Brandt’s Woodwind Quintet List – M
Maayani, Ami (1936-2019)
2 Madrigals [Deux Madrigaux] for harp and woodwind quintet (1969)
Tel Aviv: Israeli Music Publications, 1991
Duration: 16:18. The work is recorded on the Israeli Fons label. The world premiere was with The Paris Woodwind Quintet and harpist Chantal Mathieu in 1974; the American premiere was with The Boehm Quintet and Susan Joles, harp in 1976; and the Israeli premiere was with the Canadian ensemble, York Winds with harpist Ruth Maayani, in 1981. See also: http://www.amimaayani.co.il/ . This work is not listed under Chamber Music on the website, but under Music for Harp – Sextet. An entry in WorldCat lists this as being published by Israeli Music Publications, but it might not currently be in print.
Sinfonia Concertante for Woodwind Quintet and Orchestra (1972)
3 movements. Uses large orchestra, including strings tuned a quarter tone higher than normal. Duration: 32:00.
Mabarak, Carlos Jimenez
Macbride, David (1951-2018)
Woodwind Quintet (1975)
New York: American Composers Allliance, Composers Facsimile Edition, 1975
Duration: 10:00.
David MacBride was a professor at the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. According to their composers database, “Many sections [of this quintet] are designed to be non-coordinated or indeterminate in performance, while others are rhythmically intricate and supposed to fit together. Extended techniques: half-step glissandos and multiphonics for the bassoon and flutter-tonguing for flute and clarinet.”
MacCombie, Bruce (1943-2012)
Anecdotes (1999)
Miami, Florida: Schott Helicon Music, U.S. agent: European American Music Distributors
Duration: 12:00. Movements: Listen Up; Still Life; Heavy Traffic. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_MacCombie .
also:
Octet for woodwind quintet, trumpet, cello and piano
Manuscript was part of a dissertation for the M.M. degree at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
MacDonald, Andrew Paul(1958- )
Atmosphaera, Op. 88a (2016) for flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), B♭ clarinet (doubling E♭ clarinet and bass clarinet), horn (doubling Wagner tuba), and bassoon (doubling contrabassoon).
Premiered by Pentaèdre on May 20, 2016 at the Salle de concert du Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, in (of course) Montréal. See https://andrewpaulmacdonald.com . If you are amongst the 99% of woodwind quintets who could not perform with all these doublings, see the composer’s alternate version following.
Atmosphaera, Op. 88b (2016) for flute (doubling piccolo); oboe, clarinet (doubling E♭ clarinet, horn and bassoon
MacDonald, Malcolm (1916-1992)
Divertimento
Not to be confused with the music critic Malcolm MacDonald (aka Calum MacDonald), 1948-2014.
MacDowell, Edward Alexander (1860-1908)
arrangements
To a Wild Rose, Op. 51, No.1 (arr. Ralph E. Hall)
Boston: A.P. Schmidt, 1948 (out of print)
Alternate bass clarinet part for bassoon, alternate clarinet parts for flute, oboe and horn.
Idyl, Unter des Grünen bluhender Kraft, Op. 28, No. 2 (arr. George J. Trinkaus)
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1934 / Warner Bros. Publications /
New York: McGinnis & Marx
Woodland Sketches, Op. 51 “From Uncle Remus” (arr. Henry Aaron)
Woodland Sketches, Op. 51 “From Uncle Remus” (arr. Gerhard Engels)
Pub. by Gerhard Engels; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Woodland Sketches, Op. 51 “From Uncle Remus” (arr. Ross Taylor and Don Plesnicar)
Albuquerque: Don Plesnicar, 1979
Likely the same arrangement available from Portland, Oregon: Edition Viento
Movements: To a Wild Rose; Will o’ the Wisp; At an old Trysting-Place; In Autumn; From Uncle Remus; A Deserted Farm; By a Meadow Brook; Told at Sunset.
“An Old Garden”, No. 1 from New England Idylls, Op. 62 (arr. Arne Dich)
Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt, 1902
Mineola: Dover Publications
Arranged in 5 parts with very flexible instrumentation, including using the standard woodwind quintet scoring. Intended, though for any combination of strings and winds. Originally written for piano. Piano score and parts are available for free download from the International Music Score Library Project, at http://imslp.org/wiki/New_England_Idyls,_Op.62_(MacDowell,_Edward) .
In Passing Moods (arr. Gordon Lewin) for double woodwind quintet
From a set of ten pieces for piano of 1906. Movements: 1. Prologue (from Marionettes, Op. 38); 2. An Old Love Story (from Fireside Tales, Op. 61); 3. To A Wild Rose (from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51); 4. Alla Tarantella (from 12 Studies, Op.39).
Maček, Ivo(1914-2002)
Wind Quintet (1987)
Performed by the Sylvan Winds.
Macero, Teo (Attilio Joseph) (1925-2008)
Pieces for Children
New York: American Composers Alliance
Mach, Konstantin (1915-1996)
Blaserquintett (1969)
Mácha, Otmar (1922-2006)
Music of Beautiful Roebucks
Praha (Prague): Český hudební fond, rental only?
Machado, Antonio Marco(1982- )
3 Meditações, Op. 15 (2010)
Machado, Jean-Marie (1961- )
L’ecureuil volant, Suite No. 2 for Woodwind Quintet
Strasbourg: Editions Francois Dhalmann
Machala, Kazimierz (1948- )
American Folk Suite-Wind Quintet
Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania: Shawnee Press, 1989
Recorded by the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, 2013. Described as a short encore work.
Celtic Scents (Suite No. 2) for woodwind quintet, guitar, and double bass
Capo Tasto Music, 2012, distributed by Theodore Presser
Machajdík, Peter (1961- )
Hunimo (2004)
Duration: 10:00. See also: http://www.machajdik.com/ and http://hc.sk/en/hudba/osobnost-detail/222-peter-machajdik
Macías, Gonzalo(1957- )
Bécame dos veces (2010)
In the repertoire of the Quinteto de Alientos de la Ciudad de México (Mexico City Woodwind Quintet).
Mačiliūnaitė, Rita (also listed as Mačiliūnaitė-Dočkuviené)(1985- )
The Subtle Form of Property (2007)
Duration: 9:00. See also: https://www.mic.lt/en/database/classical/composers/maciliunaite/#works
MacIlwham, George (1926-2016)
Jamaican Rumba (1972) (arr. Arthur Benjamin)
unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
Duration: 2:00. See also:
http://scottishmusiccentre.com/george-macilwham/
Pastoral: No. 1 of Two Oriental Pieces, Version for Wind Quintet (1950)
unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
Duration: 4:00.
Pieces Orientales (1950)
unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
Duration: 7:00. Movements: Dance; Pastoral.
Scottish Dances (1968)
unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
Duration: 6:00.
Mackay, William
The Love of Life (1983)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre, http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Mackey, Steven (1956- )
Quintet in Two Parts (1980)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Margun Music, Inc.
Duration: 10:00. Commissioned by the New York State Council on the Arts for the Quintet of the Americas. See also: https://stevenmackey.com/
Steve Mackey is one of the few people who can combine his love for electric guitar and his love for classical music to create a unique sound. Although I have not performed his quintets, I have enjoyed performing with him on other works and recommend his music. Last I checked, he was a professor at Princeton, but performing world-wide. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Never Sing before Breakfast (1989) for woodwind quintet and tape
Newton Centre, Massachusetts: Margun Music, 1990 /
New York: G. Schirmer
For piccolo doubling flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, and electronic tape. Includes instructions for performance. Duration: 14:21. Recorded by the Quintet of the Americas on Newport Classic, 1991.
The Attic which is Desire for young voices, woodwind quintet, harp, triangle and finger cymbals
London: Boosey & Hawkes, distributed by Hal Leonard in U.S.
Commissioned by the Young People’s Chorus of New York. Intended for treble voices in three parts (SSA). Text by William Carlos Williams. See program notes: http://www.boosey.com/cr/sheet-music/Steven-Mackey-Attic-Which-Is-Desire/36646
Mackie, Shirley Marie(1929-2015)
Preludio, cancion y baile
Macklin, Cecil (1883-1944)
Très moutarde (Too Much Mustard) (1911) (probably arr. by Donald C. Horneff)
Delevan, N.Y.: Kendor Music Inc., 2001
Originally written for piano.
MacMillan, James (1959- )
Untold (1987/revised 1991)
London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1991
Recorded on BMG Catlayst 09026-61916-2. Flute doubles on piccolo, oboe doubles on English horn. Duration: 5:00. Recorded by members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Two Movements for Wind Quintet (1987)
London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2007
Duration: 10:00. Premiered by a faculty ensemble at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.
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Two Visions of Hoy (1986) for woodwind quintet (solo oboe), cello and percussion
London: Boosey & Hawkes
The work is for solo oboe, accompanied by flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, cello and percussion (4 rototoms, marimba, tam-tam, medium gong, and suspended cymbal). Duration: 9:00. Movements: 1. The Hermit’s Mountain Cave; 2. The Awakening of Sylvan Children..
According to the composer: “The titles of these two short movements come from George Mackay Brown’s poem Further than Hoy and my intention was to recreate my impressions of the poem musically. The first piece opens with stark and craggy outbursts and flurries. The oboe dominates but the other instruments clamour to interject with increasing force. The frantic nature of the music diminishes to a sustained chord on horn, bassoon and cello accompanied by an insistent, repetitive ‘ticking’ effect on the marimba. The upper wind instruments rise gradually on a mournful, lyrical phrase to their highest registers before the music subsides to an uneasy, ambiguous coda.
“The second piece begins with deep percussion sounds on which instrumental pitches are gradually layered. Gently surging, sustained notes and chords sweep the music upwards calmly before flute, marimba and oboe introduce a sprightlier, dance-like material. Loud, stark unison outbursts lead to a livelier, more emphatic ‘dance’ idea before everything is once again submerged in the opening tranquillity.” [James MacMillan]
See the poem text on the All Poetry website. Hoy is one of the isles of Orkney, a group of islands off the north of Scotland. So “Further than Hoy” would be almost the equivalent of beyond land’s end. (There’s a lot of North Sea as you go north of Hoy.) [ Andrew Brandt ]
Maconchy, Elizabeth (1907-1994)
Wind Quintet (1980 or 1982)
London: Chester Music, Ltd.
Duration: 18:20. First performed by the Albion Ensemble. Maconchy’s daughter, Nicola LeFanu is also in the quintet list.
Trittico (1981) version for woodwind quintet
Originally for oboe, bassoon and harpsichord. Listed in Grove Music Online but possibly unpublished in the quintet version.
also:
O Time Turn Back (1984) for SATB chorus, wind quintet and cello
London: Chester Music, 1984, 2018?
Settings of texts by William Shakespeare, Henry Vaughan, Walter Raleigh and Robert Herrick. Duration: 15:00.
Romanza for viola solo, woodwind quintet and string quintet (1979)
London: Chester Music, 2017
Duration: 12:00.
MacRae, Stuart (1976- )
Joindre (2001)
London: Novello & Co., 2001
Commissioned by and dedicated to the Haffner Wind Ensemble. Duration: 8:10. Flutist doubles on piccolo. See also: https://stuartmacrae.com/
This work uses some extended techniques, including tongue slaps, key taps, and soft double-tonguing at varying speeds. It also uses the extended ranges for the instruments and is rhythmically complex. Program notes, review excerpts, and portions of the score are available for inspection online. This piece is not for the faint-of-heart quintet. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Macy, Carleton (1944- )
Twigs: A Serenade (1980)
Available from the composer, at no cost, from carletonmacy.com
American Music Center
Movements: Rapido; Sticks; Twigs; Branches; Tango; Seeds; Reprise. Duration: 12:49. Recorded by the Georgia Woodwind Quintet on Atlanta, GA: ACA Digital Recording, 1996. Recording available from the School of Music, University of Georgia in Athen, GA 30602 USA. You may also listen to the work on the composer’s website.
Carleton Macy writes: “Twigs draws inspiration from the character of the instruments and certain performer stereotypes. Each player is given a cadenza which emphasizes specific instrumental and personality characteristics (no reference to any real performers is intended). The title is a metaphor for the wooden origins of the four woodwinds in the quintet.”
Commentaries (1988)
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 14:20. Oboist doubles on English horn. Commissioned by the Southeastern Composers League and Symposium V for New Woodwind Quintet Music. Score and parts available on the composers’ website along with an online recording. The final movement should be performed with swing rhythms throughout, although it is written in “square” notation.
The composer writes, “Each of the five movements is a loose comment on my life as a composer within the academic profession. ‘Fantasy’ is a diversion into a free-ranging, perhaps surprising expression. ‘Antique’ pays homage to a style of past music. ‘The Body Politic’ is my impression of the internal academic existence. ‘Elegy’ needs no comment. ‘You Gotta Swing, or it takes the old to have the new’ is an early 20th C[entury] jazz style that channels Fletcher Henderson.”
Opera Venti (1990, revised 1991)
Available from the composer, at no cost, from carletonmacy.com
The title implies it is a “Work for Winds,” not a staged opera for voices. Movements: I. Recitatives; II. Aria; III. Ensembles. Duration: 12:20. The composer’s website includes downloadable score, parts and an online recording of the work.
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Concertino (1993) for woodwind quintet, vibraphone and marimba
Available for download from the composer, at no cost, from carletonmacy.com
According to the composer, “The initial impetus for this work was to create a balance between the wooden instruments (oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and marimba) and the metal instruments (flute, horn, and vibraphone.) The contrasting roles, most evident in the middle sections, give way to a unified texture. Equally important is the homage paid to a favorite melody often set by Renaissance composer, Ludwig Senfle: ‘Was wird es doch des Wunders noch.’ The tune permeates the entire piece, yet is obviously stated only in the final section.”
See Macy’s works for piano and winds.
Madden, John (1956- )
Quintet No. 3
London: Nova Music, 1984
Uses clarinet in A. Movements: 1. Allegro molto; 2. Andante quasi adagio; 3. Fast and dance-like. The composer is obviously not the late American football player and TV sports commentator, John Madden.
Maddox, Richard Peter (1936- )
Wind Quintet, Op. 106 (2006)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre
Duration: 12:10.
Mader, Jerry
Blaserquintett Nr. 3 (1973)
Manuscript.
Performed by the Wiener Blaserquintett.
Maderich, Robert J.
The Silkie: variations on a folk tune for woodwind quintet (1994)
Available from the composer?
Butchers Son Music
For flute/piccolo, English horn, clarinet, horn/hand drum, bassoon/finger cymbals. Computer printout. Duration: 5:30. Listed in the online catalog of the National Association of Composers, U.S.A. records of 1933-1988. See: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf267nb127/entire_text/
Maderna, Osmar
SEE Mariano Mores et al., Argentine Encores
Madsen, Trygve (1940- )
3 Gags, Op. 5
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
See Norwegian Music Information Centre http://www.mic.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub_e/per2000062811060791828793 .
See Madsen’s work for winds and piano.
Maedel, Rolf (1917-2000)
Sextett für Bläser for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, horn
Odenthal-Eikamp: Centraton Musikverlag / Celle: Moeck Verlag, 1988
Rolf Maedel was a founder of the microtonal system of tuning called Ekmelic music. The Sextett, however, uses “non-microtonal (traditional)” tuning. It was premiered on Radio Beromünster. (Ref: http://www.ekmelic-music.org/) See also the Music Information Center Austria: http://www.mica.at/.
Maegaard, Jan (1926-2012)
Wind Quintet, Op. 11 (1951)
Kobenhavn: Engstrom & Sadring, 1998
Uses clarinet in A. Movements: Preludio; Tema con variazioni; Finale—Metamorfose. Reportedly, Op. 11 is one of the last works Maegaard wrote before turning to the 12-tone style of composition.
also:
Chamber Concerto No. 1 (Kammerkoncert nr. 1), Op. 5 (1949) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and strings
The Chamber Concerto is among the earlier works of Maegaard which are reminiscent of Carl Nielsen’s style. Maegaard also wrote a Chamber Concerto No. 2 for flute, oboe and bassoon with strings.
Maessen, Antoon(1919-1997)
Quintetto a fiati (1982)
Amsterdam: Donemus
Movements: Giocoso; Molto adagio; Vivace. Duration: 10:00.
See Maessen’s work for voices and wind quartet and organ.
Maeyer, Jan De (1949- )
Quintetto, Op. 30b (1994)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM)
Duration: 13:00. Not to be confused with Jan de Maeyer, born 1952, who is a historian.
Magalif, Eugene(1957- )
Half Step Ragtime (Penguin) (2014)
Lancashire: Forton Music, 2015
Duration: 3:15.
Colibri: (Hummingbird) (2013)
Lancashire: Forton Music, 2014
Duration: 6:00. There are several other versions available with different orchestrations. See also: http://www.eugenemagalif.com/ .
Maganini, Quinto (1897-1974)
Berger et Bergere
New York: McGinnis & Marx
Early in his career Maganini was a flutist and piccolo player in John Philip Sousa’s band; he went on to perform with the San Franciso Symphony and the New York Symphony Orchestra. He went to study with Nadia Boulanger and later became president of the American School of Music and Fine Arts (in Fontainebleau). He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1927 for his compositions. He has written many works for winds and, in particular, flute. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Canonico Espressivo
Fox-trot Burlesque on “Simple aveu”
New York: C. Fischer, 1932 /
New York: McGinnis & Marx
Reverie (arr. Harris)
New York: Carl Fischer
Optional part for bass clarinet instead of bassoon.
Simple Aveu
New York: Carl Fischer
Optional part for bass clarinet instead of bassoon.
Mägi, Ester (1922- )
Ostinato (1962)
Moskva: Izdatelstvo Muzyka, 1964
Manuscript in the Estonian Theatre and Music Museum, see also http://www.emic.ee
Duration: 5:00. See her web page on the Estonian Music Information Center page: http://www.emic.ee/ester-magi .
Magidenko, Olga(1954- )
Polyphones Quintett (Polyphonic Quintet), Op. 11 (1977)
Kassel: Furore Verlag
Duration: 10:00. See also: https://furore-verlag.de/womencomposers/overview_a-z/M/80/
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Occasion Ensemble, Op. 20 (1983) for woodwind quintet and timpani
Duration: 14:00. Listed as a Septet, it’s unclear if it requires 1 or 2 tympanists.
Mahaut, Antoine (1719-1785)
Menuetto con Variationi (arr. Roland Garscha)
See Niedernhausen, Germany: Noten Roehr
Mahle, Ernst (1929- )
Quinteto de Sopros (C73) (1974)
Centro de Documentacao de Musica Contemporanea CDMC-Brasil
Duration: 15:00. Recorded by the Quinteto Villa-Lobos.
Quinteto (C38a) (2004)
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Noneto for woodwind quintet and string quartet (1957)
Maroquinhas Fru Fru (1974) for Woodwind Quintet, voices, string orchestra, percussion, Text by Maria Clara Machado
Centro de Documentacao de Musica Contemporanea CDMC-Brasil
Duration: 1:30.
A Moreninha (1979) for Woodwind Quintet, voices, string orchestra, percussion, text by Macedo, J. M. Ferreira
Centro de Documentacao de Musica Contemporanea CDMC-Brasil
Duration: 1:30.
Concerto para Quinteto de sopros e Cordas (1996) (Concerto for wind quintet and strings)
Centro de Documentacao de Musica Contemporanea CDMC-Brasil
Duration: 12:00.
Música Concertante para Timpano e Sopros for woodwind quintet, trumpet, trombone, tuba and timpani
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
arrangements
3 Songs from Das Knaben Wunderhorn (arr. Trevor Cramer)
Trevco Music Publishing
Movements: Lob des hohen Verstandes (In Praise of Lofty Intellect) (duration: 2:23); Rheinlegenchen (Little Rhine Legend) (3:06); Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? (Who Thought Up This Song?) (2:10).
Lovely arrangements of 3 Mahler songs. Before they were published by Trevco Music, the songs were distributed by photocopies shared between quintets, which is what our quintet used. See notes in the next entry.
In Search of Higher Understanding (Lob des hohen Verstandes, from Das Knaben Wunderhorn, 1896) (arr. John Gibson)
JB Linear; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
This is another arrangement of one of the three songs included in the previous listing. Lob des hohen Verstandes is a light work for baritone and orchestra, about a singing contest between a cuckoo and a nightingale, judged by a braying donkey. See original text and English translation at: http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=4526.
‘Of Youth’ from “Das Lied von der Erde”(arr. Silvia Coricelli)
Portland, Oregon: Edition Viento; see Trevco Music
Mahoud, Parviz (1910-1996)
Quintette
Maidana, Jose Maria
SEE Velasco-Maidana, Jose Maria
Maiecki, Maciej
SEE Małecki, Maciej below
Mailman, Martin (1932-2000)
Surfaces for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 86 (1991)
also:
Partita No. 4 for Nine Players, Op. 42
Mills Music/Belwin Mills/Alfred Music Publishing – Rental only?
For flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, violin, bass and percussion.
Majcen, Igor (1952- )
In Nomine II
See http://www.dss.si/igor-majcen-en
The composer Igor Majcen should not be confused with the swimmer, Igor Majcen.
Kvintet za pihala (Woodwind Quintet)
Makan, Keeril (1972- )
Portal (2012)
New York: Project Schott; Lambhat Press: and European American Music Distributors, 2012.(Rental or loan?)
Also available from Schott (for purchase?)
Duration: 5:30. Commissioned by the Chamber Music Conference and Composers’ Forum of the East, Inc. See also: http://keerilmakan.com/.
Makris, Andreas (1930-2005)
Woodwind Quintet (1993)
San Antonio, Tex.: Southern Music Co., 1995
Described as a single-movement, sectionalized work of about 8 minutes. Richard Spittel says “…it is very listenable, even for ‘unsophisticated’ audiences. It contains recurring tutti rhythmic passages interspersed with mini cadenzas, and several section of folk-like tunes, but with time signatures such as 5/8 and 7/16.” See also: http://andreasmakris.instantencore.com/web/bio.aspx.
See also Makris’s Sextet for quintet and piano.
Malancioiu, Gabriel(1979- )
Für Enescu (2012) for violin and woodwind quintet
Wien: Universal Edition
A recording of (at least) the first part of the work is available on YouTube. Dedicated to Ensemble Aventure.
Parts of the work (at least) are nonmensural with randomness built in. Better listen to the YouTube recording before ordering. There is also a version for violin and piano.s [ Andrew Brandt ]
Malcolm, Bill (arranger)
Christmas Favorites (arr. Bill Malcolm)
TrevCo Music Publishing
Includes: A Burgundian Carol; O Come Little Children; Away in a Manger; The First Noel.
More Christmas Favorites, Vol. 2 (arr. Bill Malcolm)
TrevCo Music Publishing
Includes: Coventry Carol; Good King Wenceslas; Joy to the World; What Child is This; O Come All Ye Faithful.
Even More Christmas Favorites, Vol. 3 (arr. Bill Malcolm)
TrevCo Music Publishing
Includes: Joseph Dearest Joseph; In Dulci Jubilo; Fum Fum Fum, I Saw Three Ships; Ding Dong Ding.
Still More Christmas Favorites, Vol. 4 (arr. Bill Malcolm)
TrevCo Music Publishing
Includes: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Silent Night; Jingle Bells; Beautiful Savior; Deck the Halls.
Malcolm, Carlos (1945- )
Allegro en Son (1964)
This reference is for the Cuban composer, not to be confused with Carlos Malcolm the Jamaican trombonist and bandleader.
Malcys, Arvydas (1957- )
Supper for Five (Woodwind Quintet No. 1) (1986)
Lithuanian Music Information Center, www.mic.lt
Duration: 14:00. Included on CD “Land of the Disobedient” Vilnius Recording Studio VSCD-107, 2004
Ultimum refugium, Quintet No. 2 (1996)
Vilnius: Lietuvos muzikos informacijos ir leidybos centras, 2001
Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Center, www.mic.lt
Duration: 12:00.
Málek, Jan (1938- )
Cycle “The Seasons of the Year” for wind quintet: Wind Quintet No. 1 “Spring” (“Jarni”) (1980)
Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/
Duration: 12:00.
Wind Quintet No. 2 “Summer” (“Letni”) (1982)
Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/
Duration: 11:00.
Wind Quintet No. 3 “Autumn” (“Podzimni”) (1984)
Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/
Duration: 15:00.
Wind Quintet No. 4 “Winter” (“Zimni”) (1985)
Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/
Duration: 12:00. No. 4, “Winter” is apparently available in two versions, both woodwind quintets.
Małecki, Maciej (also spelled Malecki and Maiecki) (1940- )
Suita na kwintet dety (Suite for Wind Quintet) (1984)
Duration: 16:00. Recorded, 1997, on ISPV 182 CD ProViva by the Warsaw Wind Quintet Da Camera. See also: http://www.malecki.art.pl/
also:
Scherzando for ten instruments (1988) for woodwind quintet and string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, double bass)
Maleta Cocina, Jorge
De Uno a Cinco
Photocopy of manuscript in the Indiana University Music Library, Bloomington, Indiana. There are five movements: “Uno,” for 1 instrument (clarinet in B-flat); “Dos” for flute and Horn, “Tres” for reed trio, “Cuatro” for flute, oboe, bassoon, horn, and “Cinco” for full woodwind quintet.
Malherbe, Edmond Paul Henri (1870-1963)
Sextuor, Op. 31 (1895) for woodwind quintet and English horn.
Siegertshofen, Germany: Floricor Editions http://www.floricor-editions.com/
Paris: Musique Léon Duclos (“Copiste de Musique”), 1920s?
Manuscript at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia.
3 movements: Movements: Allegro moderato; Andantino; Presto. Duration: 16:00.
The biography, Monarch of the Flute: The Life of Georges Barrère (by Nancy Toff) notes that the flutist performed the 1897 premiere of Malherbe’s Sextuor alongside other members of the Société Moderne [d’instruments à vent]. In a review, although criticizing Malherbe’s String Quartet (on the same program) to be “too academic,” Le Progrès Artistique judged the Sextuor to be more “lively and of excellent polyphony without heaviness.” The Sextuor had already won the concours in 1896 (earning the composer 300 francs). Malherbe would go on to win the Prix de Rome in 1899. ¶ Floricor Editions’ website notes that the sextet “was described by Gabriel Fauré in 1897 as ‘a remarkable work in excellent form’.” [So, it seems likely, then, that Fauré must have attended that same concert noted in Barrere’s biography.] A further description by Floricor says it “is like (a younger and smaller brother of) Gounod’s Petite Symphonie.” [ Andrew Brandt ]
Malige, Fred (1895-1985)
Bläserquintett Nr. 2 (1970)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Nr. 7603, 1975
4 Sätze
Malipiero, Gian Francesco (1882-1973)
Dialoghi IV (1956) per 5 strumenti a perdifiato from 8 Dialoghi
Milano: Ricordi 1957
Duration: 9:00. The complete list of Dialogues (available as a complete set) is: 1. Con Manuel de Falla, for chamber orchestra, 2. Dialoghi, for two pianos, 3. Con Jacopone da todi, for high voice (Italian words) and two pianos, 4. Dialoghi, for wind quintet, 5. Dialoghi, viola concerto, 6. Dialoghi, harpsichord concerto, 7. Dialoghi, 2-piano concerto, 8. La morte di Socrate, for baritone (Italian text) and chamber orchestra.
Concerto III (for woodwind quintet and orchestra)
Milano: Ricordi
I have not been able to replicate this search item. It’s not entirely clear whether this was an original work by Malipiero or one of his many arrangements or editions, or a cataloging error.
Malipiero, Riccardo (1914-2003)
Musica da Camera (1959)
Milano: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, 1959
Duration: 11:00. 4 movements.
Malipiero uses an atonal, serial style, but Arthur Cohn in “The Literature of Chamber Music” says this music has “a sense of expanded tonality with quartal and ninth chords and the like.”
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Mosaico per doppio quintetto (1961) for woodwind quintet and string quintet
Milano: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, 1965
The string quintet consists of 2 violins. viola cello and double bass. Duration: 18:00.
Malmquist, Eric(1985- )
Variations (2012)
Contact the composer, https://ericmalmquist.squarespace.com/
Duration: 16:00. According to the composer, the variations of each movement are based on music from Francois Couperin’s Les Baricades Misterieuses (The Mysterious Barricades) of 1717 for harpsichord. Movements: I. Rondeau; II. Luwian Barricades; III. Aria; IV. Fin, etc.
Malotte, Albert Hay (1895-1964)
The Lord’s Prayer (arr. John Moss)
New York, NY: G. Schirmer , Milwaukee, WI: Distributed by H. Leonard, 1996
Duration: 4:00.
Malovec, Jozef (1933-1998)
Divertimento for wind quintet (1976)
Bratislava: Slovensky Hudobny Fond
Movements: Prelude; Burlesque; Valse triste. Duration: 8:00,
Tri Invencie pre dychove kvinteto (3 Inventions for wind quintet) (1983)
Bratislava: Slovensky Hudobny Fond, 1985
Movements: Allegro, un poco rubato; Andante con moto; Vivo. Duration: 15:00.Jozef Malovec is father to Pavol Malovec, listed below. See also: http://hc.sk/en/hudba/osobnost-detail/983-jozef-malovec
Lyrical Suite (1988)
Malovec, Pavol (1957- )
Hommage per quintetto strumenti a fiati (1988)
Duration: 13:00. Pavol Malovec is son to Jozef Malovec, listed above. See http://hc.sk/en/hudba/osobnost-detail/505-pavol-malovec
Malyj, Katherine (1959- )
Quintet for Winds (1989)
American Music Center
Duration: 10:00.
Mameli, Goffredo (1827-1849)
Inno d’Italia (or “Il Canto degli Italiani”, The Italian National Anthem) (arr. Marcello Favoino)
Published by the arranger.
Available on Scribd http://www.scribd.com/ . Actually, the music was written by Michele Novaro and the words were by Mameli.
