Brandt’s Woodwind Quintet List – B
In concert with recent scholarship on women composers, this list now highlights their names with a different-colored background.
Baaren, Kees van (1906-1970)
Quintetto a fiati, “Sovraposizioni II” (1963)
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1963,1965 /
New York: C. F. Peters
Duration: 10:20. Uses serial style.
Also:
Setteto (1952) for woodwind quintet, violin, and bass
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1952
Baars, Marcel
Four Short Pieces (2004)
Red Frog Music; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Baberkoff, Peter (1929- )
Quintet
Monteux: Musica Rara
See also: http://www.baberkoff.com .
Babin, Stanley (1932- )
Quintet
Monteux: Musica Rara
Bacewicz, Grażyna (also listed as Bacewiczowna) (1909-1969)
Quintet for Winds (Kwintet na instrumenty dete) (1932)
Krakow: Polskie Wydaw, Muzyczne, 1978, 1999
London: Musica Rara
Movements: I. Allegro; II. Air – Andante; III. Allegretto; IV. Vivo. Duration: 10:00. Bacewicz won the first prize at the Young Composer’s Competition in Paris in 1933 with this work.
The work is Neoclassical in style. According to Grove Music Online, the quintet was one of the few of her early works to be published, but “her music’s salient characteristics of clarity, wit and brevity are already evident in the Wind Quintet, a piece in which she seems to be following Szymanowski’s example in the incorporation of folk elements.” [From article ‘Bacewicz, Grażyna’]
Bach, Carl Philipp Emmanual (1714-1788)
Six Sonatas (1775) (transcribed Don Stewart)
Tunbridge, Vt.: Trillenium Music, 1996
Duration: 20:00.
Rondo pour klavier en re mineur, Wq 61/4 (arr. Bernard de Vienne)
Strasbourg: Editions Francois Dhalmann
Rondo Andantino (arr. Alec Wilder)
See also a quintet for piano and winds on our winds and keyboard page.
Bach, Erik (1946- )
Straight Flush in a Funny Game, Op. 6 (1970)
Monteux: Musica Rara
Son vent, Op. 16 (1974)
Monteux: Musica Rara
Title probably means “Windy House”.
Bach, Jan (1937- )
Skizzen (Sketches) — Suite for Woodwind Quintet after
Drawings by Heinrich Kley (1967)
Highgate Press, Galaxy Music Corp., NY, E.C. Schirmer
First performance was by the Northern Illinois University Woodwind quintet. See also: http://www.janbach.com/
Nine movements by the American Jan Bach, each illustrating a sketch by the Austrian artist, Alfred Julius Kley. You can purchase slides of the drawings (for slide projector or overhead projector) to show simultaneously with the performance. Some of the movements are very difficult, but hilarious, and the audience will love the musical commentary on the drawings (especially “The Art Critic”). My favorite is “The Love Match” which includes snippets of every work you’ve ever heard at a wedding, although the zany “Dance Craze” finale will have you tapping toes throughout (it’s in the score). Unfortunately, many of the drawings are unsuitable for young children or (we discovered) for recitals in Baptist churches. (I rate them PG.) [ Andrew Brandt ]
Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782)
arrangements
Allegretto Piacevole (arr. Quinto Maganini)
New York: Carl Fischer
Six Quintettos (1761), Op. 11 (arr. Pat Spence) for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets and bassoon
Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland: Piper Publications, http://piperpublications.co.uk/
Originally for flute, oboe, violin, viola and cello. Parts are also available in the original orchestration.
Quintetto No. 1 in C, WB. 70
Quintetto No. 2 in G, WB. 71
Quintetto No. 3 in F, WB. 72
Quintetto No. 4 in E♭, WB. 73
Quintetto No. 5 in A, WB. 74
Quintetto No. 6 in D, WB. 75
Quintet No. 4 in E-flat (arr. Jurgen Schmidt)
Holzkirchen: Accolade Musikverlag, 1998
Quintet (arr. by Rudolf Maros)
Budapest: Zenemuekiado Vallalat, 1965 1963 /
Budapest: Editio Musica Budapest
Originally for 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and bassoon, arranged for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. Arranged for a youth ensemble aged woodwind quintet.
Quintet
Boosey & Hawkes
B&H’s scanty info makes it impossible to tell which quintet this is. This might duplicate another entry. Or not. Who knows? [ Andrew Brandt ]
Classical Quintet (arr. George E. Wain)
Park Ridge, Ill.: N. A. Kjos Music, 1970
Military Pieces, No. 4 (arr. Jurgen Schmidt)
Holzkirchen: Accolade Musikverlag, 1998
Originally for 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and bassoon.
Sinfonia, #1 (arr. Mason Jones)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser, 1968
Originally for 2 clarinets, bassoon and 2 horns.
Bach, Johann Christoph (1642-1703)
arrangements
Allegro Brillante (arr. Quinto Maganini)
New York: Carl Fischer
Sinfonia No. 1 (arr. Jones)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser, 1968
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
arrangements
See also arrangements by Marsha Schweitzer, Frank Ferraro, and Mordechai Rechtman.
Air and Gigue (arr. by Peter C. Vollmers)
Neil A. Kjos Music Company
“Air” from the Third Orchestral Suite (arr. Howard Heller)
New York: Symphony Reproductions, 1988
“Air on G String” from the Third Orchestral Suite (arr. Charles Fernandez)
Mar Vista, CA: Solar Winds http://www.charlesfernandez.com/
“Air on G String” from the Third Orchestral Suite (arr. David Marlatt)
Eighth Note Publications; see also http://www.windmusicsales.com/
Duration: 3:10.
Air on the G String, from Orchestral Suite No. 3 (arr. Lin, Yizhi Ernest)
Singapore: Oriole Publishing, https://oriole-publishing.myshopify.com/
Also available through https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/ .
“Air” from Suite in D (arr. ?)
MSB Publishing
Features the Horn.
Air (arr. Andrey Rubtsov)
See the Russian National Orchestra Wind Quintet’s commerce page at https://vk.com/smartmusicshop
“Allein Gott in der Hoeh’ sei Her” (Glory be to God on high) (arr.
Ronald C. Dishinger)
Owensboro, Ky.: Medici Music Press, 1998
Aria “When Thou Art Near” (originally, Bist du bei Mir)(arr. Jerry Nowak)
Glenmore, PA: Roncorp, 2012
From BWV 508?
The Art of the Fugue for woodwind quintet and string quartet (arr. Samuel Baron)
Bach Favorites (arr. Ian Milnes)
Piper Publications, Dochroyle Farm, Barrhill, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland KA 26 0QG
Bach Organ Favorites (arr. Andersen)
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen
Bachissimo! (arr. Ross Taylor)
Edition Viento
5 movements, including: Overture from the Suite for the Lute; “Allegro” from the Italian Concerto; “Capriccio” (upon the departure of a beloved brother).
“Badinerie” from the Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 (arr. William Meredith)
New York, N.Y.: Symphony Reproductions, 1988
“Badinerie” from the Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
See “Selected Masterpieces” below.
“Be Thou With Me” (“Bist Du Bei Mir”) from the Anna Magdalena Notebook (arr. Albert Ligotti)
Wiltshire Music / Cor Publishing Co.
“Bourée” from Overture #3 (arr. Orem)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser
Bourée and Sarabande (arr. Mickens)
London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1967
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, First movement (arr. Keith Gemmell)
Treasure Trove Music; see Boston, MA.: Ione Press
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, First movement (arr. John Gibson)
JB Linear; see also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Uses Clarinet in E-flat to cover the piccolo trumpet part; alternate B-flat clarinet part also provided.
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, First movement (arr. Melanie Thorne) for double woodwind quintet
Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, UK: Sempre Music, http://www.sempremusic.co.uk/
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Third movement (arr. Melanie Thorne) for double woodwind quintet
Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, UK: Sempre Music, http://www.sempremusic.co.uk/
Canzona in D minor, BWV 588 (arr. Ronald C. Dishinger)
Owensboro, KY: Medici Music, 1992
Capriccio sopra la Lontananza del suo Fratello diletissimo (Capriccio on the Departure of the Beloved Brother), BWV 992 (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 10:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Chorale Prelude (arr. ?)
New York: Consort Trios
Chorale Prelude “Christe, du Lamm Gottes” (arr. Taylor)
San Antonio: Southern Music
Choral Preludes (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Manuscript, Israel Woodwind Quintet
Warngau: Accolade Musikverlag
Includes:
Chorale Prelude Christ lag in Todesbanden BWV 625
Chorale Prelude Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645
Chorale Prelude Wo soll ich fliehen hin / Auf meinen lieben Gott BWV 646
Chorale Prelude Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten BWV 647
Chorale Prelude Meine Seele erhebet den Herren BWV 648
Chorale Prelude Ach bleib’ bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 649
Chorale Prelude Ach bleib’ bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 650
Chorale Prelude Nun komm der heiden Heiland BWV 659
Chorale Prelude Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit BWV 668
Chorale Prelude Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott BWV 681
Chorale Prelude Christ unser Herr, zum Jordan kam BWV 684
Chorale Prelude Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 720
Some may be published or recorded individually. See also: http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Rechtman-Mordechai.htm and http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Rechtman-Mordechai-Works.htm . These are recorded on Meridian with the Israel Woodwind Quintet, see https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/ .
Chorale Prelude, BWV. 731 “Liebster Jesu wir sind hier” (arr. Randall Wolfgang)
Performed by Windscape on NPR’s Performance Today
Chorale Prelude Nun Komm’ der heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (arr. Samuel Baron)
Christmas Oratorio Selections (arr. John Gibson)
JB Linear Music; see Boston, MA.: Ione Press
Portions: 1.Aria: Sleep my Darling from Cantata II; 2.Aria: I Want to Live in Your Glory from Cantata IV; 3.Chorale from Cantata III; 4.Ending Chorale from Cantata VI.
Chromatic fantasy & Fugue (Chromatische Fantasie und Fuge) (arr. Larry Sitsky)
New York, N.Y.: Seesaw Press, 1996
Classical Quintet (arr. Waln)
San Diego: Neil A. Kjos Music
“Come Sweet Death” (“Komm Susser Tod”) (arr. Albert Ligotti)
Wiltshire Music / Cor Publishing Co.
Concerto No. 2 in A Minor, after Antonio Vivaldi, BWV 578 (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Contrapunctus I (arr. ?)
New York: McGinnis & Marx Music Pub.
Contrapunctus No. 9 by J.S. Bach (arr. Herman Gersten)
Also arr. for SAATB Saxophone Quintet
Drei Bachwerke (3 Works by Bach) (arr. James Canter)
Delevan, N.Y.: Kendor Music, 1985
Includes:
Sinfonia No. 3 from Inventions for Harpsichord, BWV 787-801
Menuett from the Anna Magdalena Notebook (1725), BWV Anh. 114
Badinerie from Orchestra Suite No. 2 BWV. 1067, B minor.
English Suite Selections, BWV 809e (arr. Clark McAllister) for double woodwind quintet
New York: Kalmus
2nd flute doubles on piccolo. Includes Sarabande and Gigue. Duration: 6:00.
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904 (arr. Lowell E. Shaw)
Buffalo, New York: The Hornists’ Nest, 1998
Four Pieces from The Anna Magdelena Notebook (arr. Wilkinson)
French Suite No. 5 in G Major
Fughetta from part 3 of the Clavier-Ubung (arr. Eberhard Ramm)
St. Cloud, MN: Medici Music Press, 1982
Fugue in A minor, BWV 947 (arr. Adam Lesnick)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus. 1995
Duration: 4:00.
Fugue in A minor, BWV 947 (arr. Christopher Weait) (1960)
“Dedicated to the Crane Woodwind Quintet.”
Fugue in B Minor, BWV 579 (arr. Frank Black, 1962)
Originally for organ. Uses Clarinet in A. In the Samuel Baron archives of the Juilliard School.
Fugue III in C major (from Book I of the “Well-tempered klavier”)(Ed. Peter De Angelis)
New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, 1969
Fugue in C Minor (arr. Harry Hirsch)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser
Fugue in C Minor (arr. Orem)
Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co.
Fugue V (in D Major) from Book II of the Well Tempered Klavier
(arr. Patricia De Angelis)
Miami, Florida: Kalmus, Warner Brothers 1969
Fugue in D minor, BWV 948 (arr. Christopher Weait) (1970)
Fugue in G minor, “The Little”, BWV 578 (arr. Herman Gersten)
For more info, e-mail the arranger at gersten [at] interport.net or check http://www.concertbandmusic.com/complinks.html
Fugue in G minor “The Little”, BWV 578 (arr. Sean Osborn)
Octogram Press, see http://www.osbornmusic.com/
Fugue in G minor, “The Little”, BWV 578 (arr. Jennifer Stevens)
Eighth Note Publications; see also: Boston, MA.: Ione Press
Fugue in G minor “The Little”, BWV 578 (arr. Darrell Goforth)
Fugue in G minor, “The Little”, BWV 578 (arr. Meri Dolevski)
Pub. By Meri Dolevski; See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Fugue in G Minor, “The Little” BWV 578 (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
See Selected Masterpieces below.
Fugue in G Minor (arr. Stevens)
Los Angeles: Western International
Possibly another source for Jennifer Stevens’ arrangement?
Fugue in G Minor (arr. William Schink) BWV 577
Northeastern Music Publications, Roncorp
Intended for student quintets.
Fugue In G Minor “The Great”, BWV 542 by J. S. Bach (arr. by Herman Gersten)
Also arranged for Mixed Reeds (oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon), and for SAATB Sax Quintet. For more info, check http://www.concertbandmusic.com/complinks.html
Fugue IV from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (arr. Gary Klein)
Mt. Kisco, NY: Signature Music, 1994
Fugue V in D major from Book II of the “Well-tempered Clavier”
(arr. Patricia De Angelis)
New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, 1969
Fugue “Jig” BWV 577 by J.S. Bach, (arr. by Herman Gersten)
Also arranged for SAATB Sax Quintet. See also: http://www.concertbandmusic.com/complinks.html
Fugue XXII, from Vol. I, Well Tempered Clavier (arr. Clarke S. Kessler)
Chicago: Rubank, 1936
Fugue XXII (arr. De Angelis)
New York: Kalmus
Two More Fugues from ‘The 48’:
Book 1, Fuga XXII, Book 2: Fuga XXII (transposed) (arr. Anne Cassal)
Gloucester, UK: IH Music http://www.ihmusic.co.uk/
Fughetta on Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot’ BWV 679 (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
See “Selected Masterpieces” below.
Gavotte in G Major, BWV 816 (arr. William Schink)
Northeaster Music Publisher, Roncorp
For student quintets.
Giant Fugue (sic.) “wir Glauben All” (arr. Taylor)
San Antonio: Southern Music
Goldberg Variations (arr. Brant)
Goldberg Variations (arr. Raaf Hekkema) (bassoon, 2 clarinets, oboe, saxophone)
Amsterdam: Calefax Edition, © 2012.
Gravement from Fantasia in G Major, BWV 572 (arr. Gary Klein)
Mt. Kisco, NY: Signature Music, 1998
In dulci jubilo, chorale and choral prelude (arr. Arther Roland Frackenpohl)
Portland, Oregon: Editions Viento, 2002
Italian Concerto (arr. Jack Graham)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus, 1998
Duration: 12:00. Originally for harpsichord.
Italian Concerto, BWV 971 (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Holzkirchen: Accolade Musikverlag
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, chorale from Cantata No. 147 (arr. Bill Holcombe)
Trenton, N.J.: Musicians Publications, 1990 /
Chesapeake, VA: Bill Holcombe’s Musicians Pub’s (http://billholcombe.com/)
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, chorale from Cantata No. 147 (arr. David Wall)
Shaftesbury: EMU, 1997.
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, chorale from Cantata No. 147 (arr. Lewis J. Buckley)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (arr. Charles Fernandez)
Mar Vista, CA: Solar Winds http://www.charlesfernandez.com/
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring(arr. Brett Freithaler)
J.S. Bach Favourites (arr. Kenneth Gange)
Piper Publications: Dochroyle Farm, Barrhill, Girvan, Ayrshire,
Scotland, UK, 1985
WWW: http://www.piperpublications.co.uk/
March (Music book for Anna Magdalena Bach);
Minuet (Music book for Anna Magdalena Bach)
Chorale Prelude (Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier)
Musette (Music book for Anna Magdalena Bach)
Bourrée (English Suite No. 2).
For flute, oboe (or flute), clarinet, horn (saxophone or clarinet), bassoon (violoncello or saxophone/bass clarinet). Selections:
Kleines Harmonisches Labyrinth (arr. Taylor)
San Antonio: Southern Music
Minor Suite (arr. ?)
New York: Symphony Reproductions, Ltd.
Based on a suite for lute written in 1722 in Cothen.
“Musette” from the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook
St. Cloud, MN: Medici Music, 1981
“My Spirit Be Joyful” from Cantata 146 (arr. Tim Rumsey)
Pub. by Tim Rumsey; see also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Originally a Tenor and Bass duet with 2 oboes and strings. There are many brass quintet arrangements of this piece, but this is the first I’ve seen for woodwind quintet. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Orchestral Suite No. 3 (arr. ?)
New York: Symphony Reproductions, Ltd.
Organ Works (arr. Mordechai Rechtman) (aka “Mordechai’s Portfolio”, Vol. 1)
Melville, N.Y.: Belwin-Mills Pub. Corp., 1974
Dorian Wind Quintet series:
Fugue in G minor, S. 587.
Chorale prelude, S. 659, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
Fughetta, S. 679, from Organ Mass
Concerto No. 2 after Vivaldi, S. 593, Allegro
moderato, Adagio, Allegro
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (arr. Jerome Roth)
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee ?
Passacaglia, BWV 582 (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 9:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Praeludium in G major BWV 902 (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Prelude (arr. R. H. Davidson)
unpublished, 1936
Prelude to Cantata 106 “God’s time is the best Time” (Gottes Zeit
ist die allerbeste Zeit) (arr. Philip Gordon)
San Antonio, Tex.: Southern Music Co., 1967
Prelude and Fugue No. 6 from Eight Little Preludes and Fugues
(arr. Lori Archer Sutherland)
Pub. by Lori Archer Sutherland; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 5:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Prelude and Fugue VII from the Well-Tempered Clavier (arr. Lawrence Eden)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Prelude and Fugue XIV from the Well-Tempered Clavier (arr. Lawrence Eden)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Prelude and Fugue XVII from the Well-Tempered Clavier (arr. Lawrence Eden)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Prelude and Fugue XIX from the Well-Tempered Clavier (arr. Lawrence Eden)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier
(arr. by K. David Van Hoesen)
Available Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music, U. of Rochester
Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor (arr. John Geddes)
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, 2004, http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
Prelude and Fugue XXII in B-flat Major from Book I of The
“Well-tempered klavier” (arranger not listed)
New York: Edwin F. Kalmus,: 1969
Prelude and Fugue XXII in B-flat Major from Book I of The
“Well-tempered klavier” (arr. Ryohei Nakagawa)
New York: G. Schirmer
Prelude and Fugue XXII in B-flat Major from Book I of The
“Well-tempered klavier” (arr. Lawrence Eden)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Prelude & Fugue in B-flat minor (arr. Gordon Schuster)
Majestic Music Publications
Prelude and Fugue in C Major (arr. Gordon Schuster)
Majestic Music Publications
Prelude & Fugue in C Minor (BWV 546) (arr. Marcia Schweitzer)
Available from the arranger: 905 Spencer St., #404, Honolulu, HI 96822.
Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 553 (arr. Nourse)
Nourse Wind Publications
Prelude & Fugue in C Minor (arr. Irving Rosenthal)
Los Angeles: Western International Music
Prelude and Fugue In C-sharp Minor from J.S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier (arr. by Herman Gersten)
Also arranged for SAATB Sax Quintet. See also: http://www.concertbandmusic.com/complinks.html
Prelude and fugue in C-Sharp Minor (arr. K. David Van Hoesen)
Available Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music, U. of Rochester
From the Well-Tempered Clavier.
Prelude and Fugue in D Major (arr. Cantrell)
Los Angeles: Western International
Prelude and Fugue in D Minor (“Fiddle Fugue”), BWV 539 (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
See “Selected Masterpieces” below.
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 (arr. Irving Rosenthal)
Los Angeles: Artransa Music, Western International Music, Inc.
sole selling representative, 1966
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 (arr. Gordon Schuster)
Majestic Music Publications
Prelude and Fugue in F Minor (arr. De Angelis)
New York: Edwin Kalmus
Prelude and Fugue in G Major (arr. Irving Rosenthal)
Los Angeles: Western International Music, Inc.
Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 588 (arr. Irving Rosenthal)
Los Angeles: Western International Music, Inc., 1966
Prelude and Fugue XIV from the Well-Tempered Clavier (arr. Lawrence Eden)
Cimarron Music Press
Prelude and Fugue XVII from the Well-Tempered Clavier (arr. Lawrence Eden)
Cimarron Music Press
Prelude and Fugue XIX from the Well-Tempered Clavier (arr. Lawrence Eden)
Cimarron Music Press
Prelude and Fugue XXII from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book I (arr. Ryohei Nakagawa)
New York: Associated Music Publishers, 1971
Prelude and Fugue (key or BWV not listed) (arr. Kreisler)
San Antonio: Southern Music
Preludes and Fugues (arr. Ross Taylor)
Editions Viento
Prelude and Fugue in C,
Preludium and Fugue XV,
Fugue and Chorale from The Magnificat;
Prelude and Fugue in G Major;
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor;
Prelude and Fugue in E minor.
Prelude XIV (arr. Kessler)
Prelude No. 22 (arr. Mark Popkin)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser (Elkan-Vogel)
Prelude XXII (arr. Kessler)
Miami: Rubank, Inc.
Sarabande from French Suite No. 1 (arr. Mickens)
London: Boosey & Hawkes
Sarabande and Gavotte (arr. Gordon)
New York: Carl Fischer
Sarabande in D Minor from French Suite No. 1 (arr. Finney)
London: Boosey & Hawkes
Selected Masterpieces (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Holzkirchen: Accolade Musikverlag
Praeludium and Fugue BWV 539 – “Fiddle Fugue”
Fugue in G minor BWV 578
Fughetta on “Diess sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot” in D minor BWV 679
Badinerie from Suite No.2 BWV 1067
[Where] Sheep May Safely Graze (arr. ?)
New York: Symphony Reproductions, Ltd.
[Where] Sheep May Safely Graze (arr. Bill Holcombe)
Chesapeake, VA: Bill Holcombe’s Musicians Pub’s (http://billholcombe.com/)
[Where] Sheep May Safely Graze (arr. Darrell Goforth)
Published by the arranger. See also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Sinfonia No. 1 (arr. Mason Jones)
Bryn Mawr, Pa.: T. Presser, 1968
Attributed in this publication to Johann Sebastian Bach, but actually by Johann Christian Bach. Originally for 2 clarinets, bassoon and 2 horns.
Sinfonia No. 9 (arr. Fote)
Delevan, New York: Kendor Music
Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29 (arr. David M. Carp)
New York: Carp Music, Inc.
Sinfonia in B Minor (arr. Taylor)
San Antonio: Southern Music
Duration: 8:00.
Sinfonia from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (arr. John Gibsom)
Published by the arranger; see Boston, MA.: Ione Press
Includes optional harpsichord part.
Sinfonia (Arioso) from Cantata 156 “Ich steh mit einem Fuss in Grabe”(arr. Trevor Cramer)
TrevCo Music Publishing
Suite in B Minor (arr. Richard Goldfaden)
ALRY Publications Etc., Inc. (P. O. Box 36542, Charlotte, NC
28236 USA, phone: 704/334-3413, e-mail AMYBLU[at]aol.com.
Suite in C Minor (arr. Taylor)
San Antonio: Southern Music
Duration: 15:00.
Suite Nr. 5 in G Major (arr. Gordon Schuster)
Majestic Music Publications
A Suite of Fugues (arr. Christopher Weait & Don Stewart)
Trillenium Music Co.
Duration: 20:00.
Three Chorale Preludes (arr. Denis H. R. Brearley)
London: Novello, 1966
Three Pieces (arr. David M. Carp)
New York: Carp Music, Inc.
Two Bach Fugues (arr. Philip B. Catelinet)
London: Hinrichsen Edition
“Wachet auf” from Cantata 140 (arr. David Marlatt)
Markham, Ontario: Eighth Note Publications, 1997
“Well-Tempered Klavier” (transcribed by Peter De Angelis)
New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, 1969
Vol. 1. Fugue V in D major, from Book I
Vol. 2. Fugue V in D major, from Book II
Vol. 3. Prelude and fugue XXII in B flat minor, from Book I
Vol. 4. Prelude and fugue in F minor, from Book II.
See also 2 Choruses from the B minor Mass on our winds and keyboard page.
Bach, Josef
(probably David Josef Bach, 1874-1947, Austrian composer)
Polka, Landler, & Galopp
Medina, Texas: Fest-Musik-Haus, Herbert Bilhartz
Described as a “Jovial Bohemian ‘oompah’ suite for ww quintet!”
Bäck, Sven-Erik (1919-1994)
Stella maris (1988)
Stockholm: Svensk Music
Duration: 12:00.
Also:
Decet (1972) for woodwind quintet, string quartet and bass
Stockholm: Nordiska MusikFörlaget, 1974
Backes, Lotte (1901-1990)
Fantasia pittoresca
Manuscript: Bayerische Staatsbibliotek, Munchen
Badelt, Klaus and Hans Zimmer
The Pirates of the Caribbean (arr. Steven Verhaert)
Golden River Music
Several themes from the Walt Disney movie.
The Pirates of the Caribbean (arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
Arranged for the Blythwood Winds.
Baden, Conrad (1908-1989)
Kvintett, Op. 59 (1963)
Oslo: Edition Norvegia, 1965/
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
Duration: 20:00.
Quintet for Winds No. 2, Op. 129 (1982)
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
See Norwegian Music Information Centre http://www.notam.uio.no/nmi/index.html . Duration: 14:00.
Badian, Maya (1945- )
Movimento (1978)
Montreal: Lucian Badian Editions, 1993, 1999
SEE http://www.musiccentre.ca/.
Duration: 10:00.
Badings, Henk (1907-1987)
Quintet No. 1 (1929)
Amsterdan: Stichting Donemus,
Duration: 15:00.
Recordings of this work are difficult to find, as it was a student work. Although mostly self-taught at this stage, he was sufficiently advanced to have his First Symphony performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra the following year, while still a student. ¶ Reed players should also check Badings’s trio d’anches of various types. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Kwintet No. IV (2e Blaaskwintet) (1948)
Amsterdan: Stichting Donemus, 1948
Note that the 1948 Quintet was Bading’s Second Woodwind Quintet, with other types of quintets between 1 and 4. Sometimes this work is also called the Second Woodwind Quintet, and sometimes, erroneously, Woodwind Quintet No. 4. Movements: Allegro; Molto Adagio; Scherzo; Allegro. Duration: 24:00. A modern recording of this work is available from the Quintette à Vent du Conservatoire de Luxembourg.
A good work, worth performing still. There are various recordings, including on YouTube. You can hear some general influence of Paul Hindemith in the writing. Badings would later write music based on microtones, electronic music, and experiment with different scales and tuning systems. Howevver, his Kwintet No. IV is firmly based in traditional tonality, with sophisticated polyphonic techniques and some piquant harmonies. [ Andrew Brandt ]
See also the Badings Sextet on our winds and keyboard page.
Badinski, Nikolai (1937- )
Moskauer Bläserquintett (Moscow Wind Quintet) (1969)
Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1973
Duration: 15:00.
Baek, Kári (1950- )
Hugleidingar (Fantasia)
TrevCo Music Publishing
2 movements: Andante espressive; Allegro energico.
Baekers, Stephan (1948- )
Quintet (1975)
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus
Duration: 15:00. Movements: 1. Allegro energico; 2. Andante; 3. Tema con variazioni.
Baervoets, Raymond (1930-1989)
Bläserquintett (1950)
Piece (1958)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1969
Duration: 5:15.
Baeyens, August Louis (1895-1966)
Quintette à vent (1950)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1962
Duration: 18:00.
Bagin, Pavol (1933-2013)
Akvarely (Aquarelle) pre pae’t dychovch nastrojov (Watercolors for 5 wind instruments)
Bratislava: Slovensky Hudobny Fond, 1984
7 movements in a non-strict 12-tone style, includes 2 duets, a trio and a quartet.
Bahk, Junsang (1937- )
Echo (1971) for woodwind quintet
Frankfort: H. Litolff’s Verlag
New York: C.F. Peters, 1973
Bahk is a South Korean-born composer also active in Austria.
Bailey, Betsy Lee
Come Unto Him for woodwind quintet and harp
Published by Betsy Lee Bailey; see https://www.betsyleebaileymusic.com
See also: http://www.betsyleebaileymusic.com/
Bailey, Judith (1941- )
Stems from Cornwall, Op. 62
Ottawa, Ontario: L. Badian Editions, 1999 /
Mayhew
Duration: 12:00. See also: http://www.musicweb-international.com/bailey/index.htm
Wind Quintet, Op. 25 (1982)
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Duration: 8:00. Movements: Prelude; Theme and Variations; Fugue; Rondo.
Sou’Wester
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
Based on 3 sea shanties: A-Roving; Blow the Man Down; What shall we do with the Drunken Sailor.
also:
Concerto for Ten Wind Instruments, Op. 20 (1979, revised 1999) for double woodwind quintet
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, 2004
Composed for the Southampton Concert Orchestra Wind Ensemble. Movements: Prelude; March; Cantilena; Scherzo; and Postlude. Duration: 15:00.
Overture for Whethoryon, Op. 80 for double woodwind quintet
Yorkshire, England: Emerson Edition, 2009
“Whethoryon” is Cornish for “blowers of wind instruments.” Duration: 5:00.
Bain, J. L. Macbeth (James Leith Macbeth Bain) (1860-1925)
Brother James’ Air (How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place) (arr. James Gilbert)
James Gilbert Music; see also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Bainbridge, Simon (1952- )
Wind Quintet (1970-71, revised 1974)
London: United Music, 1976
Duration: 6:00.
Éicha (1997) for mezzo soprano, chorus and double woodwind quintet
London: Novello, 1997
Text in Hebrew, from the Lamentations of Jeremiah. I’ve found no mention of any translations into other languages.
Baier, Matthew
Divertimento for Woodwind Quintet (2002)
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 19:43. Description of the work and its composition available at http://library.newmusicusa.org/library/composition.aspx?CompositionID=132034
Bakaleinikoff, Vladimir (or Wladimir) (1885-1953)
Introduction and Scherzo
New York, N.Y.: Boosey, Hawkes, Belwin, 1939
Bakalian, Craig (1961- )
Portraits (ca. 1984)
American Music Center
Baker, David (1931-2016)
Woodwind Quintet from The Black Frontier (1971) (also listed as Woodwind Quintet No. 1)
Saint Louis, Mo.: MMB Music, Inc., 1971
Duration: 3:00.
Theme and Variations
Lauren Keiser Music Publishing,
Photocopy in the Indiana University Music Library, Bloomington in the Black Music Collection.
also:
Salute to Beethoven for piccolo, woodwind quintet, flute choir, Jazz Ensemble and tape (1970)
Baker, Lance(1947- )
Blow the Wind Southerly for double woodwind quintet
England: Tickerage Press, 1992?
2 flutes (2nd doubles on piccolo), oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets (2nd doubles bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 2 horns (2nd horn optionally doubles on tam-tam). There is an optional alto sax part to be used if the first clarinetist doesn’t have an A clarinet. Based on an English folk song. Duration: 15:00. Premiered and recorded by the Rondel Ensemble.
