Brandt’s Woodwind Quintet List – W
Wagemans, Peter-Jan (1952- )
Blaaskwintet (1973), Op. 6
Amsterdam, Donemus 1973
Duration: 12:00. See also:
http://www.peter-janwagemans.com/
Blaaskwintet No. 2 (1992-1993)
Amsterdam: Donemus 1993
For flute (piccolo, alto flute), oboe (cor anglais), clarinet (bass clarinet), horn (Wagner tuba), and bassoon. Duration: 14:00.
Wagendristel, Alexander (1965- )
wald.lieder (ohne worte), Op. 93 (2002)
manuscript
Duration: 12:00. See http://www.mica.at/composerdb/
Wagner, Joseph Frederick (1900-1974)
Fantasy and Fugue (1968)
New York: Southern Music, 1968
Wagner, Otto (editor?) (1841-1918)
Musik für Bläser, v.2. Holzblaeserquintette (Woodwind Quintet)
Leipzig: Pro Musica Verlag, 1982
Kleine Musik by Guenter Lampe
Musik für Bläserquintett by Dankward Pfeiffer
Heitere Suite für Bläserquintett by Siegfried Mueller
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
Albumblatt (arr. Ross Taylor)
San Antonio: Southern Music
All the Albumblätter were originally written for piano and were dedicated to specific people. [See Grove’s Online]
Albumblatt C-Dur in das Album von Frau Mathilde Wesendonck (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 2:30. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Albumblatt für Frau Betty Schott (1875) (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 4:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Ankungt bei den schwarzen Schwänen, Op. 95 (Arrival of the Black Swans) (1861) (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 4:30. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Elegie (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 1:00. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
“Bridal Chorus” from Lohengrin (arr. Joachim Linckelmann)
Schott Music
Wedding March (Marcha Nupcial) from Act III of Lohengrin (arr. José Welligton Sousa de Castro)
This 2017 arrangement is available under a Creative Commons license. It may be downloaded from ScorSer.com.
“In Fernem Land” (from Third Act of Lohengrin) (arr. Sylvia Coricelli)
Tallevast, FL: TrevCo Music
Siegfried Idyll (arr. Lovelock)
Manuscript. Performed by the Adelaide Woodwind Quintet.
Siegfried Idyll (1870)(arr. Wolfgang Renz) for dectet, woodwind and string quintets
For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, and double bass. Duration: 18:00. See: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Siegfried Idyll (arr. Kerry Camden) for double woodwind quintet
Prelude from “The Mastersingers” (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 1867)
Editions Marc Reift
See also Richard Blackford’s Portrait of Hans Sachs from themes from Die Meistersinger.
Wagner, Wolfram (1962- )
Bläserquintett (1986)
Apoll Edition
Duration: 5:00. http://www.wolfram-wagner.com/ .
Wahlich, Marcel
Quintet
Wahlqvist, Ola (1924- )
Bagatell (1965)
Stockholm: Svensk Music
Duration: 3:00.
Waldek, Gunter (1953- )
Canto delle sirene (1992)
Published by the composer (Linz, Austria)
Duration: 13:00.
Waldteufel, Emil(1837-1915)
Les Patineurs (The Skater’s Waltz) (1882) Walzer für Bläserquintett (arr. Simon Scheiwiller)
Adliswil, Switzerland: Edition Kunzelmann, 2016
Walker, Allan (1955- )
Three Short Movements (1980) for woodwind quintet and double bass
Grosvenor Place, NSW: Australian Music Centre, see http://www.amcoz.com.au/
Walker, George (1922- )
Wind Set (1999)
St. Louis, MO: MMB Music, 1999
St. Louis, Missouri: Luren Keiser Music Publishing, 2015?
Walker, Gwyneth (Van Anden) (1947- )
Braintree Quintet (1988)
MMB Music/
Randolph, Vt.: Walker Music Productions /
Boston: E. C. Schirmer Music, 1992
Duration: 21:00. Movements: Nearer, my God to Thee; What a friend; Bring them in; God be with you; Abide with me. Commissioned by the Braintree Historical Society of Braintree, Vermont.
This work may be performed as written or with the audience / congregation singing each hymn, alternating with the woodwind quintet arrangement. (Vocal parts in the score and downloadable from the composer’s website, http://www.gwynethwalker.com/ )
Woodland Wind Quintet (1997)
MMB Music/Randolph, Vt.: Walker Music Productions; also under Lauren Keiser Music Publishing ?
Duration: 6:00.
Fun-damentals of Music (2004) for Woodwind Quintet with Audience Participation
MMB Music/
Randolph, Vt.: Walker Music Productions
Four Movements: Rhythm; Melody; Harmony; Form. Commissioned by the Equinox Chamber Players. May be performed with children or with general audiences.
According to the composer, “Each movement focuses on one basic component of music. According to the directions given by one of the members of the quintet, the audience will join the players by clapping (rhythms), humming (a melody), harmonizing (building chords) and raising hands, or perhaps standing up (!), (to identify formal sections and thematic recurrences).”
