Brandt’s Woodwind Quintet List – O
Oatman, Johnson, Jr. (1856-1922)
Count Your Blessings (arr. Dana F. Everson)
Pub. By David E. Smith; See also http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Duration: 3:30. A hymn lyricist, Oatman is reported to have written words to 5000 Gospel hymns.
Oberstadt, Carolus (also Carel or Carl) Dietmar (1871-1940)
Quintett
A Dutch pianist, performer, and teacher, he also wrote chamber music. The archives of Carolus Oberstadt are located at the Natherlands Music Institute.
Obrecht, Eldon (1920-2011)
Pantomimes
Manuscript: University of Iowa
Obregon, Luis (1974- )
Abalorios de Madera (2005)
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 7:14. See http://library.newmusicusa.org/LuisObregon
O’Briant, Jim (1947- )
In Dulci Jubilo (arranged by O’Briant)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Russian Rag, Based on Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C♯ Minor (arranged initially by George L. Cobb in 1918 (see Cobb’s listing), later arranged for woodwind quintet by Jim O’Briant)
New London, Connecticut: Cimarron Music Press, 2007
The Lion Tamer Rag by Mark Janza (arr. Jim O’Briant)
New London, Connecticut: Cimarron Music Press, 2007
The Thriller! (Slow rag) (1909) by May Aufderheide (arr. Jim O’Briant)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2007. cimarronmusic.com
See also Aufderheide’s listing.
Obrovská, Jana (1930-1987)
Dechovy Kvintet (Woodwind Quintet) (1968)
Duration: 13:00. Grove Music Online lists this work, probably incorrectly, as “Wind Qt, 1968” (i.e. Wind Quartet), but perhaps the editor meant ‘Wind Qnt”. The Musicalics website clearly lists this work as a quintet as does the German-language Wikipedia article on Jana Obrovská and H. Alais Boenke’s Flute Music by Women Composers. The latter reference also lists a Sextet for Winds of 1955 by Obrovská. The Czech Musicbase website also has a list of Obrovká’s works, but unfortunately does not include any of her wind pieces.
Ockenfels, Helmut (1937-1999)
Neun Miniaturen (9 Miniatures)
Köln (Cologne): UBM Edition, 1985
Duration: 12:00. Recorded on the Köln, W. Germany Largo label in 1985-86, entitled “Colors, Contrasts”.
O’Connor, Jennifer
Notes from a Reedy Pond (2006) for flute, oboe, B-flat clarinet, bassoon and B-flat bass clarinet
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre
Duration: 8:50. 5 movements. Recorded by Michael Way, flute; Stephanie Nicholls, oboe; Catherine Cahill, clarinet; Jacqueline Coolican, bass clarinet; Jo Brown, bassoon at the University of Western Australia, for the Perth, Washington (US) label, Sound Mine, in 2007. Note: This is the Australian composer/teacher/academic, not to be confused with the U.S. singer/songwriter Jennifer O’Connor. See also: https://jennifergoconnor.com/
Odstrčil, Karel (1930-1997)
Pas de cinq (Dance Suite) (1973)
Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation) See the Czech MusicBase: https://www.musicbase.cz/compositions/5686-pas-de-cinq-dechovy-kvintet/
Duration: 10:00. 5 movements. See Arthur Cohn, The Literature of Chamber Music, for description. See also: https://www.musicbase.cz/composers/699-odstrcil-karel/
Dance Suite
Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/
See also: Praha (Prague): Hudební Informačni středisko, www.musicbase.cz
also:
Silhouettes (1962), Nonet for woodwind quintet, violin, viola, cello, bass
Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)
See also: Praha (Prague): Hudební Informačni středisko, www.musicbase.cz
Oehring, Helmut (1961- )
Gestauchte Winkel (1991) for Five Winds (oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trombone)
Berlin & Wiesbaden: Bote & Bock, 1992
O’Farrill, Arturo (Chico) (1921-2001)
Quintet
Cuban-born American jazz composer and performer. This composer is usually referred to as Chico, since he is father of pianist Arturo O’Farrill (confusing, since “chico” means “son” in Spanish). His Wikipedia page is listed under Chico O’Farrill. The website arturoofarrill.com is for his son.
Ofenbauer, Christian (1961- )
for martha keller für Holzblaserquintett (2001)
Wien: Doblinger, 2002
Contact info: http://www.moz.ac.at/people.php?p=50872&l=en
Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880)
arrangements
Can Can (from Orpheus in the Underworld, 1858, rev. 1874) (arr. ?)
