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Brandt’s Woodwind Quintet List – E

In concert with recent scholarship on women composers, this list now highlights their names with a different-colored background.

Eastman, Donna Kelly (1945- )

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1992)

Available from the composer: 6812 Dina Leigh Ct., Springfield, VA 22153 USA. See also: http://www.sai-national.org/phil/composers/deastman.html .

Based on the composer‘s opera of the same name. Duration: 14:00. Thesis (D.M.A.)—University of Maryland at College Park, 1992.

Eben, Petr (1929-2007)

Dechovy kvintet, Op. 34 (Woodwind Quintet) (1965)

Praha: Edition Supraphon, 1967 /

Toccata Classics

Duration: 12:50. Eben uses Czech folklore and some medieval musical elements. Movements: I. Monologo; II. Dialogo I; III. Coro I; IV. Dialogo II; V. Coro II. See also: https://www.musica.cz/en/composers/show?itemId=26 .

also:

Nočni hodiny (Night Hours) (1975) for woodwind quintet, tuba, strings, piano and percussion.

Artia

Prague: Panton, 1983, P2142

Work may be performed with children‘s choir, ad lib. Recorded on Panton 8110 0037. Duration: 25:00.

Ebenhöh, Horst(1930- )

Divertipentephonien, für Bläserquintett, Op. 70/1 (1987)

See: http://www.ebnet.at/ . Duration: 10:00. Movements: Allegro; Moderato; Con moto; Poco adagio; Poco presto e staccato; poi legato; Lento; Allegro.

also:

Vier Szenen für Zehn (Four Scenes for Ten), Op-21/1 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion, and string quintet

Eberhard, Dennis J. (1943-2005)

Paraphrases (1968)

Chicago, IL: Media Press, 2011

Manuscript: University of Illinois Archives, Dennis Eberhard Music and Papers, 1967-2005, in the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music.

Echave, Federico(1978- )

Ten Pieces for flute, alto flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (2004)

Blacksburg, Virginia: Cayambis Music Press, 2016 (www.cayambismusicpress.com/, 2016

Duration: 9:00. “

“This work is based on the use of five notes, D, E, F, A and B, that are distributed amongst the five instruments. As the work develops ever more larger leaps are used as well as increasing chromaticism. In addition, the composer integrates displaced loops and extended techniques, such as aeolian sound, singing while playing, key slaps and breathing noises.”

Echeverría, Jesús

Cuatro Movimientos (2002)

Piles Editorial de Musica

Duration: 12:00. See also: http://www.jesusecheverria.es/ .

also:

Septeto (1986) for woodwind quintet, trumpet and trombone

Duration: 9:40.

Echevarria, Victorino (1898-1965?)

Quinteto en Re menor

Manuscript: Archivo Sinfonico de la S.G.A.E., Madrid

Duration: 17:00. Movements: Allegro assai; Andante; Allegro molto animato.

Different sources give different years for Echevarria’s birth (1898, 1900) and for his death (1958, 1963, 1965). He appears to also be known as Victorino Echevarría López. This work might be the Quintet de Viento of 1955 in another list. As you can see, there is a lot of imprecision about this composer, which carries on to the next piece, too. [ Andrew Brandt ]

Suite de Cámara

Manuscript: Archivo Sinfonico de la S.G.A.E., Madrid

The precise instrumentation for this work is unclear.

Eckartz, Hubert (1903-1962)

Bläserquintett

Recklinghausen: Iris, 1960‘s?

Eckert, Michael (1950- )

Wind quintet (2006)

Duration: 13:25.

Eckhardt-Gramatté, Sophie-Carmen (1899-1974)

Woodwind Quintet, E. 148 (1960-63)

Winnipeg: Estate S. C. Eckhardt-Grammatte, 1980 /

Toronto: Canadian Music Centre, 1963

Duration: 23:00. Movements: Entrada: Lento ma non troppo; Allegretto; Lento ma non troppo; Gioviale e sprituoso. Commissioned by the CBC. First performed by the Toronto Woodwind Quintet in 1963. Born in Moscow, the Russian Eastern calendar would list her birth as late in 1898, although some sources list her birth year as 1902. At least one recording (with score) is available on YouTube.

also:

Nonet for woodwind quintet and string quartet (violin, viola, cello, double bass) (1966)

Commissioned by the University of Saskatchewan Regina Campus. Duration: 25:00. Movements: I. Vivo; II. Molto andante ma non adagio; III. Kaleidoscope.

Edel, Yitzhak (1896-1973)

Divertimento, Woodwind Quintet (1935)

Tel-Aviv: Israel Music Institute

Eder, Eguzki

Septet for Winds, Op. 55 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet

Eder, Helmut (1916-2005)

Quintet, Op 25 (1958)

Vienna: Doblinger, 1958

Duration: 10:15. 3 movements. Recorded by the Vienna Wind Quintet on Deutsche Grammophon.

