett in Es-Dur (arr. Hermann Dechant)
Vienna: Apollon Musikoffizin, 2002
This may be an arrangement of one of Cherubini’s string quartets, possibly No. 1 in E-flat major. The only quintet I’ve found that Cherubini wrote is a March for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and double bass. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Chevreuille, Raymond (1901-1976)
Divertissement, Op. 21 (1942)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1962
Duration: 16:00.
Serenade pour quintette à vent, Op. 65 (1956)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1958
Duration: 14:00.
Chiang, Tschen Kang
Quintet
Performed by the Tonkunstlerquintett
Chihara, Paul (1938- )
Suite for harp and wind quintet
Child, Peter (1953- )
Wind Quintet, 1983
Childs, Barney (1926-2000)
First Wind Quintet (1961)
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1964
Duration: 15:00.
Second Wind Quintet (1963)
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1962
Duration: 16:00.
Third Wind Quintet (1964)
New York: American Composer’s Alliance, 1964
Dedication: “For Joe Byrd and the members of the New Music
Workshop at UCLA.” Aleatoric music. Duration: 6:00.
Fourth Wind Quintet (1967)
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1967
Duration: 11:00.
Fifth Wind Quintet (1969)
Champaign, Ill.: Media Press, 1970
The piece has eleven movements. At least some are chance music.
also:
Four Pieces for Six Winds (1977) for woodwind quintet and saxophone
Take Five (1962) for any 5 instruments.
Any Five (1965) Use any 5 of 8 parts provided.
Interbalances V (for woodwind quintet and saxophone)
New York: American Composers Alliance
See Child’s work for winds and piano.
Childs, Billy(1957- )
Fugue in Perpetual Motion in B♭ Major (1999)
Commissioned by the Dorian Wind Quintet
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, Lee Hoiby, Billy Childs, George Perle and Bruce Adolphe.
See Billy Child’s A Day in the Forest of Dreams for quintet and piano.
Chiriac, Mircea(1919-1994)
Cvintet (1982)
One movement. Source: Biblioteca Uniunii Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România
Chiroşcǎ, Bogdan (1975- )
Woodwind Quintet (Cvintet de Suflatori) (2007)
Available on the International Music Score Library Project, http://imslp.org/ .
Score and parts available on IMSLP.
Chisholm, Erik (1904-1965)
Sarabande for woodwind quintet and trumpet
Unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
http://www.erikchisholm.com/
Chitchyan, Geghuni (Chetecheyan, Chitchian) (1929- )
Two Woodwind Quintets for Young Players (1977)
Vuarmarens, Switzerland: Editions Bim, Armenian Composers Series, 2002
Duration: 6:00. Movements: Meditations; Joyeuse Disposition.
Chiu, Yen-Ning
Summer’s Dream (2012)
Duration: 7:00. From the NCAF Taiwan Composers Database.
Chivers, Derek (1958- )
Wind Quintet (1983)
British Music Collection, https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/composer/derek-chivers
Alto flute replaces flute. Duration: 9:00.
Chlebuš, Marek
Scherzo
Chlubna, Osvald (1893-1971)
Bläserquintett, Op. 45 (1936)
Serenade, Op. 63 (1945)
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Prelude, Op. 28, #6 (arr. Henry Aaron)
Photocopy available in the Indiana University Music Library, Bloomington.
Minute Waltz (arr. Bill Schuetter)
Imagine Music; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Duration: 1:50.
Ecossaises, Op. 72, No. 3 (arr. Jean Françaix, 1989) for double woodwind quintet
Mainz: B. Schott Sohne, 1989
Chopin, Kate (1850-1904)
Lilia’s Polka (ca. 1899)(arr. Barbara Harbach)
St. Louis: Vivace Press
Primarily famous as a writer, Kate Chopin wrote short stories and novels, including writing about life in Louisiana where she lived during her 18-year marriage. A half century after her death, she became known as a predecessor to modern feminist writing and is now considered an essential American author. (While living in Louisiana myself, I toured her Cloutierville plantation home which was later destroyed by fire.) Also a pianist (and, with a name like Chopin, why not?), she reportedly had an excellent ear and dabbled in composition, including this work for piano, named after her daughter, Lelia. This work’s arranger, Barbara Harbach, is herself a keyboard artist, professor of music, and promoter of women in music. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Chou Wen-chung (1923- )
Suite for Harp and Wind Quintet (1951)
New York, C. F. Peters Corp., 1951 (P6205)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus
Duration: 6:40. First performed by the
Metropolitan Wind Quintet with Marietta Bitter, harpist, in New York City, Feb. 22, 1952. See the composer’s website for details and a recording: https://chouwenchung.org/composition/suite-for-harp-and-wind-quintet/ .
Excerpt from a New York Herald review: “The most striking new presentation was the Suite for Harp and Wind Quintet by Chou Wen-Chung…. Harmonically, the suite is as Western as its delicate modalism will allow. Texturally, it is more exotic, the five traditional Chinese melodies…. acquire a wealth of harmonic and instrumental color without losing their essential monodic character. That the suite is a thorough expressive success…is immediately apparent.” Further, Grove Music Online says that the Suite “based on five Chinese melodic patterns, synthesizes his philosophy on the merging of East and West….”
also:
Twilight Colors (2007) for double trio of flute/alto flute, oboe/English horn, clarinet/bass clarinet and violin, viola and cello.
New York: C. F. Peters (EP68193)
With its doubling, the winds are actually two trios, making the work, essentially, 3 trios performed by 6 musicians. Duration: 16:00.
Yün (1969) for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, and piano
New York: C.F. Peters, 1971 (EP6976)
Duration: 15:00. See Chou’s website: https://chouwenchung.org/composition/yun/ for info and a recording.
Although written in 1969, this work would fit comfortably in a concert with 21st century music, too.
Seven Poems of T’ang Dynasty for High Voice and Instrumental Ensemble
Theodore Presser
Solo high voice, woodwind quintet, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, piano
Chretién, Hedwige (1859-1944)
Quintett in B-Major en deux mouvements (ca. 1887)
Paris: Millereau, 1887
San Antonio: Southern Music.
Available from the International Music Score Library Project. http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
2 movements. Duration: 7:35. Recorded by Quintette Allegria on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgnRLfVizH8 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJoais0ssGw .
See Chrétien’s Arabesque for winds and piano.
Christ, William
Quintet
Christensen, James
Clearly Classical
Kendor Music, Inc.
Five for the Fun of It (mixed woodwind quintet)
Deleven, N.Y.: Kendor Music Inc.,1962
For flute, oboe, (or B-flat clarinet substitute part), B-flat clarinet, F horn (or tenor saxophone sub.), bassoon (or B-flat clarinet sub.). Playing time: 1:20.
Folk Fling
United States?: National Music Pub., 1981
Duration: 5:00.
Greensleeves (arr. James Christensen)
Delevan, NY: Kendor Music
A traditional English tune, probably from the 16th century; the tune is also used for the Christmas Carol “What Child is This.”
Romance in B-flat Major
Deleven, N.Y.: Kendor Music Inc.
Songs of America (arranged)
Delevan, N.Y.: Almitra Music Co., sole selling agent,
Kendor Music, 1975
Flute doubles on piccolo.