Delevan, New York: Kendor Music
Can Can (from Orpheus in the Underworld, 1858, rev. 1874) (arr. Bill Holcombe)
Chesapeake, VA: Bill Holcombe’s Musicians Pub’s (http://billholcombe.com/)
The Can Can (arr. Andrew Lightfoot)
Andrew Lightfoot; see also: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
The Can-Can (6. Ce bal est original) from Orphée aux Enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld) (arr. Lin, Yizhi Ernest)
Singapore: Oriole Publishing, https://oriole-publishing.myshopify.com/
Overture from Orpheus in the Underworld (arr. Patrick Clements) for wind nonet
London: PCMS Sheet Music, http://www.clements16.co.uk/
For a flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns. Duration: 7:00.
According to the arranger, this version has “[l]ots of well-known tunes including the can-can. Goes down well. (Except, as we discovered, in French monasteries!)”
“Les Oiseaux dans la Charmille” from Tales of Hoffman (1881) (arr. Richard Price)
Available from Richard Price, 75 Loughlin Ave., Cos Cob, CT 06807 USA
Uses English horn instead of oboe. You need to borrow a ratchet from a percussionist, too.
“Olympia’s Aria” from Tales of Hoffman (1881) (trans. Don Stewart)
Tunbridge, Vt.: Trillenium Music, 1997
Oboe solo in woodwind quintet. Duration: 5:00.
Offenbach also wrote an opera, Il Signor Fagotto, which title begs for a quintet arrangement of some sort! [Andrew Brandt]
See Offenbach’s Two Blind Men for woodwind quintet and piano.
Ogdon, Will (Wilber Lee) (1921-2013)
Serenade No. 1 (1986-87)
Montclair, N.J.?: Association for the Promotion of New Music, [1999?]
Recorded on CRI (CD 763 CRI), possibly the same recording as that available by the Eolus Quintet. Duration: 9:21.
Serenade No. 2 (1990-1994)
Montclair, N.J.?: Association for the Promotion of New Music, [1999?]
Movements: Capriccio 1; Canzona; Capriccio 2; Scherzo and trio; Slow dance; Capriccio 3. Recorded by John Fonville, flute; Susan Barrett, oboe; Robert Zelickman, clarinet; Warren Gref, horn; and David Savage, bassoon on the CD “Compositions 1995-1999” for San Diego, California: Old King Cole Productions, 2001.
Öhlund, Ulf (1948- )
Three Pieces for Woodwind Sextet (for woodwind quintet and saxophone)
Tons (contact Svensk Music)
Duration: 12:00.
Ojala, Juha (1964- )
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (1992) (Puupuhallinkvintetto No. 1)
Helsinki: Music Finland https://core.musicfinland.fi/composers/juha-ojala
PDF of score is available for download. Movements: Moderato; Tempo giusto; Quasi adagio. This work appears to have been originally written as part of a Master’s Thesis at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore.
Not knowing Finnish, I do know that woodwind quintet is usually written as “puhallinkvintetto.” “Puupuhallinkvintetto” looks like a typo, but it’s printed that way in the catalog and on the score. Would any Finns like to explain? [Andrew Brandt]
Okeover, John (ca. 1590-1663 OR ca. 1595-1649 (or alternately flourishing from 1619-1634, depending on which composer)
Fantasia (arranged)
There were at least two John Okeovers in England and they may have been father and son. If so, the birthdates above (at least) would be suspect, however. The son appears to also have been known as John Oker, and he did write 17 fantasias (or fancies), according to Grove Music Online. This arrangement was performed by the Eastman Woodwind Quintet.
Okunev, German Grigor’evich (1931-1973)
Leningradskie Graviury
Leningrad (now St. Petersberg): Muzyka, 1977.
Movements: Noktiurn; IUmoreska; Ballada; Final.
Olah, Tiberiu (a.k.a. Oláh, Tibor) (1928-2002)
Peeripeții cu trisonuri majore (Adventures of Major Triads) (1993)
Self-published
His birth year is also given as 1927, probably depending on whether you are using the Julian or Gregorian calendar. Duration: 13:00. Movements: Preludiu; Fugă; Allegro vivo; Allegro giocoso.
Olaya-Munoz, Jorge (1916-1995)
Semblanzas
See also: http://jorgeolayamunoz.blogspot.com/
Dos Dansas Colombianas
Movements: Mañanita; Pasillo. Duration: 8:00. Recorded by the Quintet of the Americas for the Inter-American Music Festival at the Library of Congress in 1983.