Septuagesima instrumentalis (Zweites Bläserquintett), Op. 51 (1968-69) (Second Wind Quintet)

Wien: Verlag Doblinger 1970

Duration: 14:00. 4 movements. Recorded by the Vienna Wind Quintet.

Begegnung, Drittes Bläserquintett (Third Wind Quintet), Op. 91 (1987-88)

Vienna: Doblinger, 1988

Duration: 17:00. Recorded on Sony Music Entertainment Austria GmbH

also:

Septett für Bläser, Hommage a Johannes Kepler, Op. 55 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet) (1970)

Wein: Verlag Doblinger

Duration: 13:00.

Ottetto breve, Op. 33 (flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, string quartet)

Wein: Verlag Doblinger

Duration: 11:30.

Eder de Lastra, Erich (1933- )

Bläserquintet

Wien: Musikverlag Doblinger, 1958

Duration: 10:00.

Edlund, Mikael (1950- )

Music for Double Wind Quintet (Musik för dubbel blåskvintett)(1983-4)

Stockholm: Nordiska Musikforlaget and Wilhelm Hansen, 1984

Duration: 16:00. Although the WorldCat database gives the above publishers, this work doesn’t appear to be listed in any current catalogs. It is held by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek in Leipzig, the Danish National Library and the The Royal Library of the Copenhagen University Library, if you want to find a copy.

Edwards, Paul
arrangements

Beautiful Savior

Integra Music, 23 Music Square East, Nashville, TN 37203 USA /

River Song Productions

Alternate parts for alto sax and bass clarinet.

Come Thou Fount

River Song Productions

(Extra bass clarinet part in lieu of bassoon)

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Integra Music, 23 Music Square East, Nashville, TN 37203 USA (out of business?)/

Norwalk, Calif.: River Song Productions , Anderson, IN: Distributed by Intrada /

Deckerville, MI: David E. Smith Publications http://www.despub.com/
Music Group, 1998.

Substitute parts of clarinet for oboe; and bass clarinet for bassoon.

My Jesus I Love Thee

Integra Music, 23 Music Square East, Nashville, TN 37203 USA /

River Song Productions

Oh Come, All ye Faithful

River Song Productions

What Wondrous Love is This

Integra Music, 23 Music Square East, Nashville, TN 37203 USA

Edwards, Ross (1943- )

Wind Quintet No. 1 (1963)

See also: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/ and http://www.hindson.com.au/ross/biography.htm

Wind Quintet No. 2 (1965)

Both works possibly published by London: Universal Editions, or in Sydney, Australia.

Duration: 8:30.

Maninya III (1985)

Universal Edition, [1996]

Duration: 10:00. Work was revised and renamed Incantations. See also: http://www.rossedwards.com/

From the composer: “In the 1980s I composed a series of instrumental and vocal pieces under the generic title maninya.… The word maninya, extracted from a nonsense text I set to music in Maninya I (1981) for voice and cello, came to denote certain characteristics of the music I was writing, which had acquired a mesmeric, chant-like quality through varied repetition and kaleidoscopic interplay of material within a narrow range of limitations. There is also evidence of my developing interest in ritual music from various non-western sources.”

Incantations (1985, revised 2006)

Grosvenor Place, NSW: Australian Music Centre, 2006

Duration: 12:30; in 3 movements. The work was previously titled “Maninya III,” revised in 2006 and re-named “Incantations.” See also: http://www.rossedwards.com/incantations-for-wind-quintet/ .

The Laughing Moon, five bagatelles for wind quintet (2012)

Grosvenor Place, NSW: Australian Music Centre, 2006

Duration: 13:00. Movements: 1. Laughing dance; 2. Interlude with imaginary birds; 3. Ecstatic dance; 4. Moon song; 5. Clapping dance.

According to Ross Edwards: “When I was fortunate enough to receive a commission from Susan Gregory to compose a work for wind quintet, I decided that the repertoire for this combination could use some music that was ‘light but not trite’. Accordingly, I aimed at being listener friendly while at the same time seeking to engage at a deeper level. ¶ Naturally I took the opportunity to show off the brilliant virtuosity of The New Sydney Wind Quintet – based at the Sydney Conservatorium – for whom the work was composed. Some of the music draws on material from other works of mine and this has been substantially remodelled for its new context while retaining its original ethos. ¶ The title derives from the first and the fourth movements: Laughing Dance is based on an earlier work whose title, Djanaba, comes from the people who originally inhabited the Sydney Basin. It means laughter, which I felt was in keeping with the light-hearted spirit of the music. In the brief, joyous finale, Clapping Dance, the horn player is asked to play Aboriginal rhythm sticks.”

also:

Sonata for Wind Quintet, Violin, Viola, Cello, & Harp (1967)

Eerola, Lasse (1945-2000)

Three Pieces for Wind Quintet (1994)

Helsinki: Suomalaisen musilikin tiedotuskeskus – Finnish Music Information Centre

Sorbus Suite (Sorbus-sarja) (1996)

Helsinki: Music Finland http://musicfinland.fi/en/

Duration: 20:00.