Music at the Movies (arr. James Christensen)
Includes: That’s Entertainment; The Trolly Song; Somewhere Over the Rainbow; Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious; Someday My Prince Will Come; Moon River; America; As Time Goes By; Singing in the Rain; Hooray for Hollywood.
Christensen, Otto Martin
Four Disorders
Forton Music; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Duration: 10:00.
“…the composer has tried to depict musically four medical conditions – Tics, Insomnia, OCD and ADHD. Full of nervous jumps and shakes, heavy ostinati, pulsating melodies and dense chromatic harmonies….”
Christopher, Keith
Windscapes, Vol. 1
Kansas City, Mo.: Pilot Point Music, Allegis Publications, 2001
May also be published by Lillenas Publishing Co.
An arrangement of several hymns, the work is listed as being for woodwind quintet, woodwind quintet and piano, and woodwind quintet and harp, with various other instrumental substitutions as well. It is probably intended for student performers.
Windscapes, Vol. 2
Lillenas Publishing Co.
Chuang, Se-Lien (1965- )
holz-blech, Bläserquintett für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn & Fagott (1997)
manuscript
Duration: 4:07. See also: http://avant.mur.at/chuang/ . Born in Taiwan, residing in Austria, she has composed a variety of works for Chinese instruments, traditional orchestra instruments, and recorders.
Chuliá, Salvador
Euterpe
Valencia (Espana): Piles, 1993
Chung yang yueeh t’uan. Mu kuan wu ch’ung tso tsu.
Tou yu i k’o hung liang ti hsin: mu kuan wu ch’ung tsou
Pei-ching (Beijing): Jen min yin yueeh ch’u pan she, 1977
Arrangement of excerpt from opera Hung teng chi.
My knowledge of Chinese is execrable, so I may have details of this all wrong, but it appears to be listed under some governmental organization. Perhaps a Chinese-speaking musician can sort this out for me. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Cibulka, Franz (1946- )
Bläserquintett 1 (1976)
See also: http://www.artofcibulka.com
Bläserquintett 2 (1982)
Bläserquintett 3
also:
Basseto (2011) for basset horn and woodwind quintet
See the composer’s website to order and listen to a recording: http://www.artofcibulka.com. There are several versions of this work, including those with basset horn and clarinet choir or wind orchestra or with orchestra. Duration: 12:00.
Cicchese, David
Toccata No. 5 (1969)
Cieslik, Kurt
Suite
Manuscript: Library of Congress
Cikker, Ján (1911-1989)
Scherzino für Bläserquintett, Op. 12, No. 3 (1934)
See also: http://hc.sk/en/hudba/osobnost-detail/974-jan-cikker
also:
Spomienky (Memories), Op. 25 for woodwind quintet and string orchestra (1947)
Slovensky hudobny fond; Opus, Hudobny fond
Although not a concerto, the five winds are a fairly prominent part of the composition. Listen to it on YouTube and you can decide if this work features the quintet, or if the winds are part of the total ensemble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEuyUKpoY58 .
Cilensek, Johann (1913- )
Quintett (1975)
Leipzig: Peters, 1978
Duration: 13:00.
Cimarosa, Domenico (1749-1801)
Concerto en Sol (arr. Ted Plambeck)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Movements: Allegro; Andante-Allegretto; Allegro. There is no indication which concerto this is an arrangement of. The score also misspells the composer as “Cimerosa.” One would think a publisher with the name, Cimarron Music, would be sensitive to that!
Concerto for Oboe and double woodwind quintet (arr. Marc Fink)
TrevCo Music
Cioffari, Richard
Variations on a Theme of Grieg
Tallevast, Florida: Trevco Music Publishing
Flute doubles piccolo with an optional alto flute part. Parts for clarinet in B-flat and A. The theme is from Norwegian Dance, Op. 35, No. 2.
Cionek, Edmund (1950- )
Fifteen Fake Folk Songs (2004)
New York: American Music Center
Flute doubles on piccolo; oboe doubles on English horn. Duration: 10:40.
The composer states, “Fifteen Fake Folk Songs was written for the Quintet Of The Americas and was premiered by them in 2004 in New York. Each short song reflects an urban sensibility such as ‘The Dryer is Broken’ or ‘I Just Got $50 from Meet The Composer’. Performers are called upon to play and act. Humor is an important element.
Cipci, Kruno (1930-2002)
Miniatures (1965)
Ljubljana: Edicije Drustva Slovenskih Skladateljev, 1973
Duration: 8:00.
Cipra, Milo (1906-1985)
5 intermezza za dubrovačku komediju (5 Intermezzos for a Dubrovnik Comedy) (1950) for woodwind quintet
There are limited resources for Croatian music research online. Can anybody help identify additional publishers or sources?
Quintett (1964)
Svitanje (Aubade) (1965)
Beograd (Belgrade): Savez Kompozitora Jugoslavije, 1974
It is possible that the 1965 Aubade and the 1964 work are one and the same from different quintet lists.
Simetrije (Symmetries) (1976)
also:
Musica sine nomine (1963) for 5 winds, piano, and voice
Civil, Alan (1929-1989)
Five Minatures
London: Broadbent & Dunn, 1990 (Digital Download)
A noted hornist, his chamber music credits include playing with the London Wind Players and the London Wind Quintet.
“Parts of English folk tunes and sea shanties appear and disappear, playing peek-a-boo with lovely, original melodic ideas. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.’ — Special Flute New Issue, July 1997
Čivilis, Marius
Karman Vortex (2010) for woodwind quintet and live electronics
Duration: 15:00.
Civilotti, Alejandro
Fantasia para Quinteto de Viento (1987)
Joventus Musicals de Barcelona, Pau Claris 139 4rt, 08009 Barcelona
This work won First Prize at the Concurs de Joves Compositors de JJMM Barcelona 1987.
Clapp, Philip Greeley (1888-1954)
Prelude and Finale (1938)
London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1941
Prelude, Variations & Finale for woodwind quintet
Iowa City [Iowa]: Eble Music Co., 1975
Complete, corrected edition. Originally published: Prelude and finale. London: Boosey & Hawkes, c1941.
All his manuscripts are in the Music Library of the University of Iowa.
Clarahan, Erwyn
The Lamb
Pub. by Erwin Clarahan; see also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Clarke, Alphonse, Comte de Feltre (Count of Feltre) (1806-1850)
Quintette
Also known as Alphonse de Feltre. He was a student of Anton Reicha, so it would not be surprising if he wrote his own woodwind quintets. However, I have not been able to confirm that his quintets were actually written as woodwind quintets or some other instrumentation.
Clark, John
I Will
A soft, gentle jazz ballad for woodwind quintet, it is included in a recorded concert by the Imani Winds, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOqT51Ll1Zk, at about the 13:58 minute mark. Duration: 5:15.
Clark, Larry (1963- )
Quintet No. 1 for Winds
New York, NY: Carl Fischer, 2009
Clarke, Henry Leland (1907-1992)
Saraband for the Golden Goose (1957)
New York, American Composers Alliance 1957, Composers Facsimile Edition
Duration: 4:00. There is also a version for orchestra.
Concatenata, Quodlibet for woodwind quintet (1969)
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1969
Duration: 8:00.
Solo Suite (1969)
Clarke, Mitchell
Solo Suite
Delevan, N.Y.: Kendor Music, 1975
Duration: 5:00.