Provincianita (1976)
Recorded by the Quintet of the Americas for the Inter-American Music Festival at the Library of Congress in 1983.
Two Dances: Te Sorprende? & Provincianita
Written for and recorded by the Quintet of the Americas, available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOSIt4ohPNM . According to program notes, the composer has made many of his dances available for quintet performance by the Quintet of the Americas.
Oldfield, Alan
Solos
M. M. Cole Pub., Co., 1975
Olds, Gerry (1933- )
Woodwind Quintet (1958)
O’Leary, Martin (1963- )
Variants (1985)
Manuscript. Try Dublin: Contemporary Music Centre
Duration: 7:00.
also:
Concertante 11 (1990) for flute/alto flute, oboe/English horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass
Manuscript. Try Dublin: Contemporary Music Centre
Duration: 10:00.
Oliveira, Jamary (1944-2020)
Nonet (1969) for woodwind quintet and string quartet
Centro de Documentacao de Musica Contemporanea CDMC-Brasil
It took me a while to figure out that the Brazilian abbreviation “TPa” appears to be for Trompa (Horn) and not timpani or some other percussion. The string parts appear to be for 2 violins, viola and cello.
Oliveira, Fernando(1991- )
As Brinca [For Fun] for woodwind quintet and alto saxophone
Blacksburg, Virginia: Cayambis Music Press, 2019 www.cayambismusicpress.com/
Duration: 8:00. Not to be confused with several other composers with similar names: Fernando Corrêa de Oliveira (1921-2004) or the songwriter Fernando de Oliveira (1944- ), nor the Composer Fernando Ribeiro de Oliveira (flourished 1915, according to IMSLP).
The Cayambis website has this description of As Brinca (likely from the composer): This three-movement work for wind sextet represents something of a thought experiment around the traditional Brazilian musical genre known as the “choro.” The first movement is an introduction to the typical harmonic and melodic components of this genre; however, since as a style the “choro.” is highly improvisational (and is in fact sometimes known as Brazilian jazz), this approach creates the tension that propels this movement towards its concluding measures. By juxtaposing the bassoon and the horn in the second movement (while the other four instruments chatter in the background), the composer flirts with the meaning of two words in Portuguese that begin with baix: “baixo” (bass) and “baixarias” (vulgarities). The third movement, a classic rondo, makes extensive use of counterpoint as well as more traditional harmonies and modulations.
Oliveira, Willy Correa de (1938- )
Phantasiestuck II (1973)
São Paulo: Serviço de Difusão de Partituras, USP, 1973
São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, Document Ação Musica, 1973?
Includes “Diagrammatic notation.” with instructions in English.
Oliver (Pina), Angel (1937-2005)
Dos Piezas (Two Pieces) (1966)
Manuscript: Archivo Sinfonico de la S.G.A.E., Madrid
Interpolaciones (Interpolations) (1970)
Madrid: Editorial Alpuerto
Oliver, Harold (1942- )
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (1967)
New York: Carl Fischer, 1972
Flute doubles piccolo. See also: http://users.rowan.edu/~oliver/
Arthur Cohn, The Literature of Chamber Music, describes this as a 12-tone work “totally devoid of repetition and using in its place exciting fantasy.” The work includes free sections, “senza misura” and also uses “bent pitches, microtonality, and with the pitches given, controlled improvisation.”
Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (1993)
APNM (Association for the Promotion of New Music)
Duration: 15:00.
Oliverio, James
Winds of the Magic Wood (1989) for woodwind quintet and narrator
See http://www.oliveriomusic.com/
Duration: 12:00. Designed for children’s concerts, the score comes with taped narration. Commissioned and premiered by the Pandean Players.
The Fall of Babylon (1974) for mezzo soprano and wind quintet
Oliveros, Pauline (1932-2016)
Portrait of the Quintet of the Americas (1988) for flute, oboe + English horn, clarinet + bass clarinet, bassoon and horn
Recorded by the Quintet of the Americas on CRI, 1996. Duration: 7:26. Although the bassoon and horn are not included in the catalog listing, it appears this work is for normal woodwind quintet with the doublings indicated. The work may be largely improvisational. Much of her music was published by Bowdoin College Press. (There’s obviously much more to learn about this piece.) See also: http://www.paulineoliveros.us/ . The recording can be purchased on the Quintet of the Americas web site. (Although Ms. Oliveros’s website doesn’t list this title, it does list a work, Portraits, which includes a unique, computer generated score with improvisation for each player. It’s conceivable that the Portrait of the Quintet of the Americas is a personalized version of Portraits)
She has also composed a work for double woodwind quintet and two pianos.