Baker, Michael Conway (1937- )
Interlude and Divertimento (1965)
Hollywood, Ca.: Alpheus Music Corp., 1965 1976 /
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Oboist may choose between oboe or English horn. Duration: 9:00. Movements: I. Adagio molto; II. Allegro. See also: http://www.michaelconwaybaker.com/
Woodwind Quintet, Op.7 (1965)
Duration: 11:00. These are probably two listings with separate titles for the same work. Do not confuse with fellow Canadian composer Michael J. Baker.
Bakker, Pieter (1952- )
Herfststerren (1992)
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1992
Duration: 8:00.
Bakla, Petr (1980- )
Wind Quintet
Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/
Wind Quintet No. 2 (2013)
Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/
Baksa, Robert F. (1938- )
Divertimento (1959)
Manuscript: Library of Congress
See also: http://www.robertbaksa.com/rbaksa-bio.html
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (1974/1988)
Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co., sole agent
Duration: 16:00. Neo-classic style.
Woodwind Quintet No. 2
Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co.
Duration: 18:00.
Fantasia for wind quintet (1992)
Composers Library Editions
Duration: 11:00.
also:
Concertino for trumpet and wind quintet
Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co.
Duration: 16:00. Premiered by members of the West Point Concert Band.
Septet for winds and brass: Etudes and Chorale (1992) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet and trombone
Composers Library Editions
Duration: 16:30.
Nonet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass
Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co.
See also his Quartet for winds and piano.
Bal y Gay, Jesús (1905-1993)
Suite Don Quijote (1957) (arr. Álex Salgueiro)
Oboe briefly doubles on English horn. Duration: 6:00. Movements: Introducción; Cide hamete; Seguidillas; Asoma la luna. Performed by the Zoar Ensemble on YouTube. Also check out his quartet for woodwinds.
Balada, Leonardo (or Balada-Ibáñez) (1933- )
Sonata for Ten Winds (1980) for woodwind quintet and brass quintet
New York: G. Schirmer
Duration: 10:00.This work received an honorary mention in the Kennedy Center Freidheim Awards. Premiered by the American Brass Quintet & New York Wind Quintet. See also: https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/balada/English.htm
A New York Times review about this work stated: “The sonata was meant as a ‘sound piece’ and in that it succeeds brilliantly. It is an exciting instrumental showcase, with motoric passages for combined brass instruments that are quite stunning.” [Source: https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/balada/compositionschamber.htm]
Geometrias No. 1 (1966) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet and percussion
Duration: 9:00.
Balakauskas, Osvaldas (1937- )
Aerophonia (1968)
Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre
Duration: 7:00. See also: http://www.mic.lt/en/persons/info/balakauskas.
Aerophonia II (2013)
Lithuanian Music Information Center, www.mic.lt
Duration: 12:00.
also:
Les Musiques (1972) for cello solo and woodwind quintet
Balassa, Sandor (1935- )
Wind Quintet, Op. 9 (1966)
Boosey & Hawkes 1971 / Budapest: Editio Musica Budapesta, www.emb.hu
Barbera Secrist-Schmedes, in Wind Chamber Music, says the work is “lyrical, freely twelve-tone serial…”
Balay, Guillaume (1871-1943)
Petit Suite Miniature, dans le style du XVIIIe siecle
Paris: A. Leduc, 1948
Movements: Menuet; No. 2. Courte gavotte; No. 3. Sarabande; No. 4. Petit rondeau.
La Vallée silencieuse … pièce pour quintette avec flûte principale
Paris: A. Leduc, 1935
Paris: Editions Musicale Buffet Crampon (with Evette et Schaeffer), 1875
A one-movement work, it is also available from the International Music Score Library Project at http://imslp.org/wiki/La_vall%C3%A9e_silencieuse_(Balay,_Guillaume) .
L’Aurore sur la Forêt: piece pour quintette avec cor principal
Paris: Buffet Crampon et Cie., 1931 /
Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 24723
The work features the horn and is dedicated to “Monsieur J. Vialet Cor solo de la musique de la Garde Républicaine.“ Parts are available from the International Music Score Library Project, at http://imslp.org/wiki/L%27Aurore_sur_la_for%C3%AAt_(Balay,_Guillaume) .
Menuett und Rondo (arr. Walnf)
Neil Kjos Music
Balayer, Charles(1957- )
Funny Jazzy Pipes (2012)
Editions Delatour France
A jazz piece for woodwind quintet. See also: http://www.editions-delatour.com/en/25_balayer-charles
Funky Pipes (2013)
Editions Delatour France
Duration: 6:15. Combines jazz with the classical tradition.
Balazs, Arpad (1937- )
Serenata
London: Boosey & Hawkes / Budapest: Editio Musica Budapesta
Barbera Secrist-Schmedes, in Wind Chamber Music, describes this as “delightful…enjoyable for players and audiences.”
Balazs, Frederic (1919-2018)
Quintet (1985) (aka: A Short Quintet for Short People)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 15:00
Balcar, Milan (1886-1954)
Frenstats Idyll, Op. 31 (1941)
Tanz-Suite, Op. 37 (1943)
Balcomb, Stuart (1950- )
American Trilogy
Published by the composer.
Movements: Sunset Strip; Friday Harbor; Ellis Island. Duration: 10:00.
Baldwin, Daniel
Las Nubes (2007)
Medina, New York: Imagine Music Publishing
See also the composer’s website: http://www.danielbaldwincomposer.net/ .
Dreams of the White Tiger (2014)
Contact the composer’s website (above). Duration: 14:00.
Balfe, Manfred (1914- )
Blåskvintett, Op. 2 (1954)
Stockholm: STIMS Informationscentral for Svensk Musik
Duration: 14:00.
Balentine, James Scott (1947- )
The Frog and the Golden Ball
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2005. cimarronmusic.com
Oboe doubles on English horn. Movements: Introduction; Transformation; Scherzo; Lament; Finale. Duration: 12:00. See also: http://www.guildhian.com/
Balian, Moses J.
The Seven Deadly Sins
Sinsinawa, Wisconsin: Alliance Publications, Inc.
Duration: 11:00. 7 movements: Lust; Greed; Gluttony; Sloth; Wrath; Envy; Pride.
Ball, Christopher J. (1936- )
Scenes from a Comedy
Ampleforth: Emerson Edition, 2007
http://www.christopherballcomposer.com/
Flute doubles on piccolo. Duration: 13:00.
Ball, Derek (1949- )
Ceol Chrann na Gaoithe (Wind Tree) (2004)
Unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
Duration: 7:00. See also: http://www.cmc.ie/composers/composer.cfm?composerID=128
Ceol Gliondrach (2002, rev. 2004)
unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
Duration: 8:00
Meicnic Sreabhach (“fluid machanics”) (2005)
unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
Duration: 9:00.
Rigaudons et Troicas d’Haute Provence (2004)
unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
Duration: 5:00.
Ballard, Louis Wayne (a.k.a. Honganózhe or Grand Eagle) (1931-2007)
Ritmo Indio, a study in American Indian rhythms (1969)
New York: Bourne Co., 1969 / Chappell Music
In the second movement the oboist doubles on the Sioux Indian flute or substitute soprano recorder. Duration: 13:00. Movements: The source; The soul; The dance. The composer’s American Indian name is Hunka-No-Zhe (or Honganózhe) or Grand Eagle, he’s of Quapaw-Cherokee extraction. Written for the Dorian Wind Quintet, premiered by them on March 8, 1969 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Grove Music Online says of Ballard: “ An intimate knowledge of Amerindian culture enabled him to create innovative works in many genres that sensitively and respectfully recreate tribal worlds.” [“Ballard, Louis”, accessed 1/27/2019]
Balliett, Doug
Contact the composer: https://www.dougballiett.nyc/
12 Windows (2011, rev. 2014)
Performed by the Washington Square Winds
Ballif, Claude (André François) (1924-2004)
Quintette No. 2, Op. 10 (1953)
Berlin: Bote & Bock
Although Ballif wrote a number of quintets, it appears that Ballif’s first Quintet, Op. 9, was for brass; Quintet Op. 24 is for flute, oboe and strings; Quintet Op. 34 is for bassoon and strings; and Quintet, Op. 70 is for percussion.
Ballou, Esther Williamson (1915-1973)
Suite for Ten Winds (1957) (double woodwind quintet)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 9:00. Movements: Allegro; Lento e dolce; Allegro. She also wrote 2 works for oboe and strings and and Adagio for bassoon and strings.
what if a much of a which of a wind (1959) for soprano, baritone and bass voices with wind quintet.
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 9:00. (Yes, the title is written correctly.) Title is from a poem by e.e. cummings, the work’s text (Text available on the Poetry Foundation website, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/ , and other sources).
Balmer, Luc (1898-1996)
Pauvre Jacques (1959)
Manuscript: Swiss Musik Archive, Zurich
Duration: 7:25.
Die Landshuter Froschserenade
Manuscript: Swiss Musik Archive, Zurich
Duration: 7:25.
Die poetische Bratwurst
Manuscript: Swiss Musik Archive, Zurich
Duration: 14:00.
Balsach, Llorenç(1953- )
Converses (1999)
Barcelona: La mà de guido, http://www.lamadeguido.com/
Baltakas, Vykintas(1972- )
Redditio 2 (2013)
Lithuanian Music Information Center, www.mic.lt /
Wien: Universal Edition, 2015
Duration: 10:00.
Baltin, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (1931- )
Kvintet dlia fleity, goboia, klarneta, fagota i valtorny (Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn) (1975)
Moscow: Muzyka, 1975
There appears to be more than one composer named Aleksandr Baltin. The International Movie Database lists one with the dates 1931-2009. Schott Music lists one born in 1967. Grove Music Online lists one born in 1931, who is likely the one who wrote this quintet. If this quintet is out of print, you can try Interlibrary loan: Univ. of California, Harvard, or Northwestern.
Baltas, Alkis (1948- )
Mikri souita gia kouinteto pneuston (Little suite for woodwind quintet) (1970)
Athens : Hellenic Music Centre ; Athens: Edition Orpheus, 2013
Bamert, Matthias (1942- )
Woodwind Quintet (1970)
New York: G. Schirmer, 1972
Bancquart, Alain (1934- )
Ma manière de nuages (1993) for woodwind quintet
Ricordi
See also: http://mapage.noos.fr/alainbancquart/
Explosante Fixe (1972) for Woodwind Quintet and Harp
Paris: Jobert, 1972
Clarinet doubles on Alto clarinet. Duration: 15:00. Written for harpist Marie-claire Jamet and the Quintette André Rabot of Aix en Provence. Grove Music Online incorrectly lists this as being for harp and string quintet.
Banfield, William C.(1961- )
Dance Like the Wind (1995)
Movements: She’s Making Coffee; All Four in the Car; Dance like the Wind (Island Sway). Duration: 9:25. Included in recording of the same title, Omaha Clarion label. Listed in “Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography.” See also: https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/william-banfield . Professor at the Berklee College of Music. His archives (compositions not listed online) are in the Black Metropolis Research Consortium https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/bmrc/view.php?eadid=BMRC.CBMR.BANFIELD.SURVEY
Banks, Brian(1964- )
A Bonsai Garden Set X (2016)
This is the 10th work in a series of chamber works entitled A Bonsai Garden, a theme continued in several Bonsai Concertos. Set X is in the repertoire of the Quinteto de Alientos de la Ciudad de México (the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet). See also: https://brianrbanks-composer.com/ (although this quintet still wasn‘t yet included in his list of works in 2020).
Baptista, Raphael (da Silva) (1909-1984)
Instantaneos Folcloricos Nos. 1 and 2 (1963)
Published by the composer. Possibly out of print.
Duration: 12:00. Movements for No. 1: I. Marcha de soldado biruta; II. Baguna com o gato, III. Tema, valsinha e chorinho, IV. Gavia no terreiro. Composer should not be confused with the Brazilian guitarist, Raphael Baptista Rabello.
Barab, Seymour (1921-2014)
Wind Quintet
New York: Seesaw Music
See also: http://www.seymourbarab.com/.
See also his works for for winds and piano.
Barabba, Jason
…so anyway, I sez to Mabel, I sez…
Check with the composer, http://jasonbarabba.com/
Duration: 4:20. The work is a palindromic composition, but the title comes from The Simpsons. There is also a brass quintet version. listen to it on YouTube.
also:
This Friday Afternoon for high baritone voice, flute (doubling piccolo), English horn, clarinet, bassoon, harp and string quartet
From the composer, https://www.jasonbarabba.com/
Duration: 19:00.
Baran, Ilhan (1934-2016)
Demet-Suite (Miracles Suite) (1966-1967)
Ankara: Ankara Devlet Conservatory, Turkey, 1973
Barati, George (1913-1996)
Woodwind Quintet (1954)
New York: Composers Facsimile Edition (American Composers Alliance), 1955
Duration: 17:00.
Five Winds Celebrating (1994)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 18:00
Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)
Summer Music, Op. 31 (1956)
New York: G. Schirmer, 1957
Premier performance on March 20, 1956 by the Chamber Music Society of Detroit by principal players of the Detroit Symphony: James Pellerite on flute; Arno Mariotti on oboe; Albert Luconi on clarinet; Charles Sirard on bassoon and Ray Alonge, horn. Subsequently, the work has been recorded by over 25 quintets around Europe and the Americas.Duration: 12:00.
The quintessential American quintet. One of my favorite works in the literature and well-liked by audiences. Challenging. [ Andrew Brandt ]
According to a 2016 dissertation by Kristen Woodward, Barber was commissioned to write this work for the Chamber Music Society of Detroit. Part of the contract stated that the “published edition must bear an inscription to the Chamber Music Society of Detroit and name the musicians who performed the premiere.” But during the composition of this work, Barber attended several rehearsals of the New York Woodwind Quintet, had them play experimental excerpts, and they read through the work after its composition. After the Detroit musicians premiered Summer Music, the New York Woodwind Quintet also performed it and included it in their 1956 South American tour. [See more: Kristin Woodward’s “John Barrows and His Contributions to the Horn Literature”, Florida State University Digital Library, 2016.] A similar story confirming these details is found in [Amy L. Likar, The New York Woodwind Quintet: A Continuing Legacy, Ohio State University, 1999]
Barbera, Gianfranco Clemente(1971- )
Fantasy for Quintet
Ancona, Italy: Bèrben Edizioni Musicali, http://www.berben.it/
Barboteu, Georges (1924-2006)
Caricatures, 3 Pieces “Ballet”
Paris: Editions Choudens, 1966
Movements: Le Pandore; L’enjoleuse; Le clown.
Barboteu was described as France’s leading hornist and taught horn at the Conservatoire for 20 years. He also founded the Quintet Ars Nova, for which he probably wrote these works.[ Andrew Brandt ]
Astral
Chansonnerie
Paris: Editions Choudens
Fresque
Paris: Choudens, 1986
Prelude et Divertissement
Paris: Edition Choudens, 1966 / New York: C. F. Peters
Barce, Ramon (1928-2008)
Parábola, Op. 22 (1963)
Madrid: Alpuerto, 1974
also:
Obertura fonetica – Wind Sextet (1968)
Duration: 8:00. Recorded on the EMEC label (Spanish label).
Bardi, Agustín(1884-1941)
Gallo Ciego for woodwind quintet and bandoneon (arr. WyndSync)
One of a pair of tangos arranged specifically for the quintet Windsync, used in its 2013 concerts and recorded by them. See also Berlingieri
Bardwell, William(1915-1994)
Antiphony for double woodwind quintet
Originally published by the arranger
Manuscript at the BBC Library
Duration: 14:00.
Catherine Gerhart of the Annotated Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music explains, “It begins very stridently and dissonantly in the first movement but in the second and third movements the piece takes a more consonant and melodic direction. The third movement is playful with the various instruments playing off each other like a game of tag.”
Bargiel, Woldemar (1828-1897)
Meditation (arr. Harris)
New York: Carl Fischer, 1970
Bargielski, Zbigniew (1937- )
Klatka dla motyli (Schmetterlingskafig, or A Butterfly Cage) for woodwind quintet (1978)
Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Muzyczne Agencji Autorskiej, 1980
Recorded, 1997, on ISPV 182 CD ProViva by the Warsaw Wind Quintet Da Camera. Duration: 10:00. See also: http://culture.pl/en/artist/zbigniew-bargielski
Vier zu eins (Four Trees with a Horn, Wind Qnt no.2) (1982)
Barkoskie, Alvez IV
Touch-Tone (2010, rev. 2011)
See http://library.newmusicusa.org/
Duration: 4:40. Based on the pitches from a touch-tone phone dialing his telephone number. See website for score and sound file.
Barkauskas, Vytautas (1931- )
La vostra nominanza e color d’erba for woodwind quintet and choir (1970) (Text by Dante Alighieri, from La divina commedia.)
Praha: Cesky hudebni fond
Alternate title: “Poem-mirage after La divina commedia by Dante.” There is an alternate version of this work, listed as Version 2, for SATB and string quintet. It appears the wind quintet version would be the original.
See In the Zoo, too.
Barklund, Irma (1909-1984)
Okenstad (1972)
Barlow, Trevor
The Marchioness of Tullibardine
Ebony Edition, 1996
See also: http://www.trevorbarlow.net/
Barnes, Clifford P. (Clifford Paulus) (1897-1967)
Robbins Collection of Ensembles for woodwinds and French horn
New York, Robbins Music Corp., 1958
Includes works arranged by Clifford P. Barnes:
Be My Love by Nicholas Brodsky and Sammy Cahn
Blue Moon by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Daybreak by Ferde Grofé and Harold Adamson
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo by Bronislau Kaper and Helen Deutsch
Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller and Mitchell Parish
More Than You Know by Vincent Youmans and William Rose and Edward Eliscu
It’s a Most Unusual Day by Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson
Stairway to the Stars by Frank Signorelli and Mitchell Parish and Matt Malneck
Siboney by Ernesto Lecuona
Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg.
Barnes, James (1949- )
Meadowlark for Woodwind quintet, piano, cello and percussion
San Antonio: Southern Music Co.
Barnes, Milton (1931-2001)
Suite for Woodwind Quintet (1953)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Movements: I. Con moto, adagio; II. Andante largamente; III. Rondo.
Channuka Suite, No. 1 (1977)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Duration: 9:00. Movements: M’y’malel; S’vivon; Dreydl; Al hanisim; Ma-oz-tsur; Am Yisroel chai. Also exists in version for chamber orchestra.
Chanuka Suite, No. 2 (1977)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Movements: Chanuka; Ma toru; Hiney bo; Tsiltsele shama; al hanissim; yimey ha hanukah.
Xmas Suite (1977)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Arrangements of Deck the Halls; Adeste Fideles; God Rest You Merry Gentlemen; Holy Night; Away in a Manger; Nowel; Merry Xmas; Les Anges.
Barnes, Nathaniel J.S.
Casa Loma Quintet (2014)
Try the Blythwood Winds for contacting the composer.
Movements with links to YouTube videos by the Blythwood Winds of each movement: I. Five-Legged Elephant; II. Ballroom (Pellatt Rag); III. Electricity; IV. Mausoleum; V. Devant Si Je Puis (‘Foremost, if I am able’). (Links subject to change.) Barnes is mainly a choir composer, and should not be confused with the drummer Nate Barnes.
According to the composer: “‘Casa Loma Wind Quintet’ (2014): premiered in April 2015 by the Blythwood Winds at the Music Gallery in Toronto…, this five-movement work paints a portrait of Henry Pellatt, his wife Mary and their landmark Toronto home, Casa Loma.” ¶ Casa Loma (Hill House) is a 98-room, Gothic Revival mansion and garden (complete with castle tower) in Toronto that remains a popular tourist attraction, as well as a meeting place and movie set. Written for the 100th anniversary of the mansion’s completion, the music, to my ears, is a collection of set pieces that reflect the age when the Pellatt family lived there. The Casa Loma Quintet is therefore a beautiful, if nostalgically conservative, addition to the quintet repertoire. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Barolsky, Michael (1947-2009)
Holzblaserquintett (1965)
Lithuanian composer.
Baron, Michel
5 Esquisses pour Quintette à Vent
Editions Delatour
Baron, Samuel (1925-1997)
Rhapsody on a Chassidic Tune (arr. Carol Baron)
New York: Oxford University Press, 2005
Samuel Baron was a noted flutist who performed many years with the New York Woodwind Quintet.
Barraine, Elsa (1910-1999)
Ouvrage de Dame (1931)
Cincinnati, Ohio, A. J. Andraud
Paris: Le Chant du Monde
The work is a theme and seven variations, each reflecting a feminine personality: “Angélique; Berthe, aux sonorités dures; Irène, sinueuse; Barbe, fugato burlesque; Sarah; Isabeau de Bavière, avec son chapeau conique et son voile flottant; Léocadie, vieille fille sentimentale du temps jadis.” A student of Dukas, winner of the Prix de Rome, and a resistance member during the German occupation of World War II, her life and work is worth looking into. This work is also included in the Andraud 22 Quintets collection.
Barraquero, Carlos Washington (1927-2002)
Quinteto (1982)
Manuscript
3 movements.
Barraud, Henri (1900-1997)
Wind Quintet (1974)
London: Boosey & Hawkes
This is an arrangement of the composer’s Saxophone Quartet.
See also his Concertino for winds and piano.
Barrell, Bernard (1919-2005)
Pantomime for Wind Quintet, Op. 110 (1992?)
Piper Publications: Dochroyle Farm, Barrhill, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, http://www.piperpublications.co.uk/
5 movements, Duration: 6:00. Movements: Intrada; Waltz; Rumba; Clown’s Song; Caricature. Described as an easy work for most students with substitute parts for horn, bassoon and oboe.
Barrére, Georges (1876-1944)
Juilliard series of music for wind- instruments, twelve transcriptions for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1931
Have not been able to determine if any copies still exist outside the Juilliard School, although one supposes so. (See the Juilcat catalog online.) In two volumes.
Volume 1:
Sonatina, from the cantata “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit” by Johann Sebastian Bach
Around the wigwam, Op. 76, No. 3 by Harvey Worthington Loomis
Petite marche by Leo Delibes
Minuet, from Piano sonata (Phantasie) in G major, Op. 78 by Franz Schubert
Le Marais by Jean Philippe Rameau
Musette by Katherine K. Davis
Volume 2:
Adagio, from the Sextet for wind instruments, op. 71 by Ludwig van Beethoven
The night wind by Roland Farley
Vöglein by Edvard Hagerup Grieg
Minuet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Pastorale by Igor Stravinsky
The harmonica-player by David W. Guion.
Studying with Claude-Paul Taffanel, Georges Barrére was still a young flutist when he had the good fortune to be the very first flutist to see and perform the famous solo in Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun in Paris. He also organized the Parisian Sociéte moderne d’instruments à vent. Later he went to perform as principal flutist of the New York Philharmonic (for over 25 years) and taught at Juilliard (hence the “Juilliard series” in the title). [ Andrew Brandt ]
Barros, Sebastiäo de
SEE K-Ximbinho
Barrow, Robert (1911-1987)
Suite
Redondo Beach, Calif., Composer’s Autograph Publications 1969
Barrows, John (1913-1974)
March
New York: G. Schirmer, 1950
John Barrows was a hornist and, in 1952, co-founder of the New York Woodwind Quintet. The March was written for that group specifically for young audiences. Earlier, in 1941 Barrows performed with the League of Composers Woodwind Quintet’s Latin American tour of 5 composer/performers: David Van Vactor, flute, Alvin Etler, oboe; John McBride on clarinet, Adolph Weiss, bassoon, and Barrows on horn.
Quintet (1936)
Duration: 23:00. Likely a student work written when Barrows was studying at Yale University.
Bárta, Jiří (1935-2012)
Bläserquintett (1959)
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Not to be confused with the younger cellist or the stop motion animation director.
Bárta, Lubor (1928-1972)
1st Wind Quintet (1956)
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Duration: 18:00. See also: http://www.musica.cz/bartal/index.htm#Engl
II. dechovy kvintet (2nd Wind Quintet) (1969)
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)/
Paris: Le Chant du Monde /
Prague: Editio Supraphon
Duration: 12:00.
Divertimento (1949)
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Barthe, Adrien (1828-1898)
Passacaille
Southern Music / Kjos / Rubank /
Paris: Alphonse Leduc, ca. 1899 /
The Leduc edition is now available for free download from the International Music Score Library Project, at http://imslp.org/wiki/Passacaille_(Barthe,_Adrien) .
This work is included in the famous Andraud 22 Quintets published by Southern Music. It is a fairly flashy French fugue-style piece. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Davyd Breeskin of Annandale, Virginia, says the Kjos edition is easier to read than the one in the Andraud collection, with different articulations and other inconsistencies between the editions.
Aubade
Paris: A. Pinatel, 1893
Possibly also published by Southern Music? But see the next entry. The original Pinatel version is also available for download from the International Music Score Library Project at http://imslp.org/wiki/Aubade_(Barthe,_Adrien).
On a historic note, the Aubade was one of the works on the first concert of the Société de Musique de Chambre pour Instruments à Vent on Feb. 6, 1879 in the Salle Pleyel in Paris. This group, founded by Paul Taffanel, played an important role in developing wind chamber music for 14 years.
Two Pieces for Woodwind Quintet (Aubade and Passacaille)
Manhattan, KS: Prairie Dawg Press
An edition of the previous two works together. According to Bruce Gbur, “Barthe wrote the Aubade for his friend Paul Taffanel, who featured it on the first concert of his Society for Wind Chamber Music in 1879.”Unfortunately, Bruce Gbur (bassoonist and owner of Prairie Dawg Press has passed and I do not know where the rights to these works has landed.
Bartholomew, Greg (1957- )
When Johnny (1912)
Seattle, Washington: Burke & Bagley, 2012]
See also: http://www.gregbartholomew.com/. Duration: 2:00. Based on the Civil War tune, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
Second Suite from Razumov
Burke & Bagley; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Based on Act Two of Razumov, Greg Bartholomew’s chamber opera based on the novel Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad. Duration: 16:00. The suite, is written (and sold) in four parts: Pt. 1: Ah, My Children; Pt. 2: Interlude; Pt 3: You Cannot Pass the Mother By; and Pt. 4: Haldin was Betrayed. Suite 1, which covers the first act, is not for woodwind quintet, but in two versions, both using clarinet and strings. For more info, see: http://www.gregbartholomew.com/suiterazindex.html
Dixie (tune by Dan Emmett) (arr. Greg Bartholomew)
Burke & Bagley; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Duration: 1:30.
Civil War Mashup
Composed using small snippets of recognizable Civil War era American folk songs, and was written for the West Point Woodwind Quintet on the occasion of the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War.
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
arrangements
Diary of a Fly (arr. Henry J. Aaron)
Larchmont, N.Y., M.G. Koffler, 1957
Originally for piano solo from Mikrokosmos. See also the collection of Henry Aaron arrangements under the A’s.
Romanian Folk Dances (arr. Mark Popkin)
Charlotte, NC.: Alry Publications, 2002
Romanian Folk Dances (Román Népi Táncok) (arr. Takuya Shigeta)
Published by the arranger
Movements: 1. Bot tánc (Stick Dance); 2. Brâul (Sash Dance); 3. Topogó (In One Spot); 4. Bucsumi tánc (Dance from Bucsum); 5. Román polka (Romanian Polka); 6. Aprózó (Fast Dance).Available for download under a Creative Commons license, from the International Music Score Library Project at http://imslp.org/wiki/Romanian_Folk_Dances,_Sz.56_(Bart%C3%B3k,_B%C3%A9la) .
Rondo No. 1 (for solo piano) (arr. Trevor Cramer)
Tallevast, FL: TrevCo Music
Uses A clarinet. Originally for piano solo.
Rondo No. 3 (for solo piano) (arr. Trevor Cramer)
Trevco Music Publishing
Two Rondos on Folksongs (arr. Eberhard Ramm)
St. Cloud, MN: Medici Music Press, 1983
Originally Nos. 1 and 3 from “Rondo nepi dallamokkal” for piano solo, arranged for flute, oboe, clarinet (A), horn and bassoon.
Three Rondos (arr. Carol Richters)
7 Bagatelles (from 14 Bagatelles, Op. 6 for piano, 1908) (arr. Marc Vallon)
Tallevast, FL: TrevCo Music
9 Short Pieces for Children (originally for piano) (arr. Marc Vallon)
Tallevast, FL: TrevCo Music
Movements: 1. Allegro; II. Sorrow; III. Dance; IV. Farewell; V. The Highway Robber; VI. Lament; VII. Teasing Song; VIII. Peasant’s Fate; IX. Game of Tag.
“My Little Graceful Girl” No. 17 from For Children, Sz.42 (1908-09) (arr. Pierre Gouin)
Montreal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 1999
The original piano collection includes 85 pieces. This work includes an optional cello part to replace the horn. Available under the Creative Commons on the International Music Score Library Project, http://imslp.org/wiki/For_Children,_Sz.42_(Bart%C3%B3k,_B%C3%A9la) . It is also available at ScorSer.com
“Parsley and Celery” No. 21 from For Children, Sz.42 (1908-09) (arr. Pierre Gouin)
Montreal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 1999
Has an optional cello part to replace the horn. Available under the Creative Commons on the International Music Score Library Project, http://imslp.org/wiki/For_Children,_Sz.42_(Bart%C3%B3k,_B%C3%A9la)
“Mother, Dear Mother” No. 31 from For Children, Sz.42 (1908-09) (arr. Pierre Gouin)
Montreal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 1999
Has an optional cello part to replace the horn. Available under the Creative Commons on the International Music Score Library Project, http://imslp.org/wiki/For_Children,_Sz.42_(Bart%C3%B3k,_B%C3%A9la)
“My Little Graceful Girl, Adagio (No. 17)” from For Children (arr. Pierre Gouin)
Score and parts may be downloaded for free from ScoreSer.com.
Suite of Pieces from Gyermekeknek (Hungarian and Rumanian folk songs arranged for children) (arr. Ross Taylor)
Barton, Todd
Apogee (1992)
American Music Center
Notes:Duration: 6:30. http://www.toddbarton.com/
Bartoš, Jan Zdeněk (1908-1981)
3 Bläserquintette (1946-63)
Scherzo for woodwind quintet (Scherzo na lid. motivy pro dechovy kvinteto)
also:
Concerto Grosso for woodwind quintet and orchestra
Divertimento No. 1 for flute, 2 clarinets, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns (1957)
Praha: Panton, 1960.
II. Nonet (2nd Nonet) (1974) for woodwind quintet, violin, viola, violoncello and double bass.
Praha: Supraphon, 1977.
Duration: 16:00.
Bartos, Frantisek (1905-1973)
Scherzo (1932)
Quintet Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1934) (Quintet after Lully) (Mestak slechticem. Suita ze scenicke hudby) (“The Would-Be Gentleman”)
Prague: Hudebni matice umělecké besedy, 1943 /
Matice
Minneapolis, MN: McCoy’s Horn Library
Flute doubles on piccolo? Duration: 8:30 Movements: Intrada; Carillon; Bourree; Menuet; Gigue; Marcia alla turca. Do not confuse this composer with Frantisek Bartos (1837-1906) the Moravian ethnomusicologist and folksong collector.
Divertimento (1970)
Prague: Artia, 1950
Bartos, Josef (1902-1966)
Cassation (Kasace), Op. 45 (1961)
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
This composer should not be confused with the Czech musicologist Josef Bartoš (1887-1952).
Student-Serenade (Studentska serenada), Op. 29 (1950)
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Unter Zvicina (Zum Uben) (Pod zvicinou), Op. 32 (1952)
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Bläserquintett, Op. 34
Manuscript: Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Bartovic, Peter (1947- )
Hold mladej generácii (1974)
Music Center Slovakia, http://hc.sk/en/
Variationen über ein Beethoven-Thema für Bläserquintett
Manuscript, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Bartow, Nevett (1934-1973)
Divertimento for Woodwind Quintet
Delaware Water Gap, Pa.: Shawnee Press
Recorded by Pentaura (Woodwind Quintet) on Centaur
Records, http://www.centaurrecords.com/
Bartsch, Charles (1907-1979)
3 Mouvements
Bruxelles: Editions J. Maurer, 1970
Bashmakov, Leonid (1927-2016)
Quintetto (1978)
Helsinki: Suomalaisen musilikin tiedotuskeskus
Finnish Music Information Centre
Duration: 14:00.
also:
Octetto (1970) for woodwind quintet, trumpet, trombone, and piano
Helsinki: Suomalaisen musilikin tiedotuskeskus
Finnish Music Information Centre
Visions and Revelations (1977) for woodwind quintet and percussion
Helsinki: Suomalaisen musilikin tiedotuskeskus
Finnish Music Information Centre
Duration: 16:00.