Viisi väriä (Five Colours) (1998) for wind quintet

Helsinki: Music Finland http://musicfinland.fi/en/

Duration: 10:00.

Neljä väriä puhallinkvintetille (Four colours for wind quintet) (1999)

Savonlinna, Finland: Modus Musiikki, 2000

Movements: Fustikki; Gambiiri; Gretti; Henna.

also:

“Harmio” (Berteroa incana) for wind sextet (instrumentation not listed)

Eespere, René(1953- )

Flatus III (2004)

Lilienthal, Germany: Eres Edition

Written for the Wind Quintet of the Estonian National Opera and premiered by them in Tallinn, Estonia. See also: http://www.eespere.ee/ and https://www.emic.ee/rene-eespere .

Effinger, Cecil (1914-1990)

Quintet (1947)

Manuscript (USA)

Unfortunately, the Cecil Effinger music and personal papers archive at the University of Colorado, American Music Research Center has no listing for this work.

Egan, Elizabeth

Demain (2016)

Written for and premiered by the Washington Square Winds. A short interview of her appears on the Washingtonsquarewinds.org website. This Elizabeth Egan is a bassoonist and New Yorker, not the singer/songwriter Elizabeth Egan from Los Angeles who has her own website.

Egge, Klaus (1906-1979)

Quintet for Winds No.1, Op. 13 (1939)

Drammen, Norway: H. Lyche, 1969, Sole agents, C.F. Peters

Duration: 12:00.

Quintet for Winds No 2, Op. 34 (1976)

Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)

See Norwegian Music Information Centre http://www.notam.uio.no/nmi/index.html. Duration: 24:00.

Egidi, Arthur (1859-1943)

Quintett in B-flat major, Op. 18

Wolfenbüttel: Verlag für Musikalische Kultur und Wissenschaft, 1937

Egilsson, Arni

Blær (Breeze) (1997)

Port Hueneme, Calif.: Arnaeus Music, 1997 http://www.arnaeus-music.com/homepage.html

Egk, Werner (1901-1983)

Five Pieces (Fünf Stücke) (1974)

Mainz: Schott, 1974 /

San Antonio: Southern Music Co. /

Edition Musicus

Flute doubles on piccolo, oboe doubles on oboe d’amore and English horn, clarinet doubles on basset horn. If oboe d’amore and basset horn are not available, the players can substitute oboe and clarinet respectively, but piccolo and English horn are required. Duration: 15:00. Movements: Monolog; Choral; Mobile; Dialog; Finale.

Arthur Cohn in “The Literature of Chamber Music” notes that there is a great variety and sound between the different movements, calling it “colorful music” … “far from the usual patter and lighter affectations of so many wind quintets.” “…a welcome addition to the literature of the medium.”

also:

Divertissement for ten winds (1973-74)

Mainz: Schott Music

For 1 flute (doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinet (2^nd doubles bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (2^nd doubles contrabassoon), 2 horns, 1 trumpet. 3 movements: Contredanse (Allegro molto); Air (Lento); Rondeau (Molto allegro). Duration: 10:00.

Die Zaubergeige Overture (1980) for ten winds

Mainz: Schott Music

For 1 flute (doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (2^nddoubles English horn), 2 clarinet, 2 bassoons (2^nd doubles contrabassoon), 2 horns, 1 trumpet. This is an arrangement of the orchestral version of the overture by the composer.

Polonaise, Adagio und Finale (1975-76) for oboe, English horn, clarinet, horn, bassoon, string quartet and double bass

Sinfonia Concertante in E^♭ by Wolfgang Mozart (arr. Werner Egk, 1982-83)

Arranged for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons and 2 double basses.

Egner, Thorbjörn(1912-1990)

Folk och Rövare i Kamomilla Stad (People and Robbers in Kamomilla Town)(arr. Lars Melin) for voice, piano and woodwind quintet

Text in Swedish, translated from Norwegian. Based on children’s songs. See the catalog of the National Library of Sweden.