Olmeda, Angel Luis
Ritual Nocturno (1991)
New York: American Music Center
Flutist doubles on piccolo. Duration: 12:00. Commissioned by the Department of Culture’s Activities of the University of Puerto Rico for the Aulos quintet. See also: http://library.newmusicusa.org/AngelLuisOlmeda
Olsen, Carl Gustav Sparre (1903-1984)
Quintet for Winds, Op. 35
Drammen, Norway: Harald Lyche Musikkforlag, 1950 (C. F. Peters, agents)
Clarinet in A. Duration: 11:00. 3 movements. Originally entitled “Divertimento.”
Arthur Cohn, The Literature of Chamber Music, describes this as “Twentieth-century classical tonalism….”
Three pieces for Wind Quintet (Tre stykker for blåsekvintett), Op. 59 (1971)
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
Olsen, James (1982- )
Imbroglio (1998)
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Duration: 10:00. First performed and recorded by the Galliard Ensemble on the London Meridian label in 2000.
Olsson, Sture (1919-1987)
Kvintett (1975)
Stockholm: Svensk Musik
Description of an Impression for woodwinds and percussion (1979)
Svensk Music (SMIC)
For flute doubling on piccolo and alto flute; oboe doubling English horn; clarinet doubling bass clarinet; bassoon doubling contrabassoon, horn and percussion. Percussion includes: snare drum, xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, 5 toms, cymbals, wood block plus a “sanza“ (?) in the horn part, a strung rattle in the oboe part, a sizzle cymbal in the clarinet part, and a frame drum in the flute part.Duration: 12:00. A PDF of the score may be downloaded from http://www.mic.se/avd/mic/prod/micpdf.nsf/dl/19415f1.pdf/$file/19415f1.pdf
Oltra (i Ferrer), Manuel (1922- )
Doble 5 Suite for woodwind quintet and string orchestra (1962)
Barcelona: Boileau, 2009
Movements: Pastoral; Infantil; Burlesca; Elegiaca; Festiva.
O’Meagher, Hugh
Woodwind Quintet (1963)
Source: Washington, DC: Library of Congress
Omer, Shlomo (1943- )
Memories 76 (1996)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Center
Duration: 16:00.
O’Neill, John
Cops and Robbers, A Merry Chase
Imagine Music; see also: Boston, MA.: Ione Press
Duration: 2:20. Inspired by the Keystone Kops.
Onslow, Georg (André George Louis Onslow) (1784-1853)
Quintet in F Major, Op. 81, No. 1 (1850)
Leipzig: Chez Fr. Kistner (with Paris: Chez Brandus & Cie.), 1852
Possibly published by: New York: McGinnis & Marx Music Pub.
Edition Silvertrust, http://www.editionsilvertrust.com/onslow-wind-quintet-op81.htm
The work was dedicated to Dorus [flutist Louis Dorus], the Verroust brothers [oboist Stanislas Verroust and bassoonist Charles Verroust], Leroy [possibly either Leon Leroy or Henri Leroy, clarinetist] and Menga [likely the hornist for the premiere]. Duration: 23:10. Movements: 1. Allegro non troppo; 2. Scherzo. Energico; 3. Andante sostenuto; 4. Finale. Allegro spirituoso. [The Silvertrust edition lists the third movement as Larghetto.] Parts available for free download from the International Music Score Library Project:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Wind_Quintet,_Op.81_(Onslow,_George) (These parts are for Quintet in F Major, which is presumably Op. 81, No. 1, although it is just marked Op. 81 with no number.)
Onslow was a student of Anton Reicha. An accomplished composer and musician who was wealthy enough not to require making his living as a musician, Onslow composed mostly chamber music works for strings, although he also wrote 4 symphonies and 4 operas. The IMSLP site allows you listen to a live performance of the work by Soni Ventorum, which illustrates Reicha’s influence (especially in its classical formal structure and the contrapuntal flow between instruments). To my ear, it sounds like a nice transitional work between Reicha and Taffanel, style-wise — right where it should be chronologically. Sounds like it would be fun to perform for the professional or advanced student quintet! ¶ There is contradicting evidence over whether Op. 81 was a single quintet or included 3 quintets. Most lists of Onslow’s works (including Grove’s, the Association George Onslow, Wikipedia (English), and the International Music Score Library Project) only list the Quintet in F Major in Op. 81. However, a few sources (see below) maintain that there were 3 quintets included in the opus and even list publishers. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Quintett, Op. 81, No. 2 (1850?)