“MUTU” (1997) for tuba solo, woodwind quintet and (2) percussion
Pub. by the Tuba-Euphonium Press
Duration: 8:00. Commissioned by the Tubist Universal Brotherhood Association.
Three Fantastic Dances (1999) for woodwind quintet, string quartet and piano
Helsinki: Suomalaisen musilikin tiedotuskeskus – Finnish Music
Information Centre
Duration: 9:00.
See also Bashmakov’s works for winds and keyboard.
Basler, Paul (1963- )
Serenade for Woodwind Quintet
Tallahassee, FL: RM Williams Pub., 1998
Bass, Eddie (1937- )
Woodwind Quintet No. 1
Registered ASCAP
Basseto, Bruno (1971- )
Fantasia Sertaneja (2008)
Brussels?: New Consonant Music
“Deeply evocative work having beautiful and extense melodic lines, with a great care to polyphonic structures. It shows otorious influence from brazilian popular music and jazz…” See also http://www.newconsonantmusic.com/works/page.php?Ref=AVK195
Bassett, Leslie (1923- )
Woodwind Quintet (1958)
American Composers Alliance, 1962
Duration: 11:00
also:
Wind Music for flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, horn and bassoon
Bryn Mawr, PA: Merion Music, T. Presser, sole agent, 1977
Duration: 12:00..
Wind Music (1977) for woodwind quintet and alto saxophone
Merion Music
Nonet (1967) for woodwind quintet, trumpet, trombone, tuba, & piano
Baste, Anna Cazurra
Basulto, Alejandro
Divertimento (2014)
Duration: 9:00. Contact the composer on his website, http://alejandrobasulto.com/
Bates-Smith, Karen
Rhyme Quintet
Klavis Press, 1102 N. Springbrook Rd., PMB 107, Nehalem, OR 97132 USA, Phone: 503-538-6620
Batiste, Alvin (1932-2007)
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (1981)
Commissioned by the Quintet of the Americas. This work should not be confused with the music Batiste wrote for the American Jazz Quintet.
Batterham, Andrew (1968- )
A tiny king (1997)
Published by the composer.
See also Australian Music Centre, sales[at]amcoz.com.au
Uses piccolo instead of flute. See: www.andrewbatterham.com. Also: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
The Trance-like Spell of my Children (1997)
Australian Music Centre, sales[at]amcoz.com.au
Uses alto flute instead of flute. Duration: 12:00. Commissioned by the Prisms Wind Quintet.
Batzner, Jay C. (1974- )
Prelude, Chorale, and Ostinato, Op. 13
See also: https://jaybatzner.com/ .
Lentissimo for woodwind quintet (2011)
Bauer, Ken
arrangements
Away in a Manger
Deckerville, MI: David E. Smith Publications http://www.despub.com/
Optional substitute alto sax part to replace horn.
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (arr. Ken Bauer)
Deckerville, MI: David E. Smith Publications http://www.despub.com/
I Saw 3 Ships (On Christmas Day)
Deckerville, MI: David E. Smith Publications http://www.despub.com/
Jesus Christ is Risen Today
Ken Bauer Productions
Optional substitute parts: Alto sax for horn, bass clarinet for bassoon.
Joy to the World
Ken Bauer Productions
Deckerville, MI: David E. Smith Publications http://www.despub.com/
Optional substitute alto sax part to replace horn.
We Three Kings (arr. Ken Bauer)
Deckerville, MI: David E. Smith Publications http://www.despub.com/
Optional substitute alto sax part to replace horn.
Bauer, Marion Eugénie (1882-1955)
Quintet for Woodwinds, Op. 48 (1956)
New York: Composers Facsimile Edition (American Composers Alliance), 1956
If you can’t find a copy from ACA, there is a Microfilm copy at the New York Public Library. The manuscript of the work is at Mount Hoyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Movements: I Allegro commodo; II Allegro gioviale; III Andante pastorale; IV Allegro giocoso. See also: http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/bauer-marion-eugenie.
Six Little Fugues
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1977
also:
Aquarelle, Op. 39/2a (also listed as Op. 39b, No. 2) for double woodwind quintet and 2 double basses (1948)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Originally an unpublished work for piano.
Patterns, Op. 41, No. 2 from 5 Pieces (1948) arranged by the composer for double woodwind quintet and double bass
New York: American Composers Alliance
Movements: 1. Allegretto; II. In fast waltz time; III. Scherzo-like; IV. Somewhat slow; V. Toccata (fast). Originally for solo piano.
Bauer, Robert P. (1950- )
Once in 4
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Bassoon part may be performed by trombone. (But why?) Duration: 10:00.
Bauckholt, Carola (1959- )
Zugvögel for Oboe (& English horn), Clarinet, E♭ Alto Sax, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon (2011-2012)
Köln: Thürmchen, 2012
Written for the Calefax Reed Quintett. Obviously, this is not a standard woodwind quintet. The work has an accompanying CD which appears to include the actual bird songs that Bauckholt has transcribed, in order to aid the performers. See also: http://www.thuermchen.de/VERLAG/Bauckholt/BAUCKHOLT.html
Note: the “3 Satze” by Bauckholt, listed as a woodwind quintet in other repertory lists including Grove’s, is actually for brass quintet. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Baum, Alfred (1904-1993)
Divertimento
Manuscript: Scottish Music Archive
Bauman, Felix (1961- )
Quintet
Order from the composer, at Elsasserstrasse 105, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
This is one of only two quintets I’ve heard about that REQUIRES a conductor to get through the rhythmic intricacies of the work. Monica Buckland Hofstetter (try scully[at]bluewin.ch) was the first (and only?) conductor of the work. The 3 movements last about 12:00. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Bauman, Jon Ward (1939-2009)
Fantasy for Woodwind Quintet (2004)
Duration: 5:35.
Baumann, Herbert (1925- )
Quintett
Hamburg: H. Sikorski, 1991
Duration: 14:00.
Baumann, Max Georg (1917-1999)
Kleine Kammermusik Op. 11 (1972?)
Wilhelmshaven, Heinrichshofen’s Verlag 1977 /
Berlin: Sirius-Verlag, 1972
Baur, Jürg (1918-2010)
Quintetto Pittoresco, Passeggiata con M. Ravel (1986)
Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1987
Quintetto Sereno (1958)
Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1959
Work includes both serial and aleatory techniques. Movements: Praembel; Rhapsodia ritmica; Scherzo ostinato; Spiegel und Krebs (Mirror and Cancrizans); In Memoriam; Finale: Burletta.
Reminiszenen, Ostinato und Trio, in memoriam Paul Hindemith (1950/revised 1980)
Regensburg: G. Bosse, 1983 / Bärenreiter
Skizzen (1974) (Sketches)
Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1974
See http://www.dohr.de/autor/baur.htm
Pentagramm (1966, rev. 1969/70) for woodwind quintet and orchestra
Breitkopf & Härtel
Bausznern, Dietrich von (1928-1980)
Bläserquintett, 1974
Berlin: Verlag Merseburger, 1990
Bavdek, Dušan (1971- )
Variacije za pihalni kvintet (1991)
Ljubljana: Edicije Drustva slovenskih skladateljev – Society of Slovene Composers, www.dss.si
Bavicchi, John (1922-2012)
Woodwind Quintet No. 1, Op. 43 (1961)
United States: BKJ Publications, 1988
Movements: Precipitoso; Espansivo; Agitato; Vigoroso. Duration: 15:00.
Woodwind Quintet No. 2, Prelude, Fugue, and Coda, Op. 58 (1968)
Verona, NJ: Seesaw Music Corp., 1972, 2017
Duration: 5:00.
Woodwind Quintet No. 3, Opus 64 (1973)
BKJ Publications
Movements: Amabile; Leggermente; Sentito; Serioso. Duration: 12:00.
Bax, Arnold (1883-1953)
In a Vodka Shop (arr. Trevor Cramer)
Lake Worth, FL: Trevco Music Publishing
Originally written for piano.
Bayer-Vetessy, George (1923-?1989)
Serenade, Op. 3a
Munich: Modern Edition, Hans Wewerka Musikverlag
Born Gyorgy Vetessy.
Bayliss, Colin (1948- )
Wind Quintet
Manchester, England: Da Capo Music, 1998
Duration: 10:00.
Bayford, Frank (1941- )
Wind Quintet ‘of thylacines and takahes’, Op. 71 (1988, revised 2015)
Enfield: Modus Music, 1988, 2015
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Duration: 10:00. Movements: 1. Prelude; 2. Soliloquy; 3. March; 4. Interlude; 5. Finale. The original version of this work was premiered by the Walsall Wind Quintet in May 1991. The music explores the possible extinction of both animal species and folk songs.
Bazant, Jaromir (1926-2009)
Parthia for Wind Quintet, Op.18 (1965)
Duration: 8:00.
Bazelon, Irwin (1922-1995)
Woodwind Quintet (1975)
Theodore Presser /
Borough Green, Kent: Novello, 1982 /
Delaware Water Gap, Pa.: Shawnee Press
Duration: 19:00. Sound files available at http://library.newmusicusa.org/.
See Bazelon’s Early American Suite.
Bázlik, Miroslav (1931- )
Dychove kvinteto (Woodwind Quintet No. 1) (1977)
Bratislava: Slovensky Hudobny Fond, 1981
Duration: 14:00.
Wind Quintet No. 2 (1978)
Music Center Slovakia, http://hc.sk/en/
Duration: 18:00.
also:
Hudba k poézii (Music to Poetry) for woodwind quintet, string quartet, harp, vibraphone (1966)
Duration: 32:00.
See Bazlik’s Quintet for winds and harpsichord.
Beach, Amy (1867-1944)
(a.k.a. Mrs. H.H.A. Beach, maiden name: Amy Marcy Cheney)
Pastorale, Op. 151 (1942)
New York: Composer’s Press (1942)
Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Hildegard Pub. Co., 1998
Northbrook, Illinois: Opus Music Pub.
Musikproduktion Höflich
Duration: 3:45. Recently recorded by the Rekjavik Wind Quintet. Score and parts are available to download from the International Music Score Library Project for those countries where the work is out of copyright: http://imslp.org/wiki/Pastorale_for_Woodwind_Quintet,_Op.151_(Beach,_Amy_Marcy)
Fire-flies(arr. Trevor Cramer)
Tallevast, FL: TrevCo Music
Originally Op. 15, No. 4 for cello and piano.
Beach, Bruce C. (1903- ?)
Scherzo
Kenosha, Wisconsin: Leblanc, 1965
Beale, James (1924-2010)
Woodwind Quintet, Op. 48 (1990)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Movements: Allegro; Adagio; Allegro Scherzando; Epilogue: Molto Adagio. Duration: 19:00. Premiered by Soni Ventorum.
See Beale’s Sextet
Beall, John (1942- )
Shaker Tunes Free Variations for Woodwind Quintet (1992)
Saint Louis, Mo.: MMB Music, 1997?
There is also a sextet version for alto saxophone and woodwind quintet. John Beall should not be confused with John Beal, b. 1947, the film composer.
Whitewater (1994) for String Quartet and Woodwind Quintet
Duration: 10:00.
See also Beall’s Sextet for winds and piano.
Beamish, Sally (1956- )
The Naming of Birds (2000)
Glasgow: Scottish Music Information Centre, 2000
New York: C. F. Peters
Duration: 15:00. Flute doubles on piccolo. Commissioned by The Reykjavik Wind Quintet and premiered by them at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama on April 27, 2001. Each of the five movements features one of the members of the quintet: Perdix perdix (the partridge) — horn; Vanellus vanellus (the lapwing) — oboe; Carduelis cannabina, emberiza calendra (the linnet, the corn bunting) — flute and piccolo; Tyto alba (the barn owl) — bassoon; Pyrrhula pyrrhula (the bullfinch) — clarinet. For more info: http://www.sallybeamish.com/
Sally Beamish writes: “I wrote this piece while also working on Knotgrass Elegy, an oratorio which uses a text by Donald Goodbrand Saunders describing the threat that modern farming methods pose to birds. The birds’ Latin names are chanted by a children’s chorus. While making the sketches for this large scale piece, I became fascinated by the close relationship that the Latin names (and often common names too) have with the actual sound of the bird. I began to notate the birdsongs with that in mind, and these five short movements for wind quintet emerged, each featuring a different member of the quintet as a soloist.”
Adagio and Variations (2011)
Based on Mozart’s Adagio for Glass Harmonica K356.
Beaser, Robert (1954- )
Shadow and Light (1978-1980)
Schott Helicon Music: In US: European American Music Distributors, LLC
Duration: 18:00 See also: http://www.schott-music.com/shop/artists/1/show,1639.html.
Beatty, Stephen W.(1938- )
Shu – Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Triple Horn, No. 2, Op. 677 (2016)
Score and parts available, under a Creative Commons license, from the International Music Score Library Project, https://imslp.org/ (look up the composer, then the title – when last checked, the Woodwind Quintet was the last item on the extensive list)
Duration: 16:00.
Quintet for Woodwinds, Horn and Cello, Op. 676
Available under a Creative Commons license from the International Music Score Library Project. http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
For flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn and cello. Features the flute.
also:
Fantasy for Woodwinds and Strings, Op. 40 (2010) for piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and strings
Available under a Creative Commons license from the International Music Score Library Project. https://imslp.org/wiki/Fantasy_for_Woodwinds_and_Strings%2C_Op.40_(Beatty%2C_Stephen_W.)
There’s also a link to a Youtube recording of a synthesized realization of the score. Beatty has an extensive list of chamber music and other works available at the International Music Score Library Project, including almost every imaginable (and a few unimaginable) combinations of winds and strings.
Beaumont, Adrian(1937- )
Concerto for Double Wind Quintet (1967, revised 1998)
Isle of Lewis, Scotland: Vanderbeek and Imrie, Ltd., 1967
Movements: Lento – Allegro; Andante; Allegro giocoso. Duration: 17:00..
Catherine Gerhart of the Annotated Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music describes this as neo-baroque with expanded chromaticism. Could be performed by a “good amateur group.” See her site for more info.
Becerril, José (1964- )
Quinteto (El Tomasin), 2011
Available for download from http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=38854 . An MP3 file is also available.
Beck, Conrad (1901-1989)
“Trauert, alle Menschen, trauert”, Volkslied
Manuscript: Swiss Music Archive, Zurich
Concerto for Wind Quintet and Orchestra (1975-76)
Mainz: B. Schott Sohne
Premiered in 1979 by the Bläserquintett des Südwestfunks and the Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks. Movements: I. Leicht bewegt; II. Sehr ruhig; III. Sehr lebhaft. Parts are rental only. Duration: 18:00.
Centres Mobiles (1980) for woodwind quintet, trumpet, and timpani.
Beck, Frederick
Two Movements
Possibly Frederick W. Beck (1928- ) or Frederick Allan Beck (1946- ).
Beck, Jochen (1941- )
Quintet (1966)
Wolfenbuttel, Germany: Moseler Verlag
Quintet No. 2
Wolfenbuttel, Germany: Moseler Verlag
Flute doubles on piccolo.
Becker, Günther (1924-2007)
Serpentinata (1968)
Koln: Musikverlag H. Gerig / New York: MCA Music 1968
Duration: 12:00. Flute doubles on piccolo.
Beckerath, Alfred von (1901-1978)
Divertimento II (1952)
Manuscript: Bruchle
Béclard d’Harcourt, Marguerite (1884-1964)
Deux Mélodies pour voix moyenne, avec accompagnement de flûte, hautbois, clarinette, bassoon, cor et contrebasse
Paris: Editions Salabert, 1942
Poème d’ Albert Samain, pour une voix, flûte, hautbois, clarinette, bassoon, cor et contrebasse
Manuscript only?
Based on “L’âcre vapeur d’un soir de bataille surnage.”
“Le pilleur de raisin d’après un poète grec de l”Anthologie, traduction Isabelle Séchan,” pour une voix moyenne, flûte, hautbois, clarinette, basson, cor et contrebasse
Manuscript
Beckler, Stanworth R. (1923-2010)
Mixtures for five wind players, Op. 89, No. 2 (1975-1980) for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and saxophone
New York: Seesaw Music, 1980. Duration: 20:30.
Little Suite for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 59 (ca. 1979)
Seesaw Music Corp.
Duration: 7:40. Dedicated to and recorded by The Pacific Arts Woodwind Quintet. Do not confuse with Beckler’s Little Suite for Contrabass Quartet.
Bedford, David (1937-2011)
Pentomino (1968)
London: Universal, 1969, also available for download
Duration: 13:00. See also: http://www.davidbedfordmusic.co.uk/ . Not to be confused with Bedford’s works ‘Pentaquin’ or ‘Five.’
See also Bedford’s Sextet for winds and piano.
Bedrich, Jan (1932- )
Bläserquintet (1956)
Beecher, Lembit(1980- )
Music for Bayside (2013)
Written for and performed by the Quintet of the Americas after interviewing residents of the Bayside Senior Center in Queens, New York City. Movements: Sentimental(based on the melody of “In a Sentimental Mood” by Benny Goodman); Dance as Imagined by the Interviewer; Dance Mostly Forgotten. Available on a recital recording by Quintet of the AMericas on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOSIt4ohPNM . See also: http://lembitbeecher.com
Beecke, Ignaz von(1733-1803)
Selections from the opera “Nina” (1790) for double woodwind quintet and double bass.
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, 1998
Movements: 1.(Overture) Allegro non troppo; 2. Allegretto; 3. Menuetto un poco allegro; 4. Un poco andante; 5. Larghetto piu tosto adagio; 6. Andante affetuoso; 7. Allegro.
According to Catherine Gerhart of the Annotated Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music, the arrangement is a “Rich sounding suite for augmented harmonie ensemble. … The string bass parts doubles either the horn and bassoon parts so I wouldn’t hesitate to play this without the bass part.
Beecroft, Norma (1934- )
Images (1986)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Commissioned by The York Winds through the Ontario Arts Council.
Beekhuis, Hanna (1889-1980)
Elegie en Humoreske (1939)
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus, 1947
Duration: 6:00
Quintett (1935)
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus, 1949, 1965 /
New York: C.F. Peters, 1947
Beerman, Burton (1943- )
Ensemble I (1975)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 10:00
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
ARRANGEMENTS OF THE SEXTET FOR WINDS, OP. 71:
Quintet in E-flat (arrangement of the Sextet, Op. 71, “by the Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet”)
Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co.
Nice arrangement of the Sextet. As a bassoonist, I much prefer this version to the arrangement in Andraud’s 22 Quintets because the bassoon keeps all the solos from the original sextet. (The Andraud arrangement gives many of the same solos to the horn. Even though horn players might enjoy the solos, this is nearly the equivalent of arranging the Mozart Oboe Quartet for clarinet solo, which most oboists would not put up with.) [ Andrew Brandt ]
Quintett in E-flat, Op. 71 (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Holzkirchen, Germany: Accolade Musikverlag, 2001
Like the Philadelphia Quintet arrangement, most of the bassoon solos in the original sextet are kept for the bassoon. Ronald Klimko reviews this arrangement as “a very beautiful and convincing transcription of this very popular work for wind quintet. I strongly recommend this work as the arrangement to use….” (The Double Reed, Vol. 24, No. 4)
Quintett in E-flat, Op. 71 (arr. Robert Stark, 1847-1922)
Hamburg: A. J. Benjamin, 1900
Quintett in E-flat, Op. 71 (arr. Ryohei Nakagawa)
Manuscript: Library of Congress
Sextet, Op. 71, for woodwind quintet (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
The arranger takes the famous bassoon solo in the second movement and gives it to the horn, so, as a bassoonist, I cannot recommend this arrangement. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Sextet in E♭ Major, Op. 71 (arr. Dirk Keetbass)
New York: Independent Music Publishers, 1960
OTHER WORKS:
Adagio
Wien: Universal Editions
Adagio and Allegro for the Musical Clock, WoO 33 No. 1 (arr. Frans Vester)
London: Universal Edition, 1971
Adagio and Minuetto from Piano Sonata, Op. 2, No. 1 (arr. George J. Trinkaus)
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1933
Allegro Molto from Op. 18, No. 2 (arr. Rutland)
Friendly
Andante con Variazioni, Op. 26 (arr. Elizabeth Lauer)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 8:00. Arranged 1988.
Bagatelle, Op. 119, No. 1 (arr. Brearley)
Kent: Novello & Co.
Two Bagatelles, from Op. 33, No. 4 (arr. John Geddes)
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
Coriolon Overture, Op. 62 (arr. Joachim Linckelmann)
Niedernhausen, Germany: Noten Roehr
Kassel: Bärenreiter
Country Dance No. 1 (arr. John De Bueris)
New York: Carl Fischer, 1933
From Contretänze, orchestra, WoO 14. No. 1.
Country Dance No. 3 (arr. by John De Bueris)
New York: George F. Briegel, 1938
Based on Country dances, orchestra, WoO 14. No. 6.
Divertimento, Op. 12, No. 2 (arr. George J. Trinkaus)
New York: M. Witmark, 1933
From Sonatas for violin and piano, No. 2, Op. 12, Mvt. 2 in A major, “Allegro piacevole.”
Divertimento in G Major (arr. Mersson)
London: Bosworth & Co.
Drei Stucke für Spieluhr (Three Pieces for the Mechanical Clock) (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Holzkirchen: Accolade Musikverlag, 2000
Ronald Klimko states: “Although… these works have been previously arranged for quintet, the previous versions … pale by comparison.” (The Double Reed, Vol. 24, No. 4). Recorded by the Danish Wind Quintet.
Fifteen Variations and Fugue on the Eroica Theme, Op. 35 (trans. Don Stewart) (also listed as Eroica Variations)
Tunbridge, Vt.: Trillenium Music 1996
Duration: 20:00.
Five Pieces for the Mechanical Organ (1799) (arr. Felix Skowronek)
London: Oxford University Press, 1973
Duration: 16:00.
Für Elise (arr. William Scribner)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus
Duration: 4:00.
Für Elise (arr. Don Stewart)
Sarasota, Florida: Trillenium Music, 2007
Für Elise (arr. G. Parmigiani)
Published by the arranger
Available on Scribd http://www.scribd.com/
Gavotte in F major (arr. John De Bueris)
New York: Carl Fischer, 1933
From Stucke, piano, 4 hands WoO Anh. 8.
Eight German Dances (Acht deutsche Tänze)(arr. Roland Garscha)
Niedernhausen, Germany: Noten Roehr
“Ich Liebe Dich” (arr. Thomas H. Graf)
Published by the arranger: the-hit-factory.com; see:http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Larghetto and Londonderry Air (arr. DeBueris)
New York: McGinnis and Marx
Menuetto (arr. John Jay Hilfiger)
Delevan, New York: Kendor Music
Minuet, Andante and Variations (arr. van Emerik)
San Antonio: Southern Music
Modlinger Tanze (arr. ?)
New York: McGinnis & Marx Music Pub.
Beethoven Octet for Winds, Op. 103 (arr. Thornton)
San Antonio, Tx.: Southern Music Company, 1966
Duration: 18:00
Barbera Secrist-Schmedes, in Wind Chamber Music, says that this music is no longer in print but well worth hunting for. But see the newer, now-in-print arrangement (next) by Mordechai Rechtman.
Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 4 (after the Wind Octet, op. 103) (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Copenhagen: Edition Wilhelm Hansen /
New York: Chester Music Co., 1985 /
Holzkirchen: Accolade Musikverlag
Recorded by the Danish Wind Quintet.
Woodwind Quintet from the Wind Octet, Op. 103 (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 16:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Quintett-Fuge, Op. 137 (arr. Ernest Lubin) for woodwind quintet
In the Samuel Baron collection in the library of the Juilliard School.
Opus 18, No. 2 in D (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)
Yorkshire: The Red Hedgehog (45 Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough, Yorkshire, England) or gwemerson[at]argonet.co.uk
Originally a string quartet.
Opus 18, No. 4 in C Minor (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)
Yorkshire: The Red Hedgehog (45 Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough, Yorkshire, England) or gwemerson[at]argonet.co.uk
Originally a string quartet
Piano Sonata No. 1 from Op. 2 first movement, “Allegro” Op. 2 (arr. Ray Thompson) (2014)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Can be performed on natural horn in F. Duration: 4:00.
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 in Eb, Op.7, first movement, Allegro (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Can be performed with natural horn in F.
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 10, No. 2, Third movement, “Presto” (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Duration: 3:00. Horn part may be performed on natural horn. The arranger also has a shorter version (without fast 16th notes) for younger students.
Piano Sonata No. 8 “Pathetique”, Op. 13 second movement “Adagio cantabile” (1797-1798)(arr. Ray Thompson, 2014)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Duration: 4:00. May be performed on natural horn C-basso or modern horn.
Piano Sonata No. 8 “Pathetique”, Op. 13 second movement “Adagio cantabile” (arr. Roland Garscha)
Niedernhausen, Germany: Noten Roehr
“Adagio” from the Pathetique Sonata (from movement II, No. 8, Op. 13) (arr. Gregory Yasinitsky)
Delevan, NY: Kendor Music, 2016
Duration: 3:00. Includes an extra bass clarinet part in lieu of bassoon.
Piano Sonata No. 12, Op. 26, first movement, “Andante con Variazioni” (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Duration: 9:00. May be performed with natural horn in A-flat alto. The arranger notes that one of the variations is in A-flat minor (7 flats), which might challenge younger student quintets.
Piano Sonata No. 12, Op. 26, second movement “Scherzo and Trio” (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Duration: 3:00. May be performed on natural horn in A-flat alto.
Piano Sonata, Op. 49, No. 19 (arr. Scott)
Waterloo, Ontario: Waterloo Music Co.
Piano Sonata in A Major, No. 28, Op. 101 (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 20:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Polonaise and Ecossaise (arr. John Jay Hilfiger)
PEL Music Publications
Presto, Op. 10, No. 2 (arr. Glenn Prohasky)
Pro ?
Quintet, Op. 4 (arr. Dirk Keetbass)
New York: Independent Music Publishers
Original was for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello, but the quintet is an adaptation by Beethoven from the Octet in E♭ Major, Op. 103. Movements: Allegro con brio; Andante; Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio I & II; Finale: Presto
Quartet, Op. 18, No. 1 (arr. Mark Popkin)
Amsterdam: Edition Compusic, 1996
The string quartet, arranged for woodwind quintet.
Rasumovsky Quintett, from the Rasumovsky Quartet I, Op. 59, No. 1 (arr. Hermann Dechant)
Vienna: Apollon Musikoffizin, 2004
Rondino (arr. Eberhard Ramm)
St. Cloud, MN: Medici Music Press, 1982
Originally for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons.
Rondo in F Major from Piano Sonata Op. 10, No. 2 (arr. Taylor)
New York: Carl Fischer, 1970
Septet, Op. 20 (arranged for woodwind quintet by Richard L. Hills)
Bellingham, Wash., U.S.A.: Medici Music Press, 1986
Septett in E-flat major, Op. 20 (arr. Jens Luckwaldt)
Simrock
Serenade in D Major, Op. 41 (arr. Joseph Kanz)
Niedernhausen, Germany: Noten Roehr
Six Variations on a Theme by Paisiello (arr. Filas)
Providence, Rhode Island: Providence Music Press
Sonata, Op. 7 (arr. Ryker)
Toronto: Berandol Music
Sonata, Op. 81a, No. 26 in E-flat major (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Manuscript: performed by Aulos Quintet
Sonata, Op. 101, No. 28 in A Major (arr. Renz)
Manuscript: performed by Aulos Quintet
Sonatina in G Minor (arr. G. Parmigiani)
Published by the arranger
Available on Scribd http://www.scribd.com/
“Allegro” from Beethoven’s Fifth (Symphony No. 5, 1st movement)(arr. Nicholas J. Contorno)
Kendor Music, Inc.
Somehow the arranger manages to reduce this movement down to about 2 minutes. Intended for student quintets.
Allegro (from Symphony No. 6) (arr. Holmes)
Oskaloose, Iowa: C. L. Barnhouse
Scherzo from Symphony No. 6 (arr. Thomas Bourgault)
Delevan, NY: Kendor Music, 2012
“Larghetto” from Symphony No. 2 (arr. Chayette-Roberts)
New York: Carl Fischer
Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale” 3rd movement “Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute” (Merry gathering of country folk) (arr. Roland Garscha)
Niedernhausen, Germany: Noten Roehr
Woodwind Quintet from the Trio in C Major, Op. 87 (1794) (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Originally for 2 oboes and English horn but there are various other arrangements of the work for winds and strings. Duration: 20:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ . Movements: Allegro; Adagio; Menuetto (Allegro molto) and Scherzo (Trio); Finale (Presto). Original parts (and other arrangements) available from the International Music Score Library Project, http://imslp.org/wiki/Trio_in_C_major,_Op.87_(Beethoven,_Ludwig_van) .
Turkish March Laendler (arr. Thomas H. Graf)
http://the-hit-factory.com/ See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Beethoven’s Turkish March arranged as a Laendler in 3/8 time.
Variations, Op. 18, No. 5 (arr. Albert J. Andraud)
San Antonio: Southern Music
Variations on a Theme from Mozart’s “Don Juan” (arr. Simeon Bellison)
Milano: G. Ricordi, 1954
Variation on “La ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni (arr. Ronald Roseman)
In the repertoire of the New York Woodwind Quintet.
Woodwind Quintet No. 5 (from Op. 116) (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
ARRANGEMENTS OF BEETHOVEN FOR DOUBLE WOODWIND QUINTET:
Symphony No. 1 (arr. Wouter Hutschenruijter) for double woodwind quintet and trumpet
Amsterdam: Edition Compusic
Includes all four movements.
Some say this arrangement is enhanced by adding the double bass part from the original scoring of the symphony.
“Allegro con brio” (First Movement) from Symphony No. 3 (arr. Gilbert DeJean) for double woodwind quintet, double bass and optional trumpet
Available from the arranger (New York City)
Overture to Fidelio (arr. Andrej Lipkin) for double woodwind quintet
Score Exchange, http://www.scoreexchange.com/ , 2001
Clarinets are scored in A; horns in E. Duration: 6:00.
Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 “Pathetique” for double woodwind quintet (arr. Ned Gerhart)
Premiered by the Chinook Winds, 2009. Movements: I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio; II. Adagio cantabile; III. Rondo.
Two Minuets (arr. Hill) for double woodwind quintet
Western International ?
Turkish March (arr. Mike Axtell) for double woodwind quintet
Available from the arranger, axtellmusic[at]googlemail.com
Includes an optional percussion part for bells and cymbal.
Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 47, No. 9 “Kreutzer Sonata” (arr. Verne Reynolds) for double woodwind quintet.
London: Boosey & Hawkes
Wellington’s Victory (or Victory Symphony or Wellingtons Sieg) arranged for double woodwind quintet plus contrabassoon and trumpet
Amsterdam: Edition Compusic
See also Beethoven’s Piano Quintet.
Beffa, Karol(1973- )
Five o’Clock (2015)
Paris: Gérard Billaudot Éditeur, 2016
Duration: 14:30. Commissioned by the Klarth Quintet, premiered June 14, 2015.
See Beffa’s quintet for keyboard and winds.
Beglarian, Grant (1927-2002)
Woodwind Quintet (1966)
Piedmont Music (Edwin Marks, NY)
Commissioned by the University of Michigan for its 1966 Contemporary Music Festival.