Mamiya, Michio (1929- )
Three Movements for wind quintet (1962)
Tokyo: Ongaku no Tomo Sha, 1963
Issued along with score for Quartet for shakuhachi, sangen, and 2 kotos. Recorded by the Aulos Quintet.
Mamlok, Ursula (1928-2016)
Naughty Nancy (1945)
Boosey & Hawkes / Bote & Bock
Obviously a student work. See also the website for her and her husband: https://www.mamlokstiftung.com/
Quintet for Wind Instruments (1956)
American Music Center /
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1957
Berlin: Bote & Bock and Boosey & Hawkes,
Duration: 16:00. Flute doubles on piccolo.
Festive Sounds, a Concertino for Wind Quintet (1978)
New York, N.Y.: C.F. Peters, 1978
Received the “Inter-American Music Award” of Sigma Alpha Iota. Duration: 18:00.
also:
One Piece (1959) for woodwind quintet and strings
Berlin: Bote & Bock / Boosey & Hawkes
Festive Sounds, Concertino for wind quintet, string orchestra, and percussion (1978)
New York: C. F. Peters (rental)
Duration: 13:34. Commissioned by Sigma Alpha Iota.
Mancini, Henry (1924-1994)
Pink Panther (arr. James Christensen)
Delevan, NY: Kendor Music
Mandelbaum, Joel (1932- )
Quintet for Wind Instruments (1957)
New York, 1958
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Xenophony No. 2 (1979) for woodwind quintet, violin, cello, bass and organ
Mandic, Josip (1883-1959)
Quintett
Wien: Universal Edition, 1933
Zagreb: Muzicki Informativni Centar, 2019
Manen, Willem van (1940- )
Droof: for wind quintet (1995)
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1995
Flute doubles on piccolo; clarinet doubles on bass clarinet.Duration: 12:00. A Dutch jazz trombonist and composeer, he also composes for non-jazz ensembles.
Manevich, Aleksander (Aleksandr, Manievich, Manevic, Маневич) (1908-1976)
Noktiurn i Skertso (Nocturne and Scherzo)
Leningrad (now St. Petersburg): Sovetskii Kompozitor, 1960 /
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute
Duration: 8:00. Born in Russia, his birthdate was 25 December 1907 in the Julian calendar, which is Jan. 7, 1908 Gregorian, so you may see both dates online. Although biographical material is hard to find, it appears most of his career was in the Soviet Union, but he appears to have immigrated to Israel, where he eventually died.
Quintet
London: Leeds Music Ltd., 1959
With close years of publication, it is possible this is an alternate publication for the Noktiurn i Skertso listed above.
Mangold, Carl Ludwig Amand (1813-1889)
Serenade (arr. Vogel)
Warngau: Accolade Musikverlag
Mangold, Wilhelm (1796-1875)
Quintett D-Dur (D Major), Nr. 2
Mainz: B. Schott’s Sohne
Full name: Johann Wilhelm Mangold, he was named after his grandfather, Johann Wilhelm Mangold (1735-1806). A violinist, composer and conductor, he was part of a well-established family of musicians in the Darmstadt region. Both Wilhelm and Franz Danzi studied with Abbé Vogler in Darmstadt (not at the same time, though), and Mangold went on to study at the Paris Conservatoire (with Cherubini) and returned to Darmstadt. 3 of his sons emigrated to New York and Pennsylvania including one, Paul August Bernhard Joseph Mangold who became a music professor in Philadelphia. In addition to this quintet, Wilhelm Mangold arguably was the first person to write a trio d’anche for oboe, clarinet and bassoon. See our trio d’anche list for more details. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Maniet, René (1920- )
Quintette No. 1
Bruxelles: J. Maurer, 1959
Mann, Leslie D. (1923-1977)
Four Studies in the Blues Idiom, Op. 23 (1969)
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Duration: 13:00. Uses English horn instead of oboe. Movements: I. Genesis blues, II. Sunny-day blues, III. Optin’ out blues, IV. Lonely road blues. ¶ In one of those naming oddities, Leslie Mann the composer and clarinetist is a man, and should never be confused with the actress Leslie Mann (even though Google occasionally does). These two works were likely composed for the Winnipeg Woodwind Quintette, an ensemble of the CBC Winnipeg Orchestra.
Wind Quintet, Op. 19 (1961)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
For flute, English horn, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. Duration: 22:00. Movements: I. Larghetto, II. Vivace.
Manneke, Daan (or Daniël) (1939- )
Walking in Fogpatches (1971)
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1972
Flute doubles on piccolo, oboe possibly doubles on oboe d’amore; clarinet doubles on bass clarinet. Duration: 7:00. See also: http://www.daanmanneke.nl/
Arthur Cohn in “The Literature of Chamber Music” describes this work as “Harsh, dry and atonally pinched…” with “no metrical definition” and with some free-chance sections.
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Archipel VII+ Gran Partita, Homage à César Franck (2002) for double woodwind quintet and double bass
Amsterdam: Donemus, 2003
Duration: 12:00. There appears to be a similarly titled work for another combination, so be sure to get the Gran Partita version (the ‘+’ of VII+).
Sinfonia uit “Chamber music” (1983) for woodwind quintet, piano and string quintet.
Amsterdam: Donemus
Epitaph from “Chamber music” (1983) for solo soprano, woodwind quintet, piano and string quintet
Mannino, Franco (1924-2005)
Mini Quintett, Op. 74 (1972)
Milano: Edizioni Curci, 1973
Manookian, Jeff (1953- )
Woodwind Quintet (2006)
Windsor Editions, 2006
4 movements: Moderato; Scherzoso; Teneramente; Energico. Duration: 15:15. Recording by the Hingham Woodwind Quintet, score and parts are available for download from the International Music Score Library Project: http://imslp.org/wiki/Woodwind_Quintet_(Manookian,_Jeff) .
Although we should be greatful to the Hingham Quintet for offering us their recording of the complete work, I did find a much better recording on YouTube by The South Dakota Winds [ https://youtu.be/p72BkBzUvf0 ], but, alas, only the first two movements. Listening to the work, I seem to hear reminiscences of other woodwind quintets, which is conservative in its soundspace but should be attractive to audiences. ¶ The rocking pulse of the first movement vaguely evokes one of the movements of Milhaud’s La Cheminée in parts, although it doesn‘t look that way in the score. The Scherzoso movement switches between an an aggressive 4/4 with somewhat dissonant waltz-like interludes. The third movement feels like a cross between one of the more tender movements of Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite with occasional elements of Persichetti’s Pastorale (if that is possible). The finale alternates 5/4 and 4/4 but with interludes alternating 2/4 and 3/8. To these ears, this movement should have the driving force of the finale of Endre Szervansky’s first woodwind quintet, although the recording is entirely lacking in such drive. A professional recording of the entire work would be welcome. ¶ There is also a version of the work available that uses soprano saxophone instead of oboe, listed on the IMSLP site under Arrangements and Transcriptions. [ Andrew Brandt ]
See also Manookian’s Sextet for quintet and piano.
Mansurian, Tigran (also spelled Mansuryan) (1939- )
Wind Quintet (1974)
A Lebanese-born Armenian composer, his principal publishers include Ricordi, Sikorski and AMP.
Mansurian also has a Suite for winds and piano.
Mantione, Philip
Draw (1995)
Los Angeles, Calif.: P. Mantione, 1995
See also: http://www.philipmantione.com/ .
Manzoni, Giacomo (1932- )
Epodo (1976)
Milano: Ricordi, 1977 /
London: Boosey & Hawkes
There are “Symbols and performance notes” in Italian, English and German. Duration: 6:00. A King’s College Library entry erroneously lists this as a quartet, even though it includes the subtitle “per quintetto a fiato.” This error has been duplicated in WorldCat and possibly other catalogs.
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Opus 50 (Daunium) (1984) for flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, percussion, 2 violin, viola, violoncello, double bass.
Milano: Ricordi, 1984
Maragno, Virtu (1928-2004)
Divertimento (1952)
Duration: 12:00. Movements: Allegro pastoral; Andantino mosso; Largo-larghetto; Presto.
Marais, Marin (1656-1728)
Le Basque (arr. Adam Lesnick)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus
Woodwind and Brass Quintet versions of this work feature the Horn (it was used as an encore piece by Dennis Brain). There is also a woodwind quartet version (without horn) which features the flute. The original work was scored for viola da gamba and continuo.
Mařatka, Kryštof (1972- )
Hypnozy (Hypnoses) (2006) for Wind Quintet
Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/
Paris: Editions Jobert, now part of Editions Lemoine
A work in five Sessions or Séances. Duration: 25:00. Premiered by the Miro Ensemble at the 2006 Festival Pablo Casals de Prades. A YouTube recording is available [ https://youtu.be/nnW6Ye6s2-g ] nicely performed by Anna Weber (flute), Mijon Lee (oboe), Giulia Zannin (clarinet), Charles Reydellet (horn), and Yenfang Ko (Bassoon). The work uses extended techniques including microtones, bending pitches, multiphonics, using reed instruments without reeds and reeds without instruments, stop-tonguing, extremes of dynamics, and more.
While the composer seems to go through the panoply of extended techniques, the movements are distinct and evocative. This may be an excellent choice for the woodwind quintet that specializes in unorthodox performance techniques and wants a good, uncompromising, musical challenge. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Marbe, Myriam (1931-1997)
Des-Cântec (1985 or 1986)
Uses doublings of piccolo, alto flute, English horn, E♭ clarinet, bass clarinet and contrabassoon (according to Wikipedia). It might require some knowledge of Romanian to actually track down publications or copies of Marbe’s quintet works.
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“An die Sonne” (1986) for mezzosoprano and woodwind quintet
A Delphic hymn with Romanian folk text. There appears to also be a work with the same title for saxophone and mezzo-soprano.
Marcel, Luc (1962- )
L’illusionniste (1995) for flute, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon and horn
Montreal: Canadian Music Centre
See The Living Composers Project for more composer info, http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/marcell.htm
Marcellino, Raffaele (also listed as Ray Marcellino) (1964- )
Three Pieces (1983)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre 1999
See also: www.marcellino.com.au
Masquerade (1986)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre 1999
Duration: 15:00. Flute doubles on piccolo, clarinet doubles bass clarinet.
Marcello, Benedetto (1686-1739)
Sonata for Bassoon and Winds (arr. David Marlatt)
Eighth Note Publications; see also http://www.windmusicsales.com/
A display piece for the bassoonist; originally for cello and strings.
Marchetti, Federico (1983- )
Quintetto
Ancona, Italy: Bèrben Edizioni Musicali, http://www.berben.it/
Marcianò, Sergio (1922-2006)
Quintetto
Ancona, Italy: Berben Edizioni Musicali http://www.berben.it/
Marckhl, Erich (1902-1980)
Sonate für Bläserquintett.
Wien: Verlag Doblinger, 1968
Duration: 15:40. Movements: 1. Larghetto piú grave; 2. Molto allegro vivo; 3. Andante sostenuto.
also:
Sextett (for woodwind quintet and bass clarinet)
Marco (Aragón), Tomás(1942- )
Kukulcán (1969-1972)
Mainz: Edition Schott, 1972
Duration: 10:00. This work has been described as both a wind quintet and a brass quintet online, but Wikipedia clearly states it is for woodwind quintet, and the premiere performance appears to have been in Madrid in 1972 by Quinteto Koan, a woodwind quintet, which also recorded the work on the RCA Red Seal label in 1973. Adding confusion, some sources say it is published by Moeck, but it seems to really be published by Schott. See also: http://tomasmarco.com/
Espejo velado, for double wind quintet (1982)
Marconi, Luciano
Introduzione e Fuga
Milano: Edizioni Curci, 1974
Marcussen, Kjell (1952- )
5 x, for Wind Quintet (1981/1986)
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
Duration: 11:00.
Maréchal, Henri (1842-1924)
Air du guet, Provençal theme attributed to King René (1409-1480) (1920)
Paris: Heugel, 1920 /
Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo Music Publishing, ca. 2015
Available from the International Music Score Library Project. http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page . Alternatetively, the same files can be downloaded from JR Research at the University of Rochester, http://hdl.handle.net/1802/20919 .
Score and parts of the Heugel edition are now available for download from the International Music Score Library Project, http://imslp.org/wiki/Air_de_guet_(Mar%C3%A9chal,_Henri)
See the article about Henri Maréchal in our Roaring Twenties Woodwind Quintet Series.
Marez Oyens, Gerrit de (1922-2013)
Spel (1972)
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1972
Duration: 4:00. He was also married to composer Tera de Marez Oyens.
Marez Oyens, Tera de [née Wansink] (1932-1996)
2 Sketches for Wind Quintet (1963)
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1963
Ms. Marez Oyens was married to composer Gerrit de Marez Oyens but, curiously, his name is not mentioned in her Grove Music Online article although her second husband is. (Gerrit is mentioned on her website bio, but her second husband isn’t, so perhaps that achieves balance.) In any case, she was a ground-breaking woman Dutch composer, educator and conductor. See also: http://www.terademarezoyens.nl/.
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Octet (1972) for woodwind quintet, second flute, trumpet, trombone
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1974
Marguste, Anti(1931-2016)
Divertismento, Op. 4 (1958)
Manuscript in the Estonian Theatre and Music Museum, see also http://www.emic.ee
Movements: 1. Andante; 2. Andantino; 3. Vivo; 4. Andante; 5. Moderato (Tempo di marcia); 6. Andante.
Concerto Piccolo No. 1, Op. 20 (1967)
Manuscript in the Estonian Theatre and Music Museum, see also http://www.emic.ee
Work is scored for traditional woodwind quintet even though titled a concerto. Movements: 1. Cadenza prima; 2. Cadenza seconda; 3. Canenza terza; 4. Cadenza quarta; 5. Cadenza ultima; 6. Coda. This work was recorded by the (Estonian) Riikliku Filharmoonia woodwind quintet on the old Soviet Melodiya label.
Mari, Pierrette (1929- )
Wind Quintet (1965)
Full name is Pierrette-Anne-Valérie-Franchette Mari.
Maria, Antonio (1943- ), Silva, Ismael (1905-1978) & Noel Rose
Valsa de Uma Didade & Conversa de Botequim (arr. Isaias Ferreira)
Lake Worth, FL: Trevco Music Publishing
Arrangements of sambas?
Mariatti, Franco
Ouverture Breve
Milano: Edizioni Curci
Marić, Ljubica (1909-2003)
Quintett (1931)
Kassel: Furore Verlag, 1998
Duration: 9:05. Movements: 1. Allegro; 2. Scherzo; 3. Adagio; 4. Molto allegro.An excellent recording is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HjzV3u5B0G4 , performed by Miodrag Azanjac, flute; Egon Gotvald, oboe; Ernest Ačkun, clarinet; Stjepan Rabuzin, horn; and Marjan Bolfan, bassoon.
In a review in the Glasgow Herald in 1933 at the ISCM Festival in Amsterdam, the work was described as: “… one of the most interesting, and certainly one of the soundest pieces of music that the festival (ISCM) has so far produced, for all it was written by Ljubica Maric, a young woman of 24… Her Wind Quintet left one wondering what the future held for such remarkable musical gifts. The expression was always individual, and the handling of the instruments original, without once becoming mannered, or insecure. Applause was most enthusiastic….”
For those woodwind quintet players who have overdosed on too many performances of Ibert’s Trois Pièces Brèves, this work is the perfect antidote. Serbian Ljubica Marić wrote her Duvački kvintet (Wind Quintet) in the year following Ibert’s work, but it inhabits an entirely different soundspace from the champagne-enfused frivolity of Ibert. Maric’s work instead has a machine-like, mechanical intensity of the Expressionist world, unlike any other quintet of the inter-war years of the 1920s and 30s that these ears have heard. ¶ The first two movements have an industrial, mechanical intensity. The slow third movement (my favorite) has a haunting, sleepless dark-night-of-the-soul feel. The finale has some of the manic-intensity of Jean Francaix’s Quintet, but much more menacing. In the middle, the bassoonist seems to present the theme for a fugue, but instead of following, the other quintet members quickly branch off into their own, private counterpoint. ¶ To use a cinematic analogy, instead of the light, happy world of Disney cartoons that some woodwind literature might be accused of imitating, Maric’s quintet inhabits the darker world of black-and-white Frankenstein and Dracula films with a few industrial sound images thrown in. Marić was still a grad student when she wrote this work, but it shows a great deal of maturity. The work is radical but emotional, avoiding the intellectual soullessness of the Schoenberg quintet. ¶ Although not likely to be as much of a crowd-pleaser as the early 20th century French quintets, this is a work that more woodwind quintet players should explore. Listen to the recording on YouTube to start. It would make for good programming in a recital of music from the years between World Wars I and II, or a recital of early 20th century women composers. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Marischal, Louis(1928-1999)
Petite Musique Champêtre
Charnay-Lès-Macon: Éditions Robert Martin
Duration: 7:00.
Marie, Jean Gabriel Prosper (a.k.a. Gabriel-Marie) (1852-1928)
Berceuse (arr. Harris)
New York: Carl Fischer, 1970
Optional bass clarinet part to replace bassoon.
La Cinquantaine (incorrectly attributed to Marie Gabriel)
Salem, CT: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
The title refers to “over 50” but there are conflicting accounts over whether it refers to a 50th birthday or an anniversary. Written for a Monsieur E. Binon. [ Andrew Brandt ]
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Deux Pièces en double quintette pour instruments à cordes et à vent (Two Pieces for woodwind quintet and string quintet)
Written for La Société du double quintette which appears to have been an ensemble for woodwind and string quintets featuring several of the most noted performers in Paris at the time. See the Wikipedia (French) article on the ensemble.
Marik, Antonin F. (1921- )
Co mi povidaly hudebni nastroje (What I Say) for woodwind quintet and narrator (1976)
Kocka, ktera chodila sama (Cats, which went alone) melodrama for woodwind quintet and narrator (1976)
Sykorka (Titmouse) Hudba z melodramu “Devcatko a vitr”. Narrator and woodwind quintet (1977)
Flute doubles on piccolo.
Marín García, Luis Ignacio (1955- )
Quinteto de Viento No. 1 (1981)
CGC Producciones
PDFs of the parts are available from the composer under the Creative Commons license, at: http://imslp.org/wiki/Quinteto_de_viento_No.1_(Mar%C3%ADn_Garc%C3%ADa,_Luis_Ignacio) . Duration: 12:00.
Quinteto de Viento No. 2 (1999)
Duration: 15:00.
Marinov, Ivan (1928-2003)
Grandpa’s Glove Suite (1951)
Mariño, Xabier (1983- )
“Tons de gris baixo o ceo” (2013) for woodwind quintet and narrator
Duration: 12:00. The brief excerpt online on SoundCloud shows this to be an aleatoric work where the narrator is supported by instruments playing extended techniques of wind sounds, some odd harmonics, and key taps. The recording is by the by the Zoar Ensemble. I can’t make out the language, but it may be Basque.
Marković, Adalbert (1929-2010)
Carnival-Suite (1956)
Manuscript: Muzicki Informativni Centar, Zabreb
Wind Quintet (1958)
Manuscript: Muzicki Informativni Centar, Zabreb
4 Haikua (4 Haiku)
Zagreb: DSH-Ars Croatica, 1987
Zagreb: Composers’ Association of Croatia
Serbo-Croatian (roman) and English translations of the poems included in captions.
Moments Musicaux, četiri minijature za duhački kvintet (Moments Musicale, 4 miniatures for woodwind quintet) (1966)
Zagreb, Udruženja Kompozitora Hrvatske [Composer’s Association of Croatia?], 1972
Markowski, Andrzej (1924-1986)
Bläserquintett (1952)
According to the Polish Music Information Centre, Markowski also went by the pseudonym Marek Andrzejewski, which name should not be confused with the later generation author, composer, and songwriter of that same name.
Marlatt, David arranger
O Come, O Come Emanuel
Eighth Note Publications; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
13th century Christmas tune.
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. David Marlatt)
Eighth Note Publications; see also http://www.windmusicsales.com/
Steal Away (arr. David Marlatt)
Eighth Note Publications; see also http://www.windmusicsales.com/
Based on the spiritual; Duration: 2:10.
Maroney, Marcus Karl(1976- )
Five Pieces for Wind Quintet (1999/2004)
Contact the composer, http://www.mkmaroney.com/
Duration: 6:00. Maroney was the recipient of the 1999 ASCAP/Morton Gould Young Composer’s Award.
See also Maroney’s quintet for woodwinds and piano.
Maros, Miklós (1943- )
Quintet No. 1 (1962)
Stockholm: STIMS Informationscentral for Svensk Musik
Miklós is the son of composer Rudolf Maros, listed below.
Blaserquintett Nr.2 (1980)
Stockholm: Svensk Musik
Duration: 11:00.
See also Maros’s Divertimento for woodwind quintet, violin and piano.
Sextet (2014) for woodwind quintet and alto sax
Svensk Music (SMIC)
You can download a study copy of the score in PDF from: http://www.mic.se/avd/mic/prod/micpdf.nsf/dl/GB10292f1.pdf/$file/GB10292f1.pdf
Maros, Rudolf (1917-1982)
Musica Leggiera (1956) (Light Music)
Boosey & Hawkes / Westbury, NY: Pro Art Publications /
Budapest: Editio Musica Budapesta 1958/Budapest: Zenem?ukiado Vallalat, 1965 1958
Movements: Preludio; Notturno; Scherzino; Aira; Postludio. See Arthur Cohn in “The Literature of Chamber Music” for a brief description. Rudolf Maros was the father of Miklós Maros, listed above.
I Fuvosoetoes (Wind Quintet No. 1) (1961-62)
Stockholm: Svensk Musik, 1960?
Consort (1970)
Budapest: Editio Musica Budapesta, 1975 /
San Antonio, Texas: Southern Music Publishing, 1973
Márquez, Arturo (1950- )
Danza de mediodía (Noon Dance) (1997)
New York, Hamburg: Peermusic Classical
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ediciones Eldorado
Duration: 9:00. Written for the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet which has recorded the work on Naxos. They also have a live concert recording on YouTube ( https://youtu.be/tXORPCMffOs ). Also recorded by Quinteto Latino (Diane Grubbe, flute; ; Kyle Bruckmann, oboe; Leslie Tagorda, clarinet; Shawn Jones, bassoon; Armando Castellano, horn) as part of “100 Years of Mexican Music for Wind Quintet” on Con Brio Recordings (a Pleasant Hill, California label).
Marsh, Seth
Quintasia
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
For student quintets.
Marsh-Edwards, Michael (1928-?)
Peter Goldberg Variations, Op. 34 (1995)
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Duration: 14:00. Marsh-Edwards was known more for his conducting than his composing but I could find no online record of when he died.
Marshall, James Robert (1949- )
Wind Quintet
New York: American Music Center
Marshall, Pamela J. (1954- )
Nautilus (1977, rev. 1979)
New York: Seesaw Music Corp.
From the composer’s website: https://www.spindrift.com/, 1998
Elements for woodwind quintet or mixed chamber ensemble (1988)
From the composer’s website: https://www.spindrift.com/, 1998
The flute, clarinet and oboe parts may be replaced by violin, horn or viola, respectively.
Marsik, Josef
Czech Polka Medley for woodwind quintet with optional drums and 2-part vocal (arr. Joel Blahnik)
Sinsinawa, Wisconsin: Alliance Publications, Inc.
Available from http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/ but is erroneously listed under Johann Sebastian Bach, which is probably the most inexplicable typo of the century. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Marson, John(1932-2007)
3 Inventions
Available through June Emerson: http://www.juneemerson.co.uk/
Dover, U.K.: Broadbent & Dunn
Composer was also a British harpist. The Broadbent & Dunn website has a short biography of him.
Marson, Laurel Rose (1952- )
Chrysanthemums (1975) for voice and woodwind quintet
T. S. Eliot (1975) for voice and woodwind quintet
I have a terrible cold (1975) for voice and woodwind quintet
Composer lived in Akron, Ohio.
Martelli, Henri (1895-1980)
Quintette No. 1 (1948)
Wind Quintet (1974)
These two quintets may be unpublished.
also:
Suite Concertante, Op. 57 (1938) for woodwind quintet and orchestra
Paris: Gérard Billaudot, https://www.billaudot.com/en/
Duration: 17:00.
Concertino for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn with string orchestra
Paris: Ricordi, 1956
Universal Edition France, 2002
Duration: 16:30.
Marti, Heinz (1934- )
Madrigali (1971)
Hug & Co. Musikverlage
Duration: 14:00.
Martin, Carroll F.(1887-1939)
Prestissimo
London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1940
Martin, Joseph M. (1959- )
Song of the Spirit for SATB Chorus, piano and woodwind quintet
Harold Flammer Music
It’s unclear whether the quintet replaces the piano part or “enhances” it. Intended for Pentecost or Unity Sunday.
Martin, Robert (1952- )
Wind Quintet No. 1 (Left Behind) (1971)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company http://www.presser.com/
Duration: 13:45. 3 movements. See http://www.presser.com/ for sample score. This composer should not to be confused with Robert (Bobby) Martin.
Wind Quintet No. 2 (Variations) (1975)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company
Duration: 9:30. 1 movement: Risoluto. Composed when Martin was a student at the Peabody Conservatory.
Wind Quintet No. 3 (Waldstein) (1980)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company
Duration: 11:30. 3 movements.
Wind Quintet No. 4 (From the Desert) (1980)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company
Duration: 10:45. 3 movements: Variations; Scherzo; Lament.
Wind Quintet No. 5 (Anza Borrego) (1999)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company
Duration: 12:30. “Inspired by a visit to the American deserts across the Southwest.” 2 movements.
Wind Quintet No. 6 (Postcards from Kyoto) (2001)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company
Duration: 9:30. 6 movements.
Wind Quintet No. 7 (2 Chords and a Melody) (2005)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company
Duration: 16:30.
Wind Quintet No. 8 (Weeping Breezes) (2006)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company
Duration: 13:30. 3 movements.
Wind Quintet No. 9 (Arcadia) (2008)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company
Duration: 15:00. 3 movements.
Wind Quintet No. 10 (Three Sonatas) (2011)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company
Duration: 16:30.
also:
They Will Take My Island for woodwind quintet and string quintet
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company
The string quintet consists of 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass.
Martin, Theresa(1979- )
Passage (2019)
From the composer: https://www.theresamartin.net
Martinček van Grob, Peter (1962- )
Wind Quintet (1983)
Music Center Slovakia, http://hc.sk/en/ (out of print?)
Duration: 15:00.
Martinez, Joan Carles(1959- )
Impressions sobre tela
Barcelona: La mà de guido, http://www.lamadeguido.com/
Dos poemes (2 Poems)
Barcelona: La mà de guido, http://www.lamadeguido.com/
Martínez Garcia, Daniel
Parajes (2013)
In the repertoire of the Quinteto de Alientos de la Ciudad de México (Mexico City Woodwind Quintet).
Martino, Donald (1931-2005)
Concerto for Wind Quintet (1964)
U.S.: Ione Press, Sole selling agents, E.C. Schirmer, 1970 /
Newton, MA: Dantalian, 1998
This is not a concerto with orchestra (or other ensemble), but a quintet work. Recorded CRI 230. Duration: 16:09.
Barbera Secrist-Schmides explains that this work’s solos “are elegantly contoured lines of cadenza-like scope emerging out of denser patches, only to be consumed within the next polyphonic block.”
Arthur Cohn says that the “influence of Elliott Carter pervades the piece…”
Martinon, Jean Francisque Etienne (1910-1976)
Domenon, ou, Musique pour Quintette à Vent, Op. 21 (1939)
Paris: Gerard Billaudot, 1969 / Paris: Editions M.R. Braun, 1969
Arthur Cohn says this is “richly voiced, beautifully chorded…” and “romantically timbred…”, but “linked to French classicism.”
Martins, Maria de Lourdes
Martinsson, Rolf (1956- )
Blaskvintett, Op. 17 (1986)
Stockholm: Svensk Musik
Duration: 7:30. Written for Camerata Lyckensis (Agneta Wihlstrand, flute; Kenneth Sträng, oboe; Håkan Johansson, clarinet; Christer Thörnquist, horn; Jerry Algotsson, bassoon) See also the composer’s website: https://www.rolfmartinsson.com/ .
Coloured Flames, Op. 63b (2004) for flute, oboe d’amore or English horn, clarinet, horn, bassoon.
1 movement. Duration: 11:40. Commissioned and recorded by the Amadé Quintet on Naxos, Daphne Records.
Suite for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 98 (2014)
Carl Gehrmans Musikforlag
11 movements. Duration: 18:00. Written for the Crusellkvintetten (in Sweden).
also:
Monogram, Op. 30 for tuba and woodwind quintet
Svensk Music (SMIC)
Movements: 1. Preludium; 2. Allemande; 3. Courante; 4. Sarabande 1; 5. Musette; 6. Rigaudon; 7. Menuett; 8. Sarabande 2; 9. Cadenza; 10. Gigue. Duration: 22:00. Premiered by Sven-Olof Juvas with the Mälarkvintetten.
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959)
Wind Quintet (1930) H. 187. (reported as lost)
Composed in 1930, it was never published. The autograph score was owned by Miloš Šafránek until the 1960s, when he sold it to a secondhand bookshop in Prague (without making a copy).
See the article about Bohuslav Martinu in our Roaring Twenties Woodwind Quintet Series.
Merry Christmas 1941 (arr. Roger Ruggeri)
Copyright 1989 Hope Castagnola and Roger Ruggeri.
Tango, from Film en miniature (arr. David Bussick)
Tempe, Arizona: Whichpond Music, 2010
also:
Nonette No. 1, H. 144 (1924-25) for woodwind quintet and violin, viola, cello and piano
Listed in Grove Music Online as incomplete. However, a note on the International Music Score Library Project site, states that it was unpublished, but was (rarely) performed. It was intended for and dedicated to members of the Czech Philharmonic. Today, only portions of the manuscript are known to exist.