Encounters (2007)
Available from the composer’s website (see above) /
Maryland Heights, MO: Lauren Keiser Music,
According to the composer, “First Encounter” is an energetic greeting, or a first “hello.” The music is straightforward, as if walking up to one another for an introduction, with perhaps a slight dance approach. This leads to “Leisurely Encounter,” which is characterized by a relaxed tempo and blues style of playing. “Synchronized Encounter” is marked ‘very quickly’. The players need to be ‘in sync’ in order to navigate the mixed meters, with foot taps and other extra-musical events interspersed! “Familiar Encounter – a dance” comes at the end of the suite, when the players have become well acquainted. This movement allows the players to pair up for a series of dance interpretations of a well-known tune.
Off to the Races (2012)
Maryland Heights, Missouri: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing
Based on horse-related tunes: Stephen Foster’s ”Camptown Races,” the British folksong ”Stewball Was a Race Horse,” and ”The Home Stretch,” which is based on two familiar American Songs.
Walker, James (1929- )
Woodwind Quintet, (1977)
New York: G. Schirmer, 1980
Walker, Richard (1912-?)
In Joyous Mood (1954)
Oskaloosa, Iowa: C. L. Barnhouse, 1954
Duration: 2:00.
Rigaudon
Delevan, N.Y.: Kendor Music, 1970
Duration: 4:30.
Adagio and Allegro (1953)
Oskaloosa, Iowa: C. L. Barnhouse, 1953
Duration: 3:00.
Not to be confused with Richard Walker, the arranger born in 1962 who, obviously, was born after most of these works were published.
Walker, Robert (1946- )
Rigaudon
Wall, David
Sea Songs Collection (arranged for wind quintet)
Shaftesbury: EMU, 1996
Bailero, the shepherd’s song: a French traditional song from the Auvergne hills, arranged for wind quintet
Shaftesbury: EMU, 1996
Wall, Robert
arrangements and original works
A Day in the Park (2007)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Movements: Strolling through the Park; Old Men on a Beach; Children Playing Chase.
Christmas Suite 1
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2008. cimarronmusic.com
Arrangements of It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; Sing We now of Christmas; He is Born.
Christmas Suite 2
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2008. cimarronmusic.com
Arrangements of I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day; How Great our Joy; We Three Kings.
Hymns of Faith
Salem, CT: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
1. Wonderful Grace in Jesus, 2. It is Well With My Soul, 3. I Come to the Garden Alone.
Hymn Suite
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2007. cimarronmusic.com
Movements: Softly and Tenderly (Thompson); Be Thou My Vision; All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Elliot).
Hymn Suite No. 2
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2008. cimarronmusic.com
Movements: There is a Foundation; Nothing but the Blood (Robert Lowry); There is Power in the Blood. (Lewis E. Jones)
Hymn Suite No. 3
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2008. cimarronmusic.com
Movements: Praise Him! Praise Him! (Chester G. Allen); Jesus the very Thought of Thee (John B. Dykes); I Stand Amazed in the Presence (Charles H. Gabriel).
Quintet 3 (2007)
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press, 2007. cimarronmusic.com
Movements: Promenade; A Sad Song; the Twisted Carousel March.
Renaissance Suite
Salem, CT: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Arrangements of Moro lasso by Gesualdo; Penitential psalm no. 6 by Lasso; The Silver Swan by Gibbons.
River Suite
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Arrangements of The Water is Wide; Deep River; Oh, Shenandoah. (Traditional American folk tunes.)
Suite for Advent
Salem, CT: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
1. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent – Traditional French; 2. O, Come, O Come Emmanuel – Traditional; 3. Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus.
Three Episodes
Salem, Ct.: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Erroneously listed in some places as “Episodes Episodes.”
Three Pieces
Salem, CT: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Movements: Fanfare; Andante; Danza.
Wallace, Frank A.
The Bells (2013)
Contact the composer, http://www.frankwallace.com/
Duration: 12:00. Three movements: The Bells I – D’Orleans; The Bells II – D’Angelus; The Bells III – In the Well. A synthesized version is available online on SoundCloud.
Wallace, William (1933- )
Prelude and Quodlibet (1988)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Commissioned by Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Duration: 10:00. (Not to be confused with Scottish composer William Wallace (1860-1940) or with Irish composer William Vincent Wallace (1812-1865).)
Wallach, Joelle (1946- )
Woodwind Quintet, O llama de amor viva (Oh, Living Flame of Love) (1988)
Duration: 5:20. Premiere performance: New Music for Young Ensembles Concert, Weill Recital Hall, New York, N.Y., Apr. 9, 1991. See also: http://www.joellewallach.com/ . A recording of the work is available on the site: http://joellewallach.com/composition/woodwind-quintet-o-llama-de-amor-viva/ .
According to the composer: ‘The subtitle of Joelle Wallach’s Woodwind Quintet, “O llama de amor viva” (Oh, living flame of love), is the first line of a poem by the Spanish mystic, Saint John of the Cross. The music depicts fire’s gentle flicker and sudden conflagration as metaphor for the varying intensity of consuming spiritual love. The brief rising phrase each instrument breathes in the short slow introduction is a single, graceful lick of flame. As the piece progresses through rapid changes of tempo, texture and mood, the phrases ignite, flaring together or blazing separately, creating climaxes, flashing toward a final flushed moment of glowing repose.’