Arthur Cohen (The Literature of Chamber Music) calls this “neo-classic music, but not on the sunny side of the street.”
Behrend, Fritz (1889-1972)
Divertimento, Op. 104
Selbstverlag (self-published)
Wind Quintet (1951)
*Same piece as above?
Octet (Suite), Op. 116 for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn and trumpet
Beintus, Jean-Pascal(1966- )
Wolf Tracks (arr. Andrey Rubtsov)
See the Russian National Orchestra Wind Quintet’s commerce page at https://vk.com/smartmusicshop
Beischer-Matyó, Tamás (1972- )
Wind Quintet (1997-98, revised 2009)
Movements: I. Parade; II. Intrigue; III. Dirge; IV. Heavy; V. Fairy Queen. Score and parts available for download from the International Music Score Library Project http://imslp.org/wiki/Wind_Quintet_(Beischer-Maty%C3%B3,_Tam%C3%A1s) . A recording is also available on the site. See also: http://beischermatyo.hu/
Bekku, Sadao (1922-2012)
Nihon kumikyoku (Japanese Suite) No. 1 (1955)
Tokyo: Ongaku-no-Tomo Sha, 1962
4 movements, uses Japanese folk songs.
Belfiore, Turi(1917- ?)
Quintet
Bell, Allan Gordon (1953- )
Five Rituals (1980) for woodwind quintet and 2 percussionists
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Oboe doubles English horn; clarinet doubles bass clarinet, flute might double on alto flute. Duration: 23:00. Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Movements: I. Macrocosmos; II. Solitude; III. Vulnerability & Communion; IV. Awakening; V. Microcosmos.
Bell, Elizabeth (1928-2016)
Kaleidoscope (1969)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Be aware that there is also a version of Kaleidoscope for flute and piano.
Bell, Larry Thomas (1952- )
Quintessence, Op. 39 (1993)
Boston, Massachusetts: Casa Rustica Publications, 1993
Duration: 10:00Premiered by the Ariel Woodwind Quintet. Movements: 1. Prelude and Fugue; 2. Double Variation; 3. Scherzo. See also: http://www.larrybellmusic.com/
Bell, Randy M. (Randolph)
Moods of Life
New York: Seesaw Press
Movements: Introduction; Happy; Purity; Free; Melancholy; Life.
Bellini, Vincenzo(1801-1835)
Overture to Norma (1831)(arr. Fabrizio Francia) for double woodwind quintet
ComposerShop.com, http://www.composershop.com/
Piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns.
Bellucci, Giacomo(1928-2015)
Notesdieci (1979) for double woodwind quintet
Milano: Rugginenti Editore, 1983
Bellman, Carl Michael(1740-1795)
Fem Bellmansånger (Five Bellman Songs) (arr. Robert Sund) for men’s choir and woodwind quintet
Stockholm : Sveriges körförbunds förl., 1980
Beltrami, Edson(1965- )
Chronicles and Poems
Blacksburg, Virginia: Cayambis Music Press, 2016 (www.cayambismusicpress.com/)
6 movements. Duration: 25:00.
Suite (for woodwind quintet)
Blacksburg, Virginia: Cayambis Music Press, 2016 (www.cayambismusicpress.com/)
Five movements. Duration: 19:00.
Rag for double woodwind quintet
Blacksburg, Virginia: Cayambis Music Press, 2015 (www.cayambismusicpress.com/)
Duration: 4:00.
For 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 B♭ clarinets, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons.
Benedetti, Josefina
Pantanal
Blacksburg, Virginia: Cayambis Music Press, 2016 (www.cayambismusicpress.com/
Benejam i Agell, Lluís (1914-1968)
Quintet (1953)
Barcelona: Clivis, 2001
Beneš, Juraj (1940-2004)
Canzona No. 1 (1977)
Bratislava: Slovensky Hudobny Fond
Duration: 7:00.
Benguerel i Godó, Xavier (1931- )
Successions (1960)
Munich: Edition Modern
Benjamin, Arthur (1893-1960)
Divertimento (1958) for woodwind quintet
Although listed in several sources, including Grove’s, I have not been able to find any publication of this work. Perhaps it is hidden away in some dusty archive waiting for rediscovery. Do not confuse it with Benjamin’s Divertimento on Themes by Gluck for oboe and string orchestra, written in 1952. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Jamaican Rumba(arr. Scott Jacobs) for double woodwind quintet
Original 1938 version was for two pianos and later arranged for orchestra.
Suite from Tartuffe (arr. Alan Boustead) for double woodwind quintet
See also his Jamaican Rumba for piano and winds.
Benjamin, Thomas E. (1940- )
Bagatelles (1981)
San Antonio, Texas: Southern Music Co., 2000
3 movements. Duration: 15:00.
Described by Ron Klimko as “written in a quiet, gentle and lyrical neo-romantic/classical style, fast-slow-fast, with a spirited finale.” (The Double Reed, Vol. 24, No. 3, 1991)
Ben-Kennaz, Hilat
Bitter-Sweet (2005)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Center, See also: http://www.israelcomposers.org/Members.aspx?lang=English&letter=B&id=129
Duration: 12:00.
Snakes and Ladders
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute, https://www.imi.org.il/
Duration: 10:00.
Ben-Shabetai, Ari (1954- )
Winks (2010)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Center–Music Publishing, #4006
Duration: 10:00. Israeli-American composer. Performed by the Tel Aviv Wind Quintet. MIDI realizations of the movements are available on http://www.compositiontoday.com/ari_ben-shabetai/default.asp?p=4 .
Bennett, David (1892-1990)
Rhapsodette
New York: Carl Fischer, 1940
Bennett, Frank
Elements
Hamden, Connecticut: Sangita Music, 1980
Movements: Rhythms; Song form; Mode; Lines.
Bennett, Hunter(arranger)
Disco Inferno (arr. Hunter Bennett)
Mr. Bennett is a clarinetist and a former student at the New England Conservatory, where the quintet Philharmonic Five performed this arrangement, including disco era tunes, “In the Navy,” “YMCA” “Staying Alive,” and more. A video of the performance is on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5bQr9rD29wI
Bennett, Richard Rodney (1936-2012)
Concerto for Wind Quintet (1983)
Borough Green, Kent: Novello, 1984
Flute doubles on piccolo. Duration: 17:00. In spite of the title, this is a quintet, not a concerto with orchestra. Movements: Poco allegro; Little elegy; Capriccio. Written for the Dorian Wind Quintet; premiered Oct. 16, 1984 in Washington, DC.
Woodwind Quintet (1967-68)
Wien: Universal Edition, 1968
London: Novello
Movements: I. Poco allegro; II. Little elegy; III. Capriccio. Duration: 17:00 Commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress. Premiered by the New York Woodwind Quintet Jan. 31, 1969, on a concert sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation.
Barbera Secrist-Schmedes, in Wind Chamber Music, describes this work as owing as much to turn-of-the-century English style as to the 12-tone techniques it is written with.
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.
Reflections on a Sixteenth Century Tune for double woodwind quintet
London: Chester / Novello, 1999
Originally scored for strings, the composer arranged his work for 2 flutes (2nd doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubling English horn), 2 clarinets (2nd doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (2nd doubling contrabassoon), 2 horns. The work is based on a 16th century French song, “A l’ombre d’un buissonet’ from La Couronne et Fleur (1556). Movements: Prelude: Lento; Variation I Allegretto; Variation II Allegro Vivo; Variation III Andante (Homage to Peter Warlock); Variation IV Con brio e ritmico; Finale. Duration: 18:00.
See also Bennett’s Sonata for winds and keyboard.
Bennett, Robert Russell (1894-1981)
Dance Scherzo (or Dance Scherzoso) (1937)
American Music Center
Written for and broadcast on Bennett’s radio series, “Russell Bennett’s Notebook,” on the Mutual Broadcasting Network, the reviewer Charles Mills (who often criticized the program) called Dance Scherzo “a fairly amusing and clever work.” ¶ For those of us who played RRB’s musicals (too many times), it might be a surprise that he spent 3 years in Paris studying with Nadia Boulanger (through a Guggenheim fellowship), wrote 7 symphonies, an opera, and over 30 wind-band works. But locating the manuscripts for these two quintets probably will take a specialist in RRB’s music and archives. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Toy Symphony for woodwind quintet (ca. 1928)
Composed in Paris while Bennett was studying with Nadia Boulanger, the Toy Symphony was written for the principal winds of the Philadelphia Orchestra and premiered in 1932 in Philadelphia. Possibly never published, though. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Concerto Grosso for Wind Quintet and Wind Orchestra (1958)
New York: C. F. Peters (American Wind Symphony Editions)
A video of the 3rd and 4th movements is available on YouTube performed by the West Point Woodwind Quintet and Band on https://youtu.be/2dHSgix6p18 .
The work was one of the earliest commissions by Robert Boudreau for his American Wind Symphony (who also commissioned a work by Heitor Villa-Lobos at around the same time). It premiered on July 6, 1958, in Pittsburgh, conducted by the composer. Donald Steinfurst, reviewer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, described it: “the first two movements are serious in character, stolid but nicely apportioned to the wind soloists. The latter two movements, a Scherzo and a rapid Finale, are more syncopated even jazzy in character, and are thoroughly enjoyable in this medium.” [From a dissertation The Life and Work of Robert Russell Bennett by Roy Benton Hawkins, 1989.] Bennett would go on to write many other works for the American Wind Symphony.
Bennett, Theron(1879-1937)
St. Louis Tickle Rag (1904) (arr. Daniel Leavitt)
Bardic Edition; see http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
The original cover states that the rag is by “Barney & Seymour,” but it is attributed to Theron Catlen Bennett. Probably written for the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904.
Bennett, Wilhelmine (?1929-2012)
Woodwind Quintet (1961)
Benoit, Kenneth R. (1952-2018)
Rhapsody
American Music Center
Duration: 8:00.
Movement for Woodwind Quintet
See also: http://library.newmusicusa.org/
also:
Mosaics for tuba, flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon
YouTube video of a performance at the Southeastern Composers League 2018 at Northwestern State University of Louisiana is available: https://youtu.be/gd7blnFRfgw . Duration: 11:00.
Benoit, Peter (1834-1901)
Derde Fantasie, Op. 18 (arr. Bart Snauwaert)
Golden River Music
Based on Benoit’s Fantaisie No. 3 for piano, of 1861. A PDF of the piano score may be downloaded from the International Music Score Library Project.
Ben-Shabetal, Ari (1954- )
Winks (2010)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Center, http://www.israelcomposers.org/
Duration: 10:00.
Benson, Warren (1924-2005)
Marche “(Encore for Woodwind Quintet)” (1947)
Templeton Publishing / Delaware Water Gap, PA: Shawnee Press, Inc., 1964
Also G. Schirmer?
Duration: 1:35.
A quirky little march with a few bars of 3/4 to throw things off a little. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Ben-Tal, Oded (1969- )
Nebulae for double woodwind quintet
Available from the composer, http://obental.wixsite.com/main
According to the composer, “Launched in 1990, the Hubble space telescope, offers a rare glimpse into space. Many of the images it records are available at hubblesite.org. I found the images of distant Nebulae, extraordinarily beautiful and strange, especially appealing. The piece was written for Kaleidoscope Wind.”
Bentzon, Jørgen (1897-1951)
Racconto, Nr. 5, Op. 46 (1945)
Kobenhavn, Skandinavisk musikforlag, 1949 /
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen
Recorded by the Dansk Blaeserkvintet on Philips, 6578 001, 1971
Suite, Op. 11
Kobenhavn, Skandinavisk musikforlag
Jorgen and Niels Viggo were cousins.
Bentzon, Niels Viggo (1919-2000)
Six Wind Quintets (1932-1958)
Quintet No. 1 is for 4 winds and piano
Variationer for blaeserkvintet, Op. 21 (1943) (Quintet No. 2)
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen, 2013
Duration: 17:00. 11 movements
Wind Quintet No. 3, Op. 29 (1944)
Copenhagen: Edition Wilhelm Hansen, 2013?
Duration: 16:00.
Wind Quintet No. 4, Op. 59 (1949)
Copenhagen: Edition Wilhelm Hansen, 2013?
Duration: 17:00.
Quintet No. 5, Op. 116 (1958)
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen, 1984 /
New York: Edition Wilhelm Hansen/Chester Music: Distributed by Magnamusic-Baton
Duration: 16:00. Oboe doubles on English horn.
Bop Quintet, Op. 80 (1952)
Copenhagen: Edition Wilhelm Hansen, 2013
Flute doubles on piccolo. Duration: 6:00.
also:
Sonata Diatonica, Op. 412 (1978) for tuba and wind quintet
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen
Duration: 12:00.
Sinfonia Concertante 2, Op. 390 (1976) for woodwind quintet and symphony orchestra
Kopenhagen: Edition Eilhelm Hansen
3 movements. Duration: 20:00. See: http://www.mic.dk/ . Bentzon also wrote a Triple Concerto, Op. 94, for flute, oboe, bassoon and strings in 1953.
See also: Bentzon’s works for winds and keyboard.
Benyas, Edward M.
Israel at 50 – Israel Album (arrangements by Edward M. Benyas)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus
An album of four selections to honor the 50th anniversary of Israel including the national anthem Hatikvah (Hope); Zemer Atik (Ancient Melody); Yerushalayim shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold); and Erev shel Shoshanim (Evening of Roses). For more info about the arranger, see https://cola.siu.edu/music/faculty-staff/faculty/by-alpha/benyas.php
Two Hassidic Dances – Shnei Rikudim Chasidim (arr. by Edward Benyas)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus, 1997
Two Hassidic selections, Rom’mu by Rabbi Michel Twerski, and the traditional Nigun, Sherilah. Duration: 6:00.
Ben-Yohanan, Asher (1929-2015)
Hamishiyah li-khele neshifah shelest – Woodwind Quintet (1985)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute
Tel-Aviv: Makhon le-musikah Yisireelit, 1997
Duration: 8:00.
Benzon, Siegfried(1793-after 1823)
Quintett, Op. 11 in E-flat Major
Augsburg: Gombart, 1819
Copy in Deutsche Staatsbibliotek, Berlin
Also available on microfilm in Berkeley, California: University of California Library Photographic Service, 1998
(Modern edition:) Rot an der Rot: Musikverlag Rundel, 1994, Heft 198; see https://www.rundel.de/
Movements: Adagio; Allegro Molto; Andante; Bolero Moderato. The Rundel publication is edited by Miloslav Richter with many corrections. This quintet is in the repertoire list of the Balthazar Ensemble (the period instrument woodwind quintet).
Siegfried Benzon is a mysterious composer, violinist, singer and conductor. According to composers-classical-music.com, he had several positions in the German states from 1817 until 1822, when he was dismissed from the Staatsorchester Kassel (and replaced by Ludwig Spohr). Perhaps unable to obtain a new position, he sailed from Bremen in 1823 to either South Africa or Australia and the biographical trail disappears. (Since Australia was a British penal colony at the time, that seems like an unlikely destination for any German, especially a musician. South Africa, particularly Cape Town (also a British territory in 1823), would make more sense, but since we don’t know why Benzon left, this is all speculative.) ¶ If Benzon’s quintet was published in 1819, he must have written his quintet during the same period that Reicha was writing his 24 quintets in Paris, although it’s entirely plausible that neither composer knew of the other’s work. Nevertheless, this work should be listed as one of the earliest woodwind quintets. ¶ Benzon dedicated his quintet to V. Blashek, who’s anonymity only extends the mystery around the quintet. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Berauer, Johannes (1979- )
Thoughts and Delusions (2005)
Contact composer: Homepage: http://www.myspace.com/johannesberauer
Or Email: johannes.berauer[at]gmx.at
Duration: 15:00.
Bereau, Jean-Sebastien (1934- )
Sextuor (woodwind quintet with trumpet)
Paris: Choudens
Berezowsky, Nicolai (also spelled Berezovsky) (1900-1953)
Suite No. 1, Op. 11 (1928)
London: Boosey & Hawkes
Berlin and Paris: Russischer Musikverlag, 1936
Flute doubles piccolo. Movements: 1. Allegro con spirito; 2. Adagio molto sostenuto; 3. Allegro giocoso; 4. Allegretto con melinconia; and 5. Allegro con brio. Premiered by the Barrère Ensemble (likely in New York City, probably at Juilliard). ¶ Born in St. Petersburg in Imperial Russia, Berezowsky graduated from the Imperial Capella with honors at 16. He later served as musical director of the School of Modern Art in Moscow and first violinist of the Moscow Grand Opera. In 1922 he made a dangerous escape in disguise from the Soviet Union, only to be arrested in Poland, but released by an official who remembered hearing him play. He travelled to New York, continued violin studies at the Juilliard School of Music, and performed with the New York Philharmonic for his first seven years in the U.S. He would have been a student a Juilliard when he composed tis work. The conductor Serge Koussevitzky would become a staunch supporter of Berezowsky. ¶ An older recording of this work The New Art Wind Quintet is available on YouTube.
The Suite No. 1 is a quirky work, light-hearted on the surface, but with frequent dissonant harmonies (and polytonal bits) that suggest darker underlying currents. To these ears, the work sounds closer to members of Les Six with a dark Russian soul than to the Germans (Schoenberg and Hindemith) of the decade. But then the third movement adds some Hindemithian overtones. The slow second and fourth movements have a lonely dark-night-of-the-soul quality that adds depth to the work. The first and third and fifth movements have more energy and forward motion, but don’t reach an emotional resolution until the finale. When heard in context with more famous works of the 1920s, Berezowsky’s quintet, at first hearing seems more frivolous and clown-like (especially in the first movement), but after a few hearings, there’s a unique style under the surface that hints of a more serious, darker, perhaps Russian attitude to the work. In context of the aesthetics of the decade, this quintet holds its own against Hindemith, Schoenberg and the others. It deserves to be heard more often and also deserves a better recording. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Quintett No. 1 (1930 [???]
Moscow: Muzyka
References to this work are problematic. After Berezovsky’s defection to the United States, it seems extremely unlikely that the official Soviet publisher, Muzyka, would publish a work composed in 1930 by Berezovsky, who was by then American citizen. It’s more likely that someone confused the German Russischer Musikverlag with the Russian Muzyka, and mis-dated the publishing year. The Musicalics online database also refers to a Quintet 2 of 1937, which is likely a mixed-up reference to the Suite No. 2 of 1941, below.
Suite No. 2, Op. 22 (1941)
New York: Mills Music, 1941 (now Belwin-Mills)
EMI Music, Inc.
Bergisch Gladbach: Musikverlage Hans Gerig
Movements: Allegro moderato; Allegro; Adagio; Allegro con brio. Duration: 16:00. There is a “Quintet No. 2” listed in the introduction to the Nicolai Berezowsky papers at Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript libary. This might refer to the Suite No. 2, or it may be an additional work.
Berg, Fred Jonny (1973- )
Modo Dixisti, Op. 14 (1993)
See Norwegian Music Information Centre http://www.notam.uio.no/nmi/index.html
Berg, Gunnar (1909-1989)
Pour quintette à vent (1962)
Manuscript in Copenhagen.
Danish Music Information Service, http://www.mic.dk/.
Duration: 9:00. Movements: 1. Largo-Allegro 2. Dans 3. Song without Words 4. Allegro Moderato.
Berg was an iconoclastic Danish composer, avant-garde enthusiast and 12-tone specialist.
Berg, Josef (1927-1971)
Fünf Fugen für Bläserquintett (Five Fugues for Wind Quintet) (1957)
Berg, Olav (1949- )
Suite for Wind Quintet (1970)
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
See Norwegian Music Information Centre http://www.notam.uio.no/nmi/index.html
Duration: 9:30.
Bergé, Irénée (1867-1926)
Pizzicato No. 28, Petit Ballet (arr. Robert Broemel)
Trevco Music Publishing
In spite of its similarity to the English name, Irene, Irénée is a man’s name.
Berge, Sigurd (1929-2002)
Blasekvintett for de unge (Wind Quintet for Youth) (1968)
Oslo: Norsk musikforlag, 1978/
Duration: 9:50.
Four Folk Tunes for Wind Quintet (Fire folketoner for blåsekvintett) (1972)
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
Oslo: Norsk musikforlag
Movements: Springar; Om kvelden nœr det mørkner; Folketone; I fjor gjett eg geitinn. Duration: 8:00.
Yang-guan (1967)
Oslo: Norsk Musikforlag, 1970, 8652 See also Trevco Music Publishing
Duration: 6:30. Chance compostion, in part diagrammatic notation. Based on an ancient melody that the composer found in a German volume of Chinese music. It’s title was “Leave-taking with the dear friend Yang-Guan.” Duration: 7:00.
Bergeijk, Gilius van (1946- )
Drie stukken voor instrumenten en electriciteit (1970) (3 Pieces for woodwind quintet, percussion, recorded electronics and electric organ)
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1970
Movements: 1. Telefoontje (quintet & electronics); 2. Ballade (percussion tape); 3. De vooruitgang (electric organ). Several of Bergeijk’s works appear to be very flexible in instrumentation, but this entry, in Donemus’ Webshop (Donemus Webwinkel), is very specific, listing flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon with percussion and electronics.
Bergenfeld, Nathan
The Dragon Fly Hunter (1970)
Premiered by the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Berger, Arthur (1912-2003)
Quintet for Woodwinds (1984, revised 1995)
New York, N.Y.: Henmar Press, sole selling agents, C.F. Peters, 1997
Commissioned by The Harvard Musical Association for The Dorian Quintet. Duration: 14:00.
Reviewer Doug Spaniol says, “The sparse writing and emphasis reveal Webern’s influence on Berger. So does Berger’s emphasis on timbre, … muted horn, low-register piccolo, fluttertonguing (flute, clarinet and horn only), and precise dynamic/balance indications.”
Six Short Pieces
Frankfurt am Main: Zimmerman Musikverlag
Berger, Jean (born Artur Schlossberg) (1909-2002)
Partita
Denver, Colo.: John Sheppard Music Press, 1988 /
F. Colombo Publications, 1970
This is the Berger’s own arrangement of his Partita for piano of 1952, which was unpublished.
Sechs kleine Stücke (Six Short Pieces) (1959)
Frankfurt am Main: Musikverlag W. Zimmermann, agents: New York: C. F.Peters, 1962
Originally written in 1948 for piano and woodwind quintet, Berger re-wrote the work for woodwind quintet alone in 1959. (Be sure to get the correct version if ordering.)
Berger, Wilhelm (1861-1911)
Serenade in F Major, Op. 102 (1910) for double woodwind quintet plus 3rd and 4th horns.
Edition Phylloscopus (PP 174)
Recorded on Claves CD-50-9409 Banda Classica.
Bergmann, Walter George (1902-1988)
Musik für Bläserquintett (1961)
Wien, Verlag Doblinger 1968
Tanzstück
Wien: Doblinger, 1966
Bergsma, William Laurence (1921-1994)
Concerto for Woodwind Quintet (1958)
E.C. Schirmer / New York: Galaxy Music Corp. 1960
Commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation of the U. S. Library of Congress. First performed by the New York Woodwind Quintet in 1958 in the Library of Congress chamber music series in Washington, DC. Although titled “Concerto,” it is for quintet alone (without orchestra). Last movement described as “virtuosic and brilliant.” Duration: 15:00.
Two Diversions (1939)
C. F. Peters
Work may have been withdrawn at the request of the composer.
Masquerade (1986)
(not sure of exact instrumentation)
also:
Changes for 7 for Wind Quintet, Percussion and Piano (1971)
See Bergsma’s works for winds and piano.
Bergstrom, Harry (1910-1989)
arrangement
Säkkijärven Polkka (1982)
Helsinki: Music Finland http://musicfinland.fi/en/
Berio, Luciano (1925-2003)
Opus Number Zoo, Children’s Play for Wind Quintet (1951, revised 1970)
Wein: Universal Edition, 1975
Text is by Rhoda Levine. Flute doubles on alto flute. Duration: 4:30 Movements: I. Barn Dance; II. The Fawn; III. The Grey Mouse; IV. Tom Cats. There are several interpretations available on YouTube and on commercial recordings.
Opus Number Zoo requires the players to alternate playing and narrating text to tell modern fables (by Rhoda Levine) about different animals. The score includes text in English, Italian and German. (The parts might have only English, so check.) ¶ The main difficulty in peforming this work is for the ensemble to play softly enough during the narrations so the text can easily be heard. For the speakers, enunciation, volume and interpretation are important. The ensemble might consider positioning themselves in a straight line (perhaps standing) instead of the normal seating plan so each speaker can face the audience directly. ¶ The original version of Opus No. Zoo in 1950 was for 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and a separate speaker, Cathy Berberian (who later collaborated with Berio on many vocal works). So using a separate narrator (who could read the score as an ensemble member) could be a performance option. ¶ Unlike many works designed for children, Opus No. Zoo works very well in formal recital settings, too. Highly recommended. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Ricorrenze (1985-7)
Vienna: Universal Edition 1992, 1987
Duration: 15:00. Includes performance instructions in Italian, German and English. The IRCAM library website includes program notes by the composer, but being IRCAM, the notes are resolutely in French only.
Terre Chaleureuse (1985)
Wein: Universal Edition
Dedicated to Pierre Boulez on his 60th birthday, this work also, reportedly, served as a draft for Riccorenze.
Wind Quintet (1948)
Unpublished early work
Wind Quintet (1950), incomplete and unpublished
Berk, Stacey(1970- )
Avian Suite (2011) version for woodwind quintet
Waupaca, Wisconsin: Cocobolo Music Press, http://cocobolomusic.com/
Movements: Eagle; Chickadee; Olw; Swan; and Hummingbird. Duration: 12:00 Commissioned by Kimberly Helton and The Polaris Wind Quintet in 2011.
According to the composer, “In Eagle, the open intervals and melodic embellishments lend a Native American feel to the introduction. This carries the listener to the magnificent open plains where the music gradually swells into a soaring theme before returning to rest at the end. — Chickadee is the most literal translation of birdsong in the suite, with “chick-a-dee-dee-dees” and “phoe-bes” used as motivic material. In addition, the movement attempts to capture the perky, inquisitive nature of the little bird. — Owl is a shift into a dark forest, with creepy night noises and the bassoon taking the lead with a spooky octatonic melody. — Swan characterizes the beauty of the majestic bird as it sweeps through the water. — Hummingbird is a rondo that uses the quintet to emulate a tiny bird that zooms in and out of sight as it hovers and zips around with its lightning-quick wings.
Also:
Portraits of the Odyssey for double woodwind quintet and percussion
Waupaca, Wisconsin: Cocobolo Music Press, http://cocobolomusic.com/
The work relies on doubling of instruments and percussion: Flute 1 doubles on piccolo and alto flute; Flute 2 doubles triangle; Oboe 1 doubles woodblock with soft mallets; Oboe 2 doubles on English horn; 1st clarinet also plays bamboo wind chimes; 2nd clarinet doubles on bass clarinet; 1st bassoon also plays finger cymbals; 2nd bassoon also plays an egg shaker; 1st horn doubles on bell tree; and 2nd horn plays suspended cymbal with a stick. ¶ Duration: 16:00. Movements: I. Cyclops (a one-eyed, man-eating giant who is blinded by Odysseus); II. Circe’s Cottage (where men feast jovially before they are transformed into pigs); III. Halls of Hades (the Land of the Dead); IV. Sirens (Sea Nymphs whose singing enchants men to their deaths); V. Scylla & Charybdis (a six-headed monster and a deadly whirlpool by which ships must try to pass); VI. Calypso’s Lament (a beautiful island goddess whose love for Odysseus is unrequited); VII. Ithaca (Odysseus’ home, where he battles the townsmen to regain his castle and wife). ¶ This work was premiered by the U.S. Air Force Band of the West Chamber Players. It was later rescored for wind ensemble. See also the composer’s website: http://www.berkworks.com/ .
Doodling Through History for double woodwind quintet
Waupaca, Wisconsin: Cocobolo Music Press, http://cocobolomusic.com/
Premiered by the U.S. Air force Band of the West Chamber Players. The work imagines the tune, “Yankee Doodle,” in different historical contexts. Movements: I. Primitive: Neanderdandy; II. Middle Ages: Dandy Chant; III. Renaissance: Monsieur Yanquis and Yankeefa Doodlela; IV. Baroque: Dandyberg Concerto; V. Classical: Eine Kleine Talkmusic and Marriage of Dandigaro; VI. Late Classical/Early Romantic: Ode to (Yankee Doodle) Boy; VII. Romantic: Ride of the Valkyankees and Trisdandy and Isolde; VIII. Early 20th Century: Rite of Doodling; IX. Jazz/Swing: Doodle Mood; X. Late 20th/Early 21st Century: Avant Doodle; XI. Finale: Doodlereviewdle. Duration: 18:30.
According to the composer, this is a “super fun romp through history, using Yankee Doodle as the theme! This piece requires the instrumentalists to *gasp* sing and narrate! One of the musicians acts as a professor, teaching the audience about the different time periods of music history, and each instrumentalist introduces one time period. Make it even more fun with props and costumes!”
Summer Scenes for double woodwind quintet and percussion
Waupaca, Wisconsin: Cocobolo Music Press, http://cocobolomusic.com/
For two flutes (piccolo); 2 oboes, 1 B♭ clarinet, 1 B♭ bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, vibraphone, and marimba. Commissioned in 2003 by the U.S. Band of Mid-America; Lieutenant Colonel Steven Grimo, Commander. Movements: I. June: Carousel at the Fair; II. July: Sailboats on a Blue Lake; III. August: Evening Thunderstorm. Duration: 11:30.
Stacy Berk has also written a series of humorous pieces for double reed quintet (2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons).
Berkeley, Michael(1948- )
Catch Me if You Can (1993)
Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press
Duration: 14:00. Written for and premiered by the Haffner Wind Quintet (not as part of the old Haffner Festival, though). See also: http://www.michaelberkeley.co.uk/ for program notes and a recorded excerpt.
The composer writes that this work “… belongs to a group of pieces (including my opera Baa Baa Black Sheep and the solo viola piece Odd Man Out) that are all connected to or inspired by children and in particular their behaviour and their games. What fascinates me is not just the fun or the invention but the elements of kindness and cruelty that often emerge side by side; the combinations of vulnerability and strength, or resignation and ruthlessness. ¶ The music follows a Sonatina-like structure with a fast-slow-fast pattern. Most of the work is based on the notes that make up the short phrase of wide intervals first heard on the bassoon. ¶ This opening vivo soon develops into multi-textured ideas and considerable friction. By contrast the slow, uncluttered centre of the work is, I think, perhaps coloured by recollections of playing Bartok’s piano music for children… The last movement is a chase but once again there are some rather nasty and unexpected twists and turns.”
Re-inventions (1994-95)
Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press
Available for rental only. Oboe doubles English horn; clarinet doubles on bass clarinet. Piece is a reworking of 4 Bach inventions which are performed with (perhaps optional) contrapuntal connecting work by Berkeley. Duration: 12:00. See also: http://www.michaelberkeley.co.uk/ for program notes.
See Berkeley’s Sextet for winds and piano.
Berkowitz, Leonard(1919-2007)
Quintet (1966)
Westlake Village: California: Musica da Camera
Full score autograph is in the Leonard Berkowitz Collection, Oviatt Library of California State University, Northridge, in Northridge, California.
See https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8s46wc0/ and download the guide in HTML or PDF. Examining the few online resources, his birth and death dates appear to be fluid, or there may be more than one relatively unknown composer with the same name.
Berkowitz, Sol (1922-2006)
Suite for Winds (1975)
Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Theodore Presser Co., 1975
Berlin, David (1943- )
Quintet for Woodwinds (1977)
From the composer, 1978
Duration: 5:00. Several copies in U.S. libraries.