Clauberg, Claus(1890-1963)
Bläserquintett (1953)
Manuscript in the Landesbibliothek Mecklenburg-Vorpommern im Landesamt für Kultur und Denkmalpflege, Schwerin, Germany.
Kleine Suite in 6 Sätzen (1963) (Short Suite in 6 Movements for woodwind quintet)
Manuscript in the Landesbibliothek Mecklenburg-Vorpommern im Landesamt für Kultur und Denkmalpflege, Schwerin, Germany
Alf Clausen & Danny Elfman
Simpsons Medley(arr. Kevin Harris)
Performed by the Blythwood Winds
Clay, Paul
Line, interrupted (2001)
British Music Information Center ??
Flute doubles on alto flute. Duration: 13:00.
Cleary, David (1954- )
Woodwind Quintet (1976)
American Music Center, 1976
Duration: 12:00.
Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (“Berkshire Pilgrimage”) (1991)
Movements: Moderately slow; Fast; Slow; Moderately slow – Extremely fast – Moderately. Duration: 19:30.
Cleemput, Werner van(1930-2006)
5 Bagatellen
Brussels: J. Maurer
Suite voor Filip (1978) (Suite for Philip, for woodwind quintet)
Brussels: J. Maurer
Duration: 17:00. Movements: Wandeling 1949; Zeeldraaiers en mandemakers; Tombe voor Filip; Wuitens.
Clementi, Muzio (1752-1832)
Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 4, First movement (arr. Jennifer Stevens)
Eighth Note Publications; see also http://www.windmusicsales.com/
Originally for piano. Duration: 2:05.
Clemson, Gareth (a.k.a. CHEZZ)(1933- )
Wind Quintet (1983)
unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
Duration: 17:00.
Coates, Gloria (1938- )
Five Poems (1977)
Manuscript.
American-born, Coates moved to Munich in 1969 and has been a part of the region’s cultural and academic life since. Thus, this work was performed by the Bläserquintett des SWF. The Five Poems are likely those by Emily Dickenson, whose poetry she frequently uses for inspiration. This title is NOT included in the extensive list of Coates’s works ( http://www.pytheasmusic.org/coates_gloria.html ), however, and it could conceivably refer to her “Five Abstractions of the Poems of Emily Dickinson” of 1975 for woodwind quartet (flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, clarinet/bass clarinet; and bassoon. Or, it might be exclusively written for the SWF Quintet.
Coatman, Graham
Mozart More (or less), Bicentenary Tribute for double woodwind quintet
Only available from the composer, see http://www.grahamcoatman.org/
A one-movement pastiche of themes by Mozart, written for the Bicentennial of the death of Mozart; composed for the Bradford University Mozart Bicentenary Concert in 1991. Duration: 5:00.
Coban, Vincentiu-Cristian (1955- )
Ethos I
American Music Center
Duration: 9:00.
Cobb, George Linus (1886-1942)
Russian Rag (1918) based on Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C-sharp Minor (arr. Jim O’Briant)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2007 cimarronmusic.com
A unique, classic recording of this on accordion is available on the Library of Congress website: http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/7368 .
Cochrane, Donald Alexander(?1928- )
Woodwind Quintet
Available from the composer: 5 Dianne Rd., Erin, Ontario N0B1T0 CANADA.
Coelha, Joaquim
Pedra da Galeia
Listed in Amy L. Likar, The New York Woodwind Quintet: A Continuing Legacy, Ohio State University, 1999. Otherwise I cannot find any info on the composer or the composition.
Coenen, Johannes Meinardus (1824-1899)
Quintet in A Minor
Amsterdam: Edition Compusic, 1992
Movements: Allegro; Andante; Scherzo; Finale, Allegro. Duration: 28:00. Composer was a Dutch bassoonist and conductor. The Grove Music Online article on Coenen erroneously gives the key for this quintet as A Major and gives the composition date of 1990, which would have been 91 years after his death. The Viotta Ensemble’s lively recording is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fmxy2oxoQVo?feature=shared and also includes a short biography of the composer.
See a quick reference to Coenen’s Quintet for winds and piano.
Coenen, Paul
Praludium und Doppelfuge, Op. 87 (1976)
Berlin: Astoria Verlag
Duration: 7:00.
Cohan, George M. (1878-1942)
arrangements
George M. Cohan Medley (arr. by Paul A. Nagle)
W. Trenton, NJ: Musicians Publications, 1984
Chesapeake, VA: Bill Holcombe’s Musicians Pub’s (http://billholcombe.com/)
George M. Cohan Favorites (arr. Judith Katz)
Pub. by Judith Katz; See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Unfortunately, the listing I saw only showed the first tune in the favorites: ‘You’re a Grand Old Flag.”
“Over There” (1917)(arr. Judith Katz)
Pub. by Judith Katz; See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
“You’re a Grand Old Flag” (1906)(arr. Judith Katz)
Pub. by Judith Katz; See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Cohen, Allen
Picnic (2003)
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 18:00. See also:
http://www.allenlcohen.com/html/home.htm
Cohen, David (1927- )
Wind Quintet
New York: Circle Blue Print Co.
Cohen, Denis (1952- )
Hamilton Multiphonic Quintett (1980) for alto flute and piccolo; oboe and English horn; clarinet and bass clarinet; bassoon and contrabassoon; and horn.
Paris: Nodus
Program notes can be found at the IRCAM catalog, http://brahms.ircam.fr/works/work/7472/ . The composition is named after the astronomer and mathematician William Rowan Hamilton.
Cohen, Marcos
Quinteto Miniatura No. 1
Duration: 0:45. Recorded by the Quinteto Brasília.
Cohen, Nadav (1983- )
Labyrinths, Seven Pieces for Woodwind Quintet (2005)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Center
Duration: 12:00. MP3 and Score sample available on http://www.israelcomposers.org/
Cohen, Shai(1968- )
STYX V+1 (2022) for wind quintet and vibraphone
Tel Aviv: Israeli Music Center (for rent)
A recording with score is available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/F79VnMem2X0
This work, in addition to the novelty of using vibraphone, uses many aleatoric techniques including multiphonics, glissandos, key pops, improvised patterns, and occasional bowed notes on the vibraphone. Experience rehearsing and performing with a non-metric score (without barlines) would be a big advantage in learning this work. The recording on Youtube is very well done! STYX V+1 (I assume the V is Roman numeral 5) is certainly not everybody’s cup of tea, but after a couple of listenings, it seems enigmatically attractive. Worth a listen and possibly a performance for the right quintet and the right audience. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Cohen, Shimon(1937- )
Dance Quintet (2003)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute, https://www.imi.org.il/
Duration: 30:00.
Four Yiddish Songs (2000)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute, https://www.imi.org.il/
Arrangements of 4 songs. Duration: 8:00.
Cohen, Sol B. (pen name for Andre Vaneuf) (1891-1988)
Suite
New York, Boston: C. Fischer, 1938
Movements: Forest lullaby; Minuet-fantasy; March-miniature. Duration: 8:20. The March-miniature movement may have been published separately.
Quintet No. 2
Melville: Belwin-Mills
New York: Pro-Art Publications, 1940
Cohen, Steve (1954- )
Wind Quintet (1983, revised 1992)
Available from the composer through Amazon.com (see his website)
American Music Center
Duration: 10:00. 3 movements.