Ehle, Robert C. (1939- )

North American Woodwind Quintet, Op. 59 (1980)

Austin, Texas: Jomar Press, 1999

Duration: 7:30. Movements: Overture; Song with cadenzas; Excursions. See also: http://www.unco.edu/arts/music/music_faculty/ehle.html

Ehmann, Wilhelm (1904-1989)

Bläser-intraden zum Wochenlied.

Kassel: Baerenreiter, 1957

Ehrlich, Abel (1915-2003)

4 Woodwind Quintets (1966, 1969, 1970, 1970)

possibly Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute

See http://www.israelcomposers.org/Members.aspx?lang=English&letter=E&id=278 for a long list of works. However, these 4 woodwind quintets are not included. Abel Ehrlich appears to write primarily for voice with small chamber groups, often including woodwinds, with or without strings or piano. See several examples, below.

Woodwind Quintet 28.2.91 (1991)

http://www.israelcomposers.org/CompositionDetails.aspx?lang=English&id=3020

Duration: 8:00.

also:

Many Wonders (1977) for woodwind quintet and soprano

Why (1997) for alto voice, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and cello

http://www.israelcomposers.org/CompositionDetails.aspx?lang=English&id=1291

Septet October 2000 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, and cello.

http://www.israelcomposers.org/CompositionDetails.aspx?lang=English&id=3324

Sylvia Plath: Words (1990), for soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon

http://www.israelcomposers.org/

Duration: 1:00.

Urban, for alto voice, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon and horn (1997)

http://www.israelcomposers.org/CompositionDetails.aspx?lang=English&id=1368

“Don’t Be Afraid, My Child” for alto voice, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon and horn

http://www.israelcomposers.org/

End of Summer (1990) for flute, clarinet, bassoon and 2 horns

http://www.israelcomposers.org/

http://www.israelcomposers.org/CompositionDetails.aspx?lang=English&id=2951

Duration: 13:00.

Eichenbaum, Daniel(1977- )

Fading Light (2009)

Contact the composer: http://www.danieleichenbaum.com

Notes on the piece are on the website.

Fun and Games (2003)

Contact the composer.

Einaudi, Ludovico (1955- )

Ai Margini dell’Aria

Milano: Ricordi, 1988 1982

Duration: 9:00.

Einbond, Aaron (1978- )

Arie (2004)

New York: American Music Center

Duration: 8:00.

Einem, Gottfried von (1918-1996)

Quintet, Op. 46 (1975)

London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1978

Duration: 13:30. First performed by the Vienna Wind Quintet. See also: http://www.einem.org/

Eisler, Hanns (1898-1962)

Divertimento, Op. 4 (1923)

Wien: Universal Edition, 1977

2 movements: I. Andante con moto; II. Thema mit Variationen. Duration: 7:00. Eisler studied with Arnold Schoenberg between 1919 and 1923 (with a brief interlude to also study with Anton Webern) and finished this work several months before Schoenberg finished his own woodwind quintet. That would make this the very first woodwind quintet in the 12-tone style. To my ears, this is much more accessible (and shorter) than Schoenberg’s work. Well worth considering for a reading and a performance.

See the article about Hanns Eisler in our Roaring Twenties Series. There is also an even more extensive biography of Eisler titled The Kaleidoscopic Contradictions of Hanns Eisler: 1898 – 1962 on the website Forbidden Music. [ Andrew Brandt ]

Eisma, Will (1929- )

Fontemara (1965)

Amsterdam: Donemus, 1966

Duration: 12:00. Dedicated to the Danzi Quintet.

Quintett (1955)

Amsterdam: Donemus, 1960

Faomar, la poursuite for wind quintet (1999)

Amsterdam: Donemus, 1999

Duration: 12:00. Movements: Modéré; Très animé; Très vite. Premiered by the Fodor Kwintet.

Eitler, Esteban (1913-1960)

Quintet (1945)

Manuscript

An Austrian (Tirol) born composer, he left in 1936 for Buenos Aires, then moved to Santiago, Chile, in 1945, the year of this work. Possibly printed in Argentina or Chile.

Eklund, Hans (1927-1999)

Improvisata (1958)

Stockholm: STIMS Informationscentral for Svensk Musik

Duration: 3:00.

Sommarparafras (1968)

Stockholm: STIMS Informationscentral for Svensk Musik

Duration: 9:00.

also:

Serenata per dieci (1982) for woodwind quintet and brass quintet

El-Dabh, Halim and Charles J. Coven (1921- )

Belly Dance Classic for percussion and woodwind quintet

Kent, OH: Halim El-Dabh Music, 2010

Percussion includes maracas, tambourine or zills, 2 djembes, 3 or 4 derabuccas and double bass.

According to http://www.halimeldabh.com/works.html “The music should be viewed as a loose blue print; thus, performers are encouraged to improvise. ‘The most beautiful things are found in the spur of the moment’, Coven attests to. El-Dabh says that “the music remains true to the Arabic melismatic passages.”