Berlin, Irving (1888-1989)
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (arr. Bill Holcombe)
W. Trenton, NJ: Musicians Publications
Duration: 2:30.
Puttin’ on the Ritz (Frank J. Halferty)
Delevan, NY: Kendor Music, Inc., 2003
Old favorite made popular again by its use in the film comedy, “Young Frankenstein.”
Berlingieri, Osvaldo(1928-2015)
A mis Viejos for woodwind quintet and bandoneon(arr. by WindSync)
One of a pair of tangos arranged for WindSync for their 2013 concerts and recorded by them. See also Bardi.
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Serenade to the Madonna (arr. Taylor)
San Antonio: Southern Music
Marche Hongroise [from the Damnation of Faust]
Kassel: Bärenreiter
Nuits d’été (Summer Nights), Op. 7 for soprano and woodwind quintet (arr. Mathieu Lussier)
TrevCo Music Publishing
Soprano solo in French. Uses Clarinets in A and B-flat. Originally scored forr Soprano and piano or orchestra.
A Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 (1844) (arr. Lanny Pollet)
Shaftesbury: EMU, 2000
“Un Bal” from Symphonie fantastique (1830) (arr. Bernard De Vienne, 1997)
Strasbourg: Editions Francois Dhalmann
Duration: 8:00.
Bermel, Derek (1967- )
Wanderings (1994)
New York: Peer Music Classical, 2002 /
also Faber Music.
See also: http://www.derekbermel.com/index.cfm. Movements: Gift of Life; Two Songs from Nandom. Duration: 9:00.
“…the composer evokes the imagery of ethnic Jewish themes and Klezmer musical ideas, with a lot of note ‘bending’ and fragmentation in the smorgasbord first movement,” and ”…makes liberal use of jazzy rhythmic themes, and includes the occasional creative use of multiphonics and flutter-tonguing as well.” in the second. (Ron Klimko, reviewer, The Double Reed, Vol. 24, No. 3, 1991) Commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony.
Bermúdez, Eddie Mora (1965- )
Frida (2013)
Quinteto No. 2 (2001) for woodwind quintet
Maderas (1996) for woodwind quintet and 2 percussion
Bernaola, Carmelo Alonso (1929-2002)
Musica para quinteto de viento (1955)
Manuscript only?
Koankintetto (1980)
Toromenaldiak (1992)
also:
Relatividades (1971) for wind quintet and 6 instrumental groups
Bernard, Emile (1843-1902)
Divertissement, Op.36 (1894) for double woodwind quintet
Amsterdam: Edition Compusic, 1991 /
Durand & Schoenewerk, 1900 /
Tunbridge, Vermont: Trillenium Music, 1998
Full namne: Jean Emile Auguste Bernard. Recorded on Koch International CD 3-708-2H1 by the Sylvan Winds. Movements: I. Andante sostenuto – II. Allegro molto moderato; III. Allegro vivace; Andante – Allegro non troppo – Andante sostenuto – Allegro non troppo. Duration: 23:15. A recording of the Dorian and Cumberland Quintets is available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efwM42RdeB8
Originally performed at the Parisian Société des Instruments à Vent, this is a beautiful Romantic-style work in 4 movements. Similar to Gounod’s Petite Symphonie but with a slightly more serious mien. Well worth listening to and playing. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Bernard, Patrice
Rituel
Paris: Symphony Land
Berners, John (1961- )
Bela’s Village
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Published in Greenwood, Indiana (by the composer?), 2007
See also: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cyoungk/bernersbio.htm
Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990)
Arrangements
Suite from West Side Story (arr. Richard Price)
Available from the arranger:
75 Loughlin Ave., Cos Cob, CT 06807 USA
Phone: 203/629-2498
Includes I Feel Pretty, Tonight, Maria, and America. Duration: 12:00.
West Side Story (arr. Anne-Katherine Coope)
As of April, 2000 she was still looking for a publisher
Duration: 20-25:00. Arranger is a clarinetist from Vancouver.
Candide Overture (arr. Don Stewart)
Sarasota, FL: Trillenium Music, 2011
Written for the Boehm Quintette in 1978.
Overture to Candide (arr. Hannah Senft)
Performed by the Gate City Winds. Ms. Senft is an oboist and on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. See https://uncw.edu/music/faculty/senfth/index.html for contact info. Not to be confused with the German mime of the same name, also on the web.
Overture to Candide(arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
Curtis Vander Hyden is hornist with the Blythwood Winds.
Bersey, James
Wind Quintet in E-flat (1989)
Published by the composer, jamesbersey[at]gmail[dot]com
See: British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Duration: 15:00.
Berthold, Hermann (1819-1879)
Quintettino
Leipzig: Edition Peters 1972
Flute doubles piccolo. Movements: Vorspiel; Liebeslied; Floetenuhr (antiquarischer Musikautomat); Schwedisches Volkslied; Kanonischer Marsch in simultan variablen Metren.
Bertouille, Gérard (1898-1981)
Quintette à Vent (1969)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1972
Duration: 10:30.
Bertram, Michael (1935- )
Wind Quintet (2009)
Duration: 16:00.
Berv, Mahlon (1991- )
Wind Quintet No. 1 (2011)
Duration: 11:07. Performed in a composition recital at Indiana University/Bloomington.
Besozzi, Carlo (1738-1791)
Drei Bläserquintette (Three quintets for wind instruments)
Muenchen: Verlag von F.E.C. Leuckart, 1973
For 2 oboes, 2 horns and bassoon or flute, clarinet, oboe, horn, and bassoon, includes transcription of the first horn part for clarinet in A. This edition is based on a set of manuscript parts found in the Library of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna with the signature MS VIII 8535/q. Preface in German and English. The three works are: [Vol. 1] Parthia in D (Sonata No. 11), [Vol. 2] Sonata No. 13, and [Vol. 3] Sonata No. 20.
Carlo Besozzi was one of the most famous oboists of his time and best known of four generations of Besozzi family oboists and bassoonists. This publication includes three of 24 sonatas he wrote for 2 oboes, 2 horns and bassoon. The modern quintet scoring is an arrangement. He also wrote over a dozen oboe concertos. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Betti, Henri
Donnez moi la main. (arr. Jeff Scott) for woodwind quintet and jazz vocalist
Based on jazz vocals of Josephine Baker. Recorded by the Imani Winds in “Life of le jazz hot!”
Beurden, Bernard van (1933- )
Divertimento II for wind quintet (2013)
Stichtung Donemus
Duration: 11:20. Flute doubles piccolo. See also: http://www.bernardvanbeurden.nl/. Lovers of reedy sounds might also appreciate his unique Concertino for oboe and accordion quintet!
Beveridge, Thomas (1938- )
Six Bagatelles for wind quintet (1964)
Manuscript: Michigan State University
Beversdorf, Thomas (1924-1981)
Prelude and Fugue
Manuscript: Indiana University (not available on online catalogs, though).
Beversdorf was a professor of both composition and brass at Indiana University for over 30 years. Looking over his list of compositions, I really enjoy his highly original title “Of Walruses, Cheesecake, and Morse Code” for Tuba and Piano. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Beyer, Frank Michael (1928-2008)
Bläserquintett (1972)
Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1974 / Boosey & Hawkes
Duration: 11:00.
Beyer, Johanna Magdelena (1888-1944)
Movement for Woodwinds (1938)
New York: American Music Center
Woodwind Quintet (1933)
Beyrent, John (1947- )
Suite of Ten Carols
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2005. cimarronmusic.com
Movements: Masters in this Hall; In Dulci Jubilo; Pat-A-Pan; Wither’s Rocking Hymn; Coventry Carol; The Cherry Tree Carol; Lo, How a Rose; New Prince, New Pomp; Lullay, My Liking; Merry Christmas.
Gentle Annie (arr. John Beyrent) (2000)
BVD Press; See also Brassworks 4 Sheet Music Sales http://www.brassworks4.com/
With optional 2nd horn part.
Kathleen Mavorneen (arr. John Beyrent) (2000)
BVD Press; See also Brassworks 4 Sheet Music Sales http://www.brassworks4.com/
With optional 2nd horn part.
Beythien, Kurt (1897-1974)
Quintett in F Major, Op. 7 (1925)
Wernigerode: Robert Ostermeyer Musikedition, 2015
Also a private printing, about 1930
Much like Alexander Borodin, Beythien was also a chemist and part-time composer. This work was originally created in 1925 for woodwind sextet (with two clarinets), but later reworked for woodwind quintet in 1927 (having the oboist double on English horn). It was performed widely in the 1930s, but then seems to have faded away (possibly being out of print or simply because of the disruptions of World War II). Performing ensembles appear to have included the Wind Quintet of the Dresden State Opera and a quintet of the Staatsoper Berlin, among others. Written around the same time as the Hindemith and Nielsen quintets and before the Ibert quintet, the new Ostermeyer edition may help us to understand the compositional variety of the 1920s quintets better. (See our blog for articles on Roaring 20s Quintets.) [ Andrew Brandt ]
Bezanson, Philip (1916-1975)
Woodwind Quintet, Homage to Great Americans (1958)
New York: Composers Facsimile Edition (American Composers Alliance), 1962
Movements: I. Theodore Roosevelt; II. Abraham Lincoln; III. Thomas Paine; IV. George Washington. Duration: 20:00
Petite Suite (1973) for woodwind quintet, trumpet and trombone
New York: American Composers Alliance
This may be the same work listed as Septet for Winds in some catalogs. Movements: Overture; Night Song; Minuet; Finale.
Bialas, Gunter (1907-1995)
Satz für Bläserquintett (Movement for Woodwind Quintet) (1995)
Kassel, New York: Barenreiter, 1997
Bialobžeskis, Martynas(1976- )
Lithuanian Music Information Center, www.mic.lt
Random Reeds (2019)
Duration: 6:00. Recorded by the St. Christopher Woodwind Quintet in 2020 on CD Aerofonia.
Bialosky, Marshall (1923-2016)
Birds, Bees, & Butterflies, 14 Songs for woodwind quintet, soprano and harp
Seesaw Music Corp.
The songs are based on poems by American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886).
Biancamano, Angelo(1964- )
Il Pioppo (The Poplar, 1988) for double woodwind quintet, featuring the oboe
Ancona, Italy: Bèrben Edizioni Musicali, http://www.berben.it/
For solo oboe, oboe, 2 flute, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoon and 2 horns.
Bibalo, Antonio (or Bibalitsch) (1922-2008)
Sonatina No. 1, Semplice (1971)
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen
Duration: 10:00.
Sonatina No. 2, Astrale (1972)
Copenhagen: Edition W. Hansen, 1975
Duration: 11:00. Movements: Antares; The Pleiades, MG. 42.
Concertante: For Wind Quintet and Orchestra (1990)
Adliswil, Switzerland: Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia, 1998
Duration: 13:50. See Norwegian Music Information Centre http://www.notam.uio.no/nmi/index.html.
Biber, Carl (1681-1749)
Sonata (arr. Keith Terrett)
Reynard Music Publications, http://reynard.dpwww.co.uk/
Bichsel, Michel
Irrationelles (1975)
Premiered by the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Biggam, Mark
The Pied Piper [of Hamelin] for woodwind quintet and narrator
Available from the Gail Warnaar Double Reed Shop (https://www.doublereedshop.com/) or by contacting the composer.
Duration: 30:00.
Biddington, Eric (1953- )
Wind Quintet (1994)
Wellington: New Zealand Music Centre (SOUNZ)
An Elizabethan Garland (1991)
Wellington: New Zealand Music Centre (SOUNZ)
Duration: 8:00.
Nursery Rhyme Suite (1990)
Wellington: New Zealand Music Centre (SOUNZ)/
Christchurch, New Zealand: published by the composer, 2002
Duration: 6:00.
Bieler, Helmut (1940- )
Musik für Fünf (Music for Five) (1974)
Manuscript: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich
Contact the composer: Prof. Helmut Bieler, Humboldtstr. 10, 95444 Bayreuth, Germany
Bläserquintett II “Helle Nachtgedanken” (1993)
Rimstig/Chiemsee: Keturi Musikverlag, 2000
Inspired by 4 verses from Helles Schlafen, dunkles Wachen by Else Lasker-Schüler, the poem is included with the score.
Biggs, John(1932- )
Scherzo
New York: American Music Center /
Fullerton, California: Consort Press
Duration: 5:00. Written for the Westwood Wind Quintet.
Barbera Secrist-Schmedes, in Wind Chamber Music, calls this “sprightly, with lots of humor and contrapuntal in form.”
Studies in Texture for woodwind quintet with incidental percussion (1968)
Fullerton, California: Consort Press, 1978 1968 /
Hollywood, California: Cameo Music, 1968
Dedicated to Edmund Williams and the MidAmerican Quintet.
Duration: 7:30. Movements: Monophony; Polyphony; Homophony; Antiphony. “Serious etude. Variations around a chromatic theme.” For the final movement; the horn player stays seated while the others divide themselves on stage right and left.
also:
Medieval Dance Fantasy for woodwind quintet, trumpet & piano
Fullerton, California: Consort Press
Duration: 12:00. Based on themes from seven anonymous composers.
Billi, Maurizio(1964- )
Frammanti for woodwind quintet and xylophone
Ancona, Italy: Bèrben Edizioni Musicali, http://www.berben.it/
Bimstein, Phillip Kent (1947- )
Casino: for woodwind quintet and tape/CD (1997)
Springdale, UT: Franklin Stark Music
Contact the composer, see http://www.bimstein.com
Duration: 13:00. Includes texts and program notes. The recorded portion consists largely of sounds from casinos and the voice of Tom Martinet.
Dark Winds Rising for quintet and tape/CD (1994 version for woodwind quintet)
Springdale, UT: Franklin Stark Music
Duration: 13:44. According to the composer, the work is “Based on the words of three generations of the Jake family: Lucille, Vivienne, and Verdel, who grew up on the Kaibab Paiute Reservation on the Utah/Arizona border near Kanab, Utah.”
The Bushy Wushy Rag for woodwind quintet and recorded CD (2000)
Springdale, UT: Franklin Stark Music
Duration: 14:00. According to the composer, “The sounds of a St. Louis Cardinals’ baseball game are combined with echoes of Scott Joplin’s ragtime and the distinctive calls of ‘Bushy Wushy the Beer Man.’”
Grand Staircase (1998)
Springdale, UT: Franklin Stark Music, 1998
Duration: 20:00. Written in honor of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. Commissioned by the Sierra Winds.
Binder, John A.(1946- )
Woodwind Quintet No. II, 1986
Duration: 20:00. First performed by Lyric Winds at Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla., Mar. 4, 1991.
also:
Sextet for woodwind quintet and bass trombone (1991)
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 20:00.
Biondi, Michael
Nonet for Wind Quintet and String Quartet (1985)
See http://library.newmusicusa.org/
Duration: 9:15.
Bird, Arthur (1856-1923)
Serenade, Op. 40 (1898) for double woodwind quintet
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music
Duration: 21:30. One oboe doubles on English horn. Movements: I. Allegro moderato; II. Adagio grazioso; III. Allegro assai; IV. Finale: Allegro energico.
Suite in D, Op. 29 (1889) for double woodwind quintet (+ optional double bass?)
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music
Movements: I. Allegro moderato; II. Andante moderato; III. Allegretto quasi allegro; and IV. Allegro con fuoco. Duration: 26:00. A creditable student performance of the entire work is available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEuHeqLEXDk
This work was commissioned by French flutist Paul Taffanel and his Parisian wind ensemble, La Société de Musique de Chambre pour Instruments à vent. There appear to be some conflicting opus numbers, with Opus 29 referring to both the Suite in D Major for ten winds and also his “Four Novelletten for Piano.” (See the list of works on the International Music Score Library Project site: http://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Arthur_H._Bird).
Both of these Arthur Bird works are recorded by the North Texas Chamber Players on Klavier Wind Recordings, KCD-11071. On first listening, both works sounded, to my ears, like a cross between the Gounod Petite Symphonie and the Dvořak Serenade, with a hint more of seriousness and contrapuntal ability. They’re both delightful works in the French Nineteenth Century style and deserve to be rescued from obscurity. After 1900 Bird rarely composed, so these two dectets are the best examples of Bird’s mature Romanticism. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Nonet (Marche miniature) (1887) for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets and 2 bassoons
Margun Music (Gunther Schuller), out of print?
Some copies may still be available through Trevco Varner’s website: trevcomusic.com.
Bird, Melvin Clive(1955- )
Study for Wind Quintet (2017)
Available under a Creative Commons license from the International Music Score Library Project. http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
A brief biographical profile is on https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/composer/melvin-clive-bird .
Verses and Refrains: for Abu Jusuf Jaqub ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi (2015)
Available under a Creative Commons license from the International Music Score Library Project. http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
Only the score is available from the International Music Score Library Project. Contact the composer for parts at melvin[dot]bird[at]hotmail [dot] com. Abu Jusuf Jaqub ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi was a ninth-century Islamic philosopher, mathematician, physician and composer.
Birtwistle, Sir Harrison (1934- )
Refrains and Choruses (1957)
London: Universal, 1961
Recorded on Phillips SAL3669. Duration: 8:00.
According to the article in Grove Music Online, this was Birtwistle’s first mature composition, completed on the last day of 1957. He composed quickly, saying, “I wrote it completely off the top of my head. I can’t justify a single note.” When the work was selected for performance at the 1959 Cheltenham Festival, Birtwistle reportedly decided to sell his clarinets and aim towards being a composer, instead. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Five Distances for Five Instruments (1992)
London: Universal Edition, 1992
Duration: 14:00. See also: http://www.braunarts.com/birtwistle/
also:
Tragoedia for Wind Quintet, Harp and String Quartet (1965)
Chorale from a Toy Shop (1967) for flute; oboe or clarinet; clarinet or English horn; horn or trombone; and trombone or tuba.
Wein: Universal Edition
Commissioned for the 85th birthday of Igor Stravinsky. Duration: 2:00.
Bissell, Keith (1912-1992)
Suite Populaire
London: Boosey & Hawkes
Serenade for Five Winds (1972) for 2 oboes, 2 horns and bassoon
Obviously, not a woodwind quintet.
Folk-Song Suite (1963) for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets and bass clarinet or bassoon
London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1963
Also listed as a woodwind quintet in some places (including here, previously)
Bitken, Ze’ev (1947- )
Suono non Libero (2005)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Center
Duration: 12:00.
Bitsch, Marcel (1921-2011)
Sonatine
Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1955
The Blythwood Winds has a video performance of the 3rd movement on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0lcvbHLLRpY
Suite Sérénade for flute, oboe, trumpet, horn and bassoon and strings
Paris: Editions Transatlantiques, 1969
Hal Leonard Special Import
Duration: 19:00. Movements: Solennel; Gracieux; Martial; Berceur; Léger; Allégre.
Bitzan, Wendelin(1982- )
Symphonische Szene (Symphonic Scene) (2016)
Available under a Creative Commons license from the International Music Score Library Project. http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
Duration: 8:00. Uses clarinet in A.
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875)
arrangements
CARMEN EXCERPTS:
Carmen Suite (arr. Bill Holcombe)
W. Trenton, NJ: Musicians Publications, 1988
Carmen Suite (arr. Walter)
Paris: Billaudot
Carmen Suite (arr. Graham Sheen) for double woodwind quintet
New York: Kalmus
Duration: 12:00.
Carmen Suite (arr. Graham Sheen) for double woodwind quintet
Published by the arranger, [email protected]
Carmen Suite No. 1(arr. Truman Harris)
Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo Music Publishing
Movements: Pré́lude; Aragonaise; Intermezzo; Sequedilla; Les dragons d’Alcala; Les toré́adors.
Carmen Fantasia (arr. Bill Holcombe)
W. Trenton, NJ: Musicians Publications
Duration: 6:00.
Carmen Prelude (arr. Bill Holcombe)
W. Trenton, NJ: Musicians Publications
“Entr’acte” from Carmen
New York: Symphony Reproductions, 1989
Entr’actes from Carmen (arr. Carson Rothrock)
Oboe doubles on English horn. There is an optional snare drum part; there are alternate bass clarinet and alto saxophone parts in liew of bassoon and French horn. Duration: 3:50.
“Flower Song” from Carmen (arr. Richard Price)
Available from the arranger at 75 Loughlin Ave.,
Cos Cob, CT 06807 USA Phone: 203/629-2498
Features the bassoon.
“Gypsy Song” from Carmen (arr. Richard Price)
Available from the arranger at 75 Loughlin Ave.,
Cos Cob, CT 06807 USA Phone: 203/629-2498
Habanera (from Carmen) (arr. Christensen)
Delevan, New York: Kendor Music
Habanera from Carmen (arr. Bill Holcombe)
W. Trenton, N.J.: Musicians Publications, 1988 /
Chesapeake, VA: Bill Holcombe’s Musicians Pub’s (http://billholcombe.com/)
Habanera from Carmen (arr. Waldemar Swiergiel) for double woodwind quintet
Sweden: Blås-Basen, http://www.blas-basen.se/
Second flute doubles piccolo; 2nd oboe plays English horn.
“Nous avons tête une affaire” from Carmen (arr. Henri Elkan)
Philadelphia: Henri Elkan, 1956 / New York: Carl Fischer
Quintet from “Carmen” (arr. Cheyette and Roberts)
New York: McGinnis & Marx
“Aragonaise” and “Habanera” from Carmen (arr. Jean-François Taillard)
Published by the arranger
Available on http://free-music-scores.com/
OTHER WORKS:
Farandole from L’Arlesienne (arr. Bill Holcombe)
Chesapeake, VA: Bill Holcombe’s Musicians Pub’s (http://billholcombe.com/)
Farandole from L’Arlesienne (arr. Melanie Thorne) for double woodwind quintet
Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, UK: Sempre Music, http://www.sempremusic.co.uk/
Fanandole from L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (arr. Steve Winstead)
Sigma Squared Music, https://sigmasquaredmusic.com/
Minuetto from L’Arlesienne Suite (arr. Guy Earl Holmes)
Oskaloosa, Iowa: C. L. Barnhouse, 1938
A pleasant if innocuous arrangement. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Minuetto (arr. Cheyette and Roberts)
New York: McGinnis & Marx
L’Arlesienne Suite (arr. Lovelock)
Performed by the Adelaide Wind Quintet
L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1 (arr. Joachim Linckelmann
Kassel: Barenreiter, 2007
Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22 (arr. Gordon Davies)
Mainz: B. Schott Sohne, 1986
Very nice arrangements of several movements from Jeux d’enfants (Op. 22): “Trompette et tambour,” “Petit mari, petite femme!,” “La toupie,” “La poupée,” “Le Bal.” Le Bal is particularly lively and fun. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22 (arr. Hermann Dechant)
Vienna: Apollon Musikoffizin, 2003
4 movements from Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22 (arr. Mike Walton)
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
“Berceuse,” Op. 22, no. 3, from Jeux d’enfants, (arr. Clifton Williams)
San Antonio, Tex.: Southern Music Co., 1965
From Jeux d’enfants (originally for piano, 4 hands).
Minuetto from “The Fair Maid of Perth” (La jolie fille de Perth) (arr. Brett Freithaler)
Performed by the Blythwood Winds.
No, Bizet never travelled to Australia. Perth in this context was formerly the capital of Scotland. The opera’s libretto was based on a novel by Walter Scott. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Bjelik, Martin (1940- )
Mobile (1969)
Wien: Verlag Doblinger 1972
Duration: 5:00.
Kammermusik 70
Wien: Verlag Doblinger
Autogramm, Langsamer Satz für Bläserquintett
Wien: Verlag Doblinger
Duration: 7:30.
Doblinger’s catalog confirms that “Autogramm” is a woodwind quintet but contradictory listings suggest there may be a brass quintet version as well. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Björklund, Staffan (1944- )
Pastoral (1970/1975)
Stockholm: Svensk Musik
Duration: 5:00
Björlin, Ulf (1933-1993)
Blaskvintett (1983)
Stockholm: Svensk Music
Blacher, Boris (1903-1975)
Konzertstück for wind quintet and string orchestra (1963)
Berlin: Bote and Bock
Commissioned by the Sudwestfunks Baden-Baden. Duration: 14:00.
Estnische Tänze, Op. 9 for double woodwind quintet
Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1935
Grove Music Online says this work was unpublished and destroyed (possibly during World War II). However, it appears that it actually was published before the war. Blacher was in disfavor with the Nazi regime, however, and the published copies might, indeed, have been destroyed. So, unless a library-owned or other copy is found, we may never see this work.
Black, Barry M.
The Phoenix Quintets
Phoenix, Arizona: B.M. Black (2000)
A set of 23 short woodwind quintets for beginning through advanced high school students.
Black, James (1990- )
At night, walking shoes full of blood on the door (or, steam heating a room full of opium) (2015)
Kobenhavn: Edition-S, 2015
Duration:10:00. Flute doubles on piccolo. This title has the dubious distinction of being the goriest title in this list. Quintette Noire?
Blackford, Richard (1954- )
Portrait of Hans Sachs, a fantasy for wind quintet on themes arranged from Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989
Clarinet doubles on bass clarinet. Duration: 8:30.
Blackwood, Easley (1933- )
Pastoral and Variations, Op. 11 (1961)
New York: G. Schirmer
Duration: 13:00. Premiered by the New York Woodwind Quintet on January 19, 1962 in Chicago, with repeat performance in New York City and Washington, DC.
Bláha, Ivo (1936- )
Wind Quintet (1956)
Movements: I. Vivace; II. Lento; III. Allegretto — alla Marcia; IV. Presto. More info at: http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/user_page.pl?url=ivoblaha
Jarni Hry (Spring Plays) (1962)
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Movements: I. Allegro con espressione; II. Moderato; III. Vivace. Duration: 11:00.
Music for Five Wood Instruments (Hudba pro pět dřevěných nástrojů) (1965) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, and bassoon
Movements: I.Ritornel 1; II.Andantino; III.Ritornel 2; III.Presto; IV.Ritornel 3. Premiered by the Czech Woodwind Quintet.
Blaha, Oldrich (1930- )
Concertino for woodwind quintet (1982)
Blake, Christopher (1949- )
Sounds, An Evocation Of Tahuahua, Queen Charlotte Sound (1985)
Wellington, New Zealand: Wai-te-ata, 1988
Five short pieces for wind quintet each depict an aspect of Tahuahua, Queen Charlotte Sound in the South Island of New Zealand – the ghosts of ancestors, the struggles of early settlers, the calls of the birds in the bush and the rush of water and wind. Duration: 13:40. Recorded on Kiwi Pacific CD SLD-83 and more recently on a recording by Zephyr.
No. 3. Regions (1978)
Wellington: New Zealand Music Centre (SOUNZ)/
Sydney : Australia Music Centre
Duration: 13:00.
See also Blake’s Sextet, Clairmont Triptych.
Blake, Daniel
Quintet for Woodwinds (2007) for flute, B-flat soprano saxophone, clarinet, bassoon, horn
Duration: 15:00. Composer is a saxophonist, hence the use of the instrument. http://www.danielblake.net/ . Sound files and PDF at: http://library.newmusicusa.org/
Blake, David (1936- )
Nonet for wind instruments (1971, rev. 1978)
London: Novello & Co.
For flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (one doubles English horn), 2 bassoons and 2 horns. Duration: 22:00.
According to the composer, “This is one of several works commissioned from me over the years by the Northern Sinfonia. It was written in 1971 and somewhat revised in 1978. It is a substantial piece lasting some twenty minutes and has at its heart a Scherzo which contains three contrasting musics with interrelated tempi. The short, central Trio is a cor anglais solo. An Andante, also full of contrasts, precedes the scherzo, and these two densely through-composed movements are preceded and followed by lighter, more episodic forms. The first movement is a chorale interspersed with three canons and the last comprises a reprise of the chorale, a deflating alla marcia and final calm code.” [From An Annotated Guide to Wind Chamber Music by Rodney Winther.]
Blanchette, Marc (1958- )
Fused isolations (1979)
Bland, Ed (1926- )
Woodwind Quintet #1 (The Jazz Quintet) (1981)
Osmund Music, Inc., PO Box 451112, Los Angeles, CA 90045-9998, Phone: 213-368-6418. More info available at: http://members.aol.com/Osmundmus .
According to the composer, “This work was commissioned by the Quintet of the Americas, this 3 mvt. 10 minute composition, swings and is very colorful in its use of timbres. Highly polyphonic and rhythmically complex, it is driven by a cyclical treatment of material.”
Arion’s Song (Woodwind Quintet #2) (1986)
Los Angeles: Osmund Music, Inc. See ordering info above.
Duration: 10:00.
Again, the composer, “This 5 mvt. composition is very lyrical, lively, colorful and audience friendly. Many solos for the players. It employs a cyclical treatment of themes.”
Blank, Allan (1925-2013)
Woodwind Quintet (1968-1970)
New York: Okra Music Corp., 1971 /
New York: Seesaw Music /
New York: American Composers Alliance, https://composers.com/
Duration: 20:00.
Divertimento for Woodwind Quintet (1991)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 18:00. 7 movements.
Music for Woodwind Quintet (2004)
New York: American Composers Alliance
[Notes in Autumn (2003) for flute and woodwind quintet??]
New York: American Composers Alliance
The ACA listing contradicts itself. Although listed for flute and woodwind quintet in the composer’s biography, the expanded entry says it is for flute and string quartet as do several retailers.
also:
Polymorphics for double woodwind quintet (1988)
New York: American Composers Alliance /
Score at Nashua, NH: Falls House Press
Duration: 17:00.
Paganini Caprice No. 24 (arr. Allan Blank) for double woodwind quintet.
New York: Associated Music Publishers
Blanquer Ponsada, Amando (1935- )
Tema y Variaciones
Valencia: Piles Editorial de Musica, 1970
Duration: ca. 11:00.
Quinteto para Instrumentes de viento (1959)
Madrid: Archivo Sinfonico de la S.G.A.E.
Duration: 10:00.
Divertimento Giocoso
Valencia: Piles Editorial de Musica
Blatný, Pavel (1931- )
2:3 (1975)
Praha: Supraphon, 1983
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Although Grove Music lists his birth as 1926, other sources (i.e. the Czech Musicbase & WorldCat), say 1931. Duration: 8:35. See also: http://www.musica.cz/blatny/index.htm
Dreiteiliger Satz (Three-Part Movement)(Tridilna veta?) (1958)
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Kleine Variationen for woodwind quintet and orchestra
Hommage à Pavla Kytlicova, Three Movements for Wind Quintet (1998)
Duration: 10:00.
Wind Quintet (Choral) (1999)
also:
Es fliegt der Fruhling (1960) for woodwind quintet and children’s choir
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Duration: 20:00.
Also, Blatný’s unusually scored work for winds and piano.
Blattner, Orrin(1918?-2006)
Two American Sketches for double woodwind quintet
New York: M. Witmark, 1942
Many library holdings simply list this as for woodwind choir. Movements: Rural; Urban.
Blauth, Brenno (1931-1993)
Quinteto para sopros
Recorded by the Quinteto Villa-Lobos.
Blauvelt, Peter
First Wind Quintet, Op. 18 (1978)
Duration: 14:00 Thesis (A.B., Honors), Harvard University, 1978. Written for the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Second Wind Quintet, Op 21 (1978)
Both works available from the composer.
See website: http://www.peterblauvelt.com/ for contact info.
Duration: 10:00
See also Blauvelt’s sextet for winds and piano.
Blažek, Zdeněk (1905-1988)
Bläserquintett, op. 110 (1971)
Manuscript; Performed by the Foerster Bläserquintett.
Blechinger, Alexander (1956- )
Windmelodien für Holzblaserquintett, Op. 5 (1979)
Bella Musica / Antes Edition
Duration: 8:30. See also: http://www.alexanderblechinger.at/
Bleefield, Charles
Divertimento for wind quintet (1946)
Paris: La NeÌocopie Musicale, 1946?
Photocopy. Paris: La Neocopie Musicale, [1946?]