Extensive program notes of this work are available on the NewMusicUSA website. Recorded by the Pennsylvania Quintet on Centaur Records.
With a plethora of Steven Cohens, I was finally able to narrow down these works to the only, living Steve Cohen I could contact on the web. Nevertheless, this NYC-based composer should not be confused with Steve Cohn who is clearly a separate, Los Angeles based composer (see below). There is also an additional Steven Cohen who is a guitarist and unrelated to our Steve Cohen. There may be a separate composing Steven Cohen, but I no longer can find online references to him. If any readers know of any other quintet-writing Steven Cohens, please contact me! [ Andrew Brandt ]
Champagne Rag (by J. Lamb, arranged by Steve Cohen)
See Steve Cohen’s website (link above)
Ragtime Nightingale by J. Lamb (arr. Steve Cohen)
Capriccio by Johannes Brahms, Op. 76, No. 2(arr. Steve Cohen)
Danse “Tarantelle Styrienne” by Claude Debussy (arr. Steve Cohen)
Deux Arabesques by Claude Debussy (arr. Steve Cohen)
See also Steve Cohen’s Sextet for winds and piano.
Cohn, James (Myron) (1928-1921)
Quintet No. 1 for Winds, Op. 36b (1981)
This piece is a reworking of his Third String Quartet.
Quintet No. 2 for Winds, Op. 10/70 (1947/1992)
Recorded by The Quintet of the Americas. See also: http://www.jamescohnmusic.com/
Little Overture, Op. 59 (1982)
Strutting Butterflies (1990)
Arkansas Reel (1994)
Duration: 3:00. Recorded by the Quintet of the Americas and available on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOSIt4ohPNM
Sourwood Mountain Variations (2018)
Recorded by the Quintet of the Americas and available on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOSIt4ohPNM
also:
Kid Ory’s Muskrat Ramble (arr. James Cohn)
James P. Johnson’s The Carolina Shout (arr. James Cohn)
Shenandoah (arr. James Cohn)
All three arrangements were made for the Quintet of the Americas.
See more James Cohn’s music for piano and winds.
Cohn, Stephen
Metaphors and Contrasts
Burbank, CA: Friendly Hippo Music, 2013
Coiteux, Francis
Touenou Sans Peur
Notissimo Editeur
Cojocaru, Dora (1963- )
Cinci moment efemere (1996)
Copy of the original at Montreal: Canadian Music Centre
Movements: I. Animato; II. Scorrevole; III. Concitato; IV. Addolorato; V. Ardente. First performed at the Académie de musique, Cluj, Roumanie; Ensemble Ars Nova. See also a PDF from http://www.mueller-schade.com/downloads/Portrait/Dora%20Cojocaru.pdf
Dati-mi lampa lui Aladin (Give Me Aladdin’s Lamp) (1998) for woodwind quintet, mezzo-soprano and percussion
Montreal: Canadian Music Centre
Texts in German, Hungarian and Romanian, by Emil Botta, Dan Botta, Georg Trakl, Rainer-maria Rilke, Ady Endre. Movements (with author of text in parentheses: 1. O mein Bruder (G. Trackl); 2. Descindere (E. Botta); 3. Magicianul (R.M. Rilke); 4. Oberon (E. Botta); 5. O mein Bruder (ohne Text / without text); 6. Mistuire (E. Ady); 7. Liniste (D. Botta); 8. O mein Bruder (G. Trakl).
Coker, Wilson (1928- )
Woodwind Quintet in Three Movements (1955)
Bryn Mawr, Pa.: T. Presser Co., 1964
Dedication to: Society for the Publication of American Music, 43rd season, 1962-1963. Duration: 26:00.
Colaço Osorio-Swaab, Reine (1881-1971)
Suite voor blazers (1948)
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus, 1948
Duration: 10:00. See her biography in Wikipedia.
Cole, Elliot
The Fisherman and His Wife (arr. Doug Balliett) (2011)
Arranged for the Washington Square Winds.
Cole, Hugo (1917-1995)
Serenade for nine wind instruments
London: Novello, 1966
For flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns.
Coleman, Randolph (1937- )
Light Blue, April (1975)
Baltimore, MD: Smith Publications, 1988
Projection No. 4
Coleman, Valerie (1970- )
UMOJA, The First Day of Kwanzaa (2001)
Richmond, Va.: International Opus, 2003
Umoja is Swahili for “unity.” Valerie Coleman is flutist with the Imani Winds. Duration: 2:35. The Imana Winds perform by memory in this video. Chamber Music America listed this work as one of its “Top 101 Great American Ensemble Works.”
In my opinion, if your professional woodwind quintet wants to be considered a relevant 21st century ensemble, especially if you are American, you need to perform one or more of Valerie Coleman’s quintets. Her original voice, which mixes Southern blues, a proud African-American heritage, New York urban sounds, jazz, and even Caribbean rhythms, is unique and compelling. (Also check out the Imani Winds’ hornist Jeff Scott’s works.) [ Andrew Brandt ]
Afro-Cuban Concerto, for woodwind quintet (2001)
Richmond, Va.: International Opus, 2006
3 movements: Afro (based on the Afro-Cuban clave rhythm), Vocalise (prayer evolving into a hot Havana day) and Danza (quick rhumba with variations). Duration: 15:00.
The Los Angeles Times referred to this work as an “engaging showpiece, deftly woven polyrhythmic lines — suggesting the pulse of Cuban clave and even James Brown.”
Red Clay and Mississippi Delta (2009)
Subtitled, “Scherzo for wind quintet”. Duration: 5:25. See the Imani Winds’ video of a live performance with the composer on flute.
According to the composer: “Red Clay and Mississippi Delta is a light scherzo work that references my family’s background of living in Mississippi. From the juke joints and casino boats that line the Mississippi river, to the skin tone of my relatives from the area: a dark skin that looks like it came directly from the red clay. The solo lines are instilled with personality, meant to capture the listener’s attention as they wail with ‘bluesy’ riffs that are accompanied (‘comped’) by the rest of the ensemble. The result is a virtuosic chamber work that merges classical technique and orchestration with the blues dialect and charm of the south.”
“speech, and canzone” (2002) for woodwind quintet and mp4
Duration: 12:00. .
Concerto for Wind Quintet
Although titled a concerto, it’s for woodwind quintet alone, but features each of the instruments virtuosically. Duration: 15:35. Recorded by the Imani Winds, listen on YouTube: Afro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkqD2YLpjtY . Danza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4gMX9lja68 . Vocalise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TffcNbq_FgI . Contact the composer on her site or the Imani Winds website, to see if the parts are available for sale.
Listening to the online versions on YouTube (and not on the Imani Winds album, the classical underground, it’s unclear of the exact order of the movements. But Afro and Danza definitely should be the high energy outer movements and the Vocalise the inner, more contemplative movement. And when I say “high energy”, I’m talkin’ launching a rocket into deep space explosive energy. Listen and decide for yourself. Recommended for the hip, professional quintet. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Suite: Portraits of Josephine (2006) ballet
The full 45-minute work is a “Ballet in 8 Movements” for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon/soprano sax, horn, kit and percussion. Based on jazz vocals of Josephine Baker. Recorded by the Imani Winds in “Life of le jazz hot!”
Suite: Portraits of Josephine (2006)
A shorter version of the ballet suite in 4 movements.