Elder, Daniel (1986- )

Due Miniature (2014)

Medina, NY: Imagine Music

See also: http://www.danieleldermusic.com/.

Erdlen, Hermann(1893-1972)

Kleine Variationen uber ein Fruhlingslied (Little Variations on a Spring Song), Op. 27, No. 1

Frankfurt/Main: W. Zimmermann

Danny Elfman(1953- )

Theme and Finale from Batman (arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)

Arranger is hornist with the Blythwood Winds.

Elgar, Edward William (1857-1934)

Music for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 6 (for 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon or cello) (1878-1881).

22 pieces have been, somewhat haphazardly, included under this opus including one which is 4 movements long. They were unpublished until 1976, edited by Richard McNichol who divided the pieces into the 7 volumes below. Written for his own use, Elgar played bassoon AND cello on these pieces. Taken together, they are a substantial portion of Elgar’s early work which only recently came to light. See Arthur Cohn, “The Literature of Chamber Music” for much more info on these volumes.

These works were recorded by the Athena Ensemble in their original instrumentation in 1978, released in 1992 by Chandos (CHAN 6553). Very brief sound samples are available at http://www.allmusic.com/album/elgar-complete-works-for-wind-quintet-mw0001946254 . The site also features a bit of a condescending review by James Leonard. (I wish I knew which Mozart wind quintets he believes Elgar modeled his pieces after, since Mozart didn’t write any, except the piano quintet.) More recently, several of these recordings have found their way to YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXc3pZCEfX3ZR0yWYDqN843L9lj7WZoyw .

Below, first see the original 7 volumes (with timings), then newer printed versions of these works (for both the original instrumentation and arranged for standard woodwind quintet).

Vol. I: Six Promenades (1878) (14:00)

Croydon: Belwin Mills, 1977

The Belwin Mills publications appear to be just for the original scoring, without any arrangement for the standard woodwind quintet instrumentation. See below for the Trevco publications with both.

Vol. II: Harmony Music No. 1 (4:02), Harmony Music No. 2 (10:18) (1879)

Croydon: Belwin Mills, 1977

Both are single movement works.

Vol. III: Harmony Music 3 & 4 (1879)

Croydon: Belwin Mills, 1977

No. 3 is incomplete (3:17), No. 4 “The Farmyard” (12:00), a longer sonata form.

Vol. IV: Harmony Music 5 (1879)

Croydon: Belwin Mills, 1977

Movements: The mission (11:40); Menuetto and trio (5:34); Noah‘s ark (4:15); Finale (5:46).

Vol. V: Five Intermezzos (1879)

Croydon: Belwin Mills, 1977

Elgar reportedly liked this set the best out of the entire collection. Movements: No. 1 Nancy (1:30); No. 2 Mrs. and Miss Howell (1:23); No. 3 (1:10); No. 4 (2:05); No. 5 (1:30).

Vol. VI: Four Dances (1879) (12:30).

Croydon: Belwin Mills, 1977

Vol. VII: Adagio cantabile (“Mrs. Winslow‘s Soothing Syrup”) (3:42) and Andante con variazione (“Evesham Andante”) (5:00) (1879)

Croydon: Belwin Mills, 1977

Below are “modern” versions which include arrangements for standard woodwind quintet:

Six Promenades (see Volume I above)

TrevCo Music Publishing

Includes parts for the original scoring (2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon) and an arrangement for modern woodwind quintet by Trevor Cramer.

Harmony Music No. 1 (see Volume II of the list above)

TrevCo Music Publishing

Includes parts for the original scoring (2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon) and an arrangement for modern woodwind quintet by Trevor Cramer.

Harmony Music No. 2 (see Volume II of the list above.)

Trevco Music Publishing

Includes parts for the original scoring (2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon) and an arrangement for modern woodwind quintet by Trevor Cramer.

Five Intermezzos (see Volume 5 of the list above)

TrevCo Music Publishing

Includes parts for the original scoring (2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon) and an arrangement for modern woodwind quintet by Trevor Cramer.

Four Dances (see Vol. 6 of the list above)

TrevCo Music Publishing

Includes parts for the original scoring (2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon) and an arrangement for modern woodwind quintet by Trevor Cramer.

Adagio Cantabile “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” (see Vol. 7 of the list above)

Trevco Music Publishing

Includes parts for the original scoring (2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon) and an arrangement for modern woodwind quintet by Trevor Cramer.

Andante con variazione (“Evesham Andante”) (See Vol. 7 of the list above)

Trevco Music Publishing

Includes parts for the original scoring (2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon) and an arrangement for modern woodwind quintet by Trevor Cramer.