Leipzig: Fr. Kistner & C.F.W. Siegel (ca. 1852) /
Kassel: Kammermusik Verlag, 2006
Copy in Indiana University Music Library, Bloomington.
Blaserquintett F-dur, Op. 81, No. 3 (1850?)
Leipzig: F. Kistner, 1851
New York: McGinnis & Marx
Munchen: F.E.C. Leuckart 1956
also:
Nonet in A Major, Op. 77 (1848) for woodwind quintet, violin, viola, cello, bass
Paris: Brandus et Cie. (ca. 1848)
Edition Silvertrust, http://www.editionsilvertrust.com
Movements: 1. Allegro spiritoso; 2. Scherzo: Agitato; 3. Tema con variazioni: Andantino con moto; 4. Finale: Largo – Allegretto quasi Allegro. The complete parts may now be downloaded from the International Music Score Library Project at http://imslp.org/wiki/Nonet,_Op.77_(Onslow,_George) . Although the original score is for Clarinet in C, the clarinet part has been transposed for Clarinet in B♭ by Stefan Dickmann, also available at the same link. Onslow also arranged this for sextet with piano (see the following link).
See Onslow’s works for winds and piano.
Opdal, Per Snorre (1941- )
Sentiment (1983)
Oslo: NB noter (Contemporary Norwegian sheet music)
Duration: 5:40. Premiered in 1984 by the Namsos Blaringsekvintett.
The publisher NB Noter offers PDF sample scores and parts for immediate inspection on their website (something more publishers should do). Although I only quickly sampled three quintets, it appears that these works are simple, short, easy (and often slow) works, perhaps intended for student ensembles, appropriate for training in intonation, balance, dynamics and harmony. But it’s dangerous to make conclusions from such a small (and quickly viewed) sample, so I encourage you to check, yourself. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Kontura (2004)
Oslo: NB Noter
Duration: 3:40.
Les Sujets (2005)
Oslo: NB Noter
Duration: 4:30.
Fanfare (2012)
Oslo: Norsk Musikkinformasion (Norwegian Music Information Centre), 2013
Duration: 1:05.
Sence of Dawn (2017)
Oslo: NB Noter
Duration: 7:00. Title might be a misspelling of “Sense”.
Opitz, Erich (1912-2001)
Blaserquintett (1956)
Manuscript: Steirischer Tonkunstlerbund, Graz, Austria
Sonatina a Cinque (1969)
Manuscript: Steirischer Tonkunstlerbund, Graz, Austria
Epigramme (1970)
Manuscript: Steirischer Tonkunstlerbund, Graz, Austria
Oralogio, Alessandro (1550-1633)
Intradae quinque et sex vocibus (Five Intradas and Six Voices)
Adliswil, Switzerland: Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia
Apparently arranged to be performed by ensemble with children’s voices. Exact performance requirements are not clear in the online catalog but it appears that it can be performed by a woodwind quintet, a woodwind sextet, or a brass sextet.
Orbán, György (1947- )
Fúvósötös (Wind Quintet) (1985)
London: Boosey & Hawkes
Budapest: Editio Musica Budapest, 1988
Uses clarinet in A. Duration: 12:00. 3 movements. Premiered November 20, 1986 by the Wind Quintet of the Hungarian Radio.
Barbera Secrist-Schmedes, in Wind Chamber Music, contends “This work shows the strong influence of Stravinsky and Bartok as well as of Jazz and circus music.”
also:
Triple Sextet (1980)
Budapest: Editio Music Budapest, 1986
One of Orbán’s better known works, it is score for three groups of instruments. Woodwinds: 2 flutes (piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets (bass clarinet); and bassoon; Percussion: Percussion instruments, harp, cembalo, cimbalon?, prepared miniature piano, and (normal) piano; and Strings: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos and double bass.
Ore, Cecilie (1954- )
Helices (1984)
Oslo: Norsk musikforlag, 1988
Duration: 8:15. Commissioned by the Bergen Chamber Music Society.
Orff, Carl (1895-1982)
Carmina Burana, Canciones profane for double woodwind quintet (arr. Friedrich Wanek)
Mainz: B. Schott Sohne
Movements: 1. Fortune plango vulnera; 2. In trutina; 3. Dance; 4. Amor volat undique; 5. In taberna. Recorded by the Bläser-Ensemble Mainz (in 1990). Duration: 15:00.