Tzigane (2011)
Duration: 9:00. A recording of a live performance by the Imani Winds (at the Mannes College of Music) begins with this work, although it is not announced until the work is completed. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOqT51Ll1Zk . It is also now recorded on CD by the Imani Winds.
Arrangements by Valerie Coleman:
See also her arrangement of Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika by Enoch Mankayi Sontonga
Afro Blue, by Mongo Santamaria
VColeman Music Store: http://www.vcolemanmusic.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html
Spirituals, Vol. 1 (arr. by Valerie Coleman)
Richmond, Va.: International Opus, 2001
3 movements: Little David Play on Your Harp!; Steal Away; Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit. Duration: 10:00.
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing, by James Weldon Johnson & J. Rosamund Johnson
VColeman Music Store: http://www.vcolemanmusic.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html
Various Holiday Songs from the Album: “This Christmas with Imani Winds”
VColeman Music Store: http://www.vcolemanmusic.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html
Includes: Go Tell It On The Mountain; The Holly and The Ivy; Jingle Bells; Let It Snow; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; Silent Night; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (New). See the composer’s website for links to the recording via Amazon and iTunes.
See Coleman’s Sextet with piano.
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875-1912)
A ba boleki nwana! (They Will Not Lend Me a Child!) (arr. Adam Lesnick)
Richmond, VA: International Opus
An adaption of an East African folk-song.
See also Coleridge-Taylor’s Nonet for winds, strings and piano.
Colgrass, Michael (1932- )
Woodwind Quintet (1962)
New York: MCA Music / Universal 1970
4 movements in a freely atonal style. See critique in Arthur Cohn in “The Literature of Chamber Music.” Premiered by the Dorian Quintet.
Colomer, B. M. (Blai Maria Colomer i Pérez or Blas María…)(1840-1917)
Menuet
Paris: Evette & Schaeffer, ca. 1870
New York: Carl Fischer, 1970 (not listed in current catalog)
Parts also included in the Andraud 22 Quintets. SEE listing under Andraud. Parts may also be freely downloaded from the IMSLP Petrucci Music Library at http://imslp.org/wiki/Menuet_for_Wind_Quintet_(Colomer,_Blas_Mar%C3%ADa_de).
Bourrée
A companion piece to the Menuet, it appears only to be available through the Andraud woodwind quintet collection, which also publishes the Menuet (see under Andraud).
Collins, Amanda (1970- )
Toon Cat (1995) for woodwind quintet and bass clarinet
unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
Flute doubles on piccolo.
Coman, Nicola (1936- )
Divertissement (1964)
Comes, Liviu (1918-2004)
Divertisment pentru cvintet de suflatori (1964)
Bucuresti: Editura Muzicala, 1970
See also the composer’s article in the Romanian version of Wikipedia.
Comitas, Alexander(1957- )
Eris, Op. 10 (1982) for double woodwind quintet, cello and double bass
Amsterdam: MuziekGroep Nederland
Alexander Comitas is a pseudonym for Eduard de Boer (according to the Dutch-language version of Wikipedia). Duration: 10:00. Commissioned by the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. Parts may be rental.
Comman, Robert
Variations with Flourishes & Final Excursion (1979)
Premiered by the Dorian Wind Quintet, 1979 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Con, Karel (1951- )
Obrazy (Paintings) for woodwind quintet (1975)
Condon, Fernando (1955- )
Cuatro piezas pequeñas (1981-83)
Duration: 7:00. Composer is Uruguayan.
Cone, Edward T. (1917-2004)
Funeral Stanzas (1965)
New York: E.B. Marks Music Company, 2013?
Flute doubles on piccolo, oboe doubles on English horn. 12-tone serial style.
also:
Divertimento for Woodwinds (1940-46) for flute, oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, bassoon.
Conklin, Andrew
Tour Bus (2021)
Contact the composer: https://www.andrewconklin.net/
Duration: 9:00.Written for and premiered by the Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet. Conklin is an Assistant Professor of Composition and Music Theory at the University of the Pacific.
also:
Family Fun Night (2015) for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, bassoon and percussion
Duration: 15:00.
Conley, Lloyd (1924- )
Diversion No. 2
South Lebanon, Indiana: Studio Publications
also:
Celebrate America(arr. Lloyd Conley)
Delevan, NY: Kendor Music
Features: America the Beautiful; Yankee Doodle Visits Dixie; The Stars and Stripes Forever; America.
Connolly, Justin (1933- )
Sestina A, Op. 25a (1972) for piano and woodwind quintet (now lost)
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Duration: 20:00. See also: eis.bris.ac.uk/~munbh/justinconnolly
Canaries, Op. 44 (2004)
First performed by the Harlequin Wind Quintet.
Conord, Charles
Dans les Vallées profondes
Notissimo Editeur
Paris: Alphonse Leduc
For solo horn with flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon accompaniment.
Conrad, Con
The Continental (arr. Keith Gemmell)
Pub. by Keith Gemmell
Converse, Frederick Shepherd (F.S.)(1871-1940)
Adagio, Op. 30 (1897) for double woodwind quintet(edited by Bruce Gbur)
Manhattan, KS: Prairie Dawg Press, 2011
Manuscript is at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
The work was composed while Converse was studying with Joseph Rheinberger in Munich. The 2011 edition appears to be the first publication of the dectet.
Conway, Michael
Constant, Franz(1910-1996)
Musique à Cinq, Op. 83 (1977)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM)
Constantinides, Dinos (1929- )
Dedications for Woodwind Quintet: five atonal and 12-tone studies (1970-77)
New York: Seesaw Music (ASCAP)
Constantinides, Sylvia (1962- )
Scenes, Op. 32 for woodwind quintet (2004)
See also: http://www.sylviaconstantinidis.com/ . 4 movements; Duration: 7:00.
Macondo Poems, Op. 41 (2005) for piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon
See http://library.newmusicusa.org/. Duration: 8:30.
See Sylvia Constantinides’s Amaranta sextet.
Contreras, Salvador (1910-1982)
Dos Piezas Dodecafonicas (Two 12-tone Pieces) (1966)
Juarez, Mexico: Centro Nacional de Investigacion, Documentacion e Informacion Musical Carlos Chavez
There seems to be some difference of opinion on whether Contreras was born in 1910, but the current consensus appears to be 1910.
Allan Kozinn, in his Jan. 13, 1991 review in The New York Times, wrote, “Salvador Contreras’s ‘Dos Piezas Dodecafonicas’ (1966), a wind quintet, was a pleasant reminder that 12-tone writing can be lyrical – in this case, Copland-like – when composers wish.”
Conyngham, Barry (1944- )
Five (1970-71)
Possibly published by Universal.
Cooke, Arnold (1906-2005)
Quintet (1961)
Melville: Belwin-Mills / EMI Music, Inc.
3 movements. Duration: 13:00. See also: http://www.musicweb.uk.net/cooke/index.htm .
also:
Sinfonietta (1954) for woodwind quintet, string quartet, trumpet, and doublebass
Passacaglia, Scherzo and Finale (1931) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and string quartet
Cooke, Michael (1970- )
Medieval Suite
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2008. cimarronmusic.com
Movements: In the Royal Court; The Young Maidens Dance (“jeu de Robins et de Marion” by Adam de la Halle); The Peasants’ Dance (Istampita Palamento). A version is also available for brass quintet. See also: http://www.michaelkcooke.com/index.html .