More versions of these works by Trevor Cramer appear to be likely in the future.

Elgar arrangements:

“Trio” from Pomp and Circumstance (arr. Earl C. North)

Richmond, VA: International Opus

The famous graduation tune, with optional endings for longer processions.

Pomp and Circumstance, No. 1 (arr. Holcombe and Bill Holcombe, Jr.)

Chesapeake, VA: Bill Holcombe‘s Musicians Pub‘s (http://billholcombe.com/)

“Nimrod” Variation 9 from The Enigma Variations, Op. 36 (arr. Jeanie Murrow)

Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2007. cimarronmusic.com

The only variation of the Enigma Variations frequently performed on its own, this and Barber’s Adagio for Strings are often performed as memorial works. Honestly, it‘s hard to see how a quintet could match the dramatic impact if used for this purpose and, if taken as slow as usually done with strings, there might be an endurance issue, too. (I’m willing to be proven wrong, though.) [Andrew Brandt]

“Nimrod” Variation 9 from The Enigma Variations, Op. 36 (arr. Ray Thompson)

Published by the arranger. See Boston, MA.: Ione Press

“Nimrod” from The Enigma Variations, Op. 36 (arr. Willy Hautvast)

Netherlands: Mansarda-Sintra, 2010

Chanson de Matin (arr. Ray Thompson, 2010)

Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/

Duration: 3:00.

Chanson d’un Matin (arr. Guy de Cheyron)

Warngau: Accolade Musikverlag; distributed in the U.S. by Trevco Music

Trevco-Varner also has a bassoon quartet arrangement of this work, so be sure to order the correct arrangement.

Chanson de matin, Op. 15, No. 2(arr. unlisted, possibly David Whitehouse)

Hop Vine Music; see Trevco Music

Chanson de Matin (arr. Sjoerd van der Veen)

Ensemble Sheet Music , http://ensemblesheetmusic.com/product/chanson-de-matin-edward-elgar-woodwind-quintet/

The Crown of India: March of the Mogul Emperors(arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)

The arranger is hornist with the Blythwood Winds.

Salut d’amour, Op. 12 (arr. Ray Thompson)

Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/

Duration: 2:00. Transposed from the original E major to E-flat major.

Salut d’Amour (arr. George Trinkaus)

Andraud (now Southern Music)

Salut d’Amour (arr. Guy du Cheyron)

Warngau: Accolade Musikverlag, 2004

Salut d’Amour (arr. David Whitehouse)

Britain: Hop Vine Music

Serenade for Strings, first movement “Allegro” (arr. Ray Thompson)

Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/

Duration: 3:00. Includes parts for A and B-flat clarinet.

“Serious Doll” from the Nursery Suite (1931) (arr. Michael Axtell) for double woodwind quintet

Three Miniatures (arr. Newhill)

Available from the arranger. See also June Emerson

One of Elgar’s last works, although based on early sketches. The original orchestra version was written for and dedicated to the young Princess Margaret Rose (performed for her when she was aged four). A 7-movement work, it was later also staged as a ballet.

The Wand of Youth (arr. John Gibson)

JB Linear; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/

3 pieces from Suite No. 2: Moths and Butterflies; The Tame Bear; The Wild Bears.

also:

Serenade for Strings, Op. 20 for double woodwind quintet plus bass (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)

Yorkshire: The Red Hedgehog (45 Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough, Yorkshire, England)

Originally for strings.

The Severn Suite for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, bass (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)

Yorkshire: The Red Hedgehog (45 Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough, Yorkshire, England)

4 movements, “including a fine toccata and a lovely slow fugue.”

Sonata in G for 2 flutes (piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, bass (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)

Originally for organ. Mr. Emerson calls this “A major work, built like a symphony — sounds really powerful on wind[s].”

Eliasson, Anders (1947- )

Picknick (Picnic) (1972)

Stockholm: STIMS Informationscentral for Svensk Musik

Duration: 5:00.

La Fievre (1978)

Danderyd, Sweden: Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB

Duration: 8:30. Recorded by the Stockholm Wind Quintet on Stockholm’s Caprice label in 2018, CAP 1271.

Elkana, Amos (1967- )

Ru’akh Quintet (1995)

Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute

Duration: 10:00.

According to the composer, “Ru’akh in Hebrew literally means ‘wind’. Ru’akh Quintet was composed for the New Israeli Woodwind Quintet… I wanted the piece to feature the individual character of each of the members of the quintet. The piece is built of six sections, five of which are instrumental solos, one for each member of the group, while the others are accompanying. The remaining section acts as a middle section where all are playing together on an equal basis.”