Nonetto en fa majeur, H. 374 (1959) for woodwind quintet and violin, viola, cello, and bass
Prague: Státní Nakladatelstrví, 1959 (co-published with Bärenreiter)
Second edition: Prague: Editio Supraphon, 1979. Performing parts were published by the Czech Music Fund, in Prague, in 1961.
Also listed as Nonet No. 2. Movements: 1. Poco allegro; 2. Andante; 3. Allegretto. Duration: 16:00. Score and parts are available for download for those countries where it is in the public domain from the International Music Score Library Project, http://imslp.org/wiki/Nonet_No.2,_H.374_(Martin%C5%AF,_Bohuslav)
There’s also a Sestetto for woodwinds and piano.
Márton, István (or Marton, Ishtvan)(1924-1996)
Wind Quintet
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
Movements: I. Introduction; II. Allegro scherzando; III. Ritornell; IV. Andante con moto; V. Ritornell; VI. Finale.
Marttinen, Tauno (1912-2008)
Suite for Wind Quintet from the opera Faaraon kirje (The Pharaoh’s Letter), Op. 241 (1982)
Helsinki: Suomalaisen musilikin tiedotuskeskus – Finnish Music Information Centre
Movements: 1. Introitus, 2. Andante, 3. Allegretto, 4. Andantino, 5. Moderato, 6. Larghetto.
also:
Der Busenfreund, Op. 129 (1977) for bass voice and woodwind quintet
Helsinki: Music Finland http://musicfinland.fi/en/
Hameenlinna: Edition Tilli, 2017
Flute doubles on piccolo. Duration: 10==7:00. German Lyrics by Wilhelm Busch.
Eskos trinklied, Op. 128a (1977) for bass voice and woodwind quintet
Helsinki: Music Finland http://musicfinland.fi/en/
Duration: 6:00. German lyrics by Kivi Aleksis.
4 Nonets (for woodwind quintet and violin, viola, cello, bass) (1963, 1968, 1973 and 1985)
Helsinki: Suomalaisen musiikin tiedotuskeskus (Helsinki: Music Finland http://musicfinland.fi/en/)
Nonett I, Op. 19 (1963)
Nonett II, Op. 41/2 (1968)
Nonetto III, Op. 79 (1973)
Nonet IV, Op. 248 (1948)
Maruta, Shōzō (1928 or 1938- )
Divertissement für Bläser-Quintett (1959)
Tokyo: Ongaku no Tomo Sha, 1965
Marvia, Einari (1915-1997)
Quintet, Op. 8 (1945)
Helsinki: Fazer AB
Quintet is a revision of an earlier Wind Quartet written in 1936.
Marx, Karl (1897-1985)
Bläserquintett über Gesänge aus der Südsee (Quintet on Songs from the South Seas), Op. 69 (1973)
Obviously not the economist and political theorist, Karl Marx.
Mascagni, Pietro (1863-1945)
“Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana (arr. Adam Lesnick)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus, 1995
Lovely arrangement of the symphonic interlude from the opera. Pairs well with Lesnick’s arrangements for his Puccini Album (see Puccini). [ Andrew Brandt ]
“Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana (arr. Ray Thompson)
Published by the arranger
Arranged in 2012, the score and parts are available under a Creative Commons license from the International Music Score Library Project, http://imslp.org/wiki/Cavalleria_rusticana_(Mascagni,_Pietro)
“Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana (arr. Frank Jordan)
Reynard Music Publications, http://reynard.dpwww.co.uk/
“Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana (arr. David Bussic) for double woodwind quintet
Tempe, Arizona: Whichpond Music, 2011
Mascall, Richard(1972- )
Dreadlocks ‘n’ Dreidels (2009)
The composer says this piece invented Klezmer Reggae style. The woodwind quintet version was first, later arranged for clarinet solo and string quartet, and solo clarinet and orchestra. Written while the composer was Composer-in-Residence with the Georgian Bay Symphony.
Mašek, Vincenc Vačlav (1755-1831)
Allegretto con Variazioni for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns
Mashima, Toshio
Aegean Gentle Breeze
Duration: 11:39. Recorded by the Tokyo Wind Quintet in 2011 (Atsushi Ichinohem, flute; Naoki Sugiura, oboe; Shuhei Isobe, clarinet; Masato Yoshinaga, horn; Masaru Yoshida, bassoon).
Maske, Dan (1971- )
The Uncharted (1997)
Duration: 7:00. Premiere: May 9, 1997, Graduate Composition Recital, Univ. Wisconsin. See also http://danielmaske.com/.
Maslanka, David (1943- )
Quintet No. 1 (1984)
Carl Fischer facsimile edition, 1996
or available from the composer on his website, http://www.davidmaslanka.com/ .
Duration: 20:00. See also: http://www.davidmaslanka.com/ . Recordings of these quintets are available on the website.
One of the movements of Quintet No. 1 includes clarinet reed and mouthpiece, with the pitch changed by inserting a finger into the bottom of the mouthpiece. All of Maslanka’s works have challenging parts. Some movements use repetitive patterns in the style of minimalism. Different. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Quintet No. 2 (1986)
Carl Fischer facsimile edition, 1996
Movements: Deliberate; Duration: 22:00. Both Quintets #1 and #2 are recorded by the Missouri Wind Quintet on Cambria Master Recordings (Box 374, Lomita, CA 90717). Recordings by the Bergen Wind Quintet are on YouTube: 1st movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srr-07dCmpg ; 2nd movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLxasXcHhTw ; 3rd movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSPaqGuOL2c .
I’ve performed both the 1st and 2nd quintets. Our quintet’s consensus was that Quintet No. 2 is the better one, but both are well crafted and original. Excellent pieces for both performers and audience. Both quintets are very challenging technically, especially for the clarinet, but the oboe generally gets the best solos! [ Andrew Brandt ]
Quintet No. 3 (1999)
Carl Fischer facsimile edition, 1996,
or available from the composer: http://davidmaslanka.com/
Duration: 27:00. Recordings of the first and third movements performed by WindSync (from 2 performances) are available on YouTube. First movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqp-AVQfPMI ; Third movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7M_qVEZxPs
A much newer quintet than numbers 1 & 2, but the compositional style hasn’t changed a lot. A quick reading reveals lots of extreme technical challenges and the movements seem even longer (and repetitious) than those of the first two quintets. Definitely for the professional-level quintet. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Quintet for Winds No. 4 (2008)
David Maslanka Press http://davidmaslanka.com/
See website for recording and sample score, too. Duration: 20:00.
Three movements. A single listening from the website confirms Maslanka’s ability to switch quickly from lyrical to high-energy virtuosic writing, although the second movement is unusually pensive and quiet. Sounds like it requires a professional quintet to pull it off. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Maslanka also has Blue Mountain Meadow, Missoula for woodwind quintet and piano.
Mason, Daniel Gregory (1873-1953)
Divertimento, Op.26b (1926)
New York: M. Witmark, 1936
Duration: 9:30 Movements: 1. March; 2. Fugue. The first movement is entitled a March, but there is a slower, more Romantic-sounding middle section that, to these ears, is the best part of the piece. Mason’s Op. 26a is a Divertimento for Two Pianos, and it seems likely that the quintet version is a straight-forward transcription of the pice for winds.It has been recorded by the Calico Winds on Albany’s Troy label 693, on an album titled Vintage America: A Musical Meritage.
See the article about Daniel Gregory Mason in our Roaring Twenties Woodwind Quintet Series.
Mason, Lowell (1792-1872)
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (arr. James Gilbert)
James Gilbert Music; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Lowell Mason was grandfather to Daniel Gregory Mason, above.
Mas Quiles, Juan Vicente (1921- )
Danza de los Oficios, Windquintet
Netherlands: Molenaar Edition
Duration: 3:00. Available from Presto Sheet Music, prestomusic.com.
Massarani, Renzo(1898-1975)
Canções for soprano and woodwind quintet
Born and trained in Italy, studying with Respighi, Massarani’s works were banned when Mussolini took power due to his Jewish ancestry, in spite of the fact he had previously supported the Fascists. He escaped to Brazil in the 1930s and stayed, becoming a Brazilian citizen in 1945. He did not, however, perform or republish his works in Brazil and many have come to light only since his death. The title suggests the text of the songs is in Portuguese. Because of his music used to celebrate the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, the most informative biography I found was with the The Olympedia.
Massenet, Jules Emile (1842-1912)
“Instant Charmant” from Manon (1884) (arr. Richard Price)
Available from Richard Price, 75 Loughlin Ave., Cos Cob, CT 06807 USA, 203/629-2498.
Features English horn.
Massimo, Leone (1896-1979)
Müsik für Bläserquintett (1955)
Full name: Leone Enrico Giuseppe Siegfried Lelio Principe Massimo, of an old aristocratic Roman family. He studied with Ottorino Respighi, Walter Courvoisier and Charles Koechlin. The work may be unpublished. See also: https://www.tobias-broeker.de/rare-manuscripts/m-r/massimo-leone/ .
Massis, Amable (1893-1980)
Thème et Variations pour quintette à vent
Paris: Pierre Noel, 1955
Paris: G. Billaudot, 1967
Masson, Paul-Marie (1882-1954)
Suite Pastorale
Mastalir, Jaroslav (a.k.a. Maštalíř, Jaroslav) (1906-1988)
1. Bläserquintett, Op. 15 (1933)
2. Bläserquintett, Op. 37 (1941)
3. Bläserquintett, Op. 41 (1943)
Sonatina (nonet) (1975) for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns.
Prague: Czech Music Information Centre (Hudebni Informacni Strediska), https://www.musicbase.cz/
Nonet, Op. 21 for woodwind quintet, violin, viola, cello and double bass
Prague: Czech Music Information Centre (Hudebni Informacni Strediska), https://www.musicbase.cz/
Matamoros, Gustavo (1957- )
El Circo (1981) for woodwind quintet, bass clarinet and alto saxophone
Matamoros was born in Caracas, Venezuela, studied in the U.S. and appears to have settled in southern Florida.
Matarazzo, J.
Quintet
Orinda, Cal.: Camara Music Publishers
J. Matarazzo is probably Joseph J. Matarazzo, who also wrote under the name Joe Matt (1935-2013) of Philadelphia.
Matasovsky, Anton (1925-2013)
Bläserquintett, Op. 13
Apparently a distinct work from the 7 Dances and the 4 Moments. Listed in the Music Austria database.
7 Tanze für Bläserquintett, Op. 59 (2004)
Slovak born composer who moved to Vienna, Austria. see also: www.mica.at/composerdb/.
4 Momente mit Blaserquintett, Op. 105
also:
El Schaddai, Vocal Fuge für Chor und Bläserquintett, Op. 23
Matatola, Leevi
Evening Star (arr. by Carol Richter)
Manuscript only
Matchett, Steve(1957- )
Wind Quintet No. 1 (2008)
Houston, TX: Gulf Wind Music Press.
Movements: I. Prelude and Interactions; II. Reminiscences; III. Rondo. Duration: 23:15. Written for and premiered by the Scirocco Winds. See http://www.gulfwindmusic.com/windquintet1.html . See recording at New Music USA. The composer’s website is: http://www.gulfwindmusic.com/stevematchettcomposer/ .
The Star-Spangled Banner (by Smith and Key), (arr. Steve Hatchett) for woodwind quintet
Gulf Wind Music Press
Matěj, Josef (1922-1992)
Bläserquintett (1949)
Bläserquintett (1956)
Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Duration: 10:00.
Mateju, Zbynek (Matějů, Zbyněk) (1958- )
Divny den (A Strange Day) for Wind Quintet (1982)
Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Duration: 11:00. Flutist plays piccolo. See also the composer’s website: http://zbynekmateju.com/ .
Ma-tse-Chung
Quintet (1934)
Peking (Beijing)
Mather, Bruce (1939- )
Eine Kleine Bläsermusick (1975)
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Duration: 9:00. Commissioned by the Ayorama quintet through the Canada Council. The Canadian Encyclopedia has a good article on him.
also:
Piano Concerto for piano, woodwind quintet, and string quartet (1958)
Mathias, William (James) (1934-1992)
Quintet, Op. 22 (1963)
London: Oxford University Press, 1976
Duration: 15:40. Movements: Introduction and March; Waltz; Scherzo; Elegy; Recitative and Dance.Commissioned by the BBC and first performed by the Dennis Brain Wind Quintet in 1963. This work was recorded by the Westwood Wind Quintet in 1983 for Crystal Records. A non-professional recording of the first three movements by an otherwise unidentified University Wind Quintet at CSU, Long Beach is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9ycTxjO5Ib0 . The fourth movement (and first and second) is available on other videos of the Madison Winds. The final movement doesn’t appear to be available online.
Matoušek, Lukáš (1943- )
Wind Quintet (1987)
Duration: 9:00.
also:
Viderunt omnes fines millenii (1999) for woodwind quintet and strings
Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/
Matsudaira, Yori-Aki (or Yoriaki) (1931- )
Parallax (1963) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and saxophone
Composer is son of Yoritsune, listed next. This work, however, is not included on the composer’s website, at least not in English: http://www.komp.jp/yoriaki_e.html .
Matsudaira, Yoritsune (1907-2001)
Dialogue Choreagraphique (Dialogo coreografico)(1967) for woodwind quintet, harp, 2 pianos, percussion
Matsumura, Tom
To God be the Glory, a hymn setting for five-part woodwind ensemble
Nashville, Tenn.: Broadman Press, 1985
Alternate parts: clarinet 2 (for oboe), alto saxophone (for horn), tenor saxophone (for horn), and bass clarinet (for bassoon)
Matthes, René (1897-1967)
Scherzi e Notturni (1959)
self published
Duration: 12:00
Mattheson, Johann (1681-1764)
Gigue (arr. Eberhard Ramm)
Bellingham, WA: Medici Music Press, 1985
Originally for harpsichord. Suites, harpsichord, no.10.
Matthews, Colin (1946- )
Five Concertinos for Wind Quintet (1990)
London: Faber Music, 1997
Electronic reproduction: HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
Alto flute doubles on piccolo, E-flat clarinet doubles on bass clarinet. Each Concertino features one of the instruments of the ensemble. Movements: Quasi Improvisando (oboe); Molto vivo (bass clarinet); Molto meccanico (bassoon); Calmo (piccolo); Agitato (horn). Recorded by the Haffner Wind Ensemble. Duration: 11:00. The work was commissioned by the Bath Festival for Ensemble Intercontemporain. Dedicated to Henri Dutilleux. Recorded on NMC Recordings. (See link on the composer’s website: https://colinmatthews.net/
also:
To Compose Without the Least Knowledge of Music (1991) for woodwind quintet and bass clarinet
London: Faber Music
Duration: 10:00. A realization of A Musical Dice game ascribed to Mozart.
Colin Matthews explains, “The rules of A Musical Dice Game – first published in 1793 and ascribed to Mozart as K. 516f (with more than a little likelihood of authenticity) – allow for the throw of the dice to determine the order of 176 bars of given musical material, so organized as to produce each time by chance a 16-bar waltz. Obviously the rules have to be strictly obeyed if the waltz is to come out right. Although I have obeyed the rule – except for the fact that I used randomly-generated numbers instead of throwing the dice 176 times to get my eleven variations – I’ve also applied further random operations in variations 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11; allowed for the dice to fall sixteen times in succession on ‘8’ in variation 7; and subjected the instrumentation to chance in variation 10.”
Suns Dance for piccolo, oboe, bass clarinet, contrabassoon, horn, string quartet and double bass (1985)
London: Faber Music
Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta. Duration: 17:00. Composer is brother to David Matthews, below.
Colin Matthews has also written Rainbow Studies for winds and piano.
Matthews, Michael (1950- )
Away, Tear Away (2003) for woodwind quintet and electroacoustic sounds (on CD)
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Commissioned and premiered by the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet. The title was inspired by a fragment of the poem Spell Against Sorrow, by British poet Kathleen Raine (1908-2003). See http://www.michaelmatthews.net/. A three-minute excerpt of a recording is available on the composer’s website.
El Viento Helado (2007)
Available from the composer (see website above)
Flutist doubles on alto flute and piccolo; clarinetist doubles on bass clarinet. Duration: 13:00. Title taken from a poem by Antonio Machado. A short excerpt of the score is available on the composer”s website, as is the poem which inspired the work (in Spanish, with English translation).
Matthias, Mathew (1934- )
Quintet, Op. 22
Oxford University Press
Mattie-Klickman (?)
Victoria Gavotte
There’s a possibility that this is an arrangement of Carl Bohm’s “Victoria Gavotte” from his Salon-Kompositionen, Op. 327, No. 10 (for piano), which might explain the hyphenated names, possibly arrangers. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Maturana, Eduardo (1920-2003)
Quinteto para instrumentos de viento (1961)
Santiago: Universidad de Chile, Instituto de Extension Musical
Movements: Preludios; Tema con variaciones; Finale. A recording and a microfiche archive of the work are available from the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile (National Library of Chile) in Santiago.
Matys, Jiri (1927-2016)
Detske balety (Children’s Ballet for Woodwind Quintet), Op. 26 (1959)
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Hudba pro dechovy kvintet [Music for Wind Quintet] (1969/1970)
Praha: Panton, 1974 / Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
It appears this is also sold under the title, “Three Movements for Winds.” The first movement is for flute, clarinet and bassoon; the second for oboe, clarinet and bassoon; the third for flute, oboe, and horn. Duration: 10:00.
Suite for Wind Ouintet (1984)
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation), 1988
4 Movements: Moderato; Vivo; Allegro moderato; Vivo energico. Duration: 12:00.
Matz, Rudolf (1901-1988)
Pet stavaka: za duhacki kvintet (Five Pieces for Woodwind Quintet)
Zagreb: Drustvo Hrvatskih Skladatelja, 1972, Series: Ars Croatica /
Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
Composer is Croatian.
Mauldin, Michael (1947- )
Etude in Phrygian Mode (1969)
A prize-winning student composition premiered by the Washburn University Wind Quintet in 1969. Duration: 4:55. See http://www.mmauldin.com/
Canyon Light, four scenes for woodwind quintet (1989)
Available from the composer http://www.mmauldin.com/
Movements: Morning prayers; River music; Shimmering heat; Sunset.
Aki’s Story for Narrator and Woodwind Quintet (1994)
Commissioned by the Albuquerque Wind Quintet, with a story by
Penny Raife Durant. Duration: 15:00.
Mauldin has also written Voices from Chaco for piano and woodwind quintet.
MaultsBy, Carl (also Maults-By)
The Journey for woodwind quintet, African and Latin percussion and drum trap (2003)
3 movements. The Journey is the result of a 2003 New York State Council of the Arts commission, written for the Quintet of the Americas. (N.B. The ‘B’ in MaultsBy really is capitalized.)
Still Rockin’ in Jerusalem
Other than the title and that it is listed as a woodwind quintet, I’ve found no info on this work, as intriguing as the title is.
Maury, Lowndes (1911-1975)
Quintet for woodwinds (1945) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon
New York: American Music Center, newmusicusa.org
Different resources list this as for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet and horn or, alternatively, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet and bassoon (which would fit the title better). Movements: Prelude; Nocturne; Scherzo. Lowndes Maury appears to have been known in the Hollywood film industry as Lou Maury.
Three Essays in Style
New York: American Music Center, newmusicusa.org
Movements: I. Allegro vivace; II. Adagio; III. Variations on a theme of Purcell — Finale. Copy of the score manuscript is in the University of Washington library in Seattle. Actual mss. appears to be in Archives West, the Orbis Cascade Alliance.
Tom Thumb and the Giant
New York: American Music Center, newmusicusa.org
Maxwell, Charles (1892-1962)
Droll Story “Now make ye merry, my hearties–” (1948) from “Dissertations for Wind Quintet”
Far Hills, New Jersey: Horn Realm, 1949
Woodwind Quintet (1961)
Far Hills, New Jersey: Horn Realm, 1949
Movements: Capriccio; Intermezzo, quasi cantilena; Romanza buffa.
Maxwell, James Beckwith (1968- )
pensare (2006)
See http://www.rubato-music.com/home/JBM_Home.html
Flute doubles on piccolo; oboe doubles English horn; clarinet doubles bass clarinet; bassoon doubles contrabassoon. Duration: 16:00. See http://www.rubato-music.com/. N.B., many titles by Mr. Maxwell are written only in lower case letters, such as this one.
According to the composer, “This piece was originally composed with the acoustics of the Vancouver Art Gallery Rotunda in mind. It is quite a reverberant space, with a curiously high level of low frequency noise …. There are many instances in which the instruments are intended to ‘chase’ their own decay, creating a sort of continuity of sound not obvious in the written score. … subsequent performances are best programmed in ‘lively’ acoustic spaces (though a similar, and quite interesting effect could be achieved in a dry space using amplification and digital or ‘sampled’ reverb).”
See also James Beckwith Maxwell’s Sextet with piano.
Maxwell, Michael(1920- ?)
Sinfonietta (1984, revised 1986) for double woodwind quintet
BMIC
Duration: 15:00. Do not confuse Michael Maxwell with Michael Maxwell Steer.
Mayer, John (Henry) (1930-2004)
Kriti (1990) for woodwind quintet, percussion (tanpura) and piano
Leighton Buzzard, England: Lopes
Optional tanpura part is improvised. Mayer was born in Calcutta and much of his music is a fusion of Western and Indian music.
Mayer, Richard(1948- )
Komorni Symfonie (Chamber Symphony) (1983) for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and violin
Mayer, William (1925- )
Yankee Doodle Fanfare
Ithaca, NY: Nichols Music Co., 2004
For brass or woodwind quintet. See also: http://williammayer-composer.com/.
also:
Essay for Brass and Winds (1954) for woodwind quintet, brass quintet, percussion
London: Boosey & Hawkes
Work includes solos for each of the 11 players. Written for the New York Brass Quintet for concerts they gave with the New York Woodwind Quintet. See audio excerpts at http://williammayer-composer.com/ .
From the composer’s website: The first movement could safely be called a passacaglia, save for an interlude and the ending in which the theme is inverted for the first time. The theme itself is built on an alternation between whole and semi-tones and between a minor and a major seventh. While the first movement exploits the sustained, lyrical qualities of the instruments, the second exploits their secco and satiric possibilities. One programmatic touch involves a raucous trombone heard near the beginning of the second movement. It reminded me of that overly loud and drunken voice so often heard over the din of a cocktail party in its later stages.
Good King Wenceslaus for woodwind quintet, trumpet, trombone and piano
Theodore Presser
Based on an A. A. Milne fantasy. See http://williammayer-composer.com/ .
Mays, Walter A. (1941- )
Quintet
New York: Independent Music Publishers
Mazas, Jacques Féréol(1782-1849)
Mazas Suite (arr. John Cook)
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
Arrangements of etudes by the violinist Jacques Féréol Mazas, from Etudes Brillantes, Op. 36: Etudes Nos. 3, 8 and 26.
Mažulis, Rytis(1961- )
Non in Commotione (2008) for woodwind quintet, string quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) and recorded sounds
Duration: 15:00. See also: http://www.mic.lt/en/classical/persons/info/99?ref=%2Fen%2Fclassical%2Fpersons%2F41 . There is another version with the same title for folk singers, flute, clarinet, strings and tape.
Mazurek, Ron (1943-2007)
Voices (1979)
New York, NY: Seesaw Music, 2003
The Mirror of Wisdom (1987)
McAlister, Clark (1946- )
The Lion and the Mouse (woodwind quintet and narrator)
Boca Raton, Florida: Masters Music Publications, 1996
Includes text by A. J. Wood.
Shepherd’s Christmas Music
Boca Raton, Florida: Masters Music Publications, 1994
Very unusual arrangements of “Patapan”, “Fum, fum, fum”, “Coventry Carol” “Noel nouvelet!” “Silent Night” “Il est né, le devin Enfant”. A bit over-arranged for my taste – the cleverness of the arrangements overshadow the original carols. [ Andrew Brandt ]
In Dulci Jubilo (Christmas Chorale Preludes) (arr. Clark McAlister)
Boca Raton, Florida: Masters Music Publications
In dulci jubilo by Praetorius
Noël Suisse by Louis-Claude Daquin
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her by Johann Pachelbel
Noël sur les flûtes by Louis-Claude Daquin
Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) from George Frideric Handel’s Messiah
Noël “Venez diin messie” by Nicolas Lebègue
In dulci jubilo by Dietrich Buxtehude
Noël Puer nobis nascitur” by Pierre(?) Dandrieu
also:
Lou’s Mountain Bread for wind quintet, string quartet and double bass
Le Rideau rouge, prélude et petite chaconne, for wind quintet, string quartet and double bass
The Moon In The River, for woodwind quintet, string quartet and double bass
Agreste, for woodwind quintet, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass
Bottom’s Dream for solo contrabassoon and wind nonet
Boca Raton, Florida: Masters Music Publications
The instrumentation is solo contrabassoon, 2 flutes (both doubling piccolo), oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns.
Jeux d’Eté (1989) for double woodwind quintet
Maecenas Music, http://maecenasmusic.co.uk/
Second flute doubles on piccolo; 2nd oboe performs exclusively on English horn. May be out of print.
A Quilting Bee, Four Diversions on American Folk Songs (2002) for double woodwind quintet
Maecenas Music, http://maecenasmusic.co.uk/
Duration: 12:00. A video of the work is available on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ypj71yQ6jw
McAllister, Bill
Six Easy Quintets
Blackwood, S. Australia: Kangaroo Music, 2003
Three Miniatures
Imagine Music; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
McAllister, Scott (1969- )
With Growing Wind and Tide
lydmusic.com,
Duration: 11:40. See http://lydmusic.com/Lydmusic/About_Me.html .
McBride, Robert (1911-2007)
Cuatro Milpas (1941)
New York: American Composers Alliance, Composers Facsimile Edition, 1952
First performance was on a Latin American tour by the League of Composers Quintet. Duration: 3:00.Based on a Mexican folk song.
Robert McBride was both a composer and a performer on oboe, clarinet and saxophone for both jazz, theatrical and classical ensembles. In 1941 he toured South American with the League of Composers Woodwind Quintet and it appears that the Cuatro Milpas would have been written specifically for that tour. That quintet included five composer-players: David Van Vactor, flute, Alvin Etler, oboe; McBride on clarinet, Adolph Weiss, bassoon, and John Barrows, horn. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Jam Session (1941)
New York: The Composers Press, 1944 /
Northbrook, Illinois: Opus Music Pub., Inc. /
Bryn Mawr: Elkan-Vogel
Duration: 3:00. “Won first place in the Composers press publication award contest for 1943.” First performance of the Jam Session was on the same Latin American tour by the League of Composers Quintet that he composed the Cuatro Milpas for.
Arthur Cohn in “The Literature of Chamber Music” calls this “a fast-kinetic, jazz-banked, scherzo-type of piece.”
Five Winds Blowing (1957)
New York: American Composers Alliance /
New York: McGinnis & Marx
Duration: 8:30.
Fanfare for Young People (1971)
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1971
Duration: 2:00.
Home on the Range (1961)
Tucson, Ariz., R. McBride, 1962 /
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1992
Duration: 3:00.
Mexican Dance (1962)
New York: American Composers Alliance, Composers Facsimile Edition, 1962
Duration: 3:00.
Pajarillo Barranqueño, Mexican folksong (1972)
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1977
Duration: 1:00.
Rock ’em Cowboy (1961)
New York: American Composers Alliance, Composers Facsimile Edition, 1962
Duration: 3:00.
Serenade to Country Music (1965)
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1965
Duration: 3:00.
McCabe, John (1939-2015)
Postcards (1991)
London: Novello, Bury St. Edmunds: Exclusive distributors, Music Sales Limited, [2003?], 1991.
Duration: 15:00. See http://www.johnmccabe.com/.
Symphony for 10 Wind Instruments (double woodwind quintet) (1964)
London: Novello
For 2 flutes (piccolo, alto flute), 2 oboes (English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns. Movements: Allegro; Lento; Vivo; Lento; Vivo; Lentol Duration: 18:00.
Desert I: Lizart (1981) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and percussion
London: Novello, 1981
Other Deserts are for different subjects and scorings.
See also McCabe’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Quintet.
McCall, Brent (1940-2019)
Quintet (1969)
Duration: 8:45.
McCall, Harlo Edward (1909-1979)
Two Tunes from Mother Goose
San Antonio: Southern Music, 1958 /
Cincinnati: Albert J. Andraud, 1939
Includes Three blind mice go modern; Rock-a-bye, swing-a-bye, baby.
McCall, Maurice Henderson(1943-2017)
Ledom (1971)
Listed in “Woodwind Music of Black Composers.” Multiple sources list this as a woodwind quintet, but exact instrumentation is not given so it could be an unconventional scoring. No publisher or other info found.
McCarter, Kevin (1956- )
Prelude and Fugue (1997)
New York: American Music Center, published by the composer
Duration: 8:00. Score can be downloaded from http://library.newmusicusa.org/ . Biography on http://www.composersforum.org
As Through a Prism for woodwind quintet, trumpet and percussion ensemble
Published as a Dissertation at Ball State University, 1994
McCarthy, Daniel William (1955- )
Tales of the Donner Expedition (1995)
Medfield, MA: Dorn Publications
Greensboro, North Carolina: C. Alan Publications, 2007
Contact the composer http://www.under.org/cpcc/dmccarthy.htm .
Oboe doubles on English horn. 6 Movements: 1. Westward Ho!; 2. Midwest: Plains and Valley; 3. Of Dog Meat and Hide; 4. Children Play, Children Die; 5. The Lake; 6. The Forlorn Hope. Duration: 8:00. Program notes at www.amc.net/composers/. See also: http://www.c-alanpublications.com/.
also:
Black Belt, White Cadillac for alto sax with woodwind quintet
Greensboro, North Carolina: C. Alan Publications
Movements: I. Taeguek Pal jung. Poomse of Yin, Earth, and North; II. Koryo. Yang, Strength in Hands; III. Cruisin’ the white cadillac; IV. Black belt, white cadillac. For recording, score and program notes, see: http://www.c-alanpublications.com/.