The Atlantis Quintet (1989-91, revised 1993)
Cooney, Cheryl L. (1953- )
Age and Fortune (1992) for baritone and woodwind quintet
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
It’s not completely clear, but this appears to be for the brass baritone, not the voice.
Cooney, John (1967- )
Undertow (1995-1997) for woodwind quintet, string quartet, double bass, piano, harp, percussion
music available from: British Music Information Centre – New Voices Project
See http://www.bmic.co.uk/ or email: newvoices[at]bmic.co.uk.
Duration: 10:00.
Cooper, Paul (1926-1996)
Concert for 5 – Canonic Variations (1965)
London: J. & W. Chester
also:
Dialogues (1994) for cello and double woodwind quintet
Copland, Aaron (1900-1992)
arrangements
“The Little Horses” from Old American Songs (arr. Richard Price)
Available from Richard Price, 75 Loughlin Ave., Cos Cob, CT 06807 USA, 203/629-2498
“Ching-a-ring-chaw” from Old American Songs (arr. Quincey C. Hilliard)
London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2000
“I Bought Me a Cat” from Old American Songs, set 1 (arr. Quincey C. Hilliard)
London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2000
New England Countryside, from Music for Movies (arr. Erik Morales)
New York: Boosey & Hawkes, 1999
Duration: 5:00. New England Countryside was the opening segment for the documentary film, “The City” which was first shown as part of the New York World’s Fair in 1939. It was Copland’s first film score. Copland later incorporated New England Countryside, again as the opening segment, in the orchestral suite Music for Movies.
“Zion’s Wall” from Old American Songs, Vol. II (arr. Quincy Charles Hilliard)
New York: Boosey & Hawkes 2000
Down a Country Lane (arr. Richard Maynes) for double woodwind quintet
Originally a piano work, later arranged for orchestra and band. A short, slow work, under four minutes.
Coppens, Claude Albert(1936- )
The Taming of the Shrewd, compulsory works filled with Satiesm (1985)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM)
Woodwind Quintet with optional piano. Duration: 30:00. See also: http://www.cebedem.be/en/composers/c/57-coppens-claude-a
also:
Symétries, Op. 18 (1961) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, string quartet and double bass
Mélopée II for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola, cello
Coppola, Carmine (1910-1991)
Quintet
Coral, Giampaolo (1944- )
Dialoghi per 5 fiati (1968)
Milano: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
Duration: 6:00. Uses trumpet instead of bassoon.
Corcoran, Frank (1944- )
Wind Quintet No. 1 (1978)
Manuscript. Try Dublin: Contemporary Music Centre or the British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Duration: 9:00.
Wind Quintet No. 2 (1978)
Dublin: Contemporary Music Centre, 1993?
Duration: 16:00.
Dektet (1971) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Manuscript. Try Dublin: Contemporary Music Centre
Duration: 15:00.
Ice-Etchings No. 1 (1996) for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns
Dublin: Contemporary Music Centre, 1998
Duration: 17:00. Premiered by I Fiati Aperti.
Cordell, Frank (1918-1980)
Interplay
Ampleforth, Yorkshire: Emerson Edition, 1978
Duration: 10:00. Presents each of the instruments of the quintet in a solo role. Flute doubles on piccolo, oboe doubles on English horn.
Cordero, Roque (1917-2008)
Variations and Theme for 5 (1975)
San Antonio: Southern Music Publishing
New York: Peer International, 1976
Duration: 15:00. He also has a work titled Quinteto, but for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano.
Barbera Secrist-Schmedes, in Wind Chamber Music, says, “The influence of African-American syncopations and the rhythmic peculiarities of native Panamanian dances give Cordero’s music a strong rhythmic thrust and energetic personality. This work is tonal and serial.”
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
arrangements
Sarabande [and courante] (arr. George J. Trinkaus)
New York: Kay and Kay Music Publ. Corp., 1933
Courante (arr. ?)
New York: McGinnis & Marx
Gavotte & Sarabande (arr. Xavier Eeckeloot)
Wiltshire Music / Cor Publishing Co.
Petite Suite from the 18th Century (arr. Taylor)
Melville: Belwin-Mills
Corghi, Azio(1937- )
Actus I for double woodwind quintet
Milano: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, 1975 (rental only)
Duration: 12:00.
Coricelli, Silvia
Argentine Encores (arr. Silvia Coricelli)
Edition Viento
4 pieces:
Mores – Cuartito azul, Tango
Mores – El firulete, Milonga
Piana – Caseron de Tejas, Vals porteno
Maderna – Lluvia de Estrellas, Tango
Her website, Fagotera: www.fagotera.com, includes lots of info on Ms. Coricelli’s career.
3 More Argentine Encores (arr. Silvia Coricelli)
Tellevast, FL: TrevCo Music Publishing
Spanish Encores
Portland, Ore.: Edition Viento, 2004.
Includes:
Albeniz, Isaac – “Sevilla” from Suite Espanola
Granados, Enrique – Oriental
Toldra, Eduard – Camperola
Casals, Pau – San Marti del Caigo
Works also available individually.
Catalonia
Trevco Music Publishing
Three Orchestra Excerpts
Edition Viento: in USA TrevCo Music Publishing
Borodin – Polovetsian Dances, from Prince Igor
Mahler – Of Youth, from Das Lied von der Erde
Tchaikovsky – Valse from Symphony No. 5
All three also available individually.
Corina, John (1928-2014)
Partita for woodwind quintet (1976)
Dedicated to the Georgia (U.S.A.) Woodwind Quintet / MENC 1976 / Atlantic City. Corina self-published much of his music. Since his passing, I’ve found no particular spot to order many of his works. However, many of his compositions are in libraries, so check Worldcat.org for links.
Woodwind Quintet
Available from the composer, 1968 / Manuscript: Univ. of Georgia
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, Quasi-Improvisational Tone Pictures for woodwind quintet and (taped or live) Narration (ca. 1970)
From the composer. But check Worldcat.org.
Based on the poem by Wallace Stevens.
Cornea-Ionescu, Alma(1900-1977)
Mică Suită
Source: Biblioteca Uniunii Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România. The work is possibly a transcription.
Cornelius, Peter (1824-1874)
Ein Ton (The Monotone) (1859) (arr. Bill Schuetter)
Imagine Music; see also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Oboist plays only the note A, in various rhythms, throughout.
Cornwell, Lewis
Decimations (1983, revised 1995) for double woodwind quintet
Grosvenor Place, NSW: Australian Music Centre
Composed for the Northern Chamber Orchestra. Duration: 6:20.
Correa, Sergio Oliveira de Vasconcellos
SEE Vasconcellos-Correa, Sergio Oliveira de
Cortazzo, Jeff (Jeffrey)
The Piedmont Sonata, Op. 11
Ithaca, NY: Eccentric Music, 2012; see also BRS Music: http://www.brsmusic.net/The-Piedmont-Sonata_p_2876.html
Duration: 15:30.
An Interstellar Triptych for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 27b
BRS Music, see http://www.brsmusic.net/An-Interstellar-Triptych-for-Woodwind-Quintet_p_3052.html
Movements: 1. The Commissioning of the Star Treader; 2. In Orbbit around Proxima Centauri B; 3. Back to Earth at Warp 4. Duration: 12:30. There may be a brass quintet version of the work, too.