Selections from Carmina Burana for woodwind quintet and doublebass(arr. Waneck)
Movements: Fortune plango vulnera; In trutina; Tanz; Amor volat undique; In taberna Performed by Windscape.
Orgad, Ben-Zion (1926-2006)
Nofim, le-hamishit kele neshifah me’etz (Landscapes) (1969)
Tel-Aviv, Israel: Israel Music Institute, 1975
Duration: 9:00.
An Exposition (1995)
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute, https://www.imi.org.il/
Duration: 4:00.
also:
Back to Suafir for voice, woodwind quintet, string quintet and percussion
Tel-Aviv: Israel Music Institute, 1997
Siphonic Movement (1999) for woodwind quintet, brass quintet, percussion and 2 string quintets
Tel Aviv: Israel Music Institute
Orland, Max
Dogfight (2011)
Peformed by the Washington Square Winds. A recording of the work is available on SoundCloud.
Orlando, Michele (1887-after 1950)
Interludio Sinfonico
Suite
Quintet (1932)
Orlando was a Finnish flutist of Italian birth performing with the Helsinki Philharmonic from 1915-1951. Yes, even with the name Michele, he appears to have been male.
Orlinski, Heinz Bernhard(1928-2012)
Sonata (1967) for double woodwind quintet
Svensk Music (was SMIC)
Ørskov, Rasmus (1984- )
Wind Quintet (2009)
Score and parts available under the Creative Commons license from: http://imslp.org/wiki/Wind_Quintet_(%C3%98rskov,_Rasmus) . Uses Clarinet in A.
Orr, Buxton(1924-1997)
Sonata per Dieci (1967) for double woodwind quintet
Gamber Press
2nd flute doubles on piccolo; 2nd doubles English horn; 2nd clarinet doubles bass clarinet. Movements: Intrada; Sonata; Intermezzo; Antifon; Rondo finale. For program notes, see Catherine Gerhart’s Annotated Bibliography of Double Wind Quintet Music
Ortega-Miranda, Chañaral (1973- )
L’extraordinaire aventure arrivée à Vladimir Maïakovski en été, à la campagne (1998) for woodwind quintet and baritone (voice)
Setting of a poem by Vladimir Maïakovski in French. Duration: 15:00. See also: https://ortega-miranda.com/
Ortis, Luciano
Entfaltungszeiten (1974)
Herrenberg: Gotthard von Doring
Duration: 8:00.
Ortiz, Gabriela(1964- )
Puzzle–Tocas (2000)
New York: Project Schott New York, 2016, https://www.eamdc.com/psny/composers/gabriela-ortiz/works/puzzle-tocas/
Flutist doubles on piccolo. Duration: 11:00. Commissioned by the Quinteto de Alientos de la Ciudad de México (Mexico City Woodwind Quintet). See also: http://www.gabrielaortiz.com
also:
Apariciones (1990) for woodwind quintet and string quintet
Duration: 11:00.
Ortiz (Alvarado), William (1947- )
Obra Publica (1992)
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 8:00. See also: http://www.williamortiz.com/
According to Donald Thompson’s article in Grove Music Online, Ortiz is a Puerto Rican composer raised in New York City. Many of his works reflect the street music of Hispanic and Black-American street culture. The title suggests that influence, although I cannot confirm that. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Ortiz also has a Caribe Urbano for woodwinds and piano.
Osborn, Sean (1966- )
The Machine
Octogram Press, 2002
The composer describes this as “4 min. of heavy metal for winds.”
Deck the Halls Carol
http://www.osbornmusic.com/
Variations on the Twelve Days of Christmas
http://www.osbornmusic.com/
Come All Ye Shepherds / Carol of the Bells
http://www.osbornmusic.com/
See also Osborn’s various arrangements (for Ravel, Mozart, Grieg, J.S. Bach, Byrd)
Osborne, Nigel(1948- )
Albanian Nights (1991) for double woodwind quintet
Vienna: Universal Edition
Duration: 12:00.
Osjetrova-Jakoleva, Nina Alexandrovna (also spelled Osetrova-Yakovlieva) (1923-1972)
Blaserquintett (1947)
Osmon, Leroy
Music for Five Winds
San Antonio, Tex.: RBC Publications
Movements: I. A Waltz (for my mother); II. Pastorale (for Missy); III. March (to David and Alice, “for happy summer days gone by”). Performed and recorded by the Cumberland Quintet at Tennessee Technological University. Links to the recording are available on the composer’s website: http://leroyosmon.com/
Osokin, Michal (Mikhail) (1903- ?)