McCartney, Paul (1942- ) & Paul Lennon (1940-1980)
“Yesterday” & “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” (arr. Michael P. Buckley)
Chicago, Ill.: Opus Music, 1975
(See listing under Lennon for commentary.)
McCollin, Frances (1892-1960)
Diversion for Five Instruments (1943)
McCombe, Christine (1967- )
Five Pieces (1997)
Australian Music Centre, http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
also listed by the Scottish Music Centre
Flute doubles on alto flute, Clarinet doubles on bass clarinet. Duration: 10:00.
McCombie, Alan (1933-1998)
Prelude and Fugue
Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England: Emerson Edition, 2002
McDaniel, William Foster(1940- )
Woodwind Quintet
Listed in “Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography.”
There are two African-American musicians going by the name of William Foster McDaniel, including one with the dates 1925-2010 who was a university music educator and band director. I believe the woodwind quintet listed here is by the McDaniel who was a Fulbright Scholar, active as a conductor on Broadway, a composer, and performer with the Antara Ensemble in New York City. The amount of info online is a bit thin, though, and none of the biographies specifically mention this work. [ Andrew Brandt ]
McDaniel, William J[oseph] (1918-2009)
Woodwind Quintet No. 1
Ottawa: Contemporary Publications (?)
Again, there are many William McDaniels in the literature. It is probably safe to say that this composer is NOT the retired U.S. Navy Admiral. I think this is this William Joseph McDaniel whose archives are kept at Western Kentucky University (see https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/). [ Andrew Brandt ]
McDowall, Cecilia (1951- )
Winter Music (1992)
London: Hunt Edition, 2001
The first performance was by the Sheridan Wind Quintet, at St. Martins-in-the-Field in March, 1992. 3 movements. See also: https://ceciliamcdowall.co.uk/
The Blackbird (ca. 2011) for voice and woodwind quintet
Oxford, London: Oxford University Press, for Goodmusic Publishing, 2011
Based on a Welsh folksong, “The Blackbird,” translated by Margery Hargest Jones into English. Duration: 3:30. Recorded on the Deux Elles label, DXL 1033.
Ms. McDowall writes: “An attractive and accessible wind quintet in three movements. The first and last, full of character and humour, encompass a thoughtful and poignant middle movement that draws its inspiration from Schubert’s Winterreise. Written in memory of the compser’s father.”
Subject to the Weather (2010)
Oxford, London: Oxford University Press, for Goodmusic Publishing, 2011
Based on a Welsh folk song, “The Blackbird,” as inspiration, but also Wesley”s hymn, Aurelia, better known as “The Church’s One Foundation.” Commissioned for the 2010 ‘Creating Landscapes’ education and community project by Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Limited with funds from Arts Council England. The first performance was given by The Galliard Ensemble wind quintet on 30 August 30, 2010, at St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne.Recorded by the Sunderman Wind Quintet on Con Brio Recordings in 2018. The score and extended program notes are available on the composer’s website (see above).
There seems to be a chilly theme also with McDowall’s Arctic Circle for quintet and piano.
McEwen, John Blackwood (Sir) (1868-1948)
Under Northern Skies (1939)
Scottish composer.
McGinn, John R.
A Few New Tricks (1995, rev. 2005)
New York: American Music Center /
Duration: 11:15. Uses A and B-flat clarinets. PDF and sound files at http://library.newmusicusa.org/.
According to the composer, “this newly revised version is lively and humorous, a lot of fun. A clear ‘circus’ motif is indicated in the titles of the five contiguous movements: (1) Fooles (Ta-Dah!), (2) Conjurer, (3) Charmer, (4) Juggler, and (5) Big Finish! Both the old and new versions have proved highly popular with audiences.”
McGinnis, Michael David
Recital of electro-acoustic music (1994)
Score represents only the acoustic portion of the recital. Thesis (M.M.)—East Carolina University, 1994.
McGuire, Edward (1948- )
Kaleidoscope Fanfare (2003) for double woodwind quintet
unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
One flutist plays piccolo exclusively. See also: http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/members/edward_mcguire/home/. (Note that the last time I checked, the SMC site was not working.)
also:
Songs of New Beginnings for female voice and woodwind quintet
From the composer
A setting of poems of new beginnings by Marianne Carey. Duration: 17:00.
McGuire, Michael
The Lyle Men of Stephenson Hall
Recently recorded by members of the U.S. Air Force’s Heartland of America Band on an album entitled “Brass and Woodwind Quintets.” Now available on YouTube in two sound files. The band has officially been deactivated, but you can ask if any recordings are still available by calling the Director of Operations at Offutt AFB, NE. Phone: 402/294-8192. T
The recordings are now available on YouTube. After a listen, I found the 2 movements (one slow-ish, one fast-ish), to be pleasant and well-crafted biographical essays on two friends of the composer, but nothing terribly exciting, either (although the last few bars rev up to something interesting). Probably appropriate for a mid-level quintet of good proficiency; but a professional quintet has many better choices from this list. [ Andrew Brandt ]
McGurty, Mark (1955-2006)
Woodwind Quintet (1985)
US composer.
McIntosh, Diana (1937- )
Patterns and Digressions (1991)
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Duration: 14:00. Commissioned by the York Winds. See http://www.dianamcintosh.com/.
According to the composer, the work “is written in the minimalist style where a musical phrase is repeated many times. The piece reflects the idea of a journey that five people are taking and periodically one or two of the individuals go off in their own conversation, and then come back and join the group.”
McIntyre, Paul (1931- )
Fantasy on an Eskimo Song (1962)
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre, 1962
Commissioned by the Alaska Festival of Music, 1962 for the Westwood wind quintet. Duration: 10:00.
McKay, David Phares (1927- )
Bagatelles for General Washington, suite for woodwind quintet
Delaware Water Gap, Pa.: Shawnee Press, 1974
Based on music by several colonial/early American era composers: Carr, Benjamin, (1768-1831) Washington’s March; Duport, Pierre Landrin, (1762-1841); and two tunes from The Singing Master’s Assistant by William Billings, “Rose of Sharon.” and “Chester.” ¶ Flute doubles piccolo; oboe doubles English horn, but the piccolo and English horn are only used for the first six measures of the work, off-stage. Otherwise the work is for standard quintet.Duration: 10:00. It appears that Mr. McKay uses thematic material from these colonial tunes, but they are not straight arrangements. Therefore the music is weaved into 4 movements: Intrada fugue; March; Ayre; Finale.
Colonial Band Music: for woodwind quintet(arr. David Phares McKay)
Delaware Water Gap, Pa.: Shawnee Press,
Originally for various unspecified instrumental ensembles, keyboard instrument, vocal ensemble, or chorus. Duration: 12:00.
Flagg, Josiah: Trumpet tune with fuging section
Hopkinson, Francis: Overture by the Earl of Kelly
Selby, William: A Lesson: 1. Allegro , 2. Andante , 3. Jig
Holyoke, Samuel: Masonic Processional March No. 1
Billings, William: Three Billings Tunes: Chester; Judea; Jargon.
Joyful Dance (1949)
Bryn Mawr: Theodore Presser, 1967
McKay, Francis Howard (1901-1985)
Bainbridge Island Sketches (“Five Lyric Miniatures”) (1947)
C. L. Barnhouse, Co., Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1947
Five very short, easy movements. “The Old Sailor,” “The Swing,” “At Sunset,” “Nocturne,” & “Woodland Pipers.”
3 Nautical Characters (mis-attribution)
Although listed as a work by Francis Howard McKay in many library catalogs and in the German-language Wikipedia (there is no entry in English), it is a mis-attribution of the Three Nautical Characters by George Frederick McKay (see next composer). The two McKays were contemporaries in composing for American education ensembles and even shared the same publisher. [ Andrew Brandt ]
McKay, George Frederick (1899-1970)
Three Sea Sketches
C. L. Barnhouse Co., Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1954
Movements: 1. Sea birds, 2. Chanty, 3. Bon voyage. Duration: 6:00.
Woodwind Quintet, Op. 11 (1932, but also listed as 1930 or 1937)
Joyful Dance
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser
New York: Mercury Music Corp., 1949
Three Nautical Characters (1956)
Oskaloosa, Iowa: C. L. Barnhouse, 1956
Notated to be performed by a woodwind quintet, but the horn part is optional. Three short movements: 1. Sailor Jack; 2. A Mermaid; 3. Barnacle Bill. A “conductor‘s score” is available at http://www.barnhouse.com/~barnhous/samples/pdf/111-0110-00.pdf . Intended for student ensembles.
Although many library catalogs list this quintet as being by Francis Howard McKay, the publisher’s website clearly attributes this work to G. F. McKay, as does the George Frederick McKay website. [ Andrew Brandt ]
McKelvy, James & Elizabeth DeEncarnacion
Deck the Halls (in Seven-Eight Time)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus
Flute has option of doubling on piccolo. It appears that James McKelvy created the 7/8 version of Deck the Halls and Elizabeth DeEncarnacion did the quintet arrangement. The first composer known to use the tune, however, was Mozart, who was probably quoting a much older tune.
McKinley, Carl (1895-1966)
Suite for Five Instruments (1935)
McKinley, Thomas Lawrence
Six Bagatelles
Duration: 8:30. Recorded by the Georgia Woodwind Quintet on Atlanta, GA: ACA Digital Recording, 1996
McKinley, William Thomas (1939-2015)
Quintet in One Movement (1980)
Newton Centre, Massachusetts: Margun Music, 1983
Clarinet doubles bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet, flute doubles alto and piccolo, oboe doubles English horn. Duration: 20:00.
also:
Nonet for String Quartet and Woodwind Quintet (2005)
3 movements plus and optional interlude movement. Premiered by the Quintet of the Americas and Quartetto Latino Americana. Flute doubles on piccolo.
McKinnon, John (1954- )
Movement for Wind Quintet (1984)
New York: American Music Center
Written as part of a dissertation for PhD from the University of Iowa in 1984. Not to be confused with the composer/accordionist John McKinnon born in 1923.
McLaughlin, Marian (a.k.a. Mrs. Thomas R. Ostrom) (1923- )
Six Fragments (1963)
Published in Pan Pipes, 1968
McLean, Hamilton Gordon (1906- ?)
Rondo
Chicago: Cole Publishing Co., 1975
McLoskey, Lansing(1964- )
Woodwind Quintet – Hardwood (2012)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company, 2013
Duration: 20:00. 5 movements: I. Burnished splinters; II. Variation 1: Cornus florida; III. Variation 2: Ironwood; IV. Variation 3: Alternate Leaf; V. Quaking – Peak. This work was written for a joint commission by the International Clarinet Association, the International Double Reed Society, the International Horn Society, and the National Flute Association. More information and a recording by the Madera Wind Quintet is available on the composer’s website: http://www.lansingmcloskey.com/hardwood.html
also:
#playlist for reed quintet: English horn, B♭ clarinet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet and bassoon.
New York: American Composers Alliance, 2019
McMillan, Ann (1923-1994)
Cloud Forest (1990) woodwind quintet with recorded sound
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 14:00. Commissioned and premiered by the Quintet of the Americas.
Ms. McMillan was an editor for RCA and Columbia records, and also assisted Edgard Varèse before she became noted for combining traditional instruments with recordings of environmental sounds. She worked for recording and broadcast studios both in France and in New York and received Fulbright and Guggenheim fellowships and other grants and awards. See her impressive biography on her American Composer Alliance webpage.
McNamara, John
Woodwind Quintet (1959)
American Music Center, 1959
McNeff, Stephen(1951- )
Introduction, Theme and Variations
Kenley, Surrey: Maecenas Music, 2005
Duration: 12:00. See also: https://www.stephenmcneff.co.uk/
McNeil, Jan Pfischner(1945- )
Epithets for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and trumpet
Flute doubles on alto flute; oboe doubles on English horn. Movements: Leisurely; Slowly; Quickly; Languidly; Briskly. In the library of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
McPeek, Benjamin D. (1934-1981)
Quintette for Woodwinds (1961)
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Duration: 8:00. 3 movements.
McPherson, Gordon (1965- )
Impersonal Stereo (1992)
Scottish Music Centre
McQueen, Ian(1954- )
Alice First and Last (1984)
Scottish Music Centre
Duration: 8:00. Movements: I, Wood of No Name; II. Tango (The Walrus and the Carpenter) an instrumental “setting” of Carol’s poem; III. Tweedledee and Tweedledum is partly a “recitative” based on Lewis Carol’s text; IV. The White Knight; V. Humpty Dumpty’s March; VI. Epilogue (A Boat beneath a Sunny Sky) “sets” Carol’s final poem appended to the book. Included in a list of McQueen’s works for young players or amateurs. See also: http://www.ian-mcqueen.co.uk/.
McTee, Cindy Karen (1953- )
Wind Quintet I (1981)
Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1981.
Duration: 10:00. Thesis (Ph. D.)—University of Iowa, 1981. On the composer’s website, https://www.cindymctee.com/ , the work is marked as a student work or withdrawn.
McWain, Andrew
Windward Variations (1997)
Fuller Street Music (ASCAP), PO Box 79106, North Dartmouth, MA 02747-0991 USA or University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Meacham, F. W. (Frank White) (1856-1909)
American Patrol (1885) (arr. David Burndrett)
Pub. By David Burndrett; see http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Meachem, Margaret(1922-2017)
Six Gaping Beaks, from Haiku for soprano, flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet and 2 percussion (1976)
New York: American Music Center
Performers also speak. Based on Haiku poetry by Issa Kobayashi (18th century poet). The work is listed elsewhere as a woodwind quintet, although Worldcat.org and NewMusicUSA.org disagree on whether to use oboe or trumpet and whether to use 1 or 2 percussionists.) See http://library.newmusicusa.org/ .
Mead, Andrew Washburn
Serenade for Wind Quintet (1991)
Duration: 24:00. Movements: Grazioso; Giocoso; Espansivo; Scorrevole e leggiero; Declamento/Risoluto.
Meale, Richard G. (1932-2009)
Quintet for Winds (1969 or 1970)
Wien: Universal Edition, 1975
5 movements. Second movement, in particular, uses complex changing meters. See Arthur Cohn, “The Literature of Chamber Music,” for more info. Duration: 15:45. Dedicated to the University of Adelaide Wind Quintet. See also: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/ .
Plateau (1971)
London: Universal Edition, 1972
Duration: 9:00. Recorded by the Adelaide Wind Quintet on CD OASD-7565. See also: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/. See Cohn for more info.
Means, David S.
Music for percussion and double wind quintet (1974)
Thesis (M. Mus.)—Northern Illinois University, 1974.
Meckler, David C. (DC)(1960?- )
Symmetry Jumps, a woodwind quintet in hybrid rondo-variation form (1987)
In the archives of the MidAmerican Center for Centormporary Music.
Medaglia, Julio (1938- )
Det is die Brasilianer Luft, Suite Popular Brasileira
Berlin: Verlag Neue Musik; see also Trevco.
Dedicated to the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet. One movement, ‘Choro em Berlin,’ appears to have been recorded separately by a number of quintets.
Piccolo Andante
Edition Viento
Features piccolo throughout (hence the title).
Belle Epoque en Sud-America (1977)
New York: Ponteio Pub., 2004 /
Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo Music Publishing (reprint edition), 2007
Written for and recorded by the woodwind quintet of the Berlin Philharmonic. Duration: 10:40. Movements: I. El Porsche Negro – Tango; II. Traumreise nach Attersee – Vals Paulista; III. Requinta Maluca – Chorino. 3rd movement requires clarinet in E-flat. It appears that the Trevco edition includes a choice of alternate flute parts. A couple of video recordings are available on YouTube, notably by the Veits Quintet, and also on Musica Brasilis
Written for professional quintets, this suite includes virtuosic solo work for most of the ensemble (most notably for flute, oboe, B♭ clarinet and, in the finale, E♭ clarinet). Rubato is required for solos and is written in for the entire ensemble as well. A feel for South American musical style certainly wouldn’t hurt. With its popular music roots, the work is also a crowd-pleaser. Highly recommended. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Medeiros, Anacleto de(1866-1907)
Tema Saudado
Recorded in 1977 by Quinteto Villa-Lobos. Probably arranged specifically for them.
Slower 3/4 melodic piece with simple accompaniment. Features flute and oboe and clarinet, particularly. Probably my least favorite piece on the recording by the Quinteto Villa-Lobos (The recording by Quinteto Villa-Lobos is now available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Az9ScQGHEDs .) See the article on the Cracked Reed Blog about Quinteto Villa-Lobos for a link to the recording. See also Ronaldo Miranda, below, for his Variações Sérias sobe um tema de Anacleto de Medeiros. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Medek, Tilo (originally Müller-Medek) (1940-2006)
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (I. Bläserquintett) (1966)
Celle: Moeck Verlag, 1983 /
Leipzig: Edition Peters, 1970
Milano: G. Ricordi
Flute doubles on piccolo. Duration: 14:25. Dedicated to the composer’s father, “In Memoriam Willy Muller-Medek,” who is listed below. (Also see Arthur Cohn, “The Literature of Chamber Music,” for more info.) See also: http://medek.net/
Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (Bläserquintett Nr. II) (1974-76)
Celle: Moeck, 1983
Milano: G. Ricordi
Duration: 16:15. Movements: Pavane; Valse sentimentale; Ragtime; Augenspiel (“Eye play”); Siciliano; Tarantella. Flute doubles on piccolo. See also Arthur Cohn, “The Literature of Chamber Music.”
Bläserquintett Nr. III (1979)
Celle: Moeck Verlag, 1990
Milano: G. Ricordi
Duration: 23:35. Movements: Im Gehaeuse; Schattengang; Nach jiddischer Art, Vorhangfassade. Quintets 1, 2 and 3 were recorded by the Stuttgarter Bläserquintett in 1984.
Bläserquintett Nr. IV (1989)
Celle: Moeck Verlag, 1997
Milano: G. Ricordi
Flute doubles piccolo, oboe doubles English horn. Duration: 23:00. Movements: Dulcian; Bauernpfeife; Schalmei; Tibia traversa; Aulos; Vox humana; Cornett.
Blaserquintett Nr. V (1999 or 2002)
Remagen, Germany: Edition Tilo Medek, 2003
Duration: 14:00. Movements: Eigenleben; Stadtansicht; Gedenken; Zerrissen.
VI. Bläserquintett (Sixth Woodwind Quintet) (2002/2003)
Remagen: Edition Tilo Medek, 2008.
Duration: 21:00. Movements: Phoenix; Ikarus; Eule; Adler, gleitend.
Dezett für Doppel-Blèserquintett (1993) for double woodwind quintet
Remagen: Edition Tilo Medek, 2008, http://www.medek.net/
For 2 flutes (2nd doubles on piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubles English horn), 2 clarinets in A and B♭ (2nd doubles bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (2nd doubles contrabassoon), 2 horns. Movements: I. Hanka; II. Janko; II. Aber das Mädchen erging sich im Garten; IV. Steh auf Knecht, füttere die Pferde; V. Ich bin das arme Waisenking; VI. Die Witwe hat den Sohn geheiratet. Duration: 13:00.
Nonett in neun Sätzen (1974) for woodwind quintet and quartet of strings (violin, viola, cello and bass)
Leipzig: Edition Peters, 1977
Duration: 20:00.
Nonett Nr. II (1996) for woodwind quintet and quartet of strings (violin, viola, cello and bass)
Remagen, Germany: Edition Tilo Medek, 2008.
Duration: 16:00. Movements: Initial; Fabel; Idyll; Punctum.
Tilo Medek also wrote several works for quintet and keyboards.
Mederacke, Kurt (1910-1983)
Divertimento, Op. 36
Leipzig: F. Hofmeister, 1960
Wernigerode, Germany: Robert Ostermeyer Musikedition
Mederacke was a bassoonist as well as a composer.
Bohmische Suite (Bohemian Suite), Op. 43 (1948)
Leipzig: F. Hofmeister, 1948
Movements: Praludium; Scherzo; Adagio; Polka; Finale. Duration: 24:00.
Serenade, Op. 56
Wernigerode, Germany: Robert Ostermeyer Musikedition
Movements: Allegro moderato; Presto; Molto moderato; Allegro spiritoso.
Medlin, Laura
Quintet No. 1 (1990)
Laura Medlin is a composer, teacher and clarinetist in the New York area, as well as a project manager and trainer for a law firm. She can be contacted on LinkedIn.
Meek, Charles
Slumber Suite
The composer is possibly the bassist, Charles Meek, but I’ve found no other info. Not to be confused with the bassoonist Richard Meek.
Meester, Louis De (1904-1987)
Divertimento (1946)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1962
Full name was Louis August Edmond Hendrik De Meester. Duration: 16:00. Movements: Kalm (Calm); Gezwind (Lively); Ernstig (Seriously); Schertsend (Jokingly); Droomerig. Recorded by the Quintette à vent de Bruxelles. See Arthur Cohn, “The Literature of Chamber Music.” for more info.
also:
Vlaamse Volksliederen 2 for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, timpani and tape
Vlaamse Volksliederen 3 for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, timpani and tape
Megias López, Sonia(1982- )
Pequeña Suite Peninsular (2004)
Madrid: EdicionesDelantal (Megias López’s press) https://edicionesdelantal.es/
Written for the Quinteto de viento de la Unión Musical de Almansa. Duration: 5:00. Performed by the Washington Square Winds and several other quintets. A sample (of one of the pieces) is available on the composer’s website (by two different quintets).
According to the composer (translated from Spanish by Google): “It is a tonal-modal work, written mostly in the key of E-flat Major and its diatonic modes. It is divided into four parts: Preludio, Jota, Muñeira and Bulería, each of which has characteristics of different folk dances from the Spanish geography: the jota from Aragon and Castilla, the muñeira from Galicia, and the bulería from Andalusia; The prelude also contains musical elements from southern Spain.” Further notes on the composer’s website explain that the members of the quintet also supply some percussive effects for the different dances (representing castanets, tamborine and foot-stomps).
JudiCanciones (version 2 for woodwind quintet) (2009, revised 2022)
Madrid: EdicionesDelantal, https://edicionesdelantal.es/
Duration: 10:00.
Mehler, Friedrich (1896-1981)
6 latar och visor fran Gotland (6 Gotland Songs?) (1979) for woodwind quintet and singer (ad lib.)
Stockholm: Svensk Music
Movements, Polska, Skordevisa, Den forsta gang i varlden, Jag spelar och jag dansar, En bygdens tarna, Groddapolska.
Fem gotlandska danser (or Vijf dansen uit Gotland – Five Gotland Dances)(1975)
Stockholm: Svensk Music
Duration: 11:00. Movements: Polka; Laugrenspolska; Vals; Gubbdansen; Akermanspolska.
Mehmari, André(1977- )
Festa dos Bichos (2015) for woodwind quintet and string quintet
Contact the composer: https://www.andremehmari.com.br
Mehrtens, Janine (1954- )
Quintet (1991)
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1993, digital download available
Duration: 5:00.
Meier, Jost (1939- )
Bläserquintett (1967)
Vuarmarens, Switzerland: Editions Bim, http://www.editions-bim.com/, Swiss Composers Series
Duration: 12:40.
Meier, Roger
“Du Bout des Bois au Bout des Levres” (1979) (Rough translation: “Paying Lip Service”)
Premiered by the Dorian Wind Quintet on March 14, 1979 in Geneva.
There is a Swiss composer named Roger Meier born in 1971, but it seems unlikely that he would have composed this particular work as an 8-year-old. So this is probably a different Roger Meier.
Meijering, Chiel (1954- )
Great Balls of Fire (1989)
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1989
Duration: 7:00. According to a note (in Dutch), E♭ clarinet could substitute for flute. See also: https://www.chielmeijering.com/
Hop sa sa (2003/4)
Amsterdam: MuziekGroep Nederland: Donemus, 2004
Duration: 3:30.
Arabazz (2008)
Unpublished, See http://www.chielmeijering.com/
This appears to be for reed quintet, not woodwind quintet. Duration: 10:40.
Flying Buddhas (1993) for double woodwind quintet
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1993
2nd flute doubles alto flute. Duration: 13:00.
Winterkill (1987) for woodwind quintet and percussion
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1987
Percussionist performs on antique cymbals (or Glockenspiel), marimba and snare drum. Duration: 7:00. See Donemus’s website for a score excerpt.
Achterlangs (1989) for gamelan ensemble, wind quintet and percussion
De vrouw die eieren uitbroedt (2006) for oboe, 2 clarinets (doubling bass clarinet), alto saxophone and bassoon
Amsterdam: Donemus, 2006
See Meijering’s Septet for piano and winds and more.
Meister, Karl (1903-1986)
Serenade
Manuscript
The composer is NOT the tenor Karl Meister (1875-1945), probably not the the writer about Latin and German literature, nor the baseball player. He did publish several pieces of chamber music and piano works, plus he appears to have experimented with combining electronic and traditional sounds later in his career.
Mekeel, Joyce (1931-1997)
An Insomnia of Owls for Woodwind Quintet (1984, revised 1985)
Manuscript is in the archives of the Harvard University Library.
Melartin, Erkki (1875-1937)
Ars Antica (arr. Kari Karjalainen)
Fennica Gehrman
Melbinger, Timothy (1968- )
Wind Quintet (1993)
Published by the composer, https://www.timothymelbinger.net/
Duration: 24:00. Recorded on Nine Winds Records.
Wind Quintet No. 2 (2008)
Written for the Arcadian Winds. 3 movements. Duration: 14:00. See score, program notes and sound files for the outer movements onhttps://www.timothymelbinger.net/ .
Melby, John (1941- )
O, Wind, If Winter Comes… (2014)
New York: American Composers Alliance, 2014
Duration: 12:30. See also http://www.johnmelby.com/.
See Melby’s Sextet with piano.
Melikyan, Hrachia (also spelled Grachya?) (1947-2006)
Quintet No. 1 (1990)
Vuarmarens, Switzerland: Editions Bim, 2005, http://www.editions-bim.com/, Armenian Composers Series
Duration: 13:50. See also: http://hrachyamelikyan.com/ .
According to flutist, Alain Ehkirch, “It is an expressive work deploying a strong dramatic character leading into serenity. Melikyan’s writing exploits the extreme technical, musical, and emotional resources of the performers who share his level of profound musical sensitivity while the roots of his music remain firmly implanted in the traditions of the Armenian cultural and musical experience.”
Mellin, G.
Menuet Badin for double woodwind quintet
Andraud (now Southern Music in San Antonio, Texas)
Paris: Evette & Schaeffer (1800s)
The composer might be the hornist George (or Georges) Mellin. A copy of the work is available in the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Mendelsohn, Alfred(1910-1966)
Sapte Miniaturi pentru cvintet de suflători (7 Miniatures for wind quintet with optional chamber orchestra accompaniment), 1961
Bucareşti: Editura Muzicală, 1963
Duration: 10:15.
6 studii pentru cvintet de suflători (Six Studies for Wind Quintet)
Duration: 11:50..
Mendelsohn, J. Arko(1867-1940)
Figurate Hymn
New York, Boston: C. Fischer, Inc., 1939
This Mendelsohn was a German-born, New York based composer.
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)
arrangements
Andante Sostenuto (arr. John Jay Hilfiger)
PEL Music Publications
“Consolation” from Songs without Words, Op. 30, No. 3
Markham, ON: Eighth Note Publications, 1997; see also http://www.windmusicsales.com/
“Intermezzo” from A Midsummers Night Dream, Op. 61 (arr. Charles Newell Boyd)
New York: Carl Fischer, 1970
Figurate Hymn (arr. ?)
New York: Carl Fischer
Kinderstück (arr. Taylor)
San Antonio: Southern Music
“Notturno” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Op 61 No. 7 (arr. Gregory Cukrov)
For Flute, English horn, clarinet, horn and bassoon.
Eduardo Rodriguez describes this as “a very nice arrangement. I played it several times.”
Nocturnes, Op. 24 (arr. Donald Patterson) for double woodwind quintet
Salem, Connecticut: Cimarron Music Press
Octet, Op. 20 in E♭ Major (arr. Hugh Bowman) for double woodwind quintet
Hubow Music, 2002 (See also June Emerson Wind Music)
Originally the string octet from 1825 in four movements. Duration: 35:00.
Octet, Op. 20 in E♭ Major (arr. Samuel Baron) for double woodwind quintet
Premiered by the University of Missouri-Columbia’s Missouri Arts Quintet at Carnegie Hall, New York on January 6, 1989. Probably unpublished.
Quintet in F Major based on the Piano Sonata, Op. 6 (1825) (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Original is in E major. Duration: 22:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Quintette en mi♭ majeur (based on the String Quartet, Op. 12 no. 1) (arr. David Walter)
Paris: Gerard Billaudot Editeur, 1994
Duration: 24:00. Movements: 1. Adagio non troppo – Allegro non tardante; 2. Canzonetta: Allegretto; 3. Andante espressivo; 4. Molto allegro e vivace.
Rondo Capriccioso in E-flat Major, Op. 14 (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Manuscript. Performed by the Aulos Quintet.
For woodwind quintet. Original piano work is in E Major. Duration: 6:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ . See also Renz’s version for woodwind quintet and string quintet, above.
Rondo Capriccioso in E Major (arr. Jane Taylor)
Trevco Music Publishing
In the original key.
Rondo Capriccioso in E-flat Major, Op. 14 (arr. Wolfgang Renz) for dectet, woodwind and string quintets (2 violins, viola, cello, double bass)
Original piano work is in E Major. Duration: 6:00. See: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ . See also Renz’s woodwind quintet version, next.
Rondo Capriccioso in E-flat Major, Op. 14 (arr. Michael Axtell) for double woodwind quintet
Published by the arranger, axtellmusic[at]gmail.com
The original piano work was in E major.
Scherzetto, Op. 102, No. 3 (arr. Albert Seay)
Old Greenwich, Conn.: Jack Spratt, 1951 / New York: McGinnis & Marx
So-so arrangement with some light Mendelssohnian flair. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Scherzo, Op. 61, No. 1, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (arr. Friedrich Gabler)
Wien: Doblinger
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Notturno, Scherzo, Song of the Fairies, Dance of the Clowns, Finale (arr. Gudrun Hinze)
Seattle, WA: ALRY Publications, 2014.