El-Khoury, Bechara (1957- )

Quintette, Op. 46, Variations sans theme

Paris: M. Eschig, 1998

Eller, Heino(1887-1970)

Seven Pieces on Estonian Motifs (1964)

Manuscript in the Estonian Theatre and Music Museum, see http://www.emic.ee

Movements: 1. Andantino in A minor-dorian; 2. Vivo (Vivace) in D major; 3. Allegretto pastorale in G minor-F major; 4. Alla ballata in G minor; 5. Vivace in D minor; 6. Lento in G minor; 7. Presto scherzando in C major.

Ellerby, Martin (1957- )

Four Miniatures (1980)

London: Nova Music, 1984

See also: http://ernestlebmusic.net/

Eröd, Iván (1936-2019)

Quintetto Ungherese (Hungarian Quintet), Bläserquintett, Op. 58 (1990)

Wien: Doblinger, 1992

Wolfenbüttel, Germany: Möseler Verlag

Duration: 15:00. Movements: Allegro moderato; Andante tranquillo; Allegro vivace. Dedicated to the Ensemble Wien-Berlin who premiered the work on April 4, 1991. See: http://www.ivan-eroed.at

also:

Capriccio, Op. 23 for double woodwind quintet

Washington, DC: Library of Congress M957 .E76C3 1980 /

Wein: Doblinger

First flute doubles on piccolo. 1 movement: Allegro vivace. Duration: 7:00. First performed by the Niederosterreichisches Bläserquintett and the Bläserquintett der Jeunesse musicale Budapest.

Schnappschusse, fünf Portraits für Flote und Bläseroktett, Op. 52 for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns.

Wein: Doblinger

Eroles, Carles M. (1957- )

Erebo

Barcelona: Clivis, 2002

See bio at: Associació Catalana de Compositors, http://www.accompositors.com/ .

Errante, Belisario Anthony (1920-2003?)

Schizzo Moderno

Pro Art Publications (see Belwin-Mills)

Can also be performed by flute, 2 clarinets, alto clarinet and bass clarinet. Composer is a member of ASCAP.

Ertamo, Sampsa (1973- )

Flirt (2006)

Helsinki: Music Finland http://musicfinland.fi/en/

Duration: 6:00.

Ervin, Karen (also Karen Ervin-Pershing)(1943-2004)

Tracks

New York: Seesaw Music Corp., 1976

Duration: 12:00.

Escaich, Thierry (1965- )

Trois Instants fugitifs (1994)

Paris: Gérard Billaudot

Duration: 10:00. Recorded by Quintette Aquilon. See http://www.escaich.org/en/.

Also see Escaich’s Mechanic Song for woodwind quintet and piano.

Escher, Rudolf George (1912-1980)

Bläserquintett (1967)

Amsterdam: Donemus, 1967 1970

Doublings: flute/alto flute, oboe d’amore, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, horn. Duration: 10:20. The New Grove’s Dictionary gives almost an entire paragraph to this work in Vol. 6, p. 242. Cohn also describes it in Vol. 2, p. 802 of his work, “Tonal but highly chromatic with frequent tempo and metric changes (often metric modulations), yet colorful and rhapsodic.”

also:

Sinfonia for wind quintet, string quintet and bass (1976)

Escobar, Luis Antonio (1925-1993)

Quinteto “La Curaba” (1959)

Written for the New York Woodwind Quintet after their 1956 tour of South America. [See Kristin Woodward’s “John Barrows and His Contributions to the Horn Literature’, Florida State University Digital Library.] Alternate spellings online include “La Curuba’ “La Coruña, and “La Coruma.’

Escudero, Francisco (1913-2002)

Gnosis

Barcelona: Trito: Eresbil, 2004, 2002

Duration: 35:00. Movements: Aqueos; Nocturno en el Valle Lidio; Jonio; Eólide; División de los Locrios. Preface in Basque, English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Eshpai, IAkov (or Jacov) Andreevich (1890-1963)

Mariiskie melodii

Moskva (Moscow): Gos. Muzykal’noe Izd-vo, 1931

(Also try Interlibrary loan: U. Rochester)

Uses English horn instead of French horn! Composer is father to Andrei Eshpai and grandfather to filmmaker Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai.

Esley, Evgeny(1981- )

Divertimento for double woodwind quintet (2007)

Saint Petersburg: Compozitor Pub. House

4 parts or movements. Duration: 9:20. You can contact the publisher via mariapetrenko [at] gmail[dot]com.

Esnaola, Pedro (1808-1878)

La Delicada, Minué (arr. Mariano Drago)

Manuscript

Esnaola was an Argentine composer.