Poetische Bilder “Aus vergangener Zeit”
Moscow: Soviet Central Publisher
Not to be confused with the Soviet journalist Mikhail Osokin, born 1952 or the Russian hockey player of the same name.
Ossinsky, Louis (1931-2011)
Suite (1955)
Copy located in the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
Ostendorf, Jens-Peter (1944-2006)
1. Blaserquintett (First Wind Quintet) (1967)
Hamburg: Hans Sikorski, 1970
Duration: 9:20. I have found no evidence of any subsequent woodwind quintet by Ostendorf.
Osterc, Slavko (1895-1941)
Kvintet za pihala (Quintet for wind instruments) (1932)
Ljubljana: Edicije Društvo slovenskih skladateljev, 1973
Society of Slovene Composers, www.dss.si
Hans Gerig Musikverlag (see Breitkopf & Härtel)
Duration: 11:00.
also:
Nonet (1937) for woodwind quintet, violin, viola, cello and bass
Ljubljana: Društvo slovenskih skladateljev, 1965
Movements: Moderato; Allegro con brio. Recorded by RTV Ljubljana.
Ostijn, Willy(1913-1993)
Fantasia, for wind quintet (1975)
A Belgian composer, his compositional style has been called Romantic.
Oswald, John (1953- ) editor?
Early 20th Century Woodwind Quintet (1994)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Citation gives no explanation of the title. Nor does it explain, for sure, whether it’s a composition, a collection, or a treatise. (I’m leaning toward the treatise.)
Oswald, Rebecca
Aesop’s Fables for woodwind quintet with narration (1999)
Swirly Music, https://www.swirlymusic.org/
Duration: 12:00. “Five of Aesop’s Fables are told in this work. Each movement has two main characters, highlighted by a different pairing of instruments. Audiences of all ages enjoy this work. It is an excellent vehicle for demonstrating the unique voice and personality of the different instruments of the woodwind quintet.” Movements: I. The Ant and the Grasshopper; II. The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse; III. The Hare and the Tortoise; IV. The Wind and the Sun; V. The Lion and the Mouse. Recorded by the Arrieu Quintet in 2013 and the individual movements are available on YouTube. there is also a recording in Italian by Quintetto Andersen. See also: http://www.rebeccaoswald.com/
Oteri, Frank J. (1964- )
circles mostly in wood, a wind quintet in 1/4 tones (2002)
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 20:00. See program notes and scores at https://www.fjoteri.com/circles-mostly-in-wood
Ots, Kharp (Отс, Харп)
Plesy (Pieces for Wind Quintet)
Moscow: Sovetskii kompozitor, 1960
Movements: (in English) March; Elegy; Humoresque. Recorded on the Bulgarian label Balkanton in the 1970s by the Sofiiski Woodwind Quintet. Title also listed as Piesi and as P’esy.
Finding information about this composer is even more difficult than finding information about the quintet. There is a pretty good chance that the name Kharp Ots was the Russian equivalent for the Estonian composer, Harri Otsa below and this work might even be the 1958 Suite listed under his name. Although the publisher Sovetskii kompozitor no longer exists, it seems this work was well distributed to academic libraries around the world. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Otsa, Harri (1926-2001)
Suite (Süit) (1958)
Manuscript. See the Estonian Music Information Centre: http://www.emic.ee/
Movements: 1. Quasi marcia; 2. Elegy; 3. Intermezzo; 4. Humoresque. It was included in a recording of the woodwind quintet of the State Philharmonic of the Estonian SSR (back before the Soviet Union breakup), recorded by S. Saulus, flute; H. Värv, oboe; R. Karin, clarinet; E. Saanpere, bassoon; and U. Uustalu, horn.
Wind Quintet (Puhkpillikvintett) (1970)
Manuscript: University of Wisconsin ?
Copy of the manuscript in the Estonian Theatre and Music Museum, see also http://www.emic.ee
Movements: 1. Con humore; 2. Improvisata; 3. Rondo. Finale.
Three Pieces
Editions Viento, see TrevCo Music Publishing
5 Musical Fuilletons (5 muusikalist följetoni) (1972)
Manuscript only?, see http://www.emic.ee/
Duration: 11:00. Movements: 1. Andantino; 2. Allegretto; 3. Allegro; 4. Moderato; 5. Moderato.