“Scherzo” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 (arr. Friedrich Gabler)
“Scherzo” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 (arr. Gunther Schuller)
Margun Music
Scherzo aus der Musik zu Shakespeares Ein Sommernachtstraum, Op. 61
Wien: Doblinger, 1984
Music zu Shakespears Sommernachtstraum, Overture (Op. 21) & Op. 61 (arr. Wolfgang Renz) for speaker and dectet, woodwind and string quintets (2 violins, viola, cello, double bass).
Includes The Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21, and Op. 61 numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13. Duration: 42:00. See: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Octet for strings in E♭ major, Op. 20 arranged for double woodwind quintet (arr. Hugh Bowman)
Hubow Music, 2002 (see June Emerson Wind Music)
Duration: 30:00.
Scherzo, Intermezzo und Notturno zu Shakespears Sommernachtstraum, Op. 61, Nos. 1, 5 and 7. (arr. Wolfgang Renz) for woodwind quintet and four strings.
Arranged for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass.Duration: 13:00. See: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Scherzo, Op. 110 (arr. Jospe)
New York: Carl Fischer, 1970
Scherzo a Capriccio in A Minor (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Manuscript. Performed by the Aulos Quintet.
Original key is F-sharp minor (fis-moll).5:00.
Song without Words, Op. 62, No. 4 (arr. Antonio E. Cafarella)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Volkwein Bros., 1957
“Spinning Song” from Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4) (arr. Thomas Bourgault)
Delevan, NY: Kendor Music, 2015
Duration: 2:00. Includes an alternate bass clarinet part in lieu of bassoon.
Song without Words, No. 67 (arr.)
White-Smith, 1951
Trois Fantaisies ou Caprices, Op. 16 (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Originally for piano. Arranged for woodwind quintet. 12:00. The arranger also has a version for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola and double bass.
Scherzo a Capriccio für das Album des Pianistes (arr. Wolfgang Renz) for woodwind quintet and four strings
Arranged for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola and double bass. Duration: 13:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Two Marches: Trauermarsh & Kinderstück Op. 72 (arr. Ian Harrold) for double woodwind quintet with optional trumpets
Gloucester: IH Music
Mendoza, Emilio [Mendoza-Guardia] (1953- )
Secretos (1979) sextet for flute in G, clarinet, English horn, bassoon, horn and trumpet
Copies in Indiana University Music Library, Bloomington and in The National Library of Israel
PDF and sound files at http://prof.usb.ve/emendoza/emilioweb/partituras/partituras_instru.html . Duration: 4:35. The sextet was premiered during the World Music Days Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) in the Kibbutz Shefayim in Israel in 1980. Originally published by the composer in Venezuela.
Work is based on a single chord with timbre, volume and voicing changing as the work progresses. Requires a quintet comfortable in playing softly. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Fanfarria for Wind Sextet (1979) for woodwind quintet and trumpet
Duration: 9:00. These two works create the two movements of a work called “Sexteto.”
Mendenhall, James W.
Baroque Concerto Suite
Portland, Or.: EditionsVIENTO, 2003
Arrangements of works, each featuring one of the instruments, by Antonio Vivaldi (featuring the flute), Alessandro Marcello (oboe), Johann Sebastian Bach (clarinet), Georg Philipp Telemann (horn), Antonio Vivaldi (bassoon).
Mengal, J. J.
Ecco Ridiente al Cielo
Golden River Music
Mengal, Martin-Joseph (1784-1851)
3 Quintette
Paris: Ignaz Pleyel (19th century)
Composer was a hornist and a student of Anton Reicha. So it’s no surprise it was recorded by the Reicha’sche Quintett.
The three quintets titles and recorded lengths are:
1. Quintetto tiré des œuvres de Haydn (22:27)
2. Quintetto tiré des œuvres de Mozart (28:47)
3. Quintetto tiré des œuvres de Beethoven (23:41)
Mengal also wrote 2 Quintets for 2 flutes, 2 horns and bassoon, both in D Major, published by Ostermeyer.
Quintet after Mozart in B-flat Major
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
Should be the same work as “Quintetto tiré des œuvres de Mozart” above.
Quintet after Beethoven in B-flat Major
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
Quintet after Haydn
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
Quintett nach Themen von Rossini (arr. Robert Ostermeyer)
Leipzig: Ostermeyer, 2007
Mengelberg, Misha (or Misja) (1935- )
Omtrent een Componistenactie (“Concerning a Composer’s Action”) (1966)
Amsterdam, Donemus, 1966
5 scores are necessary for performance, so for binding purposes each score is labeled as a part. You can download the score from Donemus’s webshop, but note that the score is 43 pages. Duration: 22:00.
also:
Hello Windyboys (1968) for double woodwind quintet
Menken, Alan(1949- )
Suite from Disney’s Aladdin(arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
Curtis Vander Hyden is hornist with the Blythwood Winds
Suite from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast(arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
Suite from Disney’s The Little Mermaid(arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
Menter, Carl (or Karl)
Sérenade amusante, Op. 1399, for woodwind quintet or for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon and 2 horns.
Hannover: Edition Louis Oertel, 1910?
Each reference to a work titled “Serenade” by “Menter” offers a slightly different title or a different orchestration, ranging from quintet to septet. This might be the same Serenade published by Andraud under the name “Menter” (no first name given), even though that is listed as a sextet for quintet and 2nd clarinet. Previously, I thought that edition was by Sophie Menter (who was possibly Carl’s sister), but that seems less likely, now. This could easily be solved by going to the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, exhuming their copy of the serenade, then digging up an early Andraud publication of Serenade, and then comparing the two sources.
Mercury, Freddie (originally Frederick Bulsara)(1946-1991)
Bohemian Rhapsody (arr. Mike Walton)
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
For student quintets. Yes, the tune is by a member of the band, Queen.
Merendino, Rosario Pius(1931-1997)
Bagatelle Fantasiose
Roma: Edi-Pan, 1982
Merikanto, Oskar (1868-1924)
Ukko Noa, variatsiooneilla (arr. Jorma Panula, 1980)
Helsinki: Music Finland http://musicfinland.fi/en/
Includes 4 of the original (12+) variations: Var. 7, Marcia funebre; Var. 9, Valse; Var. 10, Polka; Var. 12, Alla marcia. Oskar Merikanto is father to composer Aarre Merikanto.
Meriläinen, Usko(1930-2004)
Impression for wind quintet, percussion, piano, viola, cello and double bass (1965)
Helsinki: Suomalaisen musilikin tiedotuskeskus – Finnish Music Information Centre
Duration: 6:00.
Divertimento for wind quintet, harp, viola and cello (1968)
Edition Bosworth
Duration: 18:00.
Mersson, Boris (1921-2013)
Musik fur Bläserquintett, Op. 20 (1960)
Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1968 /
Adliswil, Switzerland: Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia
Movements: Conversation; Meditation; Soliloque. Duration: 10:00. See: https://www.musinfo.ch/en/personen/autoren/?pers_id=155&abc=M
Kleine Plauderei (1966)
Munchen: Edition Modern, Hans Wewerka Musikverlag, 1970
Duration: 3:00.
Divertimento in sol maggiore (1970) based on 2 sonatas by Beethoven, Op. 49
Edition Bosworth
Messiter, Arthur H. (1834-1916)
Rejoice! Ye Pure in Heart (arr. Tim Rumsey)
Pub. by Tim Rumsey. See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Messner, Joseph (1893-1969)
Bläserquintett, Op. 57 (1942)
Messner, Karl (1923-2016)
Bläserquintett (Blaaskwintet) (1990)
manuscript
Recorded on Sica Sound Music label. Duration: 7:05.
Suite Nostalgie für Bläserquintett (1986)
Freiburg?: Bohne & Schulz (Hans Ferdinand Schulz Verlag?)
Duration: 12:00. 5 movements.
Mestres Quadreny, Josep Maria (1929- )
Satalia (1994)
Barcelona: Ediciones la mà de guido, 2008, http://www.lamadeguido.com/
Duration: 10:00. Movements: I. Andante; II. Moderato; III. Vivo. A score may be downloaded from La mà de guido’s website, which takes it’s name from the Guidonian hand, a solmization technique from the 12th century. See also: http://www.lamadeguido.com/mestres.html.
Metallidi, Zhanneta Lazarevna (1934-2019)
Siuita (1975)
Leningrad, Moskva: Soviet Kompozitor, 1975
Weinsberg, Germany: Heinrich Klassen
Movements: Allegro giocoso; Allegretto; Andante; Allegro vivo.
Wind Quintet (1972)
(Listed in New Groves Online, this could be an errant listing for the Siuita, above.)
Métral, Pierre (1936-1996)
Variations (1964)
Darmstadt: Edition Tonos
Metzko, Brandyn
Treatments
Pub. By Brandyn Metzko
It appears to be an educational 12-tone work for more advanced student ensembles. [ Andrew Brandt ]
“Lamento d’Arianna: Lasciatemi Morire” by Claudio Monteverdi (arr. Brandyn Metzko)
Available on free-scores.com
Meulemans, Arthur (1884-1966)
Premiere Quintette à Vent (1931)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1957
Duration: 12:00.
2de Kwintet voor Blazers (1932)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1932, 1957
Duration: 11:00.
3e (Troisième) Quintette à Vent (1958)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1961
Duration: 18:00.
See also Meulemans’ Aubade for quintet and piano.
Mevorach, Rafael (1945- )
Woodwind Quintet (2004)
From the composer: Music of Rafael Mevorach,
Meyer, James
Woodwind Quintet (1989)
Saint Louis, MO: MMB Music, 1996
There is also a Folk Song Suite for woodwind quartet by James J. Meyer, who may be the same composer. A WorldCat entry also lists it as a woodwind quintet, but I think that may be erroneous.
Meyer, Jean(1920-1993)
Bavardages, cinq pieces breves en canon
Paris: Editions Chappell, 1971
Meyer, Johann David (1905?-??)
Intermezzo, Op. 411 (1968)
It’s always sad when a composer’s existence is so undocumented that it cannot even be confirmed online. It is likely this is a 20th century work. Hoever, there is a Johann David Mayer (or Meyer) listed in Grove’s, 1636-1696. There is a small possibility that this is actually an arrangement an intermezzo by the older composer.
Meyer, René (René Urs Meyer) (1949- )
Melodia, Op. 3 (1971)
New York: American Music Center (now NewMusicUSA.org), 1993
Duration: 19:00.
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (1971)
A work in 3 parts. The only reference is a (very unsatisfying) MIDI recording of the work on YouTube. It could be another title for the Melodia listed above.
Ranz des vaches (2018)
Another MIDI recording on YouTube. A Ranz des vaches is a tune used by Swiss herdsmen to call cows from the pasture to the stables for milking. (FWIW, if I was a cow, I wouldn’t respond to this piece.)
also:
Ciconia Ciconia (1978), Concertino for Contrabass with oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, Op. 18
Duration: 14:00. First performed in the 1978 International Double Bass Competition.
Meyer-Tormin, Wolfgang (1911-1988)
Kleines Quintett für Blaeser (1951)
Berlin, Bote & Bock, 1964
A catalog listing for a woodwind quintet of 1952 appears to be erroneous.
Meyerowitz, Jan (1913-1998)
Quintet (1954)
New York: Rongwen Music Inc.
Composer was born Hans-Hermann Meyerowitz.
Meza, Vinicio (1968- )
Dansoneando
Portland, Oregon: Editions Viento; see Trevco Music
1 movement. See also: http://www.viniciomeza.com/ .
Como fue
See http://www.viniciomeza.com/
See the website also for the titles below and for a variety of woodwind octets.
Linda Costa Rico
Naima
Pampa
Ticas lindas
Tiny capers
Tres Piezas Estadounidenses
Volver
Take the A Train (by Duke Ellington) (arr. Vinicio Meza)
Miagi, Ester Kustovna (1922- )
Ostinato (Wind Quintet) (1962)
Moscow: Muzyka, 1964
Duration: 5:00. See also: https://www.emic.ee/
Micha, Raymond(1910-2006)
Deux Croquis Rustiques (2 Rustic Sketches)
Stavelot, Belgium: Editions Musicales Bayard-Nizet. http://www.bayard-nizet.com
Movements: La Maison des Ancêtres; Jeux devant la Chapelle. Duration: 5:00. Recorded on an LP by the woodwind quintet, Le Pentacle.
Michael, Frank (1943- )
Serenata Piccola, Op. 18c (1967)
Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1971
Duration: 7:00. See comments in Arthur Cohn, “The Literature of Chamber Music,” 1997. To the best of my knowledge, this Frank Michael is the German composer and flutist, not to be confused with the Italian-Belgian singer with the stage name Frank Michael, nor with the composer Frank Michael Beyer, nor with the film composer David Michael Frank, nor the songwriter Michael Franks. (I think that covers the options.)
Michel, Jean-François (1957- )
Chanson a Morphee
Woodbrass Music SA
Duration: 9:00.
Michel, Paul Baudouin (1930-2020)
Hommage à François Rabelais, Op. 8 (1960)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1972
5 movements pay homage to the French 16th century writer and physician. Movements: Introduction and Humoresque; Fugato; Theleme; Funebre; Finale. Duration: 16:00. Arthur Cohn, in “The Literature of Chamber Music,” 1997, tells us that the Abbey of Theleme was the Utopian setting for a life of wisdom for both sexes. Duration: 16:00. See also: https://catalog.b-bc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?idx=&q=Michel%2C+Paul+Baudouin.
Decentrement, Op. 110 (1980)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM)
Duration: 16:00.
also:
A la Mémoire des Enfants Morts, Op. 175 (1999) for 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons and 1 contrabassoon.
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM)
Duration: 5:30.
See Paul Michel’s Engrenage for woodwind quintet and piano.
Michel, Wilfried (1943-1997)
Blasmusik (1972)
Munich: Edition Modern
Micka, Vit (1935- )
Dechovy kvintet (Woodwind Quintet) (1975)
See http://www.musicbase.cz/compositions/5260-dechovy-kvintet/ .
Middleton, Horace E.
Variations on Annie Laurie, Op. 1 (1905?)
London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1912
The only biographical info I can find on this composer is that he was “appointed in 1905 Musical Director of the Kings’ Theatre, Hammersmith, London.” The tune in the work is apparently based on a song by Alicia Ann Scott, using the text of a traditional Scottish folk song, written 1838.
Mielenz, Hans (1909-1996)
Weihnachtsmusik, Op. 91 (1970)
Manuscript; See also Niedernhausen, Germany: Noten Roehr
See https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Mielenz-Hans.htm for biography. He also wrote under the pseudonym Peter Rambo.
Divertimento in Jazz, Op. 93 (1972)
Manuscript
Duration: 16:15.
Mignone, Francisco (Paulo) (1897-1986)
Primero Quinteto para Sopros (1960)
Manuscript copy at the University of Akron Bierce Library (Akron, Ohio, USA)
Recorded by the Quinteto Villa-Lobos.
II Quinteto en Fa (para flauta, oboé, clarineta si♭, fagote e trompa (corno)) (1961)
Copies of the manuscript are available at several libraries in the United States (see WorldCat)
See also Mignone’s two sextets for quintet and piano.
Migot, Georges (1891-1976)
Quintette (1954)
Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1955
Movements: 1. Prélude; 2. Danse. Sur le nom de Jean-Pierre Rampal; 3. Lent. Comme une prière; 4. Final. The composition is dedicated to the Quintette à Vent Français, of Jean-Pierre Rampal, Pierre Pierlot, Jacques Lancelot, Gilbert Coursier, and Paul Hongne. Primarily a composer, Migot was also a poet, a painter, a teacher, a radio producer and the curator of the instrumental museum of the Paris Conservatoire.
Pièce pour Quintette à vent (before 1914?)
An unpublished early work by Migot for woodwind quintet.
also:
Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and double bass (1954)
La Mise au Tombeau, oratorio for small mixed choir and woodwind quintet
Introduction for a Chamber Concert (1964) for woodwind quintet and string quintet
Paris: Éditions Musicales Transatlantiques
Duration: 5:00.
De Soie Rose Gainée, for vocal quartet, string quintet and woodwind quintet
Mihajlović, Milan (also Mihalovici) (1945- )
3 Nokturni (3 Nocturnes) for woodwind quintet and string quartet (1983)
Cologne, Germany: Brandstätter, http://www.bry-music.de/
Recorded on CD: New Sound, ISSN 0354-818Y titled: New Sound 24. (Possibly a Serbian label; copyright 2004.)
According to Wikipedia: “In his composition Notturni for string quartet and wind quintet (1983, the Belgrade October Prize), Mihajlović made very successful intra-musical dialogue between the avantgarde musical language (Polish avantgarde school) and classical expression.” (The article goes on with some academic gobbledygooK. Maybe it means something in Serbian. — Andrew Brandt)
See also Mihajlović’s Quintet for piano and winds.
Mihály, András (1917-1993)
Fantasy [or Fantasia or Fantazja] for Wind Quintet with String Orchestra, Harp, Celeste and Percussion (1955)
Editio Musica Budapesta, 1959
Duration: 22:00. The work appears to be a concerto for woodwind quintet and orchestra.
Mihelčič, Pavel (1937- )
Team, for Woodwind Quintet
Ljubljana [Slovenia]: Drustvo slovenskih skladateljev, 1977 Society of Slovene Composers, www.dss.si
Duration: 6:05.
Mihule, Jiri (1907-1977)
Bläserquintett (1945)
Mikoda, Borivoj (1904-1970)
Woodwind Quintet, Op. 28
Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
also:
Nonet for woodwind quintet, violin, viola, cello and double bass
See Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/
Mikula, Zdenko (1916-2012)
Reminiscences (1988)
Bratislava: Slovensky hudobny fond
Movements: Andante con moto; Andantino cantabile; Andante moderato; Allegro giocoso; Andante con moto. Duration: 19:20.
Colloquiums (1990)
Music Center Slovakia, http://hc.sk/en/
Movements: Allegro; Lento; Allegro; Vivo. See also: http://hc.sk/en/hudba/osobnost-detail/536-zdenko-mikula
Milan, Kerry
Scherzo (2000)
Stafford: Ardross House, 2000 http://www.ardrosshouse.com/
A very short work in 5/8 time. Score is available at the composer’s website at ardrosshouse.com. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Milch-Sheriff, Ella(1954- )
Mediterranean Summer Sketches (2011)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institut, 2020
Milford, Gene F.(1946- )
Woodwind Quintet: New Mexico
Boca Raton, FL: Ludwig Masters Publications, 2014
“This quintet is a rhapsodic setting of five melodies collected by John Donald Robb from the Hispanic Communities of New Mexico.” Can be performed as a single movement or as 3 movements (I’m not sure how). Duration: 7:18. Not to be confused with film and television editor, Gene Milford (1902-1991).
Two Welsh Folk Songs (1992) (arr. Gene F. Milford)
Grafton, Ohio (USA): Great Works Publishing
Consists of the songs, “All through the night” and “The Ashgrove.”
Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974)
Le Cheminée du Roi René, Op. 205 (1939) (The Fireplace of King René)
San Antonio, Texas: Southern Music Co., 1942, 1969 /
Cincinnati: A. J. Andraud, 1942
This quintet is based on the incidental music Milhaud wrote for the film Cavalcade d’Amour, for which Milhaud worked with fellow composers Arther Honegger and Roger Désormière. The screenplay by Jean Anouilh and Jean Aurenche included three love stories in three centuries: Medieval, 1830 and 1930. The three composers divided up the episodes and Milhaud wrote the music for the Medieval one. The reference to King René appears not to have been part of the movie. ¶ Movements: Cortège; Aubade; Jongleurs; La Mausinglade; Joutes sur l’arc; Chassse à Valabre; Madrigal nocturne. Flute doubles on piccolo. The quintet’s title refers to the legend of 15th century King René of Provence. ¶ Surprisingly, according to the resources of IRCAM, the premiere performance of this work was by the South Wind Quintet (possibly a student ensemble) at Mills College in Oakland, California on March 6, 1941, where Milhaud taught during the war years. You can listen to a beautiful recording of each of the movements on the Dorian Wind Quintet site.
My old paperback French/English dictionary translates Cheminée as “chimney”, but Chemin as “road” or “path.” So English-language publishers of this quintet have long titled the work as “The Chimney of King René,” which has never made sense. Online French-English dictionaries also define the word “cheminée” as ‘fireplace,” so the better translation would seem to be “The Fireplace of King René.” This is confirmed in a Wikipedia article about the quintet, explaining that the title is based on an old Provençal saying that Milhaud would have learned in his childhood, “se chauffer à la cheminée du roi René” or to “Warm up at King René’s fireplace,” which may include a pun of sorts on chimney, fireplace and road. This visualizes the idea of a suite of musical stories being told in front of a blazing fireplace on a cold winter evening (which could never, never be done on a chimney). ¶ The king referred to in the title is René of Anjou (1409-1480), who was not king of France but briefly King of Naples, as well as Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence. He retired in Aix-en-Provence (the same town where Milhaud later spent his childhood) where he wrote several works, including a treatise on how to hold a tournament, and was known for supporting troubadours, singers, actors, artists and poets. Centuries later he was dubbed “René the Good.” Incidentally, the Wikipedia article about René briefly mentions the quintet and also translates the title as “The Fireplace of King René.” ¶ Personal confession: After playing this work with several student and young professional quintets I found myself completely bored with this quintet. After a break of about 15 years, our quintet returned to it and we found the piece to be entirely charming, seemingly easy to play but hard to play well (especially at the marked tempos). [ Andrew Brandt, revised January, 2023 ]
Divertissement en Trois Parties, Op. 299b (1958)
Paris: Heugel & Cie., 1958, Alphonse Leduc, selling agent /
Theodore Presser
Movements: Balance; Dramatique; Joyeux. Duration: 11:30. Based on music for the Alain Resnais film, Gauguin. Flute doubles on piccolo.
Barbera Secrist-Schmides calls this “Milhaud’s most weighty and serious work.” See also Arthur Cohn, The Literature of Chamber Music, 1997 for a description.
Two Sketches for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 227b (1941)
New York: Mercury Music Corp., 1942, Theodore Presser, sole rep.
Arrangement of Madrigal and Eglogue, from Four sketches; originally for piano in 1941 and arranged by the composer. Duration: 4:30.
Barbera Secrist-Schmides calls both movements “delightful.”
Quintette pour instruments à vent, Op. 443 (1973)
Paris: Editions M. Eschig, 1975 /
Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co.
Duration: 17:00. Milhaud wrote this work for his 50th anniversary with his wife Madeleine. This was his last composition.
also:
“Household Muse” for woodwind quintet and orchestra
Bryn Mawr, PA: Elkan-Vogel
Scaramouche, Op. 165b for alto saxophone (or clarinet) and wind quintet (transcribed by Don Stewart)
Paris: Editions Salabert, 1975
Flute doubles on piccolo. Originally for 2 pianos, based on the incidental music to the children’s play Le médécin volant (The Flying Doctor), by Vildrac.
L’apotheose de Molière, Op. 286 (1948) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, harpsichord and and strings
Dixtuor – Symphonie de Chambre (Petite Symphony) No. 5, Op. 75 (1922) for piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons and 2 horns
Vienna: Universal Edition, 1922 (rental only)
Kalmus
Mineola: Dover Publiscations, 2001
Movements: Rude; Lent; Violent Duration: 7:00The score may be downloaded from the International Music Score Library Project only in the USA, where the copyright has expired. (Look for the link to “Parts (12)” to purchase parts.) There are a number of recordings of this work on YouTube. There is a Wikipedia article just for this piece at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Symphony_No._5_(Milhaud)
Concert de chambre pour onze (11) instruments, op. 389 (1961) (quintette à vent, quintette à cordes & piano)
Paris: M. Eschig, 1995.
For flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, and double bass. Duration: 15:15.
Miller, John Louis
Five Fragments
Fairport, N.Y. (USA): Pyraminx Publications, 1963
Miller, Kenneth B.
Ode to Spring
Byron-Douglas, 1966
Miller, Lewis Martin (1933- )
Sonatina (1962)
Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms 1967
Written for the Music Educators National Conference Contemporary Music Project for Creativity in Music Education. Composers in public school program. “Difficulty: Advanced high school-college.” Duration: 11:00.
Miller, Scott L. (1966- )
Quinquevoces, (1989)
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 10:00. Premiered by the UNC New Music Ensemble at Chapel Hill, NC, Dec. 7, 1989.
Millet, Alex
Little March
Indianapolis, Indiana: BRS Music, Inc.,
See http://www.brsmusic.net/Little-March_p_2787.html . Duration: 4:30.
Mills, Barry (1949- )
Wind Quintet (1990)
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Duration: 7:00. See also: www.barrymillscomposer.net/index.htm .
also:
Wind Dectet for woodwind quintet and brass quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 trumpets in C, 2 horns, 2 tenor trombones)
Contact the composer: https://www.barrymillscomposer.net/
Mills, Charles Borromeo (1914-1982)
Chamber Concertante for Wind Quintet, Op. 17 (1941)
It’s unclear whether this is an alternate title for the Chamber Concerto for ten instruments listed below.
also:
Chamber Concerto for Ten Instruments (1942) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola and cello
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1958
Movements: I. Toccata grazioso; II. Chorale Fantasia and Triple Fugue; III. Rondo capriccio.
Concerto Sereno for Woodwind Octet (1948) for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, and 2 bassoons
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1958
Milner, Anthony (Francis Domenic) (1925-2002)
Quintet for Wind Instruments, Op. 22 (1964)
London: Novello, 1967
Duration: 12:00.
Milnes, Ian (1943- )
Rondella (1971)
Piper Publications: Dochroyle Farm, Barrhill, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, 1983 http://www.piperpublications.co.uk/
The title is a pun based on the nickname “Round Ella,” an unidentified member of “a certain wind quintet.” Described by the composer as a “Light, humorous piece…” Duration: 3:30.
Wind Quintet (1973)
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Duration: 18:00.
Milward, R. Frank
Sextet for wind quintet and double bass
Hunter College, Dept. of Music, 1981, Thesis for M.A. degree
Miranda, Ronaldo(1948- )
Variações Sérias sobe um tema de Anacleto de Medeiros (Serious Variations on a Theme by Anacleto de Medeiros) (1991)
Contact the composer, http://www.ronaldomiranda.com/
Included in the recording, 35 Years of Brasilian Music by the Villa-Lobos Quintet. See blog listing for info on downloading the sound files. Anacleto de Medeiros (1866-1907) was a Brazilian composer. There are also several recording on Youtube, including one by Ventus Quintett Salzburg. Duration: 11:30.
Based on a few listenings, this appears to be an attractive, “serious” concert piece ideal for professional or advanced student quintets. It’s very tonal without anything terribly revolutionary harmony-wise, with enough technical challenges for all the players to keep it interesting. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Prelúdio e Fuga (1973)
São Paulo, Brasil: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Comunicações e Artes, Serviço de Difusão de Partituras, Documentação Musical.
Noneto for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B♭, 2 horns and 2 bassoons.
Rio de Janeiro: R. Miranda, 1994
Mirandolle, Ludovicus (1904-1974)
Deuxième quintette from Deux morceaux, No. II (1951)
La Haye (Den Haag) (The Hague, Netherlands): L. Mirandolle, 1952
The Deux morceaux No. 1 (the other work in this publication) is for woodwind quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon, not quintet. The scores might be available digitally for download.
Miró–Charbonnier, Ignacio (1962- )
Imposible (1996-1997)
Duration: 10:00.
Miroglio, Francis (1924-2005)
Masques (1971) for variable instrumentation, including woodwind quintet, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, trombone, tuba
Vienna: Universal Editions, 1972 /
La Hay: L. Mirandolle, 1952
Leipzig: Edition Peters Group
Duration: 15:00. Can be performed by 3 to 9 wind instruments.
Misiaszek, Stephen
Fanfare for double woodwind quintet
Probably unpublished.
Miskell, Jerome P. (1962- )
Commercial Timeout (1996)
Published by the composer, 1997, try WorldCat for library holdings
Commissioned by the Tapestry Ensemble. A short bio of the composer is on http://wp.societyofcomposers.org/legacy/1998national/bios.html .
Mitchell, Darleen (Cowles)(1942- )
Reflections on St. John of the Cross (1996- revised 2019) for woodwind quintet and tuba
New York: American Composers Alliance, https://composers.com/
Obviously features the tuba (how could it not?). Described as a “Quiet Reflective piece/atonal/some extended techniques”.
Mitchell, Glenn
2 Commentaries for soprano and wind quintet
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre
Mitchel, John(1941- )
Quintet for Woodinds, Op. 54 (1984)
Movements: 1. Medium-Medium Fast; 2. Medium Slow; 3. Medium Fast; 4. Medium Fast-Fast. See also the composer’s website: http://www.abm-enterprises.net/works_instrumental.html . Mitchell also has a series of arrangements published by Fand Music: https://fandmusic.com/?composer=6 .
Mitchell, Roscoe (1940- )
Cutouts (9:34)
Recorded by the Wingra Wind Quintet (the faculty quintet of the University of Wisconsin-Madison). Duration: 9:34.
Mladenov, Sasho(1950- )
Bulgarian Suite No. 2 (2006) for double woodwind quintet
Duration: 8:00. See also: http://www.ubc-bg.com/en/composer/162
An Easy Piece for Winds (2005) for double woodwind quintet
Premiered by Kaleidoscope Wind.
A Time in My Life (2005) for double woodwind quintet
Written for Kaleidoscope Wind. Duration: 6:45.
Mlejnek, Vilém Prokop (1906-1975)
Blaserquintett (1959)
Blaserquintett (1962)
Mlejnek was also an actor in Hungarian movies; most online references are for his cinema career.