Cortés, Ramiro (1933 (or 1938?)-1984)
Three Movements for Five Winds (1967-68)
Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Elkan-Vogel 1975
Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co.
Duration: 10:00.Commissioned by the Dorian Wind Quintet. The original score is in The Ramiro Cortés papers (1933-1988) in the University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections in the J. Willard Marriott Library.
Cortez, Luis Jaime(1962- )
Formas demasiado lejos (1985)
Música para el entierro de Fellini (Music for Fellini’s Funeral) (1997)
In the repertoire of the Quinteto de Alientos de la Ciudad de México (Mexico City Woodwind Quintet). Oddly, Grove Music Online gives his birth year as 1963, although every other online musical source says 1962.
Coryn, Roland(1938- )
Vijf Bewegingen, Op. 49 (1993)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM)
Cosacchi, Stephen (1903-1986)
Bläsersextett, Op. 35b for woodwind quintet plus 2nd clarinet
Manuscript
Cossart, Leland Albert (1877-1956)
Suite für Zehn Blas-Instrumente und Harfe (Suite for 10 Winds and Harp), Op. 19 (1906)
Magdeburg: heinrichshofen’s Verlag, 1908
For double woodwind quintet plus harp. (Second oboe doubles English horn, in the 2nd and final movements.) The work is in two parts. Movements: Teil I: 1. Intrada; 2. Elegie; 3. Intermezzo; Teil II: 4. Canzonetta Napolitana; 5. Alla Polacca; 6. Thema mit Variatioinen (Capriccio Finale). Duration: 45:00.The Suite is described as Romantic. The score and parts may be downloaded from the International Music Score Library Project, http://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_for_10_Winds_and_Harp_(Cossart,_Leland_Albert)
Costin, Gheorghe(1955- )
Cvintet de suflatori (1981)
Duration: 10:35. Flute doubles on piccolo, oboe doubles on English horn.
Cotek, Pavel (1922-2005)
Tanz-Suite (1955)
Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Bluety (1982)
Cotteli, Honorát(1941-2014)
Musica per Ottoni (1997)
Music Center Slovakia, http://hc.sk/en/
See also: http://hc.sk/en/hudba/osobnost-detail/1542-honorat-cotteli
Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, Micheline
See Saint-Marcoux, Micheline Coulombe
Couperin, François [le Grand] (1668-1733)
Les Baricades Mistérieuses (Arr. William Scribner)
Richmond, VA: International Opus
Duration: 4:00. Originally for harpsichord.
Le Parnasse, ou L’apothéose de Corelli, grande sonade en trio (arr. Robert Dockstader) for woodwind quintet
New York: Consort Trios
Originally for 2 unspecified treble instruments (but usually performed with violins) and continuo. This is probably a brief excerpt for student ensembles.
Coursey, Ralph de
Fugue a la Rumba (1958)
Toronto: Berandol Music Limited / New York: Associated Music Publishers
Cowell, Henry (1897-1965)
Suite for Woodwind Quintet (ca. 1933)
Mercury Music Press
New York: Theodore Presser
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Merrymount Music Press, 1949 (Merion Music Co., sole representative)
There seems to be some question about when Cowell composed this work, with dates such as 1930, 1933, 1934 floating around. It wasn’t until 1949 when the work was copyrighted. Duration: 5:00. Movements: Allegretto; Allegro; Adagio cantabile; and Allegro con moto A recording by Musicians Accor is available on YouTube, combined with Antarctic imagery that, strangely, seems to work. https://youtu.be/bBZE8CbRgNE?feature=shared . The Cowell Quintet has also recorded the work, but only one movement seems to be available on YouTube. Also see http://www.henrycowell.org .
Davyd Breeskin says this suite is adapted from four of the six movements Cowell earlier wrote for clarinet and piano, also scored for clarinet and small orchestra. Recorded by Musicians Accor
For all of Cowell’s reputed iconoclasm and international fame for compositional adventurism, the Suite is somewhat adventurous in harmony and melody, but it comes across gently in short musical vignettes. Nothing to object to these days, but worth considering adding to your quintet literature. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Ballad (1955)
New York, Associated Music Publishers, 1962.
Very nice, short work. Cowell arranged it from a slow movement of his Violin Sonata written in 1945, although there might have been an intermediary version with the Ballad for String Orchestra of 1954.
Cowlin, Philip (1920-2005)
Quintet (1994)
Ampleforth, Yorkshire: Emerson Edition
Cox, Boudewijn
Octet (1995) for woodwind quintet, percussion, violin and cello
Endosmosis (2000) for double woodwind quintet, piano and 2 dancers
Bruxelles: CeBeDeM ?
The scoring is also listed as “orchestre de chambre.” Dedicated to Francis Pollet and I Solisti del Vento.
Cox, Harry (1923-2009)
Quintette du Printemps
Brussels: J. Maurer
Not to be confused with Harry Fred Cox, English folk singer.
Cox, Thomas (1948- )
Woodwind Quintet (1969)
Terminal project in composition, School of Music, Indiana University. Copy in the Indiana University Music Library, Bloomington.
Coyner, Lou (Louis) (1931- )
Ricorso (Reflux) (1972)
Needham, Mass.: Dorn Publications, 1972, 1981
New York: American Composers Alliance
Written for “five simultaneous solos.” Arthur Cohn in “The Literature of Chamber Music” states the work is constructed on “controlled chance. There is neither tempo nor meter, but there are exact pitches, dynamics, phrasings and proportional notation….”
Craens, Alain
Mystery (1995) for woodwind quintet alone or for woodwind quintet with string quintet
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM)
Duration: 13:00.
Cramer, Trevor
Six Riotous Rhymes, for woodwind quintet with narration
Tallevast, FL: TrevCo Music, 2004
Carole Scutt, Midge Roberts, poets? Mr. Cramer owns Trevco Music and has done many, many arrangements for quintet. See the individual composers for his other work.
Canzona per due dei Cinque
Tallevast, FL: TrevCo Music
Kol Nidrei (unlisted, possibly arranged by Trevor Cramer)
TrevCo Music Publishing
For woodwind quintet with optional vocal part.
Crawford, Ruth
Crawley, Clifford (1929-2016)
Airs and Graces: Ten short pieces for wind quintet (1995)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Cresswell, Lyell (1944- )
The Silver Pipes of Ur (1981)
unpublished, Scottish Music Information Centre.
See also: http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/ and: British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/ Duration: 16:00.
also:
Fogli Rugginosi (2000) for woodwind quintet, cello and double bass
Octaves of Radiation (1980) for flute, oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, sax, and 2 bassoons
Cretella, Chris (1977- )
She Tried to Wash the Socks but They Never Came Clean (2000)
New York: American Music Center; published by the composer
Duration: 10:00. See also: http://library.newmusicusa.org/.
Creteur, Joos
Happy Ending Story
Golden River Music
Creţu, Viorel
Exprimări sonore pe marginea unei sonatine (1982-83)
Duration: 26:00. Source: Biblioteca Uniunii Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România.
Croley, Randell (1946- )
Microespressioni I (1969).