Johns Hopkins and the Peabody Institute have the Charles Bleefield collection of his correspondence with his teacher Nadia Boulanger, which might be of interest to biographers of Boulanger. Bleefield is also a noted writer and historian of music. But can we find a copy of his quintet to evaluate his composition? Well, there’s a photocopy at the UCLA Performing Arts Special Collection if you can get access.
Bliss, P. P. (Philip Paul) (1838-1876)
It is well with my soul (arr. Rich Heffler)
Fairfax Station, VA: Rich Heffler Publications, Anderson, IN: Distributed by Intrada Music Group, 1998
Rich Heffler Music
It is Well with My Soul (arr. Gary Lanier, 2014)
Boston, MA.: Ione Press
Bloch, Augustyn (1929-2006)
Salmo giocoso (1970) for soprano and woodwind quintet
Krakow: Polskie Wydawnictwo Myzyczne
Duration: 13:00. See also: https://culture.pl/en/artist/augustyn-bloch
Bloch, Waldemar (1906-1984)
Serenade, (1966)
Wien: Verlag Doblinger, 1966
Block, Hans-Volker (1940-1979)
Oktett (1970) for 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet and trombone.
Vienna: Verlag Doblinger
Blomenkamp, Thomas (1955- )
Drei Fragmente (3 Fragments) (1983)
Koln: Dohr, 1994 / Boosey & Hawkes /
Budapest: Editio Musica Budapesta, 1984
Movements: Für Franz Marc; Für Rudi Stephan; Für Georg Trakl.
Blondeau, Thierry (1961- )
Quintette (1991)
unpublished, in IRCAM’s catalog.
Duration: 13:00. Not to be confused with the quintet for clarinet and strings.
Volée de cloches (2011)
Unpublished, but listed in IRCAM’s BRAHMS database.
Blum, Robert (1900-1994)
Concerto for Wind Quintet (1961)
Manuscript? in the Zentralbibliothek Zürish
Duration: 15:00. For woodwind quintet without accompaniment. Not a concerto in the traditional sense. Apparently there is a large archive of the works of Robert Blum in the Central Library in Zurich, Switzerland which contains all three of these works: Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Musikabteilung, Predigerplatz 33, CH-8001 Zürich, Schweiz. Tel. +41 (0)44 268 31 81 or [email protected] or www.zb.uzh.ch/spezialsammlungen/musikabteilung/index.html.de
Konzertante Simfonie (Symphonie Concertante) (1964) for wind quintet, timpani, harp and strings
This IS with orchestra. Manuscript? is in the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. See also a complete list of works at https://www.musinfo.ch/en/personen/komponisten/?pers_id=1349&abc=B
Stationen (1966-67)
Manuscript: Swiss Music Archive, Zurich (Zentralbibliothek Zürich)
Duration: 25:00.
Blumenfeld, Harold (1923-2014)
Expansions (1964)
New York: MCA Music 1971
St. Louis: MMB Music, 1987
Duration: 5:00. PDF and sound file at: http://library.newmusicusa.org/
The composer rants: “Short but eventful woodwind quintet in which melodic subject is expanded and contracted laterally. Compact neo-classic / neo-polyphonic piece. Composed in early attempt to avoid general woodwind quintet sound of rattling of dry bones. And to avoid patness of contemporary fugues which harp all too obviously on identically repeated fugue subjects….” ¶ Blumenfeld also asserts that only two quintet compositions “surmount w[oo]dw[i]nd quintet aridity: the quintet of John Harbison, its palette enlarged by incorporating alternate instruments into the mix; and of course, the delightful, ‘grosse’ “Kleine Kammermusik” of Hindemith. Oases in a dry land…… The sheer brevity of my little quintet have afforded it some immunity from the problem.” [You may take what you will from the statement.]
also:
Lovescapes (1964) for soprano, woodwind quintet, violin, viola and cello.
Verona, New Jersey: Seesaw Music
Based on text by Isabella Gardner (1915-1981), a poet and actress (and great-niece of art collector Isabella Stewart Gardner). See the Poetry Foundation for more info about her. Movements: Summer Evening; Gimbolling. A listing for ‘Eroscapes’ is probably an alternate translation or edition of this work.
Blumer, Theodor (Anton) (1881-1964)
Serenade und Thema mit Variationen, Op. 34
Berlin: Leipzig, N. Simrock, 1918
Paris: Max Eschig, 1918
Hamburg: Anton J. Benjamin, 1966
Quintett für Blasinstrumente Op. 52
Frankfurt, Leipzig: Zimmermann, 1924, 1999, 2011 /
Richard Schauer Music (T. Presser) /
Frankfurt: Zimmerman 28021
Recorded by the Moran Woodwind Quintet of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music on Crystal Records in 1994: Crystal Records CD753. Duration: 21:37. 4 Movements: Sehr frisch und feurig; Romanze: Sehr ruhig und innig; Leicht fliessend—Ausserst lebhaft; Finale: Sehr schwungvoll.
Although a 20th century work, this quintet is more in the style of the late 19th century: sort of a cross between Brahms and Richard Strauss in style. It is a beautiful work and deserves to be performed much more often. Highly recommended for the advanced quintet. (We had to perform from copies of the out-of-print Zimmerman edition, available in libraries. Since then Zimmerman has published a new edition.) [ Andrew Brandt ]
Tanz-Suite für 5 Blasinstrumente, Op. 53
Berlin: Simrock, 1925 /
Hamburg: Anton J. Benjamin, 1966 /
Richard Schauer Music (T. Presser)
Elite Edition, 1678
6 Movements: Rigaudon; Sarabande; Menuet; Ungarischer Tanz; Valse Boston; Onestep. Recorded by the Moran Woodwind Quintet of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music on Crystal Records in 1994: Crystal Records CD753. Duration: 24:37. A dance suite for the 1920s.
Kinderspielzeug, op. 64
Leipzig: Zimmermann
Movements: Ball; Teddybar; Puppe, Aufmarsch der Puppen; Alte Spielurh; Schlitten.
Schweizer Quintett, Suite
Hamburg: Musikverlag Hans Sikorski, 1953
Duration: 22:00.Movements: Prelude; Gavotte; Arietta; Introduktion; Thema and 7 Variations. Final movement is a set of variations on the Swiss folksong “Rosen im Tale.”
See also Blumer’s Sextets.
Blunt, Marcus (1947- )
Cerulean (1987 / 1994, rev. 2006)
Modus Music
Scottish Music Centre
Uses A clarinet, Duration: 12:00.
Capricorn (1979) for double woodwind quintet
Modus Music, 2008
Includes a bass clarinet part to substitute for bassoon. Duration: 5:00.
Blyton, Carey (1932-2002)
A Catch for wind instruments: 23 short movements (in 3 sets) for 1-5 wind instruments after Isaak Walton, Op. 49 (1968)
Ancona, Italy: Bèrben Edizioni Musicali, http://www.berben.it/
Available from June Emerson or from the composer: “Howans” Pytches Rd., Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1EY ENGLAND
For flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon as a quintet or in various combinations of 1-4 instruments. Movements: Prelude; The Gudgeon; The Loach; The Minnow or Penk; The Carp; The Umber or Grayling; The Eel; The Luce or Pike. Duration: 17:00 (without narrator), 25:00 (with narrator). Includes performance instructions.
Five Diversions, Op. 1b (1990)
Ancona, Italy: Bèrben Edizioni Musicali, http://www.berben.it/
Available from June Emerson or from the composer:
“Howans” Pytches Rd., Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 1EY ENGLAND
Movements: Vacilación; The Lake at Evening; The Girl with the Auburn Hair; Twilit Willows; A Little Waltz. Duration: 13:00.
Bobescu, Constantin (1899-1992)
Parafraza pe motivul “Horei Staccato” (Paraphrase on the ground of Hora Staccato)
Bucharest: Editura Muzicala
Ars Ventus Romana allows you to download the parts as a PDF.
Parafrază după Bagatela de
Ion Scărlătescu (1958)
Duration: 6:00. Sources: Biblioteca Societății Române de Radiodifuziune & Biblioteca Uniunii Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România.
Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805)
Menuet (arr. A. E. Harris)
Boston, Mass.: Cundy-Bettoney
Originally for 2 violins, viola, and 2 violoncellos, G. 275, E major.
Minuet & Trio from String Quintet, Op. 11, No. 5 (arr. Lin, Yizhi Ernest)
Singapore: Oriole Publishing, https://oriole-publishing.myshopify.com/
“Pastorale” from Symphony No. 25, G. 519, in C minor (arr. Thomas Stone) for double woodwind quintet
New Glarus, Wisconsin: Daehn Publications, 2006
Bochmann, Christopher (1950- )
Wind Quintet No. 1 (1978)
For all these works, try ordering from the composer, http://www.christopherbochmann.com/
Wind Quintet No. 2 (1979)
Published by the composer.
See also: http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/bochmanc.htm
Six or Seven Sketches – Wind Quintet No. 3 (1992)
Three Bagatelles (1971)
also:
Mobiles for Alexandra for woodwind quintet, trombone, 3 double basses (1985)
Bodenstein, Hermann
Quintett in drei Satzen (1969)
Boder, Gerd (1933-1992)
1. Bläserquintett, Op. 8 (1961)
Manuscript only
2. Bläserquintett
Manuscript only
Bodnár, Norbert (1956- )
In Blue – jazz divertimento for wind quintet (1985)
Music Center Slovakia, http://hc.sk/en/
Duration: 11:00.
Boedijn, Gerard H. (1893-1972)
Kwintet Concertante, Op. 150 (1957)
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus, 1957
Duration: 13:00.
Boehm, Yohanan(1914-1986)
Divertimento for ten wind instruments, Op. 20 (1957) (for double woodwind quintet)
Tel-Aviv: Israeli Music Pub., 1975 (rental from Theodor Presser Co.)
Movements: 1. Moderato-Allegro con spirito; 2. Allegro; 3. Tranquillo; 4. Allegro molto; 5. Andantino; 6. Allegro con brio. Duration: 21:00.
Boëly, Alexandre-Pierre-François (1785-1858)
Andante (arr. Laurence Taylor)
New York: George F. Briegel, 1941
Boesch, Rainer(1938-2013)
Espaces 2 (1979)
Premiered by the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Boer, Eduard de
Boesmans, Philippe (1936- )
Résurrection Altérée (1972)
unpublished
Böhme, Oskar (1870-1938?)
Fantasie über russische Volksklange, Op. 45
Leipzig: Karl & Wendling Ruhle
Bogár, István (1937- )
Székely legényes (Szekeler Men’s Dances) 1981
Editio Musica Budapest
Bognár, Zoltár(1974- )
Wind Quintet (2003).
Music Center Slovakia, http://hc.sk/en/
Literally, the listing says “Windt Quintet,” but that’s probably a translation typo.
Boháč, Josef (1929-2006)
3+5 (1993) woodwind quintet
Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/
Bohnhorst, Frank Runyan (1923-1956)
Hymn-variations and Fuguing Tune
New York: Independent Music
Bois, Rob du (1934-2013)
Chants et Contrepoints (1962)
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus / New York: C. F. Peters Corp., 1962
Flute doubles on piccolo (and alto, maybe?), oboe doubles on English horn. Duration: 17:00. Written for the Holland-based Danzi Quintet.
Reflexions sur le jour où Pérotin le Grand ressuscitera (1969)
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus, 1972
Written for the Danzi Quintet.
Vertiges (1987) for double woodwind quintet and double bass
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus, 1987
Duration: 18:00.
Boisdeffre, Charles-Henri-René de (1838-1906)
Scherzo from Septet, Op. 49 (arr.)
New York: Carl Fischer
See the Winds and Keyboard page for Boisdeffre’s original Septet, Op. 49 for woodwind quintet, double bass and piano.
Boisseau, Jean-Thierry (1949- )
Introduction et Passacaille
Lagny sur Marne, France: Musik Fabrik, 1998
See http://www.jean-thierryboisseau.com/english.htm
Bokes, Vladimir (1946- )
Bläserquintett No. 1, Op. 11 (1971)
Bratislava: Slovensky hudobny fond
Duration: 9:00.
Three Bagatelles, Op. 15a (1973)
Music Center Slovakia, http://hc.sk/en/
Music Centre Slovakia clearly indicates this is a woodwind quintet. The composer’s own website gives another title for Op. 15a and doesn’t mention this quintet. So there appears to be some confusion about this work. See http://www.vladimir.bokes.org/
Wind Quintet No. 2, Op. 19 (1975)
Duration: 14:00.
Wind Quintet No. 3, Op. 42 (1982)
See Slovak Information Svc: http://www.his.sk/
Bolle, James (1931- )
Capriccio III, Fuerte cosa es! (Goya) (1980)
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.,: General Music Pub. Co., 1980
Movements: Recitativo-arioso; Scherzo-variations. Text by Francisco Goya (1746-1828).
Bolz, Harriett (1909-1995)
Pageant (1972?)
Columbus, Ohio: H. Bolz, under a rental contract with H. Branch Pub., 1976
Bon, Willem Frederik (1940-1983)
Quintet No. 1, Op. 13 (1966)
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus
Duration: 14:00
Blaaskwintet Nr. 2, Op. 26 (1969)
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus, 1970
Bonanno, Alessandro (1959- )
Parisian Rhapsody
Cimarron Music Press
See also: http://abonanno2.wix.com/alessandro-bonanno
Bond, Victoria (1945- )
Hot Air (1991)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company, https://www.presser.com/
Duration: 16:30. See http://www.victoriabond.com/
This work is based on Ms. Bond’s opera about the story of Gulliver’s Travels. According to Bond, “…this quintet elaborates dramatic scenes from the opera that I was working on at that time, Travels. The first movement, Hot Air, shows Gulliver in an agitated state, eager for the journey, impatient to begin; the second movement, Who Is Gulliver, finds him at a turning point, where he has lost his direction and his sense of identity; the third movement, In My Land, gives him a glimpse of a more perfect world of peace and harmony; the last movement, Yahoos, gives an unflattering portrait of humans as seen by a more advanced lifeform.”
How Brer Raccoon Outsmarted the Frogs (2006) for narrator and woodwind quintet
Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, 2009.
Duration: 15:00. Story adaptation by Celestine Bloomfield, from an African American folktale collected by Joel Chandler Harris.
The Frog Prince (1984) version for narrator and woodwind quintet
New York: G. Schirmer
Text by Victoria Bond, Bob McGrath and Anne Sperry McGrath. Duration: 24:00.
Quintet for Woodwinds (1984)
New York: Seesaw Music
This work is listed in WorldCat and other online sources, but not on Bond’s website. It appears to be an early quintet newly published, but Seesaw gives no other info.
Bondon, Jacques (1927-2008)
Les Folklores Imnaginaires (1985)
Paris: Editions Max Eschig, 1990
Movements: Giocoso; Complainte; Fête; L’Arlequin; Les danseurs.
See Bondon’s Symphonie Concertante for double quintet and piano.
Bone-Kloss, Marilyn (1942- )
Five Pieces, 1968
Published by the composer (USA)
Duration: 6:00. Email: [email protected] . Address: 1 Concord Greene #8, Concord MA 01742-3170 USA
Bongartz, Heinz (1894-1978)
Suite No. 11
Composer was primarily a conductor in Germany.
Bonin, Matej (1986- )
Daleč od blizu za pihalni kvintet (Far from Close) (2007)
See also: http://www.dss.si/bonin-matej.html (in Slovenian)
See Bonin’s Mirrors for winds and piano.
Bönisch, Josef (1935- )
Russian Folksongs and Dances
Rund (?)
Bonk, Martin
Music for Wind Quintet
Published by the composer, http://www.martinbonk.com/
Duration: 6:00. See also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Bonetti, Stefano
Preludio, Aria e Finale (2000)
Adliswil, Switzerland: Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia
Bongo, Sara (a.k.a. Sarafina Maria Bongo)(1948-2021)
North Country Suite
Bradfield, Berkshire, England: Rosewood Publications, www.rosewoodpublications.co.uk
Bonsel, Adriaan (1918-2011)
Kwintet No. 1 (1949)
Amsterdan: Stichting Donemus 1950 / New York: C. F. Peters
Duration: 14:00. Arthur Cohen (The Literature of Chamber Music) gives this work high praise for its “Mozartean clarity, with mild contemporary tonality” and its French-like high spirits.
Kwintet Nr. 2 (1953)
Amsterdan: Stichting Donemus, 1965
Bonvin, Ludwig (1850-1939)
Romanza, op. 19 c
Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel
Booren, Jo van den (1935- )
Spectra (1967)
Amsterdam, Donemus 1967 1968
Duration: 8:00.
Borch, Gaston (1871-1926)
The Crafty Spy (arr. Robert Broemel)
TrevCo Music Publishing
Originally composed for silent films.
Sunrise on the Mountain (arr. Bruno Reibold)
New York, N.Y.: Belwin, 1939
Mountaineer’s March from Mountain Music Suite (1923) (arr. Robert Broemel, 2013)
Tallevast, FL: TrevCo Music
Norwegian Folk-Song (arr. Robert Broemel)
TrevCo Music Publishing
Quintet No. 2
London: De Wolfe
Sunrise on the Mountain (arr. Robert Broemel)
TrevCo Music Publishing
Apparently originally composed to be used with silent films.
Borden, David(1938- )
Three Pieces for Woodwind Quintet (1961)
Performed by the Dorian Wind Quintet in 1961 at Tanglewood Music Center.
Bordini, Ricardo Mazzini (1957- )
As Musas (Em Nœmero de 3) Pensando (…) (1989) for Woodwind Quintet, trumpet, trombone, tuba and strings
Centro de Documentacao de Musica Contemporanea CDMC-Brasil
Duration: 10:00.
Boren, Murray (1950- )
Scenes (1982)
Duration: 14:00. Commissioned by Orpheus Winds, and first performed by them in Provo, Utah, April 1982.
Borenstein, Nimrod (1969- )
Wind Quintet, Op. 14 (1997)
Published by the composer.
Duration: 18:00. 3 movements. http://www.borensteinarts.com/ .
Borg, Kim (1919-2000)
Diatonic Quintet, Op. 44 (1985)
Helsinki: Fazer, 1986
Movements: Folk song; Dances; Landscape; Fanfare.
Borisovas, Borisas (1937-2016)
Musica Rustica (1977)
Lithuanian Music Information Center, www.mic.lt
Woodwind Quintet (1973)
Lithuanian Music Information Center, www.mic.lt
Börjesson, Lars-Ove (1953- )
Blaskvintett nr 1, Op.23 (1978)
Stockholm: Svensk Musik
Duration: 11:30.
Borkovec, Pavel (1894-1972)
Quintet (1932)
Prague: Hudebni matice Umelecke besedy /
Prague: Editio Supraphon
Flute doubles piccolo. Czech folk-like themes
contain lots of rhythmic energy.
Bornefeld, Helmut (1906-1990)
Souvenirs (1972)
Stuttgart: Carus, 2001
Performed by the Stuttgart Wind Quintet.
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887)
arrangements
Allegro Moderato (from String Quartet No. 2) (Arr. Geoffrey Emerson)
Ampleforth, North Yorkshire: Emerson Edition
Chorus of Villagers from “Prince Igor” (arr. Harry Hirsch)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser
In the Steppes of Central Asia (arr. Matt Scott)
Shaftesbury: EMU, 1996
Notturno (arr. William Schmidt)
Greeley, Colorado: Western International Music
Oboe doubles English horn.
Polovetsian Dances (Extracts from Nos. 2, 3, 4) (arr. Scott)
Scherzo (arr. K. David Van Hoesen)
Trevco Music Publishing
Winter Pieces
Boroš, Tomáš(1970- )
Wind Quintet (1997)
Music Center Slovakia, http://hc.sk/en/
Duration: 10:00. See also: http://hc.sk/en/hudba/osobnost-detail/272-tomas-boros
See also Boros’ sextet for quintet and winds.
Borowski, Felix (1872-1956)
Madrigal a la Lune
London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1966
Work follows ABA song form. Described as warm with tonal innocence.
Borris, Siegfried (1906-1987)
Bläserquintett, Op. 25, No. 2 (1938)
Wilhelmshaven, Heinrichshofen 1973 /
Berlin: Sirius-Verlag
also:
Suite for 7 Instruments, Op. 31b for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello
Berlin: Sirius-Verlag
Borroff, Edith (1925-2019)
Game Pieces, a suite for Woodwind Quintet (1980)
New York: American Composers Alliance, https://composers.com/, 1980
Movements: Overture; Gossamer; Stretches; Sketch; Evolution; Visions; March; Finale. Duration: 16:00. Although it was commissioned by the Camarate Woodwind Quintet, the premiere in 1980 appears to have been performed by the New York Woodwind Quintet in a Meet the Composer program at the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Woodwind Quintet in D (1947)
Woodwind Quintet in C (1948)
It appears that these last two quintets were likely composed when Borroff was working on her Master’s degree at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, so they might be considered student works. I’ve found no info on them except the above titles and dates in Grove Music Online. [ Andrew Brandt ]
also:
PYGMALION, Incidental music to Shaw”s “Pygmalion” (1955) for solo soprano, chamber choir, woodwind quintet and 2 percussion.
Duration: 17:00. The overture, entre-scenes, entr-acte, and finale can be done as a suite. Commissioned by the National Music Camp and premiered in 1955 in Interlochen, Michigan.
Börtz, Daniel (1943- )
Winter Pieces 2 (1982)
Stockholm: C. Gehrmans Musikfoerlag, 1982
Flute doubles piccolo; oboe doubles English horn.Duration: 14:00.
Bosmans, Arthur (1908-1991)
Diabelliana “Suite for Woodwind Quintet on motives from Diabelli”
Philadelphia: Henri Elkan, 1957 (now Elkan-Vogel)
Four movement work.
Looks dull and, as a result, we never played it. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Impressão Nórdica
Duration: 4:00. Recorded by the Quinteto Brasília.
Bossi, Renzo (1883-1965)
Tema Variata, Op. 10 (1939)
Augsburg: Anton Bohm & Sohn
Bossler, Kurt (1911-1976)
Quintett für Bläser (1940)
Berlin: Astoria, 1980
Quintett (1967-68) (Zweites Bläserquintett)
Berlin: Astoria, 1998
Duration: 15:00.
Bostelman, Otto (1907-1981)
Quintet (1967)
Manuscript: Library of Congress
(Note: search of database on LOC’s website did not locate this work.)
Botiarev, Evgeny (1935- )
Three Pieces for Wind Sextet
woodwind quintet and trumpet
Described by Arthur Cohen (The Literature of Chamber Music) as “Light music, solidly constructed.” All “short and sweet.”
Böttcher, Eberhard (1934- )
Zwei Satze für Bläserquintett (Two Movements) (1960)
Oslo: Norsk musikforlag, 1987
Duration: 7:00.
Bottenberg, Wolfgang (Heinz Otto) (1930- )
Five for Five: musical images for woodwind quintet (1983)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Duration: 13:00. Movements: I. Sailboats, II. Dance of shadows, III. Dolphins, IV. Imp, V. Carousel.
Bottje, Will Gay (1925-2018)
Quintet (1957)
See American Music Center
Duration: 14:00. See also: http://www.sigmaalphaiota.org/home/ComposersBureau/BottjeWillGay/tabid/450/Default.aspx
Three Etudes for Wind Quintet and Tape (1963)
New York: Composers Facsimile Edition, American Composers Alliance, 1963
Duration: 17:00. Movements: 1. Study in Thirds (glissando); 2. Study with Piano (appogiatura); 3. Study in Undertones (cadenzas).
Three by Five, Wind Quintet No. 1 (1972)
Chicago: M. M. Cole Pub. Co., 1972 /
New York: American Composers Alliance
Apparently reissued in 1994 by ACA after Cole went out of business. Duration: 13:00.
Quintet No. 2 for Woodwinds (1984)
New York: Composers Facsimile Edition, (American Composers
Alliance) 1962
Duration: 18:30.
also:
Evolutions for Wind Quintet and Orchestra (1999)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 14:00. Solo woodwind quintet and chamber orchestra: 1-1-1-1, 3-2-2-1;perc(3);hp;str
Serenade (Nonet) (1964) for woodwind quintet and string quartet
New York: American Composers Alliance
Five movements. Duration: 17:00.
See Bottje’s Diversions for narrator, quintet and piano.
Boudreau, Michelle (1956- )
Pour quintette à vent (1998)
Montreal: Canadian Music Center
Duration: 12:00.
Boudreau, Walter (1947- )
Contact, Itineraires (1981)
Toronto & Montreal: Canadian Music Center
Duration: 21:00.
Le Diable dans le Beffroi (1998)
Montreal: Canadian Music Centre
Movements: 1. Prelude; 2. La Vallee; 3. Le Village; 4. Le Beffroi et le Diable; 5. Epilogue. Duration: 15:00.
Boulanger, Lili (1893-1918)
Nocturne (arr. Lionel Belmondo)
Her full name was Marie-Juliette Olga “Lili” Boulanger. She was the first woman to win the Prix de Rome composition prize and was considered by many the best female composer in France of her generation, even with her premature death. Her older sister was the famous musical teacher Nadia Boulanger. Duration: 3:00. Recorded by Quintette Allegria in 2013, on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmBsx6HwQ30 .
Bouliane, Denys (1955- )
“…a certain Chinese cyclopedia…” (1986)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
The oboist has the option of performing on English horn. Commissioned by the York Winds with support of the Conseil des Arts de l’Ontario. Duration: 15:00. “Cette pice prend sa source dans un texte de Borges qui cite une certaine encyclopedie chinoise…” Duration: 16:00. Recorded by The City of Tomorrow quintet, currently available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqdB5_Ksig8 .
After listening to the piece twice, I still can’t make heads or tails out of it, except that it consists of long and short phrases of mostly atonal composition, separated by brief pauses, occasionally using jazz-like rhythms (or something resembling them). I feel as if I (who never studied Chinese) was trying to read a certain Chinese encyclopedia: I don’t understand what musical language the ensemble is speaking in, but they are doing it very earnestly and vigorously. Not for the technically insecure or faint of heart woodwind quintet. Listen to/watch the video and make up your own mind. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Quintette à vent (1976)
Mss. at Toronto; Montreal: Canadian Music Center
Duration: 10:00.
See Bouliane’s work for quintet and keyboard.
Bourdeaux, Luc (1929- )
Canciones (for woodwind quintet and alto voice)
Bourguignon, Francis de (1890-1961)
Deux Pieces pour quintette à vent, Op. 71 (1941)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1962
Duration: 7:00.
Boutry, Roger(1932-2019)
Deux Pièces en Sextuor for woodwind quintet and harp
Paris: Alphonse Leduc
Bowden, Robert C.
Quinx (1967)
Manuscript: Library of Congress (not found on their online database)
Bowder, Jerry Lee (1928-2005)
Woodwind Quintets, Sonatine
Athens, Ohio: Accura Music, 1963 /
Fairport, N.Y., Pyraminx, 1963
Sonatina I
Manuscript: Library of Congress (but not located on the LOC online databases)
Bowen, York (1884-1961)
Debutante, Frolic, Burlesque
London: De Wolfe, Ltd.
These appear to be 3 separate, short pieces. See also: http://www.yorkbowen.co.uk/
also:
Miniature Suite for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets and bassoon
London: De Wolfe, Ltd.
Ampleforth, York: Emerson Edition
Bowman, Euday Louis (1887-1949)
12th Street Rag (arr. ?)
Editions Viento
Like many famous ragtime composers, Bowman was employed in some of the “better” bordellos in Kansas City. A series of rags (Sixth Street Rag, Eleventh Street Rag and Twelfth Stree Rag) were named after streets of “Boss” Tom Pendergast’s redlight district. (Source: Wikipedia)
Boyadjian, Hayg (1938- )
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (1980/ last movement revised in 1987)
New York: American Music Center
Completed at Wellfleet, Cape Cod, USA. Movements: Allegro molto; Scherzo; Andante; Allegro vivace. Duration: 13:00. See also: http://www.haygboyadjian.com/ . Duration: 13:00.
Cynthia Kay Wolverton in her doctoral dissertation, “The Contributions of Armenian Composers to the Clarinet Repertoire…” (University of North Texas, 2002) writes: “This piece is equally demanding for all five instrumentalists. Short motives are often exchanged throughout the voices. The sudden dynamic changes and rhythmic drive give the work its playful character.”
Boyce, William (1711-1779)
“Gavotte” from Symphony No. 4 (arr. Jeanie Murrow)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Boyd, Anne (Elizabeth) (1946- )
Wind Across Bamboo (1984)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W. : Australian Music Centre, 1999
Duration: 14:00. See also: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/ . Written for the Australian Wind Virtuosi for the 1985 Hong Kong Arts Festival.
See Boyd’s Metamorphoses of the Solitary Female Phoenix for winds, piano and percussion.
Boyd, Charles Newell (1875-1937)
arrangements
Suite for Woodwinds in C
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1933
Includes:
Corrente by Handel
Adagio by A. Guilmant
Finale by F. J. Haydn
Four Minuets by Beethoven
Boyd, Stephanie Ann(1990- )
Galliard (2015)
Contact the composer on her website: https://www.stephanieannboyd.com
Composed for and premiered by the Washington Square Winds.
Boyle, John K., Jr.
Endeavor No. 3 (1989)
Duration: 11:00. Completed in Cincinnati, OH.
Boyle, Rory (1951- )
Four Ways to Play Reels (1997)
Unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
Flute doubles on piccolo and alto flute, oboe doubles on English horn; clarinet doubles on bass clarinet. There is also a version for wind ensemble. See also: http://www.roryboyle.com/
Quintet for Wind Instruments (1979)
Unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
Duration: 17:00. Flute doubles piccolo, oboe doubles English horn.
See Boyle’s works for winds and keyboard.
Bozay, Attila (1939-1999)
Wind Quintet, Op. 6 (1962)
Boosey & Hawkes /
Budapest:Zenemuekiado Vallalat/Editio Musica Budapesta, www.emb.hu
Duration: 10:00.
Božič, Darijan (1933- )
Polyrhytmia (1968)
Composer is Yugoslavian. The New Grove’s states that his “music has been strongly influenced by jazz and a keen sense of musical drama.” Principal publishers: Drustvo slovenskih skladateljev and Gerig.
Boziwick, George (1954- )
Third Dance for woodwind quintet (1993)
Brooklyn, N.Y.: Red Skies Music, 1993 /
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 7:00. Premiered by the Dorian Wind Quintet. See also: http://www.georgeboziwick.com/
Woodwind Quintet (2002)
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 12:00. Movements: 1 Bounce; 2. Remembrances; 3. Earth is Short; 4. Hymn and Fuguing Tune. Performed by the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Bozza, Eugéne (1905-1991)
Pentaphonie for woodwind quintet
Paris: A. Leduc, 1969
Scherzo, Op. 48
Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1944
An impressive sounding display of chromatic scale technique, reminiscent of The Flight of the Bumblebee. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Variations sur un theme libre, Op. 42 (1943)
Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1943
A theme and 7 variations.
The theme is not particularly memorable, but the variations give all the players a chance to show off with some brilliant wind writing. The final variation has a plainsong-like section reminding one of Respighi’s The Pines of Rome. [ Andrew Brandt ]
also:
Quatre Mouvements for woodwind quintet, trumpet and trombone
Paris: Alphonse Leduc
Brackett, Elder Joseph, Jr.
Fantasy on “Simple Gifts” (arr. Ron Geese)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2008. cimarronmusic.com
Bradbury, William
A Childhood Hymn (arr. David R. Holsinger)
Exton, Pennsylvania: Wingert-Jones Publications
Originally written for band. There are also versions for clarinet choir and for saxophone quintet.
Braden, Carmen(1985- )
What Happens When We Move (2017)
Contact the composer through her website: https://www.carmenbraden.com/ .
Commissioned by Choros (a Montreal-based woodwind quintet).