Modr, Antonín (1898-1983)
Pastoral Reflexes for Wind Quintet, Otto pezzi in modo bucolic (1973)
Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/
Mis-spelled on the HIS website as Pastoral Rexlexes, the title probably should be translated to “Pastoral Reflections.”
Moes, Timothy R.
Five Bagatelles
New York: Ludlow (subsidiary of The Richmond Organization)
Duration: 11:00.
Moeschinger, Albert (1897-1985)
Quintett nach schweizerischen Volksliedern, Op. 53 (Quintet on a Swiss Folk Tune)
Swiss Music Archive, Zurich
Duration: 20:00.
Moevs, Robert (1920-2007)
Woodwind Quintet (1987)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Co., 1989
Requires A clarinet. Duration: 10:00.
also:
8 Soldats armés d’instruments (1971) for woodwind quartet and string quartet
Notes of Steve Reich (1972) for piccolo, oboe, E-flat clarinet, bassoon, horn, xylophone, violin, viola, cello.
See Arthur Cohn, The Literature of Chamber Music, 1997 for description.
Mohr, Wilhelm (1904-1989)
Quintett fis-Moll (F-sharp minor), Op. 6 (1943)
Variationen uber das Lied vom Heuschreck (Variations on the Song of the Grasshopper)
Munchen: Kasparek Edition
There is also a string quartet version with the same title.
Molnár, Antal (or Antoine Molnar) (1890-1983)
Quintett, Op. 16 (1926)
See the article about Antal Molnár in our Roaring Twenties Woodwind Quintet Series.
Molnar-Suhajda, Alexandra
Three Nature Walks (2015)
Seattle, Washington: Alry Publications, 2015
Antwerp: Digital Music Print (DMP), see http://ummpdigital.com/chamber-music/
I. Autumn woods; II. Winter moonlight; III. Cherry blossom path. Commissioned by the Patagonia Winds Woodwind Quintet. Duration: 7:15. Recording available at http://ummpdigital.com/molnar-suhajda-three-nature-walks-wind-quintet/ . The recording source is not listed, but is the Patagonia Winds. (Video for first & third movements (at least) is available on YouTube, too.)
As the natural settings of the movement titles imply, these are beautiful, tonal, inventive, pensive pieces for quintet. No high-flying fireworks, but solos for everybody. After several listenings, the work sounds appropriate for advanced student or professional quintets. Stylistically, the work reminds me of the pastoral American ethos of Barber’s and Persichetti’s quintets. Worth adding to your repertoire! [ Andrew Brandt ]
Molyneux, Garth Eckert (1958- )
Sonata for Wind Quintet
A holograph copy is available at the Arizone State University Library.
Monaco, Richard A. (1930-1987)
Three Miniatures
Delaware Water Gap, Pa.: Shawnee Press, 1977
Duration: 8:20.
Quintet for Woodwinds
Ithaca, New York: Thesis (A.M.)—Cornell University, June 1954.
Moncayo, José Pablo (Moncayo García)(1912-1958)
Huapango (1941)(arr. Gonzalo Romeu)
Originally for orchestra, Huapango was Moncayo’s most famous work, based on the folkdances, el siquisirií, el balajú and el gavilán.
Mondello, H.
Quintet
I’ve been unable to find more than this minimal info. If doing your own search, know this is not Nuncio “Toots” Mondello.
Monk, Peter Anthony (1946- )
The I met Pousseur in Rue Forgeur Blues (1977)
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Duration: 11:15. Flute/alto flute, oboe/English horn; Clarinet in A/bass clarinet, bassoon, horn. See hhttps://www.peteranthonymonk.com/wind/ for a recording and contact info.
Review: “The I met Pousseur in rue Forgeur Blues is based on three sources — The jazz march ‘South Rampart Street Parade’, ‘Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen’ and Bach’s “O Sacred Head’ — expertly subjected to various transformational processes and moulded to make a piece that is both delightful and moving”. — Keith Potter “Classical Music”
Troisième vue sur les jardins interdits (1976)
Edizioni Suvini Zerboni
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon (or alto flute!) and horn; OR Alto flute, English horn, clarinet, horn and bassoon. Duration: 12:00. This work is an arrangement of ‘Vue sur les Jardins Interdits’ by Henri Pousseur (originally for Saxophone Quartet).
Monk, William Henry(1823-1889)
Abide With Me (arr. Spike Maiden Mueller)
Lost Horizon Press; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Abide With Me (arr. David Marlatt)
Eighth Note Publications; see also http://www.windmusicsales.com/
William Henry Monk was an Anglican organist, choirmaster, composer and music editor. He was instrumental in introducing plainchant into Anglican/Episcopal services and organized hymns according to the liturgical season, things that are now standard in many Christian denominations. His hymn tune, “Eventide” was used for the hymn “Abide with Me,” and several other hymn texts, including “Gethsemane,” “Ascension,” and “St. Denis.” Wikipedia has a good article about Monk and links to many other resources. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Montague, Stephen (1943- )
Thule Ultima (1999)
London: United Music Publishers, [2003], 1999
London: Chamber Music Exchange, 1999
Also see: British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/ . Also, see his page from The Living Composers Project: http://composers21.com/compdocs/montagus.htm
Monteux, Pierre (1875-1964)
Deux Piécettes (ca. 1920) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet in C, and percussion (optional contrabassoon)
Manhattan, Kansas: Prairie Dawg Press
Paris: A. Z. Mathot (1920?)
Percussion includes timpani in the first movement, snare drum and triangle in the 2nd). Also has an optional contrabassoon part in the 2nd movement. Movements: Arietta; Petite marche.
Bruce Gbur says “It’s a delightful work and needs to be better known.” Bruce Gbur owned Pairie Dawg Press, but since his death I have not learned what happened to his catalog.
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)
Sinfonia (arr. Townsend)
Milano: G. Ricordi & Co.
“Lamento d’Arianna: Lasciatemi Morire” by Claudio Monteverdi (arr. Brandyn Metzko)
Available on free-scores.com
Arianna was a 1608 opera by Monteverdi. Grove Music Online offers an entire paragraph of his biography to its composition, even though Arianna’s Lament is the only part of the score that has survived. Soprano Virginia Ramponi Andreini reportedly moved her audiences to tears with this piece.
Montsalvatge, Xavier (1912-2002)
Canciones Negras (1945) (arr. David Walter) for woodwind quintet and soprano
According to Grove Music Online, In the 1930s, in both Paris and Barcelona there was a new interest towards African-American music from the West Indies and Cuba and, through performances by American contralto Marian Anderson, Negro spirituals. (Darius Milhaud’s music was also influential.) Montsalvatge composed 5 Canciones Negras (Black Songs) which brought him international attention. Unfortunately, library references for this publication don’t offer titles for these songs, or even offer which language they’re in. But with the resurgence of interest in African-American music, it might be worth somebody digging up this arrangement or making new ones. (It appears that Peermusic #PMC2225 publishes the original voice and piano version of Montsalvatge’s work, but not this arrangement.) [ Andrew Brandt ]
See Montsalvatges work for winds and piano.
Montvila, Vytautas (1935-2003)
Woodwind Quintet (1975-1977)
Lithuanian Music Information Center, www.mic.lt
Duration: 9:00.
Kvintetino (Quintetino) (1977)
Music Information Centre Lithuania, https://www.mic.lt/
Allegro
Music Information Centre Lithuania, https://www.mic.lt/
Duration: 4:30.
Moog, Johannes(1953- )
Beltracchi (2015) Ein Porträt in 5 Skizzen für Bläserquintett (A Portrait in 5 Sketches)
Duration: 19:45. Movements: Deelentor; Amsterdam; Saidia; Hopferei; Herdern. Performed by the Acelga Quintet.
Moon, Beata(1969- )
Wind Quintet (2004)
See http://library.newmusicusa.org/
Duration: 16:00. Movements (no indication of which order, though): Introduction, Soulful; Allegro, with rhythmic vitality; Playful, with rhythmic vitality. Written for the Beata Moon Ensemble (a New York City all-woman ensemble performing music of women composers). Recording and contact info on her website: http://www.beatamoon.com/ .
Moór, Emánuel (1863-1931)
Suite for Double Quintet, Op. 103a (1909) for woodwind quintet and string quintet
London: Boosey & Hawkes
Paris: A.-Z. Mathot, 1913
Written for La Société du double quintette which appears to have been an ensemble for woodwind and string quintets featuring several of the most noted performers in Paris at the time. See the French Wikipedia article on the ensemble.
Moor, Karel (original name was Mohr) (1873-1945)
Volkslieder für Bläserquintett
Bläserquintett
Moore, Charles (1938-2007)
Woodwind Quintet (1964)
New York: Mills Music, Inc.,1966 (now Belwin-Mills)
Flute doubles on piccolo.
Moore, Douglas Stuart (1893-1969)
Quintet for Woodwinds and Horn (1942, revised 1948)
New York: G. Schirmer, 1948
Society for the Publication of American Music, twenty-eighth season, 1946-47, no. 57 /
New York: American Music Center
New York: Carl Fischer, 1970
Flute doubles piccolo.
Arthur Cohn, The Literature of Chamber Music, calls this “bright, folksy” and lyric.
Moore, Timothy (1922-2003)
Wind Quintet (1986)
Lancaster: Phylloscopus Publications, 2001
See also: British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Duration: 11:00.
also:
Nine Miniatures (1992) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet (or horn), string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (optional), and percussion (also optional)
Lancaster: Phylloscopus Publications, 2000
Cambridge, 1992
Clarinet must play both A and B♭ clarinets. Established woodwind quintet will likely opt to use F horn instead of B♭ trumpet. The 9 movements are taken from Moore’s Easy Graded Piano Duets. Phrygian dance; Like a folktone; Five-eight; Waltz; Blues; Cuckoo!; Pentatonic tune; Fughetta; March. Presumably, this is the same piece that is alternately titled 9 Miniatures for 9 Instruments although there are minimal differences in the scoring in one listing (namely, the lack of a horn part).
Moorman, Joyce
Moquet, Jules (1867-1946)
Suite (1910) for 1 flute, 1 oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns.
Bruxelles: Henry Lemoine & Cie., 1910
Paris: Emile Delorisse, gravure.
Movements: I. Adagio–Animato; II. Aubade; III. Scherzo. A PDF scan of the three movements may be downloaded free at http://en.instr.scorser.com/CC/All/Jules+Mouquet/Suite+in+3+Movements.html
Moran, Jason(1975- )
Cane (2008)
Written for the Imani Winds and recorded by them on their 2010 album, Terra Incognita, Cane is about Marie Thérèse Metoyer (African name: Coincoin) (1742-1816), a slave (later freed), planter and businesswoman, and Moran’s subsequent family history in the Cane River area of Natchitoches Parish, in northwest Louisiana.
See his sextet for quintet and piano.
Moran, Madeleine
i made this for you
Contact the composer: https://madeleinemoran.bandcamp.com/
Recording available: https://madeleinemoran.bandcamp.com/track/i-made-this-for-you . Apparently a student work, with interesting effects.
Morançon, Guy(1927- )
Sept Pastorales pour le temps de Noel (1973)
Paris: Le Chant du Monde
Duration: 25:00. CD recording by L’Ensemble de Musique Contemporaine de Moscou issued by Le Chant du Monde in 2002.
Moravec, Paul (1957- )
Indialantic Impromptu (2007) (also misspelled as Indiatlantic Impromptu)
Verona, New Jersey: Subito Music Corporation, 2008
Duration: 6:00. See also: http://paulmoravec.com/ . Dashing thoughts of exotic India-related locales, I discovered that Indialantic (officially Indialantic-By-The-Sea) is a tiny, barrier-island town in Florida, located between the Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean. A sample of the score is available online in the publisher’s website, http://store.subitomusic.com/
Woodwind Quintet
Verona, New Jersey: Subito Music Corporation, 2010
A separate work from Idialantic Impromptu. Sample score is available from the publisher’s website.
Moraweck, Lucien (1901-1973)
Children’s Sketches, Suite for Woodwind Quintet (1961)
Morelli, Frank (arranger)
Three Brazilian Choros by Ernesto Nazareth and Zequinha Abreu(arr. Frank Morelli) for woodwind quintet
TrevCo Music Publishing
Includes:
Nazareth, Ernesto – Odeon
Nazareth, Ernesto – Apanhei-te, Cavanquinho
Abreu, Zequinha – Tico Tico.
Frank Morelli is a New York-based bassoonist and chamber musician, who often performs with the woodwind quintet, Windscape. See www.morellibassoon.com/ for more info.
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales by Maurice Ravel (arr. Frank Morelli)
Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo Music Publishing, 2005 (now Trevco-Varner)
Uses clarinet in A and B♭.
Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose Suite) by Maurice Ravel (arr. Frank Morelli)
Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo Music Publishing, 2005 (now Trevco-Varner)
Flute doubles on piccolo; oboe doubles on English horn; Clarinet uses both B♭ and A. Complete suite: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant; Petit poucet; Laideronnette, impéatrice des pagodes; Les entretiens de Belle et de la Bête; Le jardin féerique.
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)
Moreno-Buendía, Manuel (1932- )
Tres Movimientos para quinteto de viento
Madrid: Editorial de Musica Española Contemporánea (EMEC), 1986
Movements: Arcaico; Mistico; Festivo.
Mores, Mariano (born Mariano Alberto Martinez) (1918- )
Taquito Militar (Milonga), (arr. Carlos Visnivetski)
Manuscript
Eduardo Rodriguez describes: “It’s a fast milonga well arranged.”
Tres Tangos (Three Tangos) (2007)(arr. Silvia Coricelli)
Portland, Oregon: Editions Viento, see Trevco Music.
3 Tangos: Tanguera; Quartito Azul, El Firulete.
Quinte Tango (Quintet Tango)(arr. Silvia Coricelli) for Reed Quintet: oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet and bassoon
Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo Music (now Trevco-Varner), 2014
Mores, Mariano; Sebastián Piana; & Osmar Maderna
Argentine Encores for woodwind quintet(arr. Silvia Coricelli))
Portland, Oregon: Editions Viento, 2004
Mariano Mores – Cartito azul (Little Blue Room), Tango
Mariano Mores – Firulete, (A Tango Step), Milonga
Sebastián Piana – Caserón de Tejas (Large House of Tiles), Vals porteño
Osmar Maderna – Lluvia de Estrellas (Show of Starts) Tango
There is a version of El Firulete arranged for 4 bassoons and contrabassoon. I do not thing this is that arrangement.
Morgan, David Sydney (1932- )
Wind Quintet (1964, revised 1997)
See http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Duration: 16:00. Requires A clarinet. Movements: Academic Bagatelle; Simple Song; Ricercar; Lament; Rapid Rewind.
Morgan also wrote a Concerto for harpsichord accompanied by woodwind quintet and string quartet.
Morgan, Robert P. (1934- )
Woodwind Quintet
New York: Independent Music Publishers, 1960’s?
Morgan, Tom(1956- )
Fantasia for Woodwind Quintet (woodwind quintet No. 2
Greensboro: C. Alan Publications, 2021
Moritz, Edvard (1891-1974)
Quintett, Op. 41 (1928)
Frankfurt am Main: W. Zimmermann, 1928
Moritz occasionally used the pseudonym Herbert Loé as well as the spelling variation, Edward Moritz. The Opus 41 Quintett was dedicated to the Hamburg Woodwind Quintet (Hamburger Bläser-Quintett) Movements: 1. Allegro ma non troppo; 2. Scherzo. Vivace (Sehr lebhaft). 3. Andante (Ruhig). 4. Sehr lebhaft (Molto vivace. Sempre alla breve. Score and parts were listed on the International Music Score Library Project, but were not available for download. There is a set of parts available at www.clarinetinstitute.com. This quintet is also included in the Andraud collection 22 Woodwind Quintets
See the article about Edvard Moritz in our Roaring Twenties Woodwind Quintet Series.
Quintet, Op. 169 (1963)
Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig: W. Zimmermann, 1963
Mainz: B. Schott Sohne, https://en.schott-music.com/ (for Zimmerman)
Movements: Allegro; Andate; Scerzo (Vivace); Thema und Variationen. This is the only one of Moritz’s quintets currently in the Zimmerman/Schott online catalog.
Arthur Cohn calls this “Romantically styled music… with clear rhythms and shapes that stay in place.” The Finale is a Theme and Variations which features subgroups of the full quintet.
Quintett (1968) [??] (no opus number)
This 1968 Blaaskwintet, without opus number, is a bit of a mystery. It is listed in two sources (Wikipedia(Dutch) and a University of Hamburg biography as an addition to the above 2 works. There is a very good chance it was a reissue of the 1963 Quintet or simply a cataloguing error. Some catalogs list Op. 169 as a 1968 composition instead of 1963. Or, less likely, it really was a third quintet intended for publication at the end of Moritz’s life, that never made it to the publisher. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Moross, Jerome (1913-1983)
Sonatina for Divers Instruments (1970)
Hackensack, N.J.: J. Boonin, 1977 1971 /
Totowa, New Jersey: European American Music
Verona, New Jersey: Subito Music Publishing, 2020
Movements: Allegro molto; Lento; Allegro brillante. Premiered by the Pandean Players in 1982. This is the final version of this work, earlier scored for clarinet choir, double basee and piano, and brass quintet. Primarily a stage, film and TV composer, Moross wrote a small number of “classical” works, including this quintet. See also: https://jeromemoross.com/
Morozowicz, Zbigniew Henrique
Morricone, Ennio (1928-2020)
“Brothers” and “Gabriel’s Oboe” from The Mission (movie) (arr. Snauwaert)
Golden River Music
Gabriel’s Oboe(arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
The arranger is hornist with the Blythwood Winds.
See Morricone’s original work for woodwinds and piano.
Morrill, Dexter G. (1938-2019)
Woodwind Quintet with computer generated music (CD)
Pleasant Valley, N.Y. (Box 785, Pleasant Valley, NY 12569): Chenango Valley Music Press, 1981
See also http://dextermorrill.org/ for contact and purchasing info. The computer music accompaniment is on a compact disc entitled, Computer music: recordings (accompaniments) for live performance, v. 1. “The third movement uses the tape part from the FANTASY QUINTET first movement” — program notes. Movements: I. Overture, II. Cadenzas, III. Ringing (C), IV. Dance.
Morris, Anthony Gustav
Three Movements for Wind Quintet and Harp (2016)
For all works, contact the composer: http://www.12ton.de/
Recording and scrolling score available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y23ZUEXOys . Duration: 13:30.
“Pardon Me!” for woodwind quintet with actor (2012)
The work calls for an optional narrator (not necessarily an actor), or the hornist has the option of narrating instead of playing horn in the third movement. The three movements are based on three jokes, the first two too rude for actual narration. Excerpts available on: http://12ton.de/page-2/page1/ .
“Like a Lovely Suitor, I” Tonepoem for Orchestra and Wind Quintet
Duration: 17:00, a concerto for solo woodwind quintet and orchestra. The composer’s website (http://anthony-morris.de), states that the score and parts are available for rental. It’s not clear whether it actually has been performed, though.
The composer writes: “The title refers to the first line of the standard translation of the dramatic poem of Stanislav Neuvold 1802-1894… written in 1892 in his native Romania. ‘Like a lovely suitor, I, awake in the world of longing, hidden amongst unrevealed dreams and broken promises’, the story follows the transformation of the main character Selmond from a youthful energetic but somewhat shy dreamer into a wiser older character. The various episodes that Neuvold describes in the poem have been compared in form to a youthful version of a Don Quixote as Selmond always refers to his companion and fellow traveller Bartsch, a lowly born man servant who unknowingly to Selmond reports back continually in rhyming couplets to Selmond’s guardian Herold.”
Morris, Carolyn(1970- )
Quintet No. 1 in B♭ Major (2010)
Wollongong, N.S.W.: Wirripang, 2010
Duration: 8:20. Movements: Allegro con brio; Bossa nova; Pastorale; Vivaci. See also: https://carolynmorris.com.au/ which includes recorded excerpts of each movement.
Morris, Franklin E. (1920-2018)
Five Esoteric Pieces (1955)
Performed by the Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet. Originally scored as a string quartet. A copy of the manuscript is available at the University of Washington libraries.
Morris, Valarie
Cloud Dances
Santa Fe, NM: Sandscape Publications, 2007
See also:https://sandscapeshop.com/shop/ols/products/cloud-dances
The composer writes: “Dance 1 introduces the variety of clouds sculpted by winds. Dance 2 combines a tango rhythm with occasional clave beats for a contemporary type of Latin cloud reverie. Dance 3 in 7/8 presents a somewhat unexpected cloud experience with a regular irregular beat. Dance 4 slowly smooths out a moving harmonic cloud cover across the horizons.”
Morse, Richard William (1911-?)
The Griesinger Suite: Chronicle of a Family
Manuscript (& facsimile): Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York
Clarinet in B-flat or A. Movements: No. 1. Once upon a time, No. 2. Morning ride, No. 3. Mood for clarinet, No. 4. David and the cat, No. 5. Interlude, No. 6. Sally goes a-walking, No. 7. Berceuse for Alan, No. 8. Festivity.
Mortari, Virgilio (1902-1993)
Petite Offrande Musicale
Paris: Alphonse Leduc
Mortel, L. van de
Preludio e Canzone
New York: McGinnis & Marx
The King’s Hunting Jig
New York: McGinnis & Marx
John Bull
New York: McGinnis & Marx
Mortelmans, Lodewijk (1868-1952)
Eenzame Herder – Berger Solitaire (Der einsame Hirte) (1920)
Antwerp: Metropolis Music Publishers (septet version)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM)
Duration: 2:40. In addition to the quintet version, there are also versions for piano and a septet for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon and 2 horns.
See the article about Lodewijk Mortelmans in our Roaring Twenties Woodwind Quintet Series.
Mortensen, Finn (1922-1983)
Quintet, Op. 4 (1951)
Kobenhavn: Wilhelm Hansen, 1957
Duration: 15:00. Oboe doubles English horn.
Barbera Secrist-Schmides says the first movement “displays a youthful and disarming freshness of style, while the melodic outpouring in the ensuing movement touches on more pastoral and meditative moods. The final movement is a double fugue.”
Arthur Cohn calls this “Hindemithian.”
Suite, Op. 36 (1972)
Oslo: Norsk Musikforlag, 1974
Duration: 12:30. Flute doubles piccolo, clarinet doubles Tenor Sax and E-flat clarinet, Horn doubles on Wagner tuba.
According to the composer, “The first movement presents the five wind soloists. In the second movement I have tried to convey what my pointillism sounded like to audiences towards the close of the 1950s. In the last movement I imagine how people listen to my first wind quintet from 1951 as I make the voices go up and down mechanically, imitating one another in an obvious, slightly comical manner, finishing abruptly on an E-flat major chord which indicates that the piece is at its end.”
Also see Arthur Cohn, The Literature of Chamber Music, 1997, for a further description.
Mortensen, Otto (1907-1986)
Quintette, Op. 4 (1944)
Kobenhavn: Wilhelm Hansen, 1945
Oboe doubles on English horn. Movements: I. Allegro ma non troppo; II. Allegretto grazioso; III. Lento. Duration: 19:50. Recorded by the Danske Blaeserkvintet on Deutsche Gramophon in 1977.
Morthenson, Jan Wilhelm (1940- )
Strano, for wood-wind quintet and tape (1984)
Stockholm: Edition Reimers, 1988
Duration: 6:50.
Kindertotenlied for wood-wind quintet and tape (1979)
Stockholm/Bromma: Edition Reimers, 1984
For flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet/ clarinet in E-flat, horn, bassoon, and “stereo tape with the voice of Staffan Nygren, 3 years old, together with electronic sounds.” Duration: 9:40.
Soli (1974)
Stockholm/Bromma: Edition Reimers, 1979 /
Flute doubles on alto flute, oboe doubles on English horn. Duration: 15:00. Recorded by the Stockholm Wind Quintet on Stockholm’s Caprice label in 2018.
Morton, Jelly Roll (born Ferdinand Joseph Lemott) (1890-1941)
The Pearls (1919-1923) (arr. Don Stewart)
Tunbridge, Vt.: Trillenium Music Co.,1994
Duration: 4:00.
Morton, Lawrence(1904-1987)
Traditional Winds Quintet (1971)
Premiered by the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Mosca, Luca (1957- )
Otto Miniature (Eight Miniatures), Op. 10 (1982)
Milano: Zerboni, 1986
Movements: Shelob; Smaug; Eowyn and the Nazgul; Siege of Minas Tirith; Lothlorien; Bilbo at Rivendell; Gollum; The Return of Gandalf. Premiered in Torino by Piccolo Regio(?) in March, 1982.
Obviously, miniatures based on The Lord of the Rings. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Tema e Variazioni, Op. 49 (1989)
Milano: Suvini Zerboni
Duration: 13:00. Premiered in Brescia in May, 1992.
Mosely, Euan
Six Diversions for Wind Quintet
Mancester, UK: Da Capo Music, www.dacapomusic.co.uk
A retired geography teacher and rock climber, Mosely appears to have written only a few works.You can also purchase them on the composer’s website: https://www.pianotopography.com/en-six-diversions.html .
Mosquera, Roberto (1957- )
5 Piezas para Quinteto de Viento (2008)
Barcelona: Periferia Music
Duration: 19:00. Premiered October 5, 2008 at the Festival Internacional de M&uacte;sica Contemporainea de Tres Cantos in Madrid, Spain by Quinteto Illana.
Moss, Lawrence (Kenneth) (1927- )
Woodwind Quintet, Various Birds (1987)
New York: McGinnis & Marx Music Pub., 1991 /
Movements: Bird chatter; Bird song; Happy bird-day; Prelude; Flight (Fuga).
Auditions for Woodwind Quintet and Tape (1971)
New York: Carl Fischer, 1973
Duration: 11:15.See also: http://www.lawrencemossymusic.com/ . Performed and recorded by the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Arthur Cohn states that the first movement mimics warm-ups before an audition, the second (more serious) movement adds tape.
The Woods (2008)
Glenmoore, Pennsylvania: Roncorp, for Northeastern Music Publications
Premiered by the Capitol Woodwind Quintet. Movements: Birds; Water; Alone; Carefree.
Moss, Piotr (1949- )
Retours (revised 1994)
Duration: 19:00. Recorded, 1997, on ISPV 182 CD ProViva by the Warsaw Wind Quintet Da Camera. Composer is Polish. The Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine has an extensive amount of information about Piotr Moss
Moszkowski, Moritz (1854-1925)
Étincelles (Sparks) (arr. ?)
Trevco Music Publishing (now Trevco-Varner)
Uses piccolo instead of flute. Originally “Étincelles”, Op. 36, No. 6 for piano, from 8 Characteristic Pieces.
Motte, Diether de la (1928-2010)
Quintet (1954)
Apparently unpublished
Moulaert, Pierre (1907-1967)
Passepied en Rondo (1940)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1968
Duration: 10:00. Pierre is the son of Raymond Moulaert (below) and there has been some confusion over which of the two wrote some of these pieces and their exact instrumentation.
Introduction et Fugue (1963) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and strings
I have only found one reference to this work in an online encyclopedia, with no additional info. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Moulaert, Raymond (1875-1962)
Petite Flore (1937) for woodwind quintet and medium voice
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1951
Text by Maurice Careme (1899-1978), in French. Duration: 15:00.Originally for voice and piano.
Concert (Sextett) (1950) for woodwind quintet and harp
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1962, 2014
Duration: 20:00.
Some sources list this under the title of “Concert,” while others list the title as “Sextet.” Some references may also confuse this work for woodwind quintet and harp with the Sextet for woodwind quintet and piano. [ Andrew Brandt ]
See Moulaert’s 1925 Sextet for woodwind quintet and piano.
Mouquet, Jules(1867-1946)
Suite for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and horn)
Paris: Henry Lemoine et Cie., 1910
Movements: 1. Adagio–Animato; 2. Aubade (Andante sostenuto); 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace. Duration: ca. 14:00. Score (only) is available for download in those countries where the copyright has expired, on the International Music Score Library Project: https://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_in_3_Movements_(Mouquet%2C_Jules) . Parts are in several U.S. collegiate libraries, including Yale, Michigan State, and Oberlin.
This looks like it would be a good work for showing late French Romantic writing for winds. It may be well worth the trouble to find the parts and the extra players to perform the work. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Symphonietta in C Major, Op. 12 for double woodwind quintet
Paris: Lemoine
Moura, Eli-Eri (1963- )
Peixe Vivo (1984)
Lopez, Washington (USA): Brazilian Music Enterprises, 1995
The composer created another version for 3 flutes, alto flute or clarinet, and double bass in 1985. The best online biography and repertoire list for Moura that I’ve found is at https://www.ufpb.br/compomus/contents/paginas/eli-eri-moura (in Portuguese).
Opanijé Fractus (2004)
Recorded by members of the Sonantis Group Gustavo Ginés: Paco de Gea, flute; Roberto Carlos Di Leo, oboe; Carlos Rieiro, clarinet; Cisneiro Andrade, horn; Costa Filho ’Costinha’, bassoon.
Mouret, Jean-Joseph (1682-1738)
Suite de Symphonies (arr. Angela Casagrande)
Includes two movements, Allegro and Allegro con brio, from the suite, including the one formerly used as the theme to U.S. Public TV’s Masterpiece Theatre. Recorded by the Fine Arts Quintet of Ottawa, Canada.
Rondeau (arr. Albert Ligotti)
Wiltshire Music / Cor Publishing Co.
Fanfare–Rondeau (arr. Albert Ligotti)
Published by the arranger
Available on Scribd http://www.scribd.com/
Mowitz, Ira J. (1951- )
Woodwind Quintet (1975)
American Music Center, 1975
Moyer, Ross
Quintet for Winds, 1996
Movements: Bagatelle; Elegiaco; Gavotte; Macabre; Tarantela. Copy found in the Samuel Baron Collection of the Juilliard School Lila Acheson Wallace Library.