Ott, David (Lee) (1947- )
Sabado for Woodwind Quintet (1985)
Unable to confirm this work in 2022.
Gathering of the Waters (2011)
World premiere performed and recorded by the Wingra Woodwind Quintet at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2011. See also: https://davidottcomposer.com/
Ott, Daniel(1975- )
Variable Winds (2015)
Duration: 10:43. Written for and recorded by for the Quintet of the Americas. Available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOSIt4ohPNM late in the video recital. See also: https://www.danielottmusic.com/ . This Daniel Ott is the American composer, not to be confused with the Swiss composer of the same name born in 1960.
Ott, Joseph (1929-1990)
8:11:73 (1973)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
10:16:73 (1973)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
11:11:72 (1972
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
Cybernetic Structure No. 1
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
Prelude and March (1952)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
A Quintet Quickie (1979)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
Seven Variations for Woodwind Quintet (1962)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
Study (1960)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
Study for Quintet (1961)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
Study in the Style of Ravel (1980)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
Suite for Woodwind Quintet (1973)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
Duration: 10:00.
Suite No. 2 for Woodwind Quintet (1984)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
Movements: I. Gatcha Caccia; II. Outcanttion [Outcantation??]; III. The Fall of Troy (N.Y.); IV. The Forward March; V. Patterns (shnell as hell).
Suite No. 3 for Woodwind Quintet (1980)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
Three Miniatures (1980)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
Three Pieces for Woodwind Quintette (1949)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
Movements: Prelude; Invention; March.
Three Pieces for Woodwind Quintet (1960)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
Three Pieces for Woodwind Quintet (1961)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
also:
Five Pieces for Woodwind Quintet and Strings (1961)
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Claude Benny Press, http://www.claudebennypress.com
See also works for winds and piano.
Otten, Ludwig (1924-2016)
Blaasquintet No. 2 (1954)
Amsterdam: Donemus, New York, C.F. Peters, 1955
Duration: 10:00. Performed and broadcast by the Radio Philharmonic Quintet in 1954. Also performed by Le Quintette de Belgique (1964) in Antwerp.
Movements for Wind Quintet (Woodwind Quintet No. 3) (1966)
Amsterdam, Donemus, 1967
Duration: 13:00. See Arthur Cohn, The Literature of Chamber Music, for a brief description.
also:
Divertimento No. 3 (1964) for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns
Amsterdam: Donemus, 1964
Duration: 16:00. Regularly performed by the Netherlands Wind Ensemble (conducted by Edo de Waart and Hans Vonk). Also performed by the Radio Chamber Orchestra.
Ottoson, David (1892-1970)
Svit
Stockholm: STIMS Informationscentral for Svensk Musik
Movements: Alla marcia; Idyll; Intermezzo; Finale. Duration: 15:00.
Oubradous, Fernand (1903-1986)
Fantaisie Dialoguée
Monaco: Editions de l’Oiseau-lyre, 1949 /
TrevCo Music Publishing
Uses A Clarinet. The composer, a bassoonist, has also done several arrangements included in this list and was also involved in the origins of the trio d’anche, which is on a separate page.
Symphonies et Danses d’apres J. Ph. Rameau for woodwind quintet
Paris: A. Leduc, 1954
Movements: Air polonais; Ritournelle; Air vif; Adoration du soleil; Menuet; Chaconne.
Overoy (Overøye), Odd (Johan) (1961- )
Kvintett
Not published. Contact the composer: https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/odd.johan.overoye
Overoy teaches composing at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway.
Owen, Blythe (1898-2000)
Two Inventions for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 35, No. 1 (1964)
Hall-Orion Music, 1972
See also: https://www.andrews.edu/library/music/bowencomps.html
Owens, William (1963- )
Caprice (2012)
RBC Publications
Premiered by the Keller High School Woodwind Ensemble of Texas.
Ozaita, María Luisa(1939-2017)
Urte Berri y Ametza’n Dantza (New Year’s Dance and Ametza’n Dance), film score for wind quintet (1971)
Recorded by the Quinteto de Viento Koan on a Movieplay S.A. release on LP (a CD version could be available). Although no timings were given, there were 3 other pieces included on a single LP, so either this is a suite of excerpts or it was a very short movie. In addition to composing, María Luisa Ozaita was also a harpsichordist, musicologist, conductor and educator, and had been active in Spain promoting women composers and performers.
Esto nos pasa por no tener director (This happens to us for not having a director) (1981)
also:
In Memóriam (1975) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and 2 cellos