New York: Autograph Editions, 1970, sole selling agent: J. Boonin
Quintet in One Movement, Op. 27
Hattiesburg, Mississippi: Tritone Press, 1963
Cronin, Robert (1964- )
Variations on a Theme by Gounod
Available from the composer: 9217 Dunbarton, Knoxville, TN 37923 USA
Cronin, Stephen (1960- )
Diversions for wind quintet (1982)
New South Wales, Australia: Australian Music Centre, 1995
Movements: Raga; Waltz; Song; Pensive; Habanera. Duration: 13:00. See also: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Crosley, Lawrence E. (1932-1998)
Quintet (1958)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Duration: 12:00. Movements: I. Maestoso; andante; allegro con brio; II. Andante; III. Allegretto; IV. Allegro.
Crosse, Gordon (1937- )
Canto, Op. 4 (1961, revised 1963) for woodwind quintet and trombone
New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Duration: 5:00. Parts are available for rental only.
Villanelles for woodwind quintet, violin and cello (1959, revised 1974)
New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Parts are available for rental only.
Crouse, E.
A Grecian Ballet
Manuscript
Cruft, Adrian (1921-1987)
Stratford Music Op. 57 (1968)
London: Joad Press, 1976, Elkan-Vogel
London: Chappell & Co.
Duration: 8:00.
Two English Keyboard Pieces (arranged)
London: Joseph Williams 1957
New York: Galaxy Music Publishers
London: Joad Press
Duration: 4:30. The two works are:
“Worster Browls” by T. Tomkins
“Les buffons” by J. Bull.
See also Cruft’s Dance Movement for winds and piano.
Cruger, Johann (or Johannes Crüger) (1598-1662)
Now Thank We All Our God (1647) (arr. Gordon Schuster)
Majestic Music Corp., now owned by David E. Smith Publications
Variations on a Hymn of Gladness (arr. Jeanie Murrow)
Salem, CT: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Cruz, Ivo (1901-1985)
Quintet
New York: Peer International Corp.
Cruz de Castro, Carlos(1941- )
Pente (1970)
Madrid: Editorial de Musica Espanola Contemporanea, 1972
Csemiczky, Miklos (1954- )
Capriccio, Epitaphs and Choral, in memoriam Igor Stravinsky
Wind Quintet No. 2
London: Boosey & Hawkes / Budapest: Editio Musica Budapesta, 1984, www.emb.hu
Flute doubles on piccolo, oboe doubles on English horn. Movements: Capriccio no. 1; Epitaph no. 1; Capriccio no. 2; Epitaph no. 2; Capriccio no. 3; Capriccio no. 4; Epitaph no. 3; Choral.
also:
Antifonae No. 2 (1984 for flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, 2 trumpets, trombone and tuba)
Editio Musica Budapesta
Duration: 14:00.
Csicsko, Nicholas (1984- )
Woodwind Quintet (2011)
Printed as thesis/dissertation (at Juilliard?)
Csonka, Paul (1905-1995)
French Suite for Woodwind Quintet
New York: Peer Music, 1976
For flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon (no horn) or 4 recorders.
Cucinotta, Robert (1949- )
Some Evidence of Dreamwork (1974)
Uses multiphonics and bends.
Cuclin, Dimitrie(1885-1978)
Cvintet
Source: Biblioteca Uniunii Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România.
Cui, César Antonowich (1835-1918)
Orientale (arr. Angel del Busto)
New York: Carl Fischer, 1932
Pleasant, peaceful, short modal piece. We’ve used it for educational concerts and background music. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Scherzetto (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)
Yorkshire: The Red Hedgehog (45 Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough, Yorkshire, England) or gwemerson[at]argonet.co.uk
Mr. Emerson describes this as “A most appealing little salon piece.”
Culpo, Christopher (1960- )
Woodwind Quintet (1986)
Duration: 17:00. Commissioned by Boston Wind Quintet. Recorded by the Quintet of the Americas on CRI, 1996.
Cummings, Robert
Outdoor Music for Children
Available from: Tom Williams, Great Notes, 3711 Cedar Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807.
Described as: “Four movements, very rural U.S. feeling with exciting parts for all. It’s been a consistent crowd-pleaser.” See also: http://www.robertcummingscomposer.com/ .
Cunningham, Michael Gerald (1937- )
A Linear Ceremony, Op. 29 (1969)
New York: Seesaw Music, 1976
The composer states that tenor sax could possibly replace the horn.
Miro Gallery, Op. 121 (1986) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and alto sax
New York: Seesaw Music
The Nine Muses, Op. 192 (1998) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and alto saxophone
New York: Seesaw Music, 1976
Curitiba, Henrique de
SEE de Curitaba
Curtis, Marvin V. (1951- )
Three Traditional Spirituals
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus
Includes: Roll Jordan, Roll; By An’ By; and Great Day. Duration: 9:00.
Curtis, Michael “Mike” (1952- )
A Klezmer Wedding (1998)
Rottenburg, Germany: Advance Music, 1998
Duration: 8:00. Also uses percussion (trap set). There are also versions for woodwind quartet and double reed quartet.
A very pleasant collection of Klezmer tunes that appears to work well for the quintet. The percussion may be optional but adds a lot to the overall affect. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Peter & the Wolf (with narrator) (1998)
Ft. Collins: MSS Pub.
Duration: 12:00.
Wind players who are used to performing this work in its
orchestra version will likely find this arrangement disappointing. Many of the solo sections are truncated, string parts are not necessarily filled in by other members of the quintet, and much of the narration is unaccompanied in places where the orchestra version has music underneath. However, after listening to a recording, this arrangement appears to be a simple and easy arrangement of this classic for young audiences and the less experienced quintet. [ Andrew Brandt ] (See the entry under Prokofiev for other options.)
Souvenir of Guanajuato
MSS Publishing; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Six movements; apparently each of the six is published separately, but
I only could find listings for the first three. (All 6 are published for strings.) Movements: Plaza del Baratillo; El Burro Viejo; La Banda del Estado. See also: http://mikecurtismusic.com/
Curtis-Smith, Curtis (Otto Bismarck) (1941-2014)
Sardonic Sketches (1986)
Publisher not listed, but his principal publishers are Salabert, Elkan-Vogel and Mel Bay. And, yes, the name really is Curtis Curtis-Smith. Alternate name forms are C. Curtis-Smith; C. C. Smith, and his full name, Curtis Otto Bismarck Curtis-Smith. In any case, don’t confuse him with the other composer, Curtis Smith.
He also has a sextet for winds and piano.
Custer, Arthur (1923-1998)
Two Movements for Woodwind Quintet (1964)
New York: General Music Pub. Co.;Boston: Boston Music Co. 1968
Movements: Largo; Allegro.
See Custer’s Sextet for winds and piano.
Cutler, Joe (1968- )
Verses and Choruses (1998)
music available from: British Music Information Centre – New Voices Project, See: http://www.bmic.co.uk/ or newvoices[at]bmic.co.uk
Duration: 9:00.
also:
Epitaph For Nebula (1989) for woodwind quintet, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, viola, cello, and double bass
see above ordering info.
Duration: 10:00.
Cvjetajev, Michail A. (1907- ?)
Suite for fünf Blasinstrumente (1950)
Possibly pub. by Moscow: Musyka
Czyzewski, Henryk
Quintet
Warsaw: Polski Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
Doesn’t appear to be available on the publisher’s online catalog.