Moylan, William (1956- )
Wind Quintet (1979, although a Wikipedia entry lists it from 1961)
New York: Seesaw Music Corp., 1980
Wind Quintet No. 2 (1985)
New York: Seesaw Music Corp., 1986, 2020
Duration: 14:00. Movements: I. Distant – as a vague memory; II. Scherzo; III. Montage/Metamorphosis. Commissioned by the Commonwealth Winds. Includes extended techniques such as vibrato, lip oscillations, and quarter tones.
Distant – as a Vague Memory
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 6:00. (Either a movement from Quintet No. 2 published separately, or an expansion of it.)
Moyse, Louis (1912-2007)
Quintet “In Memoriam Bohuslav Martinu” (1961)
New York: McGinnis-Marx, 1966
Duration: 23:22. Recorded by the Westwood Wind Quintet on the Crystal label in 1993.
Barbera Secrist-Schmides reports “The haunting oboe solo of the second movement is based on the name of the composer for whom the piece is dedicated…. One of the most difficult works in the wind quintet repertoire.” Composer is the son of flutist Marcel Moyse.
Moyzes, Alexander (1906-1984)
Dychove kvinteto (Woodwind Quintet) in B-flat major, Op. 17 (somtimes listed as 17a) (1933)
Leipzig: N. Simrock, 1943
Praha: Statne hudobne vydavatel stvo, 1964
Bratislava : Slovenský hudobný fond, 1981.
Movements: Grave. Allegro moderato; Andante appasionato; Scherzo; Molto adagio; Allegro.Duration: 20:00. This work was awarded the Slovak national prize in 1936. Slovak composer, son of Mikulas Moyzes (below). See also: http://hc.sk/en/hudba/osobnost-detail/985-alexander-moyzes
Moyzes, Mikuláš(1872-1944)
Quintet in F Major (1935)
Bratislava: Slovensky Hudobny Fond, 1981
Edited by Alexander Moyzes from manuscript. Slovak composer, Mikuláš is father of Alexander Moyzes (above). See also: http://hc.sk/en/hudba/osobnost-detail/1008-mikulas-moyzes
also:
Dychové Sexteto A♭ dur (Woodwind Sextet in A-flat Major) (1934) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and 2 horns.
Mozart, Franz Xaver (1791-1844)
Zwei Polonaisen (Two Polonaises), Op. 22 (arr. Karl Hermann Pillney)
Frankfurt am Main: Musikverlag Zimmermann, 1978
Mozart, Leopold(1719-1787)
Two Sleigh Rides (Musikalische Schlittenfahrt) (arr. David Bussick) for double woodwind quintet
Tempe, Arizona: Whichpond Music, 2011
First sleigh ride is Schlittenfahrt by Leopold Mozart; the second is Wolfgang Mozart’s German Dance, K. 605, No. 3.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadé (1756-1791)
arrangements
See also Mozart’s Quintet, K. 452, for winds and piano.
Works listed alphabetically.
K. 1-5, versions of the first five works by Mozart (arr. Stefan Hakenberg)
See the entry under Hakenberg on this list. See also: http://stefanhakenberg.com/ctl/wrks.html .
Adagio and Allegro for Mechanical Organ in F minor, K. 594 (1790) (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Recorded by the Israel Woodwind Quintet on Meridian Records. Duration: 8:35.
Adagio and Allegro “Ein Stück für ein Orgelwerk in einer Uhr” K. 594 (1790) (arr. Ross Taylor)
San Antonio: Southern Music
See also different versions listed as the Fantasy in F Minor, K. 594, below.
Adagio and Fugue, K. 546 (arr. Kenneth Bray)
Eighth Note Publications; see also http://www.windmusicsales.com/
Adagio, B-flat Major, K.V.411 (1785) (arr. Gunther Weigelt)
Muenchen, Leipzig: Leuckart, 1954
Arrangement of a quintet (now K. 484a) for 2 clarinets and 3 Basset horns.
Adagio, K. 440a, (411) in B-flat Major (1785) (arranger not listed)
Boston: The Cundy-Bettoney Co., Inc., 1939
Arrangement of the quintet (now K. 484a) for 2 clarinets and 3 Basset horns.
Adagio and Rondo (arr. Kerry Camden)
There’s no indication of which Adagio and Rondo this is in the listing.
Adagio for 2 Clarinets and 3 Basset Horns in B-flat major, K. 411 (484a) (1785) (arr. for woodwind quintet by Mordechai Rechtman)
Recorded by the Israel Woodwind Quintet on Meridian Records.
Adagio for 2 Clarinets and 3 Basset Horns in F Major, K. 410 (484d) (1785) (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Recorded by the Israel Woodwind Quintet on Meridian Records. Duration: 1:35.
Adagio for Glass Harmonica in C Major, K. 356 (617a) (1791) (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Recorded by the Israel Woodwind Quintet on Meridian Records. Duration: 3:28.
Adagio for Glass Harmonica, K.356 (arr. Paxton Girtmon)
Woodbridge, NJ: Duma Music, 2013
Adagio in B-flat Major (arr. Sobeck)
Hannover: Lehne (no longer in business)
Adagio in B-flat Major, K. 411 (arr. Mark Popkin)
Charlotte, NC: Alry, 1998
Antwerp: Digital Music Print (DMP), see http://ummpdigital.com/chamber-music/
Duration: 5:00.
Adagio in B-flat Major (arr. Altmann)
Hofmeister, 1974
Adagio in B Minor, K. 540 (1788)
New York: International Music Co.
Originally for piano solo.
Adagio in F Minor and Allegro in F Major, K. 594 (1790) (arr. Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer)
Hamburg: Hans Sikorski, 1970
See also different versions listed as the Fantasy in F Minor, K. 594, below.
Adagio in F Minor and Allegro in F Major, K. 594 (arr. Karl Hermann Pillney)
Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1970
See also different versions listed as the Fantasy in F Minor, K. 594, below.
Adagio in C Minor and Rondo in C Major (originally for Glass Harmonica) (arr. Peter Heckl)
Wien: Doblinger
Allegro Concertante (arr. Lucien Cailliet)
New York: McGinnis & Marx
Allegro Concertante (arr. Campbell-Watson)
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, Warner Brothers Music, 1932
Andante for Mechanical Organ in F Major, K. 616 (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Recorded by the Israel Woodwind Quintet on Meridian Records. Duration: 6:13.
Andante “für eine Walze in eine kleine Orgel,” KV.616 (1791) (arr. Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer)
Hamburg: Musikverlag Hans Sikorski, 1957
Originally written for mechanical organ.
Andante fuer eine Orgelwalze, K. 616 (1791) (arr. Frans Vester)
London: Mills Music, 1963 / Milano: G. Ricordi & Co.
Originally written for mechanical organ.
Andante in F Major, K. 616 (1791) (arr. Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer)
New York: International Music Co.
Originally written for mechanical organ.
Andante and Menuetto (arr. Gustave Langenus)
Allegro (1785) (from Quartet for Piano and Strings, K. 478 in G Minor)
New York: Consort Trios, 1973
Originally for piano, violin, viola, cello.
Nonet in G minor, based on the Piano Quartet, KV 478 / (1785) (arr. Wolfgang Renz) for woodwind quintet and four strings
Arranged for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass.Duration: 26:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Nonet in D Major, based on the String Quintet, KV 593 (1790) (arr. Wolfgang Renz) for woodwind quintet and four strings
Arranged for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass.Duration: 25:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
“Allegro” from Concerto for Bassoon, K. 191 (arr. Bill Bjornes, Jr. & David Marlatt)
Eighth Note Publications; see also http://www.windmusicsales.com/
Features the bassoon, naturally; first movement of the concerto.
Cassatione (arr. Maros)
Budapest: Editio Musica Budapesta
Mozart wrote at least 4 cassations but this listing gives no idea which one this is.
“Adagio” from the Clarinet Concerto (arr. ?)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus
The clarinet part is identical to the slow movement of Mozart’s concerto, with the other instruments providing the accompaniment.
Deutscher Tanz (arr. Buringer)
Library of Congress
One of many German Dances by Mozart.
Dissonance [Quartet], K. 465 (1785) (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)
Ampleforth, North Yorkshire: Emerson Editions, Ltd.
DIVERTIMENTO ARRANGEMENTS
Divertimento
Boosey & Hawkes
This was listed in B&H’s catalog, but it gives absolutely no idea which Divertimento it is. That’s really dumb, B&H!
Divertimento in D Major, KV136 (arr. Takenori Nemoto)
Movements: Allegro; Andante; Presto.
Divertimento No. 3, K. 166 (arr. Darrell Goforth)
Published by the arranger, see Boston, MA.: Ione Press
Uses English horn instead of oboe. Examine score at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Divertimento Nr. 8 in F Major, K. 213 (1775) (arr. Gunther Weigelt)
Munich: F. E. C. Leuckart
Originally for 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 bassoons.
Divertimento No. 8 in F Major, K. 213 (1775) (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/ to examine score.
Divertimento Nr. 9, B-flat Major, K.V. 240 (arr. Gunther Weigelt)
Munich: F. E. C. Leuckart, 1936 / New York: Associate Music Pub.
Originally for 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 bassoons.
Divertimento No. 12 in E-flat Major, KV. 252 [now K.240a] (1776) (arr. Werner Rottler)
Munich: F. E. C. Leuckart Verlag
Originally for 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 bassoons.
Divertimento No. 12 in E-flat Major, KV. 252 [now K.240a] (1776) (arr. Raymond Bryant)
London: Galliard, Ltd.
Divertimento No. 12 in E-flat Major, KV. 252 [now K.240a] (1776)
(arr. C. M. Jensen)
Naperville, Illinois: Crescendo Music (Fema Music), 1974
Divertimento No. 12 in E-flat Major, KV. 252 [now K.240a] (1776) (arr. Darrell Goforth)
Published by the arranger. View score: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Divertimento No. 12 in E-flat Major, KV. 252 [now K.240a] (arr. John Jay Hilfiger)
Salem, CT: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Divertimento No. 12 in E-flat Major, KV. 252 [now K.240a] (arr. Guy du Cheyron)
Accolade Musikverlag
Divertimento Nr. 13, in F Major, K. 253 (1776) (arr. Gunther Weigelt)
Leipzig: F.E.C. Leuckart, New York: Associated Music Pub., 1932
Originally for 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 bassoons.
Divertimento Nr. 14 in B-flat Major, K. 270 (1777) (arr. Gunther Weigelt)
Munich: F. E. C. Leuckart Verlag /
Leipzig: C.G. Roder
Originally for 2 oboes, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons.
Divertimento Nr. 14 in B-flat Major, K. 270 (1777) (arr. Anthony Baines)
London: Oxford University Press, 1961
Originally for 2 oboes, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons.
Divertimento Nr. 14 in B-flat Major, K. 270 (1777) (arr. van de Moortel)
Brussels: Editions Musicales Brogneaux
Divertimento Nr. 14 in B-flat Major, K. 270 (1777) (arr. Maros)
Budapest: Editio Musica Budapesti
Divertimento Nr. 14 in B-flat Major, K. 270 (1777) (arr. George Waln)
Park Ridge, Ill.: N. A. Kjos, 1975
Divertimento No. 14, K. 270 (1777) (arr. Alan Civil)
Dover, UK: Broadbent & Dunn, https://broadbent-dunn.com/ (digital download available)
Divertimento No. 16 in E-flat Major, K. 289/271g (1777) (arr. Ronald M. Krentzman)
R&M Music Publications, 100 Pettit Dr., South Meriden, CT 06540-4971
Originally for 2 oboes, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons.
Divertimento No. 16 in E-flat Major, K. 289/271g (1777) (arr. Werner Rottler)
Munich: F. E. C. Leuckart Verlag
Divertimento in E-flat Major for 3 Basset horns, K. 439b, No. 1 (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Holzkirchen, Germany: Accolade Musikverlag
Movements: Allegro; Minuet; Adagio; Minuet; Rondo.
Reviewer Ron Klimko calls this a “gem.” “The timbres are particularly beautifully handled here, and the individual parts — in their very simplicity — would require a deft ensemble to make it work.” It is “one of Mordechai’s very best.” (Double Reed, Vol. 24, No. 4)
“Minuet”” from Divertimento No. 17 [?] (K. 223[?]) (arr. Lee M. Lockhart)
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1932
Originally for 2 horns and string quartet, according to library catalogs. But K. 223 is incorrect, and Divertimento No. 17 (K. 320b) is not for 2 horns and string quartet. So the origins of this arrangement are mysterious.
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Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (arr. Lin Yizhi Ernest)
Published by the arranger; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
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EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK, K. 525 (1787)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (arr. Melanie Bradford)
New York: Symphony Reproductions, 1988
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (arr. Ullrich)
Leipzig: F. Hofmeister, 1974
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 21:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (arr. Carson Rothrock)
Chesapeake, VA: Bill Holcombe’s Musicians Pub’s (http://billholcombe.com/)
“Allegro” from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (arr. Arthur Ephross)
San Antonio: Southern Music Co.
“Allegro” from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (arr. Sjoerd van der Veen)
Published by the arranger, 2011
The title in the arranger’s score doesn’t explain it is just the first movement, you need to download the score to tell. Available on Scribd http://www.scribd.com/
“Allegro” and “Menuetto” from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
New York: Symphony Reproductions, Ltd.
“Romance and Menuet” from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (arr. Arthur Ephross)
San Antonio: Southern Music Co., 1992
“Rondo” from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (arr. Arthur Ephross)
San Antonio: Southern Music Co.
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (arr. Michael Axtell)
Available from the arranger
EXSULTATE JUBILATE
“Allegro” from Exsultate, jubilate (arr. Bill Holcombe)
W. Trenton, NJ: Musicians Publications.
“Allegro” from Exultate Jubilate (arr. ?)
San Antonio: Southern Music Co.
“Alleluja” from Exultate Jubilate (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Features the flute.
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Fantasia for Mechanical Organ in F Minor, K. 608 (1791) (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Recorded by the Israel Woodwind Quintet on Meridian Records. Duration: 10:30.
Fantasia for Mechanical Organ in F Minor, K. 608 (1791) (arr. William Purvis)
San Antonio: Southern Music Co., 2015
Fantaisie, K. 475 (arr. Bernard de Vienne)
Editions Dhalmann
Fantasie F-moll (Adagio and Allegro for a Musical Clock), KV 594 (1790) (arr. Karl Hermann Pillney)
Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1966
See also versions of Adagio and Allegro K. 594, listed above.
Fantasy in F Minor,”Ein Stuck fur ein Orgelwerk in eine Uhr” K. 594 (1790) (arr. Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer)
Hamburg: Hans Sikorski Musikverlag, 1957
See also versions of Adagio and Allegro K. 594, listed above.
Fantasy in F Minor, K. 594 (1790) (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Manuscript. Performed by the Aulos Quintet.
See also versions of Adagio and Allegro K. 594, listed above.
Fantasy, K. 594 (1790) (arr. William Purvis)
San Antonio, TX: Southern Music Co. (distributed by Hal Leonard)
Fantasie (in F Minor), K. 608 (arr. Spiegel)
Hamburg: Hans Sikorski, 1958
Fantasie (in F Minor), K. 608 (arr. Karl Hermann Pillney)
Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel
Fantasie (in F Minor), K. 608 (arr. Ross Taylor)
Portland, Or.: Editions Viento, 2004
Fantasy in F Minor,”Ein Orgelstuck fur eine Uhr” K. 608 (arr. Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer)
Hamburg: Hans Sikorski Musikverlag /
New York: McGinnis & Marx /
New York: International Music Co.
Fantasie für eine Orgelwalze, K. 608 (arr. Frans Vester)
Milano: G. Ricordi & Co. /
Melville, New York: Belwin-Mills Music, 1970
Fantasie fur eine Orgelwalze, K. 608 (arr. Don Stewart)
Sarasota, FL: Trillenium Music Company, 2013
Fantasy in F Minor, K. 608(arr. William Purvis)
San Antonio, TX: Southern Music Co. (Distributed by Hal Leonard)
Galimathias Musicum K. 32 (arranged)
Performed by Windscape. Duration: 0:35.
Gigue for Keyboard in G Major, K. 574 (1789)
Recorded by the Israel Woodwind Quintet on Meridian Records. Duration: 1:26.
Horn Concerto in E-flat, K. 495, second movement “Romanza” (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
May be performed on natural Horn in F.
Horn Concerto No. 4, 2nd and 3rd movements (arr. Adam Lesnick)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus
A transcription of the “Adagio” and “Rondo” movements.
Horn Quintet KV 407 [now K.386c] (1782) for horn, violin, 2 violas, and cello, arranged for woodwind quintet (solo horn) (arr. Kenneth C. Henslee)
Tucson, AZ (P.O. Box 41524, Tucson 85717-1524): K.C. Henslee, 1996
Horn Quintet in E-flat major K.407 (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Includes both Horn in E-flat and Horn in F parts. (Original key to perform on natural horn.) The complete work. Duration: 12:00. May be able to purchase individual movements, too.
Hunt Quartet [Jagd Quartett], K. 458 (1784) (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)
Ampleforth, York: Emerson Edition
March in C Major, K.V. 408/ No. 1 [now K. 383e, No. 1] (arr. Walter Jiranek)
Vienna, Munich: Ludwig Doblinger, 1991
Easy looking arrangement.
Menuet (arr. Waln)
New York: McGinnis & Marx /
San Diego, California: Neil A. Kjos Music, 1946
This is the same work as the “Minuet” in the Andraud “Yellow Books.”
Davyd Breeskin states that this is from the third movement from string quartet in D minor, K. 421. He says that the Kjos arrangment “has two advantages over the [Andraud version]: the road map is the same for all players, and the clarinet is in B-flat.”
Minuet No. 6, K. 355 [now K. 576b] (1789) (arr. Mark Popkin)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser
Originally written for keyboard.
Minuet for Piano in D Major, K. 355 (576b) (1786-1787) (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Recorded by the Israel Woodwind Quintet on Meridian Records.
Minuet, from the Symphony in G minor (K. 550) (arr. Frank Henri Klickmann)
New York: Standard Music Publications (now defunct), 1936
Minuet and German Dance (arr. Andraud)
San Antonio: Southern Music
Oboe Quartet, K.370 [K. 368b] (arr. Andrew Nathaniel White??)
Washington, D.C.: Andrew’s Musical Enterprises, 1982
Overture in C (arr. Trevor Cramer?)
Tallevast, FL: TrevCo Music
Overture in B-flat (arr. Trevor Cramer?)
Tallevast, FL: TrevCo Music
PIANO SONATAS:
Piano Sonata No. 7 in C Major, K. 309, 1st movement (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Piano Sonata No. 9 in D Major, K. 311 (2nd movement, “Andante”) (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 (300i), third movement “Rondo alla Turca” (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 (300i), third movement “Rondo alla Turca” (arr. Michael Axtell) for double woodwind quintet
Published by the arranger, axtellmusic[at]gmail.com
Divertimento in B-flat major, based on the Piano Sonata for 4 Hands, KV 358 / 186c (arr. Wolfgang Renz) for woodwind quintet and four strings
Arranged for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass. Duration: 17:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Nonet in D Major based on the Sonata for two Pianos, KV 448 / 375a (1781) (arr. Wolfgang Renz) for woodwind quintet and four strings
Arranged for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass. Duration: 18:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Divertimento in D Major, based on the Piano Sonata for 4 hands, KV 381 / 123a (1773-74) (arr. Wolfgang Renz) for woodwind quintet and four strings
Arranged for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass.Duration: 16:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Piano Sonata No. 16 in B-flat major, K. 570, second movement “Adagio” (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Piano Sonata No. 16 in C, K. 545, 1st movement (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Piano Sonata No. 19, K. 547a (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Sonata for 2 Pianos, KV 448 (arr. Wolfgang Renz) for woodwind quintet and string quartet (violin, viola, cello, bass)
Duration: 26:00. See http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/
STRING QUARTETS AND QUINTETS AND RONDOS:
[String Quartet, No. 14], K. 387 in G Major (1782) (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)
Yorkshire: The Red Hedgehog (45 Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough, Yorkshire, England) or gwemerson[at]argonet.co.uk
String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387 “Spring” (arr. William Purvis)
San Antonio, TX: Southern Music Co.
Part of The New York Woodwind Quintet Library Series.
[String Quartet], K. 575 in D Major (1789) (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)
Yorkshire: The Red Hedgehog (45 Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough, Yorkshire, England) or gwemerson[at]argonet.co.uk
[String Quartet], K. 465 “Dissonance” (1785) (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)
Yorkshire: The Red Hedgehog (45 Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough, Yorkshire, England) or gwemerson[at]argonet.co.uk
[String] Quartet, K. 458 “The Hunt” (arr. Mark Popkin) for woodwind quintet
Antwerp: Digital Music Print (DMP), see http://ummpdigital.com/chamber-music/
Movements: Allegro vivace assai; Menuetto and Trio (Moderato); Adagio; Allegro assai. Duration: 22:00.
Quintet from 11th String quartet, KV 171 (1773) (arr. Eberhard Ramm)
Bellingham, Wash.: Medici Music Press, 1987
Quintet in C Minor, (after Serenade No. 12 K. 388, and Quintet, K. 406) (arr. by Mordechai Rechtman)
New York: McGinnis & Marx Music Pub., 1991
Recorded by the Danish Wind Quintet. Reviewer said this arrangement is “a must for every serious wind quintet” then gets even more complimentary!
Quintett C-moll (K.V. 406) (after String Quintet, K.V. 406 [now K. 516b]) (1787) (arr. Werner Rottler)
Munchen: F. E. C. Leuckart, 1967
Menuetto & Trio from K. 516
London: Hinrichsen, 1960
Horn Quintet, K. 407 (arr. Kenneth C. Henslee)
Tucson, AZ (P.O. Box 41524, Tucson 85717-1524): Kenneth C. Henslee, 1997, 1996.
Originally for horn, 2 violas, cello.
Quintet in E-flat, No. 3, K. 407, Third Movement (arr. David Werden)
Salem, CT: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Quintet in D minor, K. 422 [?] (arr. Snieckowski)
Warsaw: Polski Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 1968
Incorrectly listed as K. 422.
“Movement 3” from Quintet in E-flat, No. 3, K. 407 (arr. David R. Werden)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2007 cimarronmusic.com
Features the horn.
Quintet in F major, K. 370 [K. 368b] (1781) (Arr. Lucien Cailliet)
Philadelphia: Elkan-Vogel, 1947
Originally for violin, viola, cello and oboe. Better known as the famous Oboe Quartet.
Quintet in F Minor, K. 171 [?] (arr. ?)
New York: McGinnis & Marx Music Pub.
Originally for flute and string quartet. K. 171 is an erroneous Köchel number.
Quintet in G Minor, K. 516c (arr. ?)
Paris: Alphonse Leduc
Description says this was originally for string quintet, but the Köchel catalog lists this as a work for clarinet and string quartet.
Quintet in G Minor, K. 478 (1785)(probably arranged by Geoffrey Emerson)
Ampleforth, North Yorkshire: Emerson Editions, Ltd.
Originally a quartet for piano and strings.
Two Short Quintets (arr. Andraud)
San Antonio: Southern Music, 1975
Rondo (from Rondo in D for Piano K. 485) (1786) (arr. Peter C. Vollmers)
Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Duration: 6:10.
Rondo in D Major, K. 485 (1786) (arr. Rodriguez)
Originally for solo keyboard.
Rondo, K. 376 [now K. 374d] (arr. Kesnar)
Originally for violin and keyboard.
Rondo, K. 485 (arr. ?)
Alhambra, distributed by G. Schirmer
Duration: 6:00. Originally for piano.
Rondo in A Minor, K. 511 (arr. Hans-Georg Renner)
Edition 49; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
SERENADES
Serenade No. 10 in B-flat Major, K. 361 (also known as the “Gran Partita”) (arr. by John McDonough)
London: Cramer Music, 1998
Serenade No. 10 was written for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 basset horns, 2 bassoons, 4 horns and double bass (sometimes performed by a contrabassoonist). At about 50 minutes, it is Mozart’s biggest and longest work for winds. The 7 movements are: 1. Largo–Molto Allegro; 2. Menuetto; 3. Adagio; 4. Menuetto. Allegretto; 5. Romance. Adagio; 6. Tema con variazioni, and 7. Finale. Molto Allegro. The work was probably written in 1781 or 1782. The name “Gran Partita” (or Parthia, below) was later added to the work. Scores, including a replica of the original manuscript, are available for download on the International Music Score Library Project. The challenges of distilling 13 parts down to 5 is not trivial, even for the best of arrangers. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Serenade No. 10 in B-flat Major, K. 361 (Gran Partita) (arr. Darrell Goforth)
Published by the arranger. See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Movements sold separately. Not certain if all the movements are included, but definitely includes movements 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7.
Serenade No. 10 in B-flat Major, K. 361 (Gran Partita) (arr. John Whitfield)
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
“Rondo” from Serenade No. 10 in B-flat Major, K. 361 (Gran Partita) (arr. Mark A. Craig)
Seattle, WA: Alry Publications
“Rondo” from Serenade for 13 Winds, K.361 (arr.7 Mark A. Craig)
ALRY Publications
Antwerp: Digital Music Print (DMP), see http://ummpdigital.com/chamber-music/
Another listing by the same arranger as the previous one, but s different publisher. Written for the woodwind quintet of the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West of Travis AFB in California.
“Rondo” from Serenade for 13 Winds, K.361 [now K. 370a] (arr. Daniel Braden)
New York, N.Y.: Symphony Reproductions, 1989
From the Grand Serenade in B-flat Major (Serenade No. 10). The Köchel catalog doesn’t list any of the movements as a Rondo, but it’s probably the finale.
Parthia in B: nach der Oktettfassung der Gran Partita KV 361/370a (arr. Robert Ostermeyer)
Leipzig: Ostermeyer, 2005
Serenade No. 11 in E-flat Major, K. 375 (1781) (arr. David Walter)
Paris: Gerard Billaudot, 1999
Mozart wrote two versions of Serenade No. 11. The original was for 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns. written on Oct. 15, 1781. The second version of 1782 added 2 oboes. The Serenade has five movements: 1. Allegro maestoso; 2. Menuetto; 3. Adagio; 4. Menuetto, and 5. Allegro. Scores for both versions may be downloaded from the International Music Score Library Project, including a copy of the original manuscript (in the sextet version). [ Andrew Brandt ]
Serenade No. 11 in E-flat Major, K. 375 (1781) (arr. Friedrich Gabler)
Wien: Doblinger, 2005
“Minuet” from Serenade No. 11 in E-flat Major, K. 375 (arr. John Jay Hilfiger)
Wehr’s Music House
Rondo from Serenade, No. 11 (K. 375) (arr. Harry Hirsch)
O. Ditson, 1937
Serenade No. 12 in C Minor, K. 388 [now K. 384a] (arr. Mariano Frogioni)
The Serenade in C Minor, K. 388 (later renumbered as K. 384a), was written for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns, in or about 1782. The movements are: 1. Allegro; 2. Andante; 3. Menuetto (and Trio), and 4. Allegro. Mozart later arranged this music as a String Quintet, K. 406/516b. This latter version is the one that Mordechai Rechtmann (and possibly others) arranged for woodwind quintet. Personally, K. 388 is my favorite of all the Serenades for winds. The original score and parts (including the original manuscript) are available for download from the International Music Score Library Project. [ Andrew Brandt ].
Serenade No. 12 in C Minor, K. 388 [now K. 384a] (1782) (arr. David Walter)
Paris: Gerard Billaudot, 1999.
Serenade No. 12 in C Minor, K. 388 [now K. 384a] (1782) (arr. Darrell Goforth)
Published by the arranger. See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Serenade No. 12 in C Minor, K. 388 [now K. 384a] (1782) (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 24:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Serenade No. 12 in C Minor, K. 388 [now K. 384a] (1782) (arr. Jesper Jerkert)
Score and part may be downloaded for free under Creative Commons BY-ND 4.0 licence from ScorSer.com. This arrangement is based on Mozart’s own arrangement of K. 388 for string quintet (K. 406/516b).
Serenade No. 12 in C Minor, K. 388 [now K. 384a] (1782)(arr. Carion
Included on the Carion Quintet’s recording, Mephisto on the Odradek label (www.odradek-records.com).
Serenade No. 12 in C Minor, K. 388 [now K. 384a] (1782) (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Movements: Allegro; Andant; Menuetto in Canone; Allegro. Recorded by the Israel Woodwind Quintet on Meridian Records. Duration: 25:00. This arrangement is probably the same as the one for K. 406 (see the next entry), but it’s not clear.
Wind Serenade in C minor, K. 406 (arr. Mordechai Rechtman)
Accolade Musikverlag
Mozart arranged his own octet version of the Serenade No. 12 in C Minor (K. 388) for string quintet, K. 406. Mordechai Rechtman, in turn, re-arranged the string version of this piece for woodwind quintet, making it sound much like the original wind version.
Sinfonia Concertante (arr. Don Stewart) for double woodwind quintet
Sarasota, Florida: Trillenium Music Company
An arrangement of the Sinfonia Concertante for winds. Duration: 30:00. The arrangement appears to include an optional double bass.
Sonata Allegro in F Major, K. 497 – 1st movement (arr. Geoffrey Emerson) for double woodwind quintet and bass
Yorkshire: The Red Hedgehog (45 Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough, Yorkshire, England) or gwemerson[at]argonet.co.uk
Originally for piano duet.
Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 358 [now K. 186c] (arr. Ryohei Nakagawa)
New York: Associated Music Publishers, 1970
Originally for piano, 4 hands.
Sonata in F Major, K. 381 [now K. 123a] (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Manuscript.
Performed by the Aulos Quintet. Originally in D Major and for piano, 4 hands.
Symphony No. 38 “Prague”, K. 504 (arr. Wolfgang Renz) for double woodwind quintet
Duration: 22:00. See http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Paris Symphony (No. 31), K. 297 in C (arr. Carl Andreas Goepfert)
Siegertshofen, Germany: Floricor Editions http://www.floricor-editions.com/
Carl Andreas Goepfert (1768-1818), arranged this symphony about 1810 for 2 oboes (or 2 flutes), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and trumpet. Complete symphony in 3 movements: Allegro assai; Andante; Allegro. Duration: 22:00. The first clarinet part is described as virtuosic.