Premiered by the quintet, Choros, in September, 2018. I’m not aware of any recordings of the work. However, Ms. Braden often incorporates recorded natural environmental sounds from her near-arctic home in the Northwest Territories of Canada into her music for unique, and beautiful compositions. But she also travels the world in search of music and sounds documented in her Sound Journal, worth perusing on her website. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Brady, Timothy (1956- )
Directions, No. 3 (1982)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
This is one of a group of 4 works included under the title “Directions”: No. 1 for 4 percussion, No. 2 for string quartet, No. 3 for wind quintet, and No.4 for brass quintet.
Braein, Edvard Fliflet (Bræin) (1924-1976)
Humoreske
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
See Norwegian Music Information Centre http://www.notam.uio.no/nmi/index.html .
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
arrangements
Albumblatt (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 2:30. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/.
Allegretto Grazioso from Symphony No. 2, Op. 73, in D Major (arr. Elizabeth Sadilek)
San Antonio, Texas: Southern Music Co.,
Brahms German Dances (arr. Watson)
No explanation on which dances or which publisher.
Capriccio (from Clavierstuck, Op. 76. No. 2) (arr. Irving Rosenthal)
Los Angeles: Western International Music, 1969
Requires A clarinet.
Capriccio, Op. 76, No. 2(arr. Steve Cohen)
Cradle Song (arr. Huffnagh)
New York: David Gornston, , 1947
Four Piano Pieces (arr. David M. Carp)
Carp Music, Inc., USA,1984
Arrangements of:
Intermezzo in E-flat, Op. 117/1
Capriccio in B Minor, Op. 76/2
Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118/2
Intermezzo in C Major, Op. 119/3
“Brahms Quintet” after the Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2 (arr. Samuel Baron)
Trillenium Music Co.
Oboe doubles English horn. Clarinet in A.
Three Hungarian Dances (arr. John Jay Hilfiger)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2007. cimarronmusic.com
Hungarian Dance No. 4 (Ungarische Tänze Nr. 4) (arr. Patrick Clements) for double woodwind quintet
London: PCMS Sheet Music, http://www.clements16.co.uk/
Both flute players double on piccolo. Duration: 3:30.
Ungarische Tänze Nr. 5 und 6 (Hungarian Dances 5 & 6) (arr. Friedrich Gabler)
Wien: Doblinger
Duration: 2:30.
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (arr. Elizabeth Watson-Encarnacion) (1995)
Richmond, Va.: International Opus, 1995
Duration: 4:00.
Lively, fun arrangment of probably the most popular of Brahms’s Hungarian Dances. The tempo changes allow a quintet to show off their ensemble prowess. Recommended. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (arr. Michael Gibbs)
Gibbs Music Publishing (available from June Emerson Wind Music)
Hungarian Dances 5 and 6 (Ungarische Tanze Nr. 5 und 6) (arr. Friedrich Gabler)
Vienna: Doblinger Music Publishers
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (arr. Steve Winstead)
Sigma Squared Music, https://sigmasquaredmusic.com/
Also an arrangement for woodwind quartet.
Hungarian Dance No. 17 (arr. Patrick Clements) for double woodwind quintet
London: PCMS Sheet Music, http://www.clements16.co.uk/
Duration: 2:30.
Klaviersonata, Op. 1 (arr. Wolfgang Renz) for woodwind quintet and string quartet
Arranged for normal woodwind quintet and violin, viola, cello, and double bass. Duration: 24:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Klaviersonata fis-Moll (Piano Sonatain F-sharp minor), Op. 2 (arr. Wolfgang Renz) double quintet (dectet) for woodwind and string quintets (2 violins, viola, cello and double bass)
See http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/
Klaviersonata F-moll (Piano Sonata in F Major), Op. 5 (arr. Wolfgang Renz) double quintet (dectet) for woodwind and string quintets (2 violins, viola, cello and double bass)
See http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/
Romance, Op. 118, No. 5 (arr. David Adkins)
Dover, UK: Broadbent & Dunn, https://broadbent-dunn.com/ (digital download)
Three Hungarian Dances (arr. John Jay Hilfiger)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
“Lost Youth” from Five Songs, Op. 104 (arr. Bill Schuetter)
Imagine Music; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Duration: 1:45.
Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 for woodwind quintet, violin, viola, cello, and double bass (arr. Boyd Osgood)
Editions Viento
Includes all 6 movements.
Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 for woodwind quintet and string quintet (2 violins,viola, cello, double bass) (arr. Chris Nex)
Phylloscopus Publications
Brahms Serenade in D, Op. 11 (arr. Leo Samama, 1998) for winds
Contact the composer, http://www.leosamama.nl/
For 2 flutes; 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 3 horns, cello and double bass. Commissionoed by the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble. Duration: 45:00.
Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 , 4th movement (arr. for woodwind sextet for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons by Mark Popkin)
ALRY Publications
Antwerp: Digital Music Print (DMP), see http://ummpdigital.com/chamber-music/
Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 (arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
Arranger is hornist wit the Blythwood Winds.
“Menuetto” from Serenade No. 1 (arr. ?)
Bryn Mawr: Elkan-Vogel
Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16 by Johannes Brahms (arr. Frank Morelli) for woodwind quintet, viola, cello and double bass
Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo Music Publishing, 2011 (now Trevco-Varner)
Brahms Serenade in A, Op. 16 (arr. Leo Samama, 2002) for winds and strings
Contact the composer, http://www.leosamama.nl/
For 2 flutes; 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 3 horns, cello and double bass. Duration: 35:00.
Brahms Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16 (arr. Mark Popkin) for double woodwind quintet and double bass
ALRY Publications
Antwerp: Digital Music Print (DMP), see http://ummpdigital.com/chamber-music/
Duration: 26:00.
Quartet (arr. Mark A. Popkin)
Charlotte, NC: ALRY Publications, 2004
Arrangement of which quartet?
Sextet in G Major, Op. 36, arranged for woodwind quintet. (arr. Mark Popkin)
ALRY Publications
Antwerp: Digital Music Print (DMP), see http://ummpdigital.com/chamber-music/
Originally for string sextet, composed in 1865. 4 movements. Duration: 45:40.
String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1 (arr. Mark Popkin)
ALRY Publications
Antwerp: Digital Music Print (DMP), see http://ummpdigital.com/chamber-music/
String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2 (arr. by Samuel Baron)
Sarasota, FL: Trillenium Music Co.
Oboe doubles English horn, Clarinet in A and B-flat. Written for the New York Woodwind Quintet.
Schlaflied, Op. 33 (Slumber Song) (arr. Bill Schuetter)
Imagine Music; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Duration: 1:40.
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24 (arr. Mark Popkin)
Charlotte, NC: ALRY Publications
Antwerp: Digital Music Print (DMP), see http://ummpdigital.com/chamber-music/
Originally for piano, this work consists of 25 variations and a fugue. Duration: 15:00.
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24 (1875) (arr. Don Stewart)
Tunbridge, Vt.: Trillenium Music
Duration: 25:00.
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24 (1875) arranged for double woodwind quintet plus contrabassoon(arr. Daniel Braden)
New York: Oxford University Press, 2005
Second flute doubles on piccolo. Contrabassoon part is separate from the two bassoon parts. The original work was for piano.
Selections from Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, Op. 24 (1875) for double woodwind quintet (arr. Tony Turrill)
London: Norvik Music, http://www.norviksheetmusic.co.uk/
Includes optional contrabassoon part. This arrangement only includes selected variations. Duration: 15:00.
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a (arr. Kay Thompson)
Boston, MA.: Ione Press
Variations on a Theme by Paganini (first arranged by Brahms, then for quintet by Mike Walton)
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
For student quintets.
16 Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann, Op. 9 (arr. Wolfgang Renz) decet for woodwind quintet and string quintet
For woodwind quintet and 2 violins, viola, cello, and double bass. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ . (Not to be confused with Renz’s quintet arrangement of Op. 23, following.)
Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op.23 (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
For woodwind quintet. Duration: 14:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ . (Not to be confused with Renz’s arrangement of Op. 9 for wind and string quintets, above.)
“Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen” (How Lovely are Thy Dwellings Fair) from Ein Deutches Requiem (arr. Michael Gibbs) for woodwind quintet.
Gibbs Music Publishing (available from June Emerson Wind Music)
Originally for choir and orchestra.
See also Brahms’s Quartet No. 1 arranged for winds and piano.
Bramble, Zachary J.
Bagatelles for Bugs (2014)
Louisville: Potenza Music, 2015
I. March of the chromatic ants; II. Cricket steps; III. A little green bug. See also http://zacharymusicismylife.wix.com/zjbcomposer .
Bramböck, Florian (1959- )
Blues No. 2
Manuscript
Duration: 3:10. See also: http://www.florianbramboeck.com
Brambock also has a Goldfinger Sextet for winds and piano.
Braña, Hernán
6 Pieces for young woodwind quintet
Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.: General Music Pub., 1972
For flute, oboe (or clarinet), clarinet, horn (or alto saxophone), and bassoon (or tenor saxophone). Movements: 1. Tema; 2. Filigrama; 3. Lunes azul; 4. Estribillo; 5. Cinco entradas; 6. Metamorphosis.
6 More Pieces for young woodwind quintet
Dobbs Ferry, NY: General Music Publishing Co., 1981
Movements: Guajira (Country girl); Relampago (Lightning); Estrella con cola (Star with a tail); i Que pasa! (What gives); Telaraña (Cobweb); Chikirikichi. These movements appear to be available individually, see below.
Chikirikichi
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: General Music Pub. Co., 1981
Estrella con cola (Star with a tail)
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: General Music Pub. Co., 1981
6 pieces for young woodwind quintet.
Guajira (Country girl)
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: General Music Pub. Co., 1981
Que pasa!
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: General Music Pub. Co., 1981
Written for young/student quintets.
Relampago (Lightning)
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: General Music Pub. Co., 1981
Telaraña (Cobweb)
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: General Music Pub. Co., 1981
Branchfield, Seann (1984- )
Spontaneous Bassoon Fabricator (2006)
Edition Viento
3 movements. Features the bassoon.
Brandão, José Vieira (1911-2002)
Divertimento No. 1 (1969)
Duration: 15:00. Composer is Brazilian. Recorded by the Quinteto Villa-Lobos.
Brandi, Antonio
Percepciones (Perceptions)
Manuscript
3 movements: Allegro moderato; Adagio; Allegro.
Brandon, Ernest
Winter Holiday
Eighth Note Publications http://www.enpmusic.com/
Three non-sacred winter (Christmas) tunes: Over the River and Through the Woods; Deck the Halls; Jingle Bells.
Brandon, Jenni (1977- )
Five Frogs
New York, NY: Boosey & Hawkes, Milwaukee, WI: Exclusively distributed (in U.S.?) by H. Leonard Corp., 2005.
See also: http://www.jennibrandon.com/
Brandon, Sy (1945- )
Rondo (1971)
Wrightsville, Pennsylvania: Co-op Press cooppress[at]comcast.net
See http://www.myspace.com/sybrandon (if it’s still active).
Chaconne and Variations (1991)
Wrightsville, PA: Co-op Press cooppress[at]comcast.net
A transcription of the composer’s 1969 sextet.
Elegy (1981)
Wrightsville, PA: Co-op Press cooppress[at]comcast.net
Written in remembrance of flutist Ray W. Kauffman. Flute solo with quartet. Duration: 3:00.
Happy Birthday J.S. (2006)
Wrightsville, PA: Co-op Press cooppress[at]comcast.net
Duration: 0:45. The tune “Happy Birthday” in the style of Bach.
In Praise of Music (2003)
Wrightsville, PA: Co-op Press cooppress[at]comcast.net
Flute doubles on piccolo. Composed for the Golden Gate Wind Quintet.
8 movements, each based on a poem about music. Duration: 20:00. Recorded by the Golden Gate Wind Quintet on the Emeritus label.
Scenes From Tom Sawyer (2008)
Wrightsville, PA: Co-op Press cooppress[at]comcast.net
Originally for flute, clarinet and piano. Duration 18:00. Written for educational concerts.
This piece is based on scenes from American author Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer. According to the composer: “It consists of a Prelude – Sunrise, Mid-day and Sunset over Hannibal, MO and five scenes as follows: I. Tom Showing Off for Becky, II. Tom Declares His Love for Becky, III. Tom Takes Becky’s Punishment, IV. The Glorious Whitewasher, and V. The Pirates On The Island. It can be performed with a narrator reading the provided description of each scene or the description of each scene can appear as program notes.”
Red River Valley (2001) (traditional tune, arr. by Sy Brandon)
Wrightsville, PA: Co-op Press cooppress[at]comcast.net
Duration: 3:00.
Brant, Henry Dreyfuss (1913-2008)
Prevailing Winds (1974), for woodwind quintet, spacially separated
New York: C. Fischer, 1975
Flute doubles on piccolo, also ad lib. parts for percussion and keyboard. Optional trombone may replace horn. The work should be performed with the players spatially separated, preferably with the performers unseen by the audience. The parts do not require rhythmic and tempo coordination. Inspired by the composer’s son “around the life and times of Linus Corragio Brant.” Like much of Brant’s music, it is unique. See also the related page of works with piano. Premiered by the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Requiem in Summer (1934/1955)
New York: Carl Fischer, 1956 /
New York: American Composers Alliance
For woodwind quintet, originally for strings and woodwinds. Marked: N.Y.C. 1934, quintet version 1955. Duration: 10:00.
Windjammer (1969) for piccolo, oboe, horn, bass clarinet and bassoon
Windjammer was premiered by the Dorian Wind Quintet in 1969. It was one of Brant’s first noted works for spatially separated players, which became a landmark of his later style.
Whoopee in D Major (1938) for piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bassoon, contrabassoon, and 2 horns (double woodwind quintet)
New York: Carl Fischer (rental)
Duration: 4:15. A preview of the score is available at https://issuu.com/theodorepresser/docs/brant_whoopee_in_d-winds_score . Members of the Colorado State University Wind Ensemble do a creditable job performing this work, available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABO1jISY9F0
Although Henry Brant is associated mainly with avant-garde works with spatially separated musicians, this piece is a conventional, light, humorous piece originally intended to be an overture to a comic (or comic book?) opera. Imagine a Bach chorale excerpt maltreated as a polka, rumba and a galop, with circus interludes. Fun to listen to and perform. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Brant also has a work for winds and piano and also a quartet.
Brânzeu, Nicolae (1907-1983)
Cvintet pentru suflători (1980)
One movement: Adagio mosso. Duration: 11:00.
See Branzeu’s Quintet with piano.
Braswell, Ray
Dances, Jigs and Flings
Published by the composer
Available on Scribd http://www.scribd.com/
Bratton, John Walter (1867-1947)
The Teddy Bear’s Picnic (arr. David C. Larrick)
Published by the arranger
Permission given for free distribution. Available on Scribd http://www.scribd.com/
Braun, Peter Michael (1936- )
Sextett (1961) for woodwind quintet and trumpet
See the composer’s website: http://www.petermichaelbraun.de/
Based on a painting by Georges Mathieu. Duration: 20:00.
Die Lebensinsel (2009-2010)
Mainz: Astoria Verlag, 2013
1 movement. Duration: 10:00. Performance notes in German. Premiered by the Tibia Wind Quintet in Sippersfeld, March 2012. The music was inspired by a painting of Arnold Böcklin, as well as poems by Friedrich Rückert and Lord Byron. The music begins with a free and unmetered introduction, before moving to the main Allegretto. Of advanced difficulty.
Braun, Yehezkel (1922-2014)
Woodwind Quintet (2012)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute, https://www.imi.org.il/
Duration: 1:00.
Brauneiss, Leopold (1961- )
Insulae für Bläserquintett (1994)
Manuscript
Duration: 10:00.
Braunlich, Helmut (1929- )
Quintet for Winds
Boise, Idaho (now moved to Wrightsville, Pennsylvania?): Manuscript Publications
Composer is an emeritus professor at Catholic University in Washington, DC.
Bräutigan, Helmut
Kleine Jagdmusik for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns
Bravnicar, Matija (1897-1977)
Stiri skladbe za pet pihalonih instrumentov (Four pieces for Five Wind Instruments) (1968)
Ljubljana: Edicije Drustva slovenskih skladateljev, 1971 – Society of Slovene
Composers, www.dss.si
Bläserquintett Nr. 1 (1930)
Braxton, Walter(1952- )
Wind Quintet, 1989
Photocopy of the manuscript is in the Samel Baron Collection of the Juilliard School library.
Bray, Kenneth
Seaboard Songs (Sad, Sweet and Salty)
Eighth Note Publications; see also http://www.windmusicsales.com/
Arrangements of seafaring folksongs: Blow Ye Winds of the Morning; The Stormy Scenes of Winter; A Great Sea; She’s Like the Swallow; A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak; The Petty Harbour Bait Skiff; The Hornpipe and the Nova Scotia Song.
Song of the Deer, Chippewa Melody (arr. Kenneth Bray)
Eighth Note Publications; see also http://www.windmusicsales.com/
Brazinskas, Algis Bronius (or Brazhinskas) (1954- )
Kvintet (1966)
Leningrad (now St. Petersburg): Sov. kompozitor, 1972 /
Lithuanian Music Information Center, www.mic.lt
Since Lithuania became independent from the Soviet Union, a new government press now publishes these works.
Arthur Cohen (The Literature of Chamber Music) describes this work, “Motoric rhythmic compression and harmonic bite combine for the greater part….”
Kvintet no. 2 (1975)
Leningrad: Muzyka, 1980 /
Lithuanian Music Information Center, www.mic.lt
Duration: 16:00.
Kvintet no. 3 (1977)
Leningrad: Muzyka, 1984/
Lithuanian Music Information Center, www.mic.lt
Duration: 16:00.
Breczinski, Stuart
Wind Quintet (2016)
Performed and recorded by City of Tomorrow quintet, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YqITgFy-b4 . The work uses pre-recorded sound and percussion effects and may pre-record and alter the quintet instruments, too, so the recorded quintet takes over for a while.
A unique work, the piece starts with what appears to be an atonal canon, but quickly devolves into the competing musical factions before adding recorded sounds. I like the idea of pre-recorded quintet alternating with live quintet and the two eventually competing with each other. The live musicians close out the piece. A good project for the quintet that wants to be cutting edge modern in the early 21st century. (As is the City of Tomorrow quintet.) [ Andrew Brandt ]
Bredow, Edgar
Frankische Serenade (Serenade of Franconia)
Hamburg: A. J. Benjamin, 1968
Movements: Marcia I; Notturno I; Zweifacher; Notturno II; Marcia II.
Quintettino
Hamburg: N. Simrock /
Hamburg: A. J. Benjamin, 1975
5 Aphorismen
Hamburg: A. J. Benjamin, 1977
Brehm, Alvin (1925-2014)
Divertimento (1965)
New York: Edward B. Marks Music
Brehme, Hans L. W. (1904-1957)
Quintett
This work is an arrangement, by the composer, of his String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 3, 1923. Possibly published by Schott.
Brel, Jacques (1929-1978)
Brel Alive and Well (arr. John Brockway)
TrevCo Music Publishing
Includes: Brussels; I Loved; Carousel.
Brennsteiner, Wolfgang
Quintetto in B-flat Major (1829?)
St. Cloud, Minnesota: Medici Music Press, 1982
Brenta, Gaston (1902-1969)
Le Soldat Fanfaron (1952)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1957
Duration: 10:00.
Brescia, Domenico (1866-1939)
Dithyrambic Suite
Premiered by the Barr`re Ensemble sometime between 1911 and the early 1930s.
Rhapsody, Second Suite (1922) (arr. John L. Walker)
Cayambis Music Press, 2016 (www.cayambismusicpress.com/)
Duration: 24:00. Based on the composer’s manuscript score from 1922.
Bresgen, Cesar (1913-1988)
Salzburger Divertimento (1965)
Wien: Ludwig Doblinger, 1969
Wind Quintet (1933)
Possibly an unpublished student work.
Bresnick, Martin (1946- )
Just Time (1985)
New York: Carl Fischer, 2006
For flute/alto flute, oboe/English horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, and horn. Duration: 14:30. Commissioned by the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. Recorded by the New York Woodwind Quintet for New World Records. There is also a YouTube recording available, from 5th Species, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XELAIj9Usvg . See also: http://www.martinbresnick.com/bio.htm
To my ear, after a couple of listenings, this work develops timbrel textures (rather than melodies) with instrumental color, pointillism, rhythms and motivic repetition. Different sections are joined together by horn solos that work through the natural harmonic series, exploiting natural horn intonation. Seems like some early minimalism is thrown in as well. A bit of a haunting work, it’s worth a listen and, for adventurous quintets, a performance. Recommended. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Willie’s Way (arr. Richard Mathias)
New York: Carl Fischer
Uses oboe and English horn; clarinets in A and B-flat and bass clarinet. Duration: 10:00. This may be the composer’s own arrangement of his piano work of the same title. (The piano version is on YouTube.)
Woodwind Quintet (1967)
Not listed on Bresnick’s website. It may be an unpublished student work.
Brettingham Smith, Jolyon (1949-2008)
A Gyre for a Wind Quintet
Berlin: Edition Corona: Ries & Erler, 1976, (see Moseler Verlag)
Brevik, Tor (1932- )
Divertimento for blasekvintett (1964)
Ski, Norway: Edition Norvegia, 1965/
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
Duration: 11:00.
Briccetti, Thomas B. (1936- )
Three Character Sketches (1961)
Ann Arbor, Michigan: Contemporary Music Project, University Microfilm
Briccialdi, Giulio (1818-1881)
Quintet in D Major, Op. 124 (1875 or before)
Amsterdam: Edition Compusic, 1992 /
Mainz: B. Schott’s Sohne, 1875 /
Boca Raton, Florida: Masters Music, 2004
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications
Movements: Allegro marziale – Piú mosso; Andante – Meno moto; Allegro. Duration: 13:15.Parts are also available for download: http://imslp.org/wiki/Wind_Quintet_No.1,_Op.124_(Briccialdi,_Giulio) . See also https://www.giuliobriccialdi.com/
Nikolaus Spoerel describes this quintet as: “Very unusual for a wind quintet in late romantic italian (operatic) style. Lots of work for the flutist, and nice tunes for everyone with not the most interesting accomp. parts. But it really comes off nicely on this recording with the Aulos quintet. Actually there are four quintets by Briccialdi (the others are in ms, but even more interesting than the publ. one) recorded on recent Stradivarius and Bongiovanni CD’s….” Manuscripts are in the
Istituto Musicale Giulio Briccialdi
Scuola Civica, Terni, Italy:
Istituto Musicale Pareggiato “Giulio Briccialdi”
via Manassei, 6
05100 Terni
Tel. 0744.549603 / 549604
As a flutist, Briccialdi was famous enough to have a flute key named after him (the Briccialdi B♭ key), a flute company (Briccialdi Flutes), and an asteroid (7714 Briccialdi, discovered in 1996). Briccialdi also appears to have the distinction of being the only composer to have one of his scores permanently lost with the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. ¶ There are several recordings of Opus 124 to choose from on YouTube, including competing interpretations by Beijing and Moscow quintets, but I like the Aulos Quintet’s best. Many other videos feature individual movements. Although you would never discribe this work as profound or majestic, there is plenty of tuneful, virtuosic display here to show off every member of the quintet and to entertain an audience. I could see this performed as a recital finale, perhaps after a meatier quintet, such as a Reicha. A definite crowd pleaser. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Second Quintet in B♭ major?, Op. 132?? (edited or arranged by Robert Ostermeyer?)
Wernigerode, Germany: Robert Ostermeyer Musikedition, 2005, ROM 169
Movements: Allegretto; Andante sostenuto; Allegro. The Opus number is problematic, with giuliobriccialdi.com giving that opus number to “Sedici Duettini dialogati per due Flauti.” This edition is based on the manuscript from the library of the Accademia de Santa Cecilia in Rome (Ms. 3206). It appears that this work is Series 10, Number 2; see below.
Quintets in B♭ Major, catalog Series 10, Numbers 2 & 3
Recorded by the Quintetto Briccialdi and at least one recorded by the Avalon Wind Quintet CD 8.553410 Naxos. It appears that there are two numbering systems for Briccialdi’s works, the usual Opus numbers, and mysterious Series numbers. Unfortunately, some sites number these quintets as #1 and #2 in B♭, others as #2 and #3 under Series 10. The official Briccialdi website uses its own numbering system. ¶ There are recordings available of the first movements of both of these quintets on YouTube performed by (who else?) The Briccialdi Quintet. Both quintets in B♭ appear to be three-movement works. Duration for S. 10/2 is 13:15; for S. 10/3 is 13:50.
Potpourri Fantastico sul Barbiere di Siviglia del Mo Rossini, Series 10, No. 4
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2007. cimarronmusic.com
Duration: 9:35. Based on Rossini’s Barber of Seville opera. It appears that Briccialdi composed it also for woodwind quintet, although the Borealis Wind Quintet may have edited it for their own performance and recording, “A La Carte – Short Works for Winds.” Their recording is available on the www.CimarronMusic.com and also on YouTube.
Briccialdi, a virtuoso flutist, took advantage of the popular Italian operas of the day and composed many arrangements for flute and piano of opera excerpts by Rossini, Bellini, Mercadante, Pacini, Donizetti, Verdi and even Wagner. Naturally, he wrote one flute and piano work based on Il Barbiere di Siviglia as well. Briccialdi, however, composed this work specifically for woodwind quintet. It’s unclear how much the Borealis Wind Quintet may have edited it for their own performance and recording, “A La Carte – Short Works for Winds.” Their recording of this piece is available on the www.CimarronMusic.com and also on YouTube. ¶ If you like The Barber of Seville, you’ll like this virtuosic arrangement for quintet. It includes virtuosic passages for the entire quintet, not just the flute. There is also lots of room to match the original opera singers’ rubato and comedy as well. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Pot-Pourri Fantastico from Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia” and “Lucia di Lammermoor”, Op. 46 (arr. ??)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2007. cimarronmusic.com
The problem with this listing, found on WorldCat.org, is that Cimarron Music’s online catalog doesn’t list this work. Briccialdi did write a piece, Op. 46, with a slightly different title, for flute and piano, according to Giulio Briccialdi’s Full Catalogue on https://www.giuliobriccialdi.com/ . But the quintet arrangement is NOT in the Cimarron Music Press catalog at cimarronmusic.com. So either it’s a new arrangement that hasn’t made it into their online catalog, or the librarian who cited the work, found in WorldCat, made a mistake, confusing this Pot-Pourri with the one for Rossini’s Barber of Seville, cited above. I think it’s the latter, a librarian mistake.
Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
Pure Imagination(arr. Decker Babcock)
Performed by the Blythwood Winds.
Brickman, J. (possibly Jim Brickman)
Suite
Turnersville, New Jersey: Standard Music Publishing
Bridge, Frank (1879-1941)
Six Miniature Pastorals (arr. Russell Denwood)
Emerson Edition-Modern
Duration: 11:30. Flute doubles piccolo.
Sea-Foam (arr. By John Gibson)
JB Linear; See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Arrangement of the second movement of The Sea (1911).
also:
Intermezzo for 2 flutes (& piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2-4 horns & bass. (arr. Geoffrey Emerson?)
Yorkshire: The Red Hedgehog (45 Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough, Yorkshire, England)
Bright, Colin (1949- )
Long Reef for woodwind quintet and string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, double bass)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W. : Australian Music Centre, 2002
Bright, Dora (1862-1951)
Three Short Dances
She married Wyndham Knatchbull in 1892 but appears to have kept her original name professionally.
Bright, Houston (1916-1970)
Three Short Dances
Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania: Shawnee Press, 1961
Movements: Little Quick Dance; Nostalgic Song; Finale.
Quintet for Woodwinds
Manuscript: West Texas College
See Houston Bright’s sextet for winds and piano.
Brigido, Odemar (1941- )
Ibeijada da Poeira (1983) for Woodwind Quintet, piccolo, strings
Centro de Documentacao de Musica Contemporanea CDMC-Brasil
Duration: 10:00.
Brings, Allen (1934- )
Suite (1956)
New York: Seesaw Music Press
Duration: 10:00..
See also Bring’s Bagatelles for winds and piano.
Brisman, Heskel (1923-2001)
Woodwind Quintet (1961)
American Music Center, 1961 ?
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company, https://www.presser.com/
3 movements. Duration: 12:00.
Arthur Cohen (The Literature of Chamber Music) describes it as “presented and unfolded clearly with a light French demeanor.”
Britain, Radie (1899-1994)
Four Sarabandes
New York: Seesaw Music Press, 1974
A Woodwind Quintet
Britten, Benjamin (1913- 1976)
Movement for Wind Sextet (1930) (woodwind quintet and bass clarinet)
London: Faber Music
Sinfonietta, Op. 1 (1932) for woodwind quintet and orchestra
London: Boosey & Hawkes
Brixel, Eugen (1939-2000)
Die Freier, incidental music (1972) for flute, 2 clarinets, bassoon, horn
manuscript
Duration: 30:00. Czech composer, worked in Salzburg, Vienna and Graz where he died. Check with Doblinger or University for Music and the Performing Arts Graz for manuscript Information.
Postscriptum
Wien: Doblinger
This work is also included in a collection of quintets created by Werner Schulze.
Brkljačič, Ivan (1977- )
FLOBCLHOFFY (1998)
Cologne, Germany: Brandstätter, http://www.bry-music.de/
Although the title doesn’t include all the abbreviations for a woodwind quintet, it is indeed scored for woodwind quintet. A brief recorded excerpt is available on the composer’s website, at http://www.ivanbrkljacic.com/kompozicije/chamber_music.html
Brod, Henri (1799-1839)
Three Quintets (Op. 2, Nos. 1, 2 & 3)
Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions, 2008 /
Bradfield, Berkshire, England: Rosewood Publications, www.rosewoodpublications.co.uk
Original edition printed by Pacini and Schonenberger in Paris, 19th century
The birth and death dates for Henri Brod have gradually settled on 1799-1839, although a few sources may still cling to 1801-1838. Grove Music, the referee in these types of disputes, uses the first set of dates. In any case, Brod’s life was too short and Grove Music Online fails by using most of the article describing his oboe making, listing none of his compositions. ¶ More importantly for us, Brod studied oboe at the Paris Conservatoire with Gustave Vogt, who likely performed all of Reicha’s quintets from 1819-1829. So Brod was likely well familiar with Reicha’s and Cambini’s quintets to use them as models for his own quintets. Another important influence in Brod’s compositions was playing oboe in the Paris Opéra’ orchestra, and thus being familiar with all the modern styles in opera (including Rossini). ¶ All 3 of Brod’s quintets are recorded by the Albert Schweitzer Quintet on a CD released by DeutschlandRadio. Otherwise there is a real dearth of recordings of these works online. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 2, No. 1
Amsterdam: Edition Compusic, 1992 /
New York: McGinnis & Marx 1960 /
Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions, 2008 /
Bradfield, Berkshire, England: Rosewood Publications, www.rosewoodpublications.co.uk
Duration: 22:59. Movements: I. Adagio–Allegro vivace; II. Andante; III. Minuetto (allegro); IV. Presto.
Quintet in F Major, Op. 2, No. 2
Amsterdam: Edition Compusic, 1992 /
New York: McGinnis & Marx /
Bradfield, Berkshire, England: Rosewood Publications, www.rosewoodpublications.co.uk
Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions, 2008 /
Originally published by Pacini in Paris. Duration: 22:04 Movements: I. Lento–Allegro; II. Andante; III. Menuetto–Trio; IV> Finale.
Quintet in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3
Amsterdam: Edition Compusic, 1992 /
New York: McGinnis & Marx /
Bradfield, Berkshire, England: Rosewood Publications, www.rosewoodpublications.co.uk, 2000
Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions, 2008 /
Duration: 24:15. Movements: I. Allegretto; II. Andante ma non troppo; III. Menuetto–Trio; IV. Allegro.