There is a truly awful (albeit, amateur) recording of this work on many of the free MP3 sites on the web. Your quintet can do better, if you can find the music. [Andrew Brandt]

Essex, Kenneth (1915-1955)

Wind Quintet (1941)

London: Hinrichsen, 1949 /

Peters, 1967

Duration: 13:00. Kenneth Essex appears to be a pseudonym for Rufus Isaacs.

Estacio, John(1966- )

Sinfonietta for Woodwind Quintet (2014)

Toronto: Canadian Music Centre

Ethridge, Jean (1943- )

Three Pieces for Woodwind Quintet (1969-1979)

Toronto: Canadian Music Center

Duration: 7:00. Movements: I. Scherzo; II. Interlude; III. Fugue.

Etkin, Mariano (1943- )

Aleatorisches Bläserquintett (1961)

Composer is from Argentina.

Etler, Alvin Derald (1913-1973)

Quintet No. 1 (1955)

New York: Associated Music Publishers 1960, 1962

Duration: 15:30. The Quintet No. 1 was premiered by the New York Woodwind Quintet in 1955 as part of their residency at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Summer Evenings of Music concert series. [See Kristin Woodward’s “John Barrows and His Contributions to the Horn Literature’, Florida State University Digital Library.]

Barbera Secrist-Schmedes, in Wind Chamber Music, describes this work as “contrapuntal in style and similar to Fine‘s Partita in that the focus is on movement of parts rather than on instrumental color. Etler is economical–many times only two voices sounding.”
Arthur Cohn in “The Literature of Chamber Music” informs us that Etler was “a first rate oboist,” and that this work‘s “sonorities are a constant joy of fresh discovery…”

See the article about Alvin Etler in our Roaring Twenties Series.

Quintet No. 2 (1957)

New York: Associated Music Publishers, 1960

Dexter, Michigan: TrevCo-Varner Music 2014?

Duration: 16:00. Like his first quintet, The Quintet No. 2 was premiered by the New York Woodwind Quintet as part of their residency at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Summer Evenings of Music concert series. [See Woodward reference, above.] It is recorded by the Sierra Wind Quintet.

Very challenging 4-movement work, using serial techniques. Has some lovely bassoon solos (bassoonist needs to read treble clef for third movement). [ Andrew Brandt ]

Arthur Cohn calls this “Sterner, stronger soundstuff” than Etler‘s first quintet, and “no nonsense.”

Four Impressions (1930) for woodwind quintet

Holograph in the Samuel Baron Collection in the Juilliard School Library.

also:

Concerto for Wind Quintet and Orchestra (1960)

New York: Associated Music Publishers

Duration: 20:00. Movements: I. Maestoso. Allegro moderato; II. Lento; III. Allegro energico. Recorded by the Louisville Orchestra in 1965. The work was premiered by the New York Woodwind Quintet with the Japan Philharmonic in Tokyo on their Far East Tour in 1962, according to Amy L. Likar, The New York Woodwind Quintet: A Continuing Legacy, Ohio State University, 1999.Subsequent performances were programmed by the New York Philharmonic (with Bernstein), and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (with Erich Leinsdorf).

Concerto for Violin and Wind Quintet (1958)

New York: G. Schirmer

For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and violin. Duration: 20:00. The New York Woodwind Quintet and violinist Gabriel Banat premiered the work in Carnegie Recital Hall on Dec. 3, 1958.

Etti, Karl (1912-1996)

Bläserserenade für fünf Solisten (1967)

Manuscript

Duration: 15:00.

Variationen und Fuge

Wien: Doblinger

Es war amål an Åbend spåt (Austrian folksong – arranged)

Wien: Doblinger

Euba, Akin (1935- )

Woodwind Quintet (1967)

Manuscript

Composer‘s address: P. O. Box 27, University of Lagos Post Office, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria.

Thoroughly trained in western composition, his works combine Western and African musical philosophy and procedures.

Evans, Nat

Music for Breathing

Contact the composer, http://natevansmusic.com/

All five players double on some small hand percussion (an Eastern prayer meditation thingie, perhaps) and on conch shells (yes, really). Duration: 21:45, Watch the YouTube video by The City of Tomorrow quintet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH7Eda0biLA , to hear the piece, or just for the novelty of hearing a quintet of microtonal conch shells for part of this contemplative, meditative, calming work.

Evans, Robert Bruce (1933-2005)

Prelude & Fugue

Toronto: Berandol Music /

Don Mills, Ontario: BMI Canada, 1967

Evensen, Bernt Kasberg (1944- )

Quinta essensia (1981)

Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)

See Norwegian Music Information Centre
http://www.notam.uio.no/nmi/index.html

Van Walsum Suite: Six Movements for Wind Quintet (1971)

Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)

Everett-Salicco, Betty Lou (1925- )

Quintet (1970)

Everson, Dana F.
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