First movement “Molto allegro” from Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 (arr. Ray Thompson) for double woodwind quintet
Score Exchange, http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/179225.html
Duration: 7:00.
“Menuetto” from Symphony No. 40 (arr. Booth Simpson)
West Roxbury, MA: Earnestly Music, 2015
Turkish March (arr. William Scribner)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus
Duration: 3:00. Originally for piano.
Ten Variations on an Air of Christoph W. Gluck, K. 455 (arr. Mark Popkin)
Amsterdam: Edition Compusic, [1997?]
Twelve Variations, K. 265[?] (arr. Mark Popkin)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser
K. 265/271f is a Trio Sonata for 2 violins and basso. Nothing is listed in the Köchel catalog about 12 Variations in that work, but there is a “12 Variations for Piano, K. 354/299a.” Perhaps that is the real source for this quintet arrangement.
Two selections from the ballet Les Petits Riens (arr. Philip Gordan) K. Anh. 10 (K. 299b)
Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Elkan-Vogel, 1984
Duration: 3:00.
Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Ah, vous dirai-je maman), K. 265 [now K. 300e] (1778) (arr. Eberhard Ramm)
St. Cloud, MN: Medici Music Press, 1983
Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Ah, vous dirai-je maman), K. 265 (arr. Mark Popkin)
Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co.
Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Ah, vous dirai-je maman), K. 265/300e (arr. John Whitfield)
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, http://www.phylloscopus.co.uk/
Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Ah, vous dirai-je maman), K. 265 (arr. Ray Thompson)
Published by the arranger, see Boston, MA.: Ione Press
The arranger wrote the horn part to be performed on a natural C-basso horn, but a Horn in F part is also included.
Violin Sonata in E Minor, K. 304/300c (1778), arranged for woodwind quintet Robert G. Patterson
Memphis, TN: Great River Music
Score and parts available from the International Music Score Library Project, http://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Sonata_in_E_minor,_K.304/300c_(Mozart,_Wolfgang_Amadeus)
Viennese Sonatina (arr. Jerry Nowak)
Glenmore, PA: Roncorp, 2012
Catalog doesn’t say which sonatina this is. 4 movements:
Allegro; Minuetto; Adagio; Rondo.
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Menuet & Trio: Movement III, Symphony No. 40 (arr. Nicholas J. Contorno)
Delevan, NY: Kendor Music
Apparently a student level arrangement. Duration: 5:25.
Allegro Assai: Movement IV, Symphony No. 40 (arr. Nicholas J. Contorno)
Delevan, NY: Kendor Music
“Laudate Dominum” from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 399 (arr. Steven Verhaert)
Golden River Music
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MOZART OPERA EXCERPTS:
All the COSÌ arrangements are for double woodwind quintet>
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
Così fan tutte Ouverture (for double woodwind quintet plus double bass) (ca. 1810) (Arr. by Stumpf)
Amsterdam: Edition Compusic
“Stumpf” (the arranger in this, the next piece, and more below) likely refers to the bassoonist, Johann Christian Stumpf (1740 or 1763 – 1801), but could also be Andreas Stumpff or a member of his family (but those Stumpfs were all string players). See International Music Score Library Project for some biograpical info (but not a copy of this work), http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Stumpf,_Johann_Christian .
15 Movements from Così fan tutte (arr. for double woodwind quintet plus trumpet and double bass, arr. by Stumpf) (ca. 1810)
Manuscript parts in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag.
“È amore un ladroncello” from
Così fan tutte (arr. Lance Baker) for double woodwind quintet
Published by the arranger
Così fan tutte , No. 28, Dorabella’s aria, arranged for 2 flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoon, 2 horns in B alto.
DON GIOVANNI
“La Ci Darem La Mano” from Don Giovanni
New York: Symphony Reproductions, Ltd.
“La Ci Darem La Mano” from Act I duet, Don Giovanni) (arr. Bill Schuetter)
Imagine Music; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Duration: 3:25.
14 Movements from Don Giovanni arranged for double woodwind quintet plus trumpet and double bass. (arr. Stumpf) (ca. 1810)
Manuscript parts in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. Contact Nikolaus
Spoerel for Finale score and parts.
“Minuet” from Don Giovanni (arr. Bill Schuetter)
Imagine Music; see also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Duration: 1:10.
Arias “In welche Frevel” and “Là ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni (arr. Michael Axtell) for double woodwind quintet
Available from the arranger
IDOMENEO
“Gavotte” from Idomeneo (arr. Cukrov)
Grand Mesa Music; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
THE MAGIC FLUTE (Die Zauberflöte)
Overture to “The Magic Flute” (arr. David M. Carp)
Carp Music, New York, N.Y. (153 Seaman Ave., New York, NY 10034)
See Carp, David for other listings.
Overture to “The Magic Flute” K. 620 (arr. Joachim Linckelmann)
Kassel, Germany: Barenreiter, 1996
Overture to La Flûte Enchantée (The Magic Flute) (arr. Bruno Peterschmitt)
FLEX Editions; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
The Magic Flute (arr. Bill Holcombe)
West Trenton, NJ: Musicians Publications, 2001
Chesapeake, VA: Bill Holcombe’s Musicians Pub’s (http://billholcombe.com/)
It seems unlikely that Holcombe arranged the entire opera, but the listing did not give any further info. It’s probably the overture.
Ouverture “Die Zauberflöte” KV 621 (arr. J. Heydenreich, 1792)
Siegertshofen, Germany: Floricor Editions http://www.floricor-editions.com/
For flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, double bass (or contrabassoon). J. Heydenreich (ca. 1760-after 1821) arranged the work after Mozart’s death and this version is edited by Bastiaan Blomhert. It’s the complete overture.
Overture to The Magic Flute(arr. Lloyd Conley
Delevan, NY: Kendor Music (digital download only)
“Ach ich Fuhl’s” from The Magic Flute (arr. Richard Price)
Available from Richard Price, 75 Loughlin Ave., Cos Cob, CT 06807 USA
Features clarinet, but uses English horn instead of oboe.
“Der Vogelfaenger” from The Magic Flute
New York: Symphony Reproductions, Ltd.
“O Zitt’re Nicht” from The Magic Flute (arr. Richard Price)
Available from Richard Price, 75 Loughlin Ave., Cos Cob, CT 06807 USA
Duet Papageno, Papagena(from The Magic Flute) (arr. Lin, Yizhi Ernest)
Singapore: Oriole Publishing, https://oriole-publishing.myshopify.com/
Features the bassoon and oboe as the newly acquainted lovebirds, appropriately published by Oriole Publishing. Also available through https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/ .
Aria “Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja” from The Magic Flute (arr. Lin, Yizhi Ernest)
Singapore: Oriole Publishing, https://oriole-publishing.myshopify.com/
Based on Papageno’s aria where he introduces himself as a bird catcher.
“Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from The Magic Flute (arr. Lin, Yizhi Ernest)
Singapore: Oriole Publishing, https://oriole-publishing.myshopify.com/
Another Papageno aria from the opera. Also available through https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/ .
“Marsch” from Die Zauberflöte (arr. Thomas H. Graf, 2006)
Thomas Graf, TheHitFactory.com; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Queen of the Night Aria (from The Magic Flute) (arr. Richard Price)
Available from Richard Price, 75 Loughlin Ave., Cos Cob, CT 06807 USA
Queen of the Night Aria (from The Magic Flute) (arr. Ronald M. Krentzman)
R&M Music Publications, 100 Pettit Dr., South Meriden, CT 06540-4971
“Der Hölle Rache” (Queen of the Night’s 2nd Aria) from The Magic Flute (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
The 2nd aria is the more famous of the Queen of the Night’s arias, which is likely the same one referred to in the previous 2 listings. (It’s the one where the Queen turns into the opera’s antagonist, with the famous – or infamous, depending on the soprano – high F’s.)
The Queen of the Night Aria (“Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen”) from The Magic Flute (arr. Lin, Yizhi Ernest)
Singapore: Oriole Publishing, https://oriole-publishing.myshopify.com/
See also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Second Aria of the Queen of the Night (arr. Bruno Peterschmitt)
FLEX Editions; see http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Excerpts from The Magic Flute (arr. Takenori Nemoto)
7 Selections from The Magic Flute (arr. Michael Axtell) for double woodwind quintet
Published by the arranger, axtellmusic[at]gmail.com
Selections: Trio; Aria (Der Vügel fanger bin ich ya); Aria (Dies Dildnis is beazubernd schön); Aria (Queen of the Night); Quintet; Trio; Duet.
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Marriage of Figaro Overture (arr. Bill Holcombe)
W. Trenton, NJ: Musicians Publications, 1984 /
Chesapeake, VA: Bill Holcombe’s Musicians Pub’s (http://billholcombe.com/)
Overture from The Marriage of Figaro (arr. A. Lipkin) for double woodwind quintet
The Score Exchange, http://www.scoreexchange.com/
Duration: 4:00
Overture to The Marriage of Figaro(arr. Lloyd Conley)
Delevan, NY: Kendor Music (digital download only)
“Il Capro, e la Capretta” from The Marriage of Figaro (arr. Harry Stanton)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Features the flute.
“Deh vieni, non tardar” from The Marriage of Figaro (arr. Adam Lesnick)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus, 1995
This arrangement of the famous soprano aria features the clarinet, with other woodwind solos.
“March” from The Marriage of Figaro (arr. Taylor)
?Peters?
(Adagio and) “March” from The Marriage of Figaro (arr. Thomas Graf)
The Hit Factory the-hit-factory.com; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
“Non Più Andrai” (“You shall go no more,” in a military style) from The Marriage of Figaro (arr. Ray Thompson, 2014)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Duration: 4:00. Features the horn.
“Non so più cosa son” from The Marriage of Figaro (arr. Mathew J. Evans)
Solitarius Press; see also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Features the horn.
“Voi che sapete che cosa e amor” from The Marriage of Figaro (arr. Harry Stanton)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Features the horn.
“Non piì Andrai” from The Marriage of Figaro (arr. Lin, Yizhi Ernest)
Singapore: Oriole Publishing, https://oriole-publishing.myshopify.com/
Also available through https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/ .
“Voi, che sapete” from The Marriage of Figaro (arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Solo parts appear to be divided between clarinet, oboe and flute (as opposed to the Stanton arrangement for the horn.)
Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario)
Overture to Der Schauspieldirektor (arr. Andrej Lipkin) for double woodwind quintet
Score Exchange, http://www.scoreexchange.com/
Duration: 4:00.
Impresario Overture(arr. Sean Osborn)
Octogram Press, see http://www.osbornmusic.com/
Overture to Der Schauspieldirektor (arr. Henk Kox) for double woodwind quintet and double bass ad lib.
Lancaster, UK: Phylloscopus Publications, 2008
Duration: 4:00.
End of listings for Mozart
Mozetich, Marjan (1948- )
It’s in the a.i.r. (1975)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Duration: 13:00. Premiered by the York Winds. Received second prize: Gaudeamus International Composers Competition, Holland, 1976.
Solos, five pieces for woodwind quintet (1993, rev. 2000)
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre, 2001.
Written for Les Mistrals Winds. Recorded by the Onyx Quintet. Movements: I. Flute à la française; II. Oboe in the orient; 3. Clarinet a swinging; 4. Horn tango; 5. Waltzing bassoon. Duration: 21:00. Video of the first and last movements of the work are on the composer’s website: https://www.mozetich.com/ . They’re also on YouTube.
It’s a shame the other three movements aren’t available to listen to and watch online, because if they were I suspect many professional quintets would be happy to order this work and perform it. Worth looking into! [ Andrew Brandt ]
Mucci, John C. (1953- )
Passarella (1984)
American Music Center, 1984
Duration: 4:40.
Mucha (or Muchova), Geraldin
SEE Thomsen-Muchova, Geraldine
Muczynski, Robert (1929-2010)
Movements, Op. 16 (1962)
Templeton / Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania: Shawnee Press, Inc., 1967 /
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser, 1988
Movements: Allegro con spirito; Molto moderato; Allegro; Adagio; Allegro risoluto.Duration: 5:10.
Tlbasham[at]aol.com describes this work as “A not very technically difficult modern piece that had good audience response.”
Quintet for Winds, Op. 45 (1985)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Co., 1988
Duration: 12:00. Movements: Allegro risoluto; Andante; Moderato. Commisioned by the Oklahoma Woodwind Quintet in residence at the University of Oklahoma.
Mueller, Florian (1904-1983)
Five Pieces for Woodwind Quintet
Detroit: Camara Music Pub. 1960 /
Massapequa, New York: Cor Publishing Co., 1960
A noted oboist with the Chicago Symphony from 1927 to 1954 and later teacher of oboe and wind orchestra at University of Michigan, he is considered by many to be a pioneer in the American School of oboe playing. His archives are part of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
Three Transcriptions (1960)
Massapequa, New York: Cor Publishing Co.
Duration: 4:00. An odd collection of Chorale Prelude on “Old Hundredth” (the hymn); Turkey in the Straw; Irish air.
Quintet for Winds (1965)
Far Hills, New Jersey: Horn Realm, 1965
Dedicated to and premiered by the University of Michigan Woodwind Quintet, Nelson Hauenstein, flute; Florian Mueller, oboe; John Mohler, clarinet; Louis Stout, horn; Lewis Cooper, bassoon, on October 26, 1965. Movements: Allegro; Allegro vivo.
Mueller, Spike Maiden
Love Came Down at Christmas
Digital Print Publishing, see: Boston, MA.: Ione Press
From a traditional Irish tune.
Mulder, Herman (1894-1989)
Kwintet, Op 119 (1961)
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1961
Kwintet, Op. 141 (1966)
Amsterdam, Donemus, 1967
Flute doubles piccolo, oboe doubles English horn, clarinet doubles E-flat clarinet. Mulder also wrote sonatas (with piano) for each of the five instruments of the quintet.
Müllenbach, Alexander (1949- )
Volutes für Bläserquintett (1992)
Luxembourg Music Publishers
Duration: 8:00. See: http://www.mica.at/composerdb/
Kein Tier weiss um seinem Tod for soprano, woodwind quintet and bass clarinet
Based on a poem by Claudia Storz (in German). Duration: 18:40.
Müller, Ladislau (1934- )
Quintetto a fiati (1962)
Edition Libre (?)
A Romanian composer, there is also a brief listing for a work by him entitled Preludio which might be the same work or a different piece.
Müller, Ludwig R. (1879- ?)
Tanzerische Impressionen for woodwind quintet and string bass
Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel
This composer should never be confused with the Nazi Bishop, Ludwig Müller.
Muller, Peter (Müller or Mueller) (1791-1877)
Quintet No. 1, in E-flat Major
Bremen: Praeger & Meier, 1874, engraved by Leipzig: F. W. Garbrecht
London: Musica Rara, 1962 /
Bradfield, Berkshire, England: Rosewood Publications
Duration: 8:00.Movements: 1. Larghetto – Allegro; 2. Scherzo: Allegro – Trio; 3. Larghetto; 4. Allegro molto. Parts may be downloaded from the International Music Score Library Project, http://imslp.org/wiki/3_Wind_Quintets_(M%C3%BCller,_Peter)
Quintet No. 2, in C Minor (also listed as E-flat Major)
Bremen: Praeger & Meier, 1874, engraved by Leipzig: F. W. Garbrecht
London: Musica Rara, 1969 /
Bradfield, Berkshire, England: Rosewood Publications
The Musica Rara edition is edited by William Waterhouse. Movements/durations: 1. Allegro con brio (4:52); 2. Andante con moto (2:49); 3. Menuetto (2:19) (Allegro & Trio); 4. Allegro ma non troppo (2:39). Parts may be downloaded from the International Music Score Library Project, http://imslp.org/wiki/3_Wind_Quintets_(M%C3%BCller,_Peter) . From the parts, the work does appear to be in C Minor (not E♭ Major), but the finale ends in C Major. [AB]
Quintet No. 3 in A Major
Bremen: Praeger & Meier, 1874, engraved by Leipzig: F. W. Garbrecht
London: Musica Rara, 1969 /
Bradfield, Berkshire, England: Rosewood Publications /
Movements: 1. Allegro; 2. Andante sostenuto; 3. Menuetto & Trio; 4. Allegro – Trio. Meno Allegro. Parts may be downloaded from the International Music Score Library Project, http://imslp.org/wiki/3_Wind_Quintets_(M%C3%BCller,_Peter)
Drei Quintette (Nos. 1-3)
Leipzig: C. Ruhle,1874
All 3 recorded on Crystal Records
Quintet No. 4 in A Major
Manuscript: Landes- u. Hochschulbibliothek Darmstadt
Quintet No. 5 in G Major
Manuscript: Landes- u. Hochschulbibliothek Darmstadt
Quintet No. 6 in E-flat Major
Manuscript: Landes- u. Hochschulbibliothek Darmstadt
Quintet No. 7 in C Minor
Manuscript: Landes- u. Hochschulbibliothek Darmstadt
Mueller (Müller, Muller), Siegfried
Heitere Suite fur Blaserquintett, Published under title Musik für Bläser, edited? by Otto Wagner
Leipzig: Pro Musica Verlag, 1982
See listing under WAGNER, OTTO. Composer is possibly Siegfrid Walther Muller (1905-1946); less likely the filmscore composer Siegfried “Siggi” Mueller (b. 1964). But there may be another Siegfried Muller, born 1926.
Müller-Medek, Willy (1897-1965)
Die Leineweber (1933)
Munich: Musikverlag Elisabeth Tomi-Berg
Müller-Medek was born in 1896 in the Julian Calendar, but 1897 (Jan. 21) in the Gregorian Calendar; you may see both dates. Willy Müller-Medek is the son of another composer, Tilo Medek, who is listed above.
Woodwind Quintet No. 1
New York: C. F. Peters
Fantasie (for woodwind quintet and orchestra)
Munchen: Philipp Grosch
Muller-Siemens, Detlev (Müller-Siemens) (1957- )
“Les sanglots longs des violons de l’automne” (The long sobs of the autumn violins) (1975)
Mainz: Ars Viva Verlag, 1977 /
Mainz, Germany: B. Schotts’ Sohne
The title text comes from poet Paul Verlaine. Barbera Secrist-Schmides says this could take considerable rehearsal time.
also:
Phoenix I-III (1995) for wind quintet, trumpet, trombone, piano, string quartet, and double bass.
Refuge (1998) for wind quintet, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass and piano.
Pavane (1984-5) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano and
string quartet
Müller-Talamona, Hans (1909-1987)
Bagatella
Basel: Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia, 1995
Muller von Kulm, Walter (1899-1967)
Triptychon, Blaserquintett, op. 85 (1966)
Manuscript: Swiss Music Archive, Zurich
Duration: 12:00.
Muller-Wieland, Jan (Müller or Mueller) (1966- )
Bläserquintett (1992)
Hamburg: Hans Sikorski, 1993
Duration: 9:30.
Mulligan, Jason (1991- )
Wind Quintet No. 1
A five movement work: Still; Bright and Nonsensical; With trepidation; Quickly, Aggressively; Slowly, Introspectively.
You can contact the composer on his website: http://jmulliganmusic.com . Curiously, he does not list this work on the site. A student performance of the work is available on YouTube in 5 separate files, starting with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G21nfPk-zmk .
Mulsant, Florentine (1962- )
Wind Quintet, Op. 30 (2005)
Kassel: Furore Verlag
5 movements. Flute doubles piccolo and alto flute; clarinet doubles on E-flat clarinet; oboe doubles on English horn. See also: http://www.florentinemulsant.com/.
Mumford, Jeffrey (1955- )
Her Eastern Light Amid a Cavernous Dusk: Etude-variations for woodwind quintet (1983-84; revised 1987-1988)
From an album “The focus of blue light.” (1984, rev. 1987) Duration: 8:19. Recorded on CRI (CD 650 CRI). Commissioned by the Aspen Wind Quintet.
Munn, Zae (1953- )
A Fine Garment, A Gentle Weave, Woven With Whispers and Exclamation Points (1998)
Musica Neo the composer’s publishing website https://zaemunn.musicaneo.com/
1 movement. Duration: 8:30. Flute doubles on piccolo. Written for the Camerata Woodwind Quintet at Western Illinois University, premiered by them on March 7, 1999 at WIU. “The music was inspired by the idea of radical paradigm shifts, as exemplified by the rise and fall of the rare broken tulip.”See also: http://www.zaemunn.com/ A sample score is available at the MusicaNeo site (above) You can also contact her through the website for Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana.
also:
Play Up a Storm for flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin and cello
Duration: 7:00. Archived at the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music
Broken Tulip (2008) for flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, contrabassoon, trombone and percussion
Contact the composer, http://www.zaemunn.com/
Daleville, Indiana: Jomar Press, 2018
Possibly a reorchestration of the woodwind quintet, above.
Muñoz, Edmundo Vasques (also listed as Edmundo Vasques)
Ayacara (1971) for woodwind quintet and percussion
Murail, Tristan (1947- )
Memoire-erosion (1976) for solo horn, flute/alto flute, oboe/English horn; clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon and string quintet (2 violins, viola, cello, double bass).
Duration: 15:30. See also: https://www.tristanmurail.com/
See Murail’s Seven Lakes Drive.
Murdock, Katherine Ann
Postcards from the Center (1992)
Flute doubles on piccolo. Dedicated to the Lieurance Quintet. Movements: I. Prairie Sentinal; II. Traveling on Beautiful Interstate 70; III. Kansas Winter; IV. Howdy from Kansas: Punching Cattle on a Jackrabbit; V. Fireworks over Kansas/Kansas Tornado. Duration: 12:52. Recorded by the Moran Quintet for Crystal Records in 1998 and by the Polaris Wind Quintet in 2004. A recoding is also available on the composer’s website: https://katherineannmurdock.com/
The composer comments: “Jim Jones decided to hold a Kansas Arts Festival during American music week. The works had to be multimedia and appeal to kids. I considered doing something about pioneer women, but that sounded too serious. I had a collection of Kansas postcards, and many of the postcards have titles. I selected some with titles I could work with and arranged them in order. Traveling on Beautiful Interstate 70 – a wide-open nothing with some overpasses and trucks going down a straight highway. Kansas at Night – a black picture of the state: I was going to have the quintet sit in the dark while a recording of crickets played. I withdrew the movement because it killed the momentum of the piece – it didn’t work.”
Second Wind (2000) for alto saxophone and woodwind quintet
Contact the composer: https://katherineannmurdock.com/
Movements: Moth to the Flame; Winter Light; Heading for Home. Duration: 29:00. Written for the Lieurance Quintet of Wichita State University. Premiered at the Wichita State University Contemporary Music Festival; February 16, 2001. Recorded by the Lieurance Quintet with saxophonist Jean Lansing. A recording is available on the composer’s website.
The composer explains: “Second Wind, written in the summer of 2000, arose from a suggestion by Jim Jones, clarinet professor at Wichita State University, that I compose a piece for saxophone and woodwind quintet, specifically featuring the saxophone. Since this would be my second work for WSU’s Lieurance Quintet, I titled it Second Wind. In another sense the piece represents a “second wind” for me as a composer. Inspired by the outstanding playing of the Lieurance Quintet and saxophonist extraordinaire Jean Lansing, I approached the composition of this piece with an enthusiasm I hadn’t felt in a long time. The three movements are simple in form, tonal, colorful, and melodic; in fact, one of my goals was to explore the beautiful melodic qualities of the saxophone, especially as played by Ms. Lansing. After many years of pondering my identity as a composer in an academic environment, I reconnected with the love of melody that made me want to compose music in the first place.”
Between Friends (2002) for trumpet (in C) and woodwind quintet
Contact the composer: https://katherineannmurdock.com/
Movements: Awakenings; Lament (for Nancy Lutes); Against the Grain; In the Groove. Duration: 20:15. Composed with a Wichita State University Summer Research Grant for trumpeter Judith Saxton and the Lieurance Woodwind Quintet. Premiered on the Wichita State University American Music Week Concert; November 5, 2002. An excellent recording of the work is on the composer’s website, via SoundCloud.
The composer explains: “Between Friends was written for the unusual ensemble of trumpet and woodwind quintet. The four movements of the piece explore the relationship between the trumpet and the more established instrumental group, as well as some of the traditional roles the trumpet has fulfilled in music. In the first movement, the trumpet successively “awakens” the other instruments, alluding to its traditional role as the sounder of reveille in the military. The second movement refers to the trumpets playing of “Taps” at funerals. It is dedicated to former Lieurance Quintet member Nancy Lutes. The third movement established the trumpet as a sort of “bull in a china shop” with respect to the woodwind quintet. After repeated interruptions and attempts to dominate the group, the trumpet finally learns to cooperate. The fourth movement has a perpetual-motion character; here the trumpet participates as an equal member of the ensemble.”
Variations for Woodwind Octet (1981) for piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets and 2 bassoons
Contact the composer
Duration: 7:00. Written while the composer was a student at the Eastman School of Music.
Murray, Bain (1926-1993)
Quintet (1963)
Likely in the composer’s archives at Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland, Ohio.
Murrow, Jeanie(1960- )
Swingin’ in the Hall of the Mountain King (based on “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt, by Edvard Grieg)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2007. cimarronmusic.com
Murrow also wrote a version of this work for clarinet quartet. See also her arrangement’s of ‘La Rejouissance’ from Handel’s Royal Fireworks Music, ‘Nimrod’ from Elgar’s Enigma Variations. amd Gavotte from Symphony No. 4 by William Boyce.
Musgrave, Thea (1928- )
Wind Quintet (1992)
London: Novello, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk: Exclusive distributors, Music Sales, [2003?], 1992
Duration: 12:00. Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University. First performed by the Orpheus Wind Quintet on March 18, 1993. See notes on the composer’s website: http://www.theamusgrave.com/ .
also:
Space Play (1974) for woodwind quintet and string quartet (violin, viola, cello, bass)
London: Novello & Co., Ltd.
Chamber Concerto No. 1 (1962) for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and string trio
Chamber Concerto No. 3 (1966) for clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet, double bass
Musolino, Angelo (1923- )
Rondo (1963)
Delray Beach, Florida: Accentuate Music, 1985
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (Moussorgsky, Musorgsky) (1839-1881)
arrangements
Arrangements of Pictures at an Exhibition movements
“Ballet of the Chickens in Their Shells” (arr. Clarke S. Kessler)
Chicago: Rubank, Inc., 1936
London: Boosey & Hawkes
Good arrangement, medium difficulty. Good for children’s concerts if you can find a copy of it. [ Andrew Brandt ]
“Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks” (arr. ?)
New York: McGinnis & Marx
Pictures from an Exhibition (arr. by David B. Thompson)
Rock Hill, So. Carolina: Thompson Edition, 1995
(231 Plantation Rd., Rock Hill, SC 29732 USA.
This arrangement is based on the original piano work, but is reported to have some similarities to Ravel’s orchestration as well. Movements may be purchased separately.
Tableaux d’une Exposition, Souvenir de Victor Hartmann (Pictures at an Exhibition, A Remembrance of Viktor Hartman)(arr. Joachim Linckelmann)
Bärenreiter Verlag
An arrangement of the complete piano work, including several versions of the promenade. Oddly, the Bärenreiter online catalog lists this only under the title “A Remembrance of Viktor Hartman” in its English catalog.
Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Lovelock)
Manuscript.
Performed by the Adelaide Wind Quintet.
Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Stewart)
Gnome, Promenade, The Tuileries.
Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Alan Civil)
Dover, UK: Broadbent & Dunn, https://broadbent-dunn.com/ (digital download available)
Movements: Promenade, Tuileries, Promenade No. 2, and Ballet des Poussins dans Leurs Coques (Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells).
“Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyele” from Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. David B. Thompson)
Rock Hill, So. Carolina: Thompson Edition, 1995
“Promenade” from Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Adam Lesnick)
International Opus (P. O. Box 4852, Richmond, VA 23220 USA)
Nicely done arrangement of this all too short piece. Good for school concerts.
“Promenade” (arr. Bill Holcombe & Bill Holcombe, Jr)
Chesapeake, VA: Bill Holcombe’s Musicians Pub’s (http://billholcombe.com/)
Presumably, this is the Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition, but nothing in the catalog confirms this.
“Tuileries” and “Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks” (arr. K. David Van Hoesen)
Available Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music, U. of Rochester
“Tuileries” from Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 1:30. See http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/
Other works:
Children’s Memories (arr. Sylvia Coricelli)
Tallevast, FL: TrevCo Music
Die Jahrmarktszene von Sorotschinzi (The Fairground Scene, from Sorochintsky Fair) (arr. Wolfgang Renz) for woodwind quintet and four strings
Originally for piano. Arranged for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass. Duration: 4:30. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Eine Nacht auf dem kahlen Berge (Night on Bald Mountain) (arr. Joachim Linckelmann)
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2014.
Night on Bald Mountain (arr. John Grady)
Published by the arranger; see also: Boston, MA.: Ione Press
The Russian Village, for woodwind quintet.
Published by the arranger (but his / her name is not listed), 1959
Original title: Au village, for piano.
Mustard, Jonathan
Narcissus’ Gaze (1998)
Australian Music Centre: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Duration: 8:00.
Muth, Fritz(1891-1959)
Quintett nach einem Klaviertrio von Joseph Haydn
Kassel: Merseburger Verlag
Also arrangements of works by Pleyel (attributed to Haydn).
Muthspiel, Christian (1962- )
God and the Five Women für Holzbläserquintett (ausschließlich weiblich besetzt!!!) und Sprachzuspielungen (2004) (for an all-women quintet, with their voices).
Commissioned by the Linzer Veranstaltungsgesellschaft and performed by the Daius Quintett. Duration: 19:00. See also: http://www.christianmuthspiel.com/.
Myers, Robert (1941- )
Two Movements
Contemporary Music Project, University Microfilm, Ann Arbor, Michigan.