Brockway, Howard (1870-1951)
At Twilight and An Idyl of Murmuring Water for double woodwind quintet
Unpublished?
It is difficult to piece together the history of these wind pieces. Brockway originally composed them as Two Piano Pieces, Op. 39, Nos. 1 and 2 respectively, circa 1911. (See the International Music Score Library Project for a copy of the piano versions.) Brockway appears to have arranged them for ten winds himself, for a series of concerts of the Georges Longy Club, performed on Nov. 27, 1913. The Club was an ensemble of ten wind musicians formed by oboist Georges Longy (who was brought from Paris to play in the Boston Symphony). The Longy Club promoted contemporary wind music, particularly French and American music, occasionally adding a pianist to the winds. Reviews in the two Boston papers about these two pieces were contradictory. I could find no online evidence of a score for the dectet ever being published. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Brødsgaard, Anders (1955- )
Oram (1987)
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen
Duration: 14:00.
Poltergeist (1989) for woodwind quintet and string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, double bass)
Wilhelm Hansen, 1989
Duration: 23:00. A listing for “Three Decets” for the same combination is probably an alternate listing of the same piece.
Broeders, Mario (1931- )
Ventoleara=Gusty Winds
Long Island City, NY: Music Pub., 2001
Brogue, Roslyn (1919-1981)
Woodwind Quintet (1970)
In the Tufts University Library archives, “Roslyn Brogue Henning Papers 1919-1996”
See also a work with organ.
Brons, Carel (1931-1983)
Quintett Nr. 1 (1949)
Amsterdam, Stichting Donemus
Balletto (1961)
Amsterdam, Stichting Donemus, 1962
Movements: Intrada, Essentia, Retrajecte. Duration: 8:00.
Mutazione (1964)
Amsterdam, Stichting Donemus, 1965
Duration: 10:00.
Brook, Mary Helen
Woodwind Quintet
Brooks, Joe
You Light up my Life (arr. John Swan)
New York, N.Y.: Big Hill Music Corp., 1979
From the Columbia Pictures movie, “You light up my life.”
Brooks, Richard (1942- )
Prelude & Lament (1970-2017)
New York, N.Y.: American Composers Alliance, 1970 (?)
Duration: 15:00. Original version composed in 1970, revised in 1983, and revised yet again in 2017.
Quintet
New York, N.Y.: American Composers Alliance
ACA doesn’t list a separate “Quintet.” Perhaps this is another version of the Prelude and Lament?
Also:
Last Night I was the Wind (1976) for baritone (voice) and woodwind quintet
New York: American Composers Alliance, https://composers.com/
Duration: 29:00. Text by J. Peter Bergman.
Brophy, Gerald (1953- )
Chrome (1984)
Australian Music Centre, http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Choro pra linos for Wind Quintet (2003)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: reproduced and distributed under licence by the
Australian Music Centre, 2003
See also: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/ and
http://www.gerardbrophy.com.au/
Canção de ninar (2005)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre
Frevo (2005)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre
Brotons, Salvador (1959- )
Enfasis (Emphasis) (1975)
Madrid: Editorial de musica espanola contemporanea /
Barcelona: Catalana d’edicions-EMEC
Duration: 6:00. http://www.brotonsmercadal.com
Tema, variaciones i coda (Theme, variations and Coda), Op. 29 (1982)
Barcelona: Trito, 2000, 1982
Duration: 13:00.
Essentiae Vitae, Op. 80
Barcelona: Brotons Mercadal Ediciones, 2001, 1999
Duration: 18:00.
Also:
Sax-quintet-vent (1977) for flute, oboe, saxophone, bassoon and horn
Barcelona: Catalana d’edicions-EMEC
Duration: 11:00.
Sound of Eleven (1984) for woodwind quintet, trumpet, percussion and string quartet.
Brouwer, Leo (born Juan Leovigildo Brouwer) (1939- )
El reino de este mundo (The Kingdom of this World) (1968)
A Cuban composer, reference works do not list the publisher for this piece, but his principal publishers are Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales, Schott, the Union Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, and Chester Novello. See also: http://www.opushabana.cu/
Brown, Charles (1898-1988)
Quintette
Paris: Editions Choudens, 1967, New York agent: C. F. Peters Corp.,1967
Divertimento
Cambridge: Gamut Publications, Cambridge Music Shop
This is the French composer, not to be confused with Charles Brown, the Blues singer, (1922-1999). See also the French Wikipedia, https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Brown_(compositeur).
Brown, Christopher (1943- )
Divertimento before Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” (1963)
Cambridge: Gamut Publications, 1965
Movements: Praeludium; “Windsor park – early evening”; Scherzo – “The merry wives”; Trio; “Windsor park – night”; “The garter – Act V sc.6.” Duration: 12:00.
Brown, Douglas Victor
Schwein Gehabt, Eine musikalische Erzahlung, for speaker and woodwind quintet
Leipzig: Friedrich Hoffmeister Musikverlag
Text by Hans-Jurgen Schatz; Music and spoken text by Douglas Victor Brown.
Brown, James Francis(1969- )
Heralds of Good Fortune (2014)
Britain: Music Haven, https://www.musichaven.co.uk/
Oboe doubles English horn; clarinet doubles basset horn
Duration: 18:00. Movements: 1. The Herald; 2. The Ravens; 3. The Rose; 4. The Yew Tree; 5. Roundelay. Comissioned by Vanessa Welling. Commentary by the composer is included on his website: https://www.jamesfrancisbrown.com/
Brown, Newel Kay (1932- )
Woodwind Quintet (1969)
Verona, New Jeresey: Seesaw Music (Subito Music), 2017
Commissioned by the Strategic Air Command Woodwind Quintet.
Brown, Richard E.
arranger
Shenandoah
Oskaloosa, Iowa: C. L. Barnhouse, 1974
Based on a popular American folksong.
Broz, Frantisek (1896-1962)
Bläserquintett, Op. 15 (1944)
Brubeck, Howard (1916-1993)
Six Pieces for Woodwind Quintet (1950)
Delaware Water Gap, Pa.: Shawnee Press, 1978
Not to be confused with his younger brother, Dave Brubeck.
Bruch, Max (1838-1920)
Romanze for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 85 (1911)(arr. C. A. Orozco-Diaz) for solo viola and woodwind quintet and string quintet.
Pub. by C. A. Orozco-Diaz
Bruckmann, Ferdinand (1930- )
Divertimento Nr. 3 (1970)
Koln: Dohr
Bruckner, Anton(1824-1896)
3 Kleine Vortragsstücke (3 Short Pieces) (arr. Pierre Gouin)
Montreal: Les Éditions Outremontaises,2006
Originally Three Pieces for Orchestra, WAB 124. Early works by Bruckner. The arrangement includes a cello part to substitute for the horn. Moderato; Allegro moderato; Andante. Available for download, under a Creative Commons license, from the International Music Score Library Project: http://imslp.org/wiki/3_Kleine_Vortragsst%C3%BCcke,_WAB_124_(Bruckner,_Anton) .
Bruemmer, Matthew
The Violent Rain’s Mambo
Medina, NY: Imagine Music Publishing, 2014
Written as a student at Southern Methodist University.
Brüggemann, Kurt (1908-2002)
Divertimento (1940)
Manuscript only.
Brugk, Hans Melchior (1909-1999)
Serenade (Quintett 1955), Op. 22
Hamburg: H. Sikorski, 1959
Duration: 16:00.
also:
Divertimento in F, Op. 29 for woodwind quintet, 2nd horn,and trumpet
London: Boosey & Hawkes /
Hamburg: Simrock, 1965
Divertimento für ein Jubilaum, Op. 42 for woodwind quintet, 2 violins, cello and double bass
See Brugk’s Sextet for piano and winds.
Bruk, Fridrich (1937- )
Eläinpuistossa (1989)
Helsinki: Suomalaisen musilikin tiedotuskeskus – Finnish Music Information Centre
Movements: Allegro con moto; Moderato; Andantino; Tempo di Marcia. Duration: ca. 6:00.
See Bruk’s Poem for winds, strings, and piano.
Brumby, Colin (1933- )
The Seven Ages of Man (1981) for narrator (optional) and wind quintet
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre, 2000, sales[at]amcoz.com.au
Duration: 19:00.
Quintet for Winds (1983)
see Australian Music Centre, http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Movements: Misurata-allegro; Andante; Allegro spiritoso. Duration: 28:00.
also:
Doubles (wind quartet) (1965) flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon
see Australian Music Centre, sales[at]amcoz.com.au
This work is occasionally listed erroneously as a quintet.
Brunmayer, Andreas (or Brunmayr) ( ?-1815)
Six Quintets
Paris: Fetis
Brunmayer is a little-known Salzberg composer. If these are truly woodwind quintets, then they may be some of the earliest ever written.
Bruns, Victor (1904-1996)
Woodwind Quintet, Op. 16 (1947)
Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag, 1954
New York: McGinnis and Marx
Duration: 18:00. Movements: Moderato; Andante; Scherzo; Finale. See also: http://www.victorbruns.de/
also:
Symphony No. 4 Op. 47 “Konzertante” (1970) for woodwind quintet, tympani, percussion and strings.
Breitkopf & Härtel
Concerto for Wind Quintet, Percussion and Strings, Op. 85 (1987)
Breitkopf & Härtel
See Bruns’s Sextet for winds and piano.
Brunswick, Mark(1902-1971)
Septet in Seven Movements (1957) for woodwind quintet, viola and cello
New York: American Composers Alliance, https://composers.com/
Duration: 12:00.
Brusick, William
Contrasts
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Movements: 1. Processional 2. Meditation 3. Scherzo – Finale.
Brustad, Bjarne (1895-1978)
Serenade for Wind Quintet (1969)
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
See Norwegian Music Information Centre
http://www.notam.uio.no/nmi/index.html Duration: 12:00.
Bruun, Peter
World-Mothering Air
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen, 2015
Duration:13:00. Score includes poem that inspired the title of this work by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889). See text at http://www.bartleby.com/122/37.html .
Bruynèl, Ton (1934-1998)
Mekaniek, for wind quintet and two soundtracks (1967)
Amsterdam: Donemus 1968
Quintet and tape.
Signs, for wind quintet and 2 soundtracks and video projection (1969)
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1995?
Quintet and tape. Duration: 19:00. “Visualized” by Gérard Leonard van den Eerenbeemt.
Bružaité, Zita (1966- )
Hi, Visby, Hi! (2004 ) For woodwind quintet and string quartet
Duration: 5:00.
Bružas, Algirdas (1960- )
Quintet No. 1 (1984)
Lithuanian Music Information Center, www.mic.lt
Reed Hymns (Quintet No. 2) (1996)
Lithuanian Music Information Center, www.mic.lt
Duration: 13:00.
Bryce, James (1950- )
Quintette (1997)
unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
Duration: 15:00.
Bucalossi, Ernest (1863-1933)
The Grasshoppers’ Dance (arr. Phillip Lane)
Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland: Piper Publications, http://piperpublications.co.uk/
Described as an easy work for most students with substitute parts for horn and bassoon.
Bucci, Thomas V.
Quintet for Woodwinds and Electronic Tape
Buchanan, Gary Robert
Sweets (1966)
New York: Galaxy Music Corp., 1973 /
Boston: E. C. Schirmer
Duration: 7:00. Movements: Quickstep; Pastorale; Presto; Chorale; Scherzo. See also:
http://www.pricerubin.com/classical/dossiers/buchanancompdoss.pdf
Bucht, Gunnar (1927- )
Quintetto Amichevole (1976)
Stockholm: STIMS Informationscentral for Svensk Musik
Flute doubles on piccolo and alto, oboe doubles on English horn. Duration: 10:30.
Buck, Ole (1945- )
Fraendeløs (1972)
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen
Duration: 6:00. 5 movements. http://en.ewh.dk/
Signes (1967)
Kobenhavn: Wilhelm Hansen Musik-Forlag, 1975
Duration: 13:00. Flute doubles on piccolo.
also:
Chamber Music I for woodwind quintet and string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, double bass) (1979)
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen
Duration: 10:00.
Chamber Music II for woodwind quintet and string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, double bass) (1982)
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen
Duration: 10:00.
Buckborough, James L.
Sonatina for woodwind quintet, Part I.
Chicago: Gamble Hinged Music, 1938
Buckley, John (1951- )
Wind Quintet (1976, rev. 1985)
Dublin: Contemporary Music Centre, 1985
Oboe doubles English horn. Duration: 13:00.
Buckinx, Boudewijn(1945- )
Atoom (1968)
From the composer, https://boudewijnbuckinx.com/
Heb jij ooit voor blaaskwintet geschreven? (Have You Ever Written for Woodwind Quintet?) (1979)
From the composer, https://boudewijnbuckinx.com/
Duration: 10:00.
De tijd op een kler zetten (Putting Time on a Crack) (1990)
From the composer, https://boudewijnbuckinx.com/
Duration: 10:00.
Begeleidingsmuziek bij nonconformistische (Accompanying Music for a Nonconformist) (1992)
From the composer, https://boudewijnbuckinx.com/
Duration: 1:00.
Wat Lucht (2014)
From the composer, https://boudewijnbuckinx.com/
Duration: 3:10
Tussen Twee Dagen In (Between Two Days) (2014)
From the composer, https://boudewijnbuckinx.com/
Duration: 2:00.
Buckley, Lewis J.
Christmas Sing Along
Salem, CT: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Medley of Deck the Halls; Joy to the World; Jingle Bells; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
Service Song Medley (arranged)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2008. cimarronmusic.com
Songs from each of the U.S. military branches. Can be played individually
or as a suite. An arrangement for oboe, clarinet and bassoon is also available.
Tell the Entertainer to Play a March (arr. Bryan Doughty and Lewis Buckley)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2008. cimarronmusic.com
Arrangement combining tunes by Rossini (William Tell); Joplin (The Entertainer) and
John Philip Sousa.
Three Spirituals (1992)
Salem, CT: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Simple arrangements of Deep River; Little David, Play on your Harp; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.
Turkey in the Straw
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2005. cimarronmusic.com
Yankee Doodle (arr. Lewis J. Buckley)
Cimarron Music Press,2005 www.cimarronmusic.com
Notation says, “Fun, challenging.”
Buczek (or Buczkowna), Barbara (Kazimiera Zofia) (1940-1993)
Bläserquintett (1969)
Wien: Ariadne, 1981
Duration: 7:20.
Buczynski, Walter (1933- )
Suite for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 13 (1955)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Movements: I. Allegro; II. [Lento]; III. Allegro. Duration: 11:00. Recorded by the Quintette à vent Estria.
Two Pieces (1975)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Commissioned by the York Winds through the Ontario Arts Council.
Duration: 11:00.
The Tales of Nanabozho for Narrator and Wind Quintet (1976)
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Children’s story for narrator and woodwind quintet. Duration: 15:00. Movements: Nanabozho and the partridge; Nanabozho and the great Sturgeon. Text in English.
Mass with Outside Prayers (1976) for woodwind quintet and SATB chorus
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Movements: Asperges Me (4:15); Kyrie (3:30); Gloria (9:10); Sanctus (3:10); Agnus Dei (3:30); De Profundis (5:40).
Bueche, Gregory A. (1903-1977)
Woodwind Holiday
New York: Bourne, Inc.
Buenaventura, Antonio (1904-1996)
Woodwind Quintet (1970)
Buenaventura was a Filipino conductor, band director and Colonel in the Philippine Army.
Bueno, Julio A.
Batiburrillo (2013)
Available from the International Music Score Library Project. http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
Available under a Creative Commons license.
Bughici, Dumitru(1921-2008)
Cwintet de Suflatori (Woodwind Quintet), Op. 59 (1982)
Manuscript score may be downloaded.
Movements: Adagio–Allegretto; Lento; Animato. Duration: 15:00.
Cvintet Nr. 2
Source: Biblioteca Uniunii Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România.
Miniatură
Source: Biblioteca Uniunii Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România.
Buicliu, Nicolae (1906-1974)
Cvintet (Quintet) (1954, revised 1963)
Bucharest: Editura Muzicala, 1966
16:00. Movements: Allegro risoluto; Andantino; Rondo.
Bujanovskij, Vitalij Michajlovic
P’esy dlja kvinteta duchovych instrumentov (Pieces for Woodwind Quintet) [Volume 1]
Leningrad (now St. Petersberg): Muzyka, 197?
Pieces for this volume are not listed. Bujanovskij is a noted Russian hornist and frequent quintet player.
P’esy dlja kvinteta duchovych instrumentov (Pieces for Woodwind Quintet) [Volume 2]
Leningrad (now St. Petersberg): Muzyka, 1974
Haydn, Joseph: Divertimento in B♭, Hob. II:46, arranged
Balay, Guillaume: Petite Suite Miniature dans le Style du XVIIIe siècle
Saikkola, Lauri: Polka
Debussy, Claude: Le petit nègre, arranged
Koha, Jaan: Kvintett (1959)
Salmenhaara, Erkki: Kvintett (1964)
Bulis, Jiri (1946-1993)
Vrabci smrt (Sparrows Death, Tod des Sperlings) (1969)
Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Bull, Edvard Hagerup (1922-2012)
Marionettes sérieuses (Serious Puppets), Capricci pour 5 vents, Op. 24 (1960)
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
Oslo, 1963, Manuscript: Norwegian Music Information Center
Duration: 9:00. 3 movements.
Quintette à vent No. 2, Op. 43 (1973)
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
See Norwegian Music Information Centre http://www.notam.uio.no/nmi/index.html
also:
Sextuor, Op. 31 (1965) for woodwind quintet and saxophone (or A clarinet)
Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY: Artisan Music Press
Duration: 10:00.
See Bull’s quintet for piano and winds.
Bull, John (1562-or-1563-1628)
Preludio e Canzone “The King’s Hunting Jigg” (arr. Van de Moortel)
Brussels: Editions Musicales Brogneaux /
Bryn Mawr: Elkan-Vogel
Rondo (arr. Randy Stulken)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Bull, Ole Bornemann (1810-1880)
Saeterjentens Sondag (Shepherd Girl’s Sunday)(arr. Robert Broemel)
TrevCo Music Publishing
Two Marches of the Americas (arr. Trevor Cramer)
TrevCo Music Publishing
Originally for piano or orchestra: Grand March to the Memory of George Washington; and “Agiaco Cubano” from his Spanish Airs.
Bullard, Alan (1947- )
Dances for Wind Quintet (1982)
London: Nova, 1985
Duration: 15:30. Movements: Prelude; Pavane; Musette; Interlude; Reel.
Bumcke, Gustav (1876-1950)
Der Spaziergang, Op. 22 for woodwind quintet, English horn, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet and harp
Trevco Music Publishing
Title translates roughly as The Walk or The Wandering. 5 movements: Morgenwanderung (Morning Hike); Rast (Rest); Traumen im Walder (Dreaming in the Woods); Kleines Intermezzo (Little Intermezzo); Abend (Evening).
Bumšteinas, Arturas
Ousting (2001- ) for woodwind quintet and tape
Duration: 4:00.
Bunch, Kenji (1973- )
Changes of Phase (1999)
Brooklyn, NY: Kenji Bunch Music Publishing, 2015; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Premiere performance (and broadcast) by Windscape. Duration: 12:00. Commissioned by the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival; dedicated to Marya Martin.
Shout Chorus
Kenji Bunch Music Publishing, 2006
Buononcini (probably Giovanni Bononcini, 1670-1747)
Rondeau, Op. 166
New York: McGinnis & Marx
Burch, Robert
Serenade (1965)
Wellington: New Zealand Music Centre (SOUNZ)
Duration: 17:00. Recorded on KIWI SLD-61.
Burdick, Richard Oscar(1961- )
Pastoral, Op. 46 (1988)
Regina: I Ching Music
Duration: 8:20. Available for download from the International Music Score Library Project at http://imslp.org/wiki/Pastoral,_Op.46_(Burdick,_Richard_Oscar). Performers may need to register with ASCAP and pay a performance fee.
Burgan, Patrick (1960- )
Sources (1993)
Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1999
Flute doubles on alto flute; oboe doubles on English horn. Duration: 19:00. Movements: Bruissante; Lascive; Furtive; Jaillissante.
Burge, John (1961- )
The Birds Beyond (1998) for narrator, woodwind quintet and string orchestra
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
For school concerts. Minimum string complement is: 4-3-2-2-1. Text by Charly Charielli. Duration: 50:00.
See Burge’s Organ Concertino for organ and woodwind quintet (2003).
Burghauser, Jarmil (a.k.a. Michal Hajku) (1921-1997)
4 Woodwind Quintets published between 1935 and 1945 in D Major, A Major, G Major, C Major
Possibly published or available in the Czech Republic or in Poland.
One source gives 1992 as the year of creation for the C Major Quintet. During the suppression after the 1962 Prague Spring, the Communist authorities systematically removed all credit of Burghauser’s work (and that of other supporters of the liberalization), so research is sometimes difficult. Burghauser published some works under the pseudonym M. Hajku. A short biography is included in his obituary in The Independent online
Idylicka suita z Nalad, dojmu a upominek (Idyllic Suite)
Myricae (1989)
also:
Concerto (1942) for woodwind quintet and string orchestra
Prague: Cesky hudebni fon
Duration: 15:00.
Burgmüller, Friedrich (Johann Friedrich Franz) (1806- 1974)
Burgmüller Suite (arr. Randy Stulken)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Movements: 1. Ballade, Op. 100, No. 15; 2. La Chevaleresque, Op. 100, No. 25; 3. Arabesque, Op. 100, No. 2.
The Gypsies (arr. Jennifer Stevens)
Markham, Ont.: Eighth Note Publications, 1997
Originally for piano.
La Marche (arr. Gerhard Engels)
Pub. by Gerhard Engels; see also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
La Marche is from a collection of piano etudes, Op. 100.
Refrain du Gondolier (arr. Gerhard Engels)
Pub. By Gerhard Engels; See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Le Retour du Patre (The Shepherd’s Return) (arr. Gerhard Engels)
Pub. By Gerhard Engels; See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Progress (arr. Gerhard Engels)
Pub. By Gerhard Engels; See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Burian, Emil František (1904-1959)
Variationen über ein Volkslied (1928)
Manuscript
Vier Stücke für Bläserquintett (1929)
Quintet (1933)
Prague: Artia
Includes 6 short pieces.
Quintett (1943)
Prague: Orbis
The dating of this work is highly suspect because Burian was in Nazi concentration camps from 1941-1945. It could, perhaps, be a later edition of his 1933 quintet.
also:
Nonetto (1938) for woodwind quintet, violin, viola, cello, and doublebass
Burke, Steven (1967- )
Matthew 6:34, Quintet for Woodwinds II (1988)
See American Music Center
Duration: 9:00. http://www.stevenburkecomposer.com/index.html
Burlas, Ladislav (1927- )
Poeticka Hudba (Poetic Music) (1983)
Bratislava: Slovensky Hudobny Fond, 1986
Duration: 19:00. See also: http://hc.sk/en/hudba/osobnost-detail/47-ladislav-burlas
Burndrett, David
arrangements and original works
Hot Summer Rag (2008)
Published by the composer. See http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Burnie’s Bossa (original work)
Pub. By David Burndrett; see http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Burnie’s Reggae (original work)
Pub. By David Burndrett; see http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Burnie’s Ragtime
Pub. By David Burndrett; see http://www.sheetmusicplus
Burnie’s Stomp
Pub. By David Burndrett; see http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Burnie’s Ragtime, Burnie’s Reggae & Burnie’s Stomp are also combined to form Burnie’s Wind Quintet Collection.
Flamenco Fantastico (2010?)
Burndrett Music; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Scarborough Fair (arr. David Burndrett)
published by the arranger
A traditional tune later made popular by Simon & Garfunkle.
All Through the Night (arr. David Burndrett)
David Burndrett; see also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Amazing Grace (arr. David Burndrett)
Pub. By David Burndrett; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
“The Saints (jazzy style!)” (Oh When the Saints Go Marching In) (arr. David Burndrett)
Pub. By David Burndrett; see http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Burnell, Paul (1960- )
Unicycle I (1996) for woodwind quintet with optional contrabassoon part
Published by the composer.
Email – Paul.Burnell[at]tesco.net Duration: 3-4:00. Difficulty rated for “Good amateur.”
Speak Your Mind, Compromise-Barter, Trust (for wind quintet, other instruments optional)
Burnes, Michael
Eclecticism 2
Trevco Music Publishing
Duration: 6:00. Uses an eclectic combination of styles: jazz, modality, serialism, and tonality.
Burnham, Cardon (1927-2005)
Suite for Quintet
Burlington, N.C., 1982
Photocopy of Manuscript. Movements: Scena; Scherzette; Slow dance; Games; Circles and mirrors.
Burrell, Robert W. B.
Woodwind Quintet (2010)
Wollongong, NSW, Australia: Wirripang, 2014.
3 movements. The work uses bird calls as its inspiration. “The first movement is primarily derived from a motif isolated from a transcription of the call of a Willy Wagtail; the second movement uses a derivative series of notes extracted from the ‘chatter’ of the White-breasted Honeyeater; while the final movement is a rondo based on ornithological recordings made at The Diamantina Lakes National Park in the channel country of Far Western Queensland.”
Four Bibilots (2016)
Wollongong New South Wales: Wirripang Publishing, https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/
4 movements. Described as an “intermediate work.”
Burrell, Diana (1948- )
Wind Quintet (1990)
London: United Music Publishers, 1990.
Flute doubles on piccolo, oboe doubles on English horn, clarinet doubles on bass clarinet. Duration: 15:00.
Burroughs, Bob
arrangements
Blest Be the Tie that Binds
Light of the World Music
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
Light of the World Music
To God be the Glory
Light of the World Music
Burrows, Benjamin (1891-1966)
Suite (1958)
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Movements: Dorian Idyll; Fugue; Serenade; Rondo. Copies at University of Leicester Library, Benjamin Burrows Collection.
Burt, Warren (1949- )
Woodwind Quintet (1985)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W. : Australian Music Centre, 1999
See also:http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Burtch, Mervis
5 Bagatelles
Manuscript (possibly in England or Wales)
Bus, Jan (1961- )
Allegretto Giocoso (2003)
Amsterdam: Donemus
Duration: 2:00. Uses piccolo instead of flute.
Bush, Geoffrey (1920-1998)
Quintet (1963)
New York: Galaxy Music Corp., 1975 /
London: Stainer & Bell
Flute doubles on piccolo. 3 movements. Written as tribute to Prokofiev. Duration: 16:00.
Air and Round-O from “Homage to Matthew Locke” (1962)
London: Stainer & Bell
Duration: 5:00. This appears to be a woodwind quintet arrangement of part of a brass quintet, “Hommage to Matthew Locke.”
Buss, Howard J.
Five Stars
Lakeland FL (4311 Braemar Ave., Lakeland, 33813): Brixton Publications, 2004
Movements: Into the maelstrom; A distant glow; Orbits; The message from the cosmic sea; Dance of the stars.
Bussi, Gabriel
Quintetto di fiati in Re minore (2011)
Contact the composer, http://www.gabrielbussi.com/
Movements: Andante con moto; Intermezzo; Adagio non troppo; Scherzo.
Bussick, David
Chupacabra Blues (2012) for wind quintet and bongos
Tempe, Arizona: Whichpond
Purchase the music online from https://whichpond.com/products/bussick-chupacabra-blues-wind-quintet-bongos . You can also listen to a sound file and download a score sample.
The Last Dance of Dynamite Dunn (2012)
Tempe, Arizona: Whichpond
The last time I checked the composer’s website, I could no longer find this work, but he seems to be in the process of revising his website.
Angels We Have Heard on High (arr. David Bussick)
Tempe, Arizona: Whichpond, http://www.whichpond.com/catalog/
Wassail Song (arr. David Bussick)
Tempe, Arizona: Whichpond, http://www.whichpond.com/catalog/
We Three Kings (arr. David Bussick)
Tempe, Arizona: Whichpond, http://www.whichpond.com/catalog/
The Holly and the Ivy(arr. David Bussick)
Tempe, Arizona: Whichpond, http://www.whichpond.com/catalog/
David Bussick has an impressive list of 228 arrangements for woodwind quintet on the Whichpond.com website. That’s just too many for me to list individually right now. (My apologies if that upsets anybody.) [ Andrew Brandt ]
Butler, Martin (1960- )
Down-Hollow Winds (1991)
London: Oxford University Press, 1993
Duration: 15:00. 5 movements.
According to the OUP catalog, “This work is one in a series in which the English composer integrates folk-music elements with more abstract musical ideas. Each of this work’s five movements explores different and sharply characterized aspects of the simple, back-woodsy material.”
See Butler’s works for 1 and 2 quintets and keyboard.
Butt, James Baseden (1929-2003)
Winsome’s Folly — Suite No. 2
Kent: Novello, 1960
Butterfield, Christopher (1952- )
Catalogue (1991)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Commissioned by Fifth Species through the Canada Council.
Butterley, Nigel (1935- )
Voices (1971)
Australian Music Centre, sales[at]amcoz.com.au
Duration: 13:00.
also:
Carmina (1990) for medium voice (mezzo-soprano), flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon.
Australian Music Centre Library number: Q 783.4542/BUT 1 c.1 (for sale)
Duration: 12:00. There is also a version for voice and piano.
Refractions, for 28 strings and wind quintet
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Reproduced and distributed by the Australian Music Centre, 2003
See Butterley’s works for piano and quintet.
Butterworth, George (1885-1916)
Idyll – The Banks of Green Willow (1913) (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Duration: 5:00. Separate versions in the original key, A Major, and transposed to B-flat Major.
Butterworth, Neil (1934- )
Jaunty Saunter (1960/1993)
unpublished, Scottish Music Centre http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com
Scherzo
Chiltern Music
Duration: 4:00.
Twelfth Night: Two Pieces for Wind Quintet (1966)
Chiltern Music
Duration: 4:00.
Butting, Max (1888-1976)
Ein Spiel, Op. 30 (1925)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute (?) / Barenreiter [but see note below]
Vier Satze, Op. 101 (1960)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute / Barenreiter
The publication info for the Israel Music Institute is confusing, because there is no record online of Max Butting being Jewish or of Jewish descent, or of having ever visited Israel or even of leaving Germany. These works are, in any case, not in the IMI’s current catalog. Neither are they listed in Barenreiter’s current online catalog, although they might have been published by a smaller publisher later bought out by Barenreiter.
also:
La Serenata Gentile (The Gentle Serenade) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and string quartet
Frankfurt: C. F. Peters (Litolff Nr. 5645) ca. 1950
Halle: Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 1951
Buxtehude, Dieterich (ca. 1637-1707)
Kyrie from Buxtehude’s Missa Brevis (arr. Jane E. Frasier) (2009)
Art of Sound Music http://artofsoundmusic.com/
Duration: 2:00.
Sonata for Five Wind Instruments (arr. Alec Wilder)
Performed by the New York Woodwind Quintet.
Byers, David (1947- )
Pholypony (1975)
Manuscript. Try Dublin: Contemporary Music Centre
Duration: 10:00+.
Thingummy Jig (1971, rev. 1973)
Manuscript. Try Dublin: Contemporary Music Centre
Duration: 8:00.
Byshe, F. H.
One Thing I of the Lord Desire (arr. JEK)
Published by the arranger, whoever that is.
A hymn setting, but if you’re going to self-publish, you should print your name (at least) on the score! Fortunately, you can preview (buy, and download) the score at http://www.choralsheetmusic.com/look_inside?R=20001171 and listen to a dreadful MIDI realization. The hymn text is available at https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/409 with a more palatable piano performance.
Byers, L. J.
Suite
Byrd, William(ca. 1540-1623)
Browning Fantasia (arr. Rutland)
Friendly ?
The Bells (arr. Sean Osborn)
http://www.osbornmusic.com/
Variations on Walsingham (arr. Hodges) for double woodwind quintet