This work won first prize in the New Music for Young Ensembles Composition Competition, but for a very advanced young ensemble. Professional ensembles would find plenty to chew on in this work, and certainly on several other works Wallach has written for various ensembles, including a sextet for winds and piano and a heart-breaking Octet “From the Forest of Chimneys” based on a visit to Birkenau. Nobody would ever describe Joelle Wallach’s style as frivolous. In fact, she may be one of the most thoughtful and unique composers I’ve heard in a while. Chamber musicians should definitely check out her website and listen to a few of her pieces, then schedule them for performance! [ Andrew Brandt ]
See Wallach’s Sextet for quintet and piano.
Walldoff, Sven-Olof (1929-2011)
Gammal Dans (1980-1981)
Stockholm: Svensk Musik
Duration: 3:00.
Liten Sonat (1980-1981)
Stockholm: Svensk Musik
Duration: 4:00.
Wallerstein, Anton (1813-1892)
Jenny Lind Polka
New York: Symphony Reproductions, 1989
Originally for piano, (Title refers to soprano Jenny Lind, 1820-1887.)
Wallvik, Einar (1911-1993)
Pastoralt Intermezzo (1979)
Stockholm: Svensk Music
Duration: 5:00.
Walsh, John(1665 or 1666-1736)
Bird Fancier’s Delight
Brass Wind Publications
Originally a solo collection published in 1715, full title: “The Bird Fancyer’s Delight, or Choice Observations And Directions Concerning the Teaching of all sorts of Singing Birds after the Flagelet and Flute when rightly made as to Size and tone, with Lessons properly Compos’d within the Compass and faculty of each Bird, viz. for the Canary-Bird, Linnet, Bull-Finch, Wood-Lark, Black-Bird, Throustill [thrush], Nightingale and Starling.” (Possibly arranged by somebody named Wilson?) Based on an American collection of flageolet tunes for teaching singing to caged birds. Original collection is available from the International Music Score Library Project.
Walter, Evan
Woodwind Quintet
Available from the composer: 2102 San Gabriel #103, Austin, TX 78705 USA
Walter, Fried (1907-1996)
Quintett für Bläser
Frankfurt: Zimmermann
Duration: 15:40. Fried Walter is also active as an arranger, but not, apparently, of woodwind quintets. Not to be confused with the violinist and conductor Walter Fried (1877-1925).
Walther, (Heinrich Ernst) Erwin (1920-1995)
“Black Suite” nach Spirituals und Blues
Stuttgart: IKURO Edition, 2013
Includes: Go down, Moses (Spiritual); Long gone (Blues); Poor mourner’s got a home, at last (Spiritual); Black, Brown and White. Excerpts of score available at: http://www.ikuroedition.de/autoren/walther-h.-e.-erwin/125/black-suite-nach-blues-und-spirituals
Walton, Mike
arrangements
Amazing Grace
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
Alternate bass clarinet part in lieu of bassoon.
Banquet
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
Movements: Fanfare; Chorale; Waltz; Procession. For young student quintets.
Folksong Frolics
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
Three folksong arrangements, including English Country Garden. For students.
Hark! It’s Christmas
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
Includes: I Saw Three Ships; Silent Night. For student quintets.
Nova Night Life
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
For student quintets. Includes: The Blaydon Races; Adam Buckham; Blow the Wind Southerly; Mae Bonny Lad; Ca’Hawkie Thro’ the Water; The Keel Row.
Song from the Auverne
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com
Tango
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
For student quintets.
Two Irish Folk Tunes
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
Includes: The Meeting of the Waters, and Lanigan’s Ball. For student quintets.
Walzel, Leopold Matthias (1902-1970)
Quintetto Impetuoso, Op. 42.
Wien: Doblinger, 1968
Duration: 15:30.
Wanek, Friedrich K.(1929-1991)
4 malaische Liebeslieder nach Gedichten von I. Goll for mezzo-soprano and woodwind quintet (1986)
Nocturne for double woodwind quintet
Mainz: Schott, 1970
Wang, Albert
arrangements
Tibetan Dance (Xiyi Ge)
Delevan, NY: Kendor Music
Duration: 3:55. Includes substitute bass clarinet part for bassoon.
Canton Landscape
Delevan, NY: Kendor Music
Duration: 3:30. Arrangement of ancient Chinese tunes.
Ward, Robert (1917-2013)
Raleigh Divertimento
E. C. Schirmer /
Highgate Press, New York: Galaxy Music Corp., 1986
Recorded by the Aspen Wind Quintet.
See Ward’s sextet for piano and woodwind quintet.
Ward, William Reed (1918-1999)
Little Dance Suite
Melville, New York: Belwin-Mills Publishing, 1949
Wardhaugh, Benjamin(1979- )
Hill on a Walk (2004) for double woodwind quintet
Contact the composer, http://www.benjaminwardhaugh.co.uk/author.html
Commissioned by the Southwark Consorts of Winds. Duration: 7:30.
Ward-Steinman, David (1936-2015)
Montage: for woodwind quintet (1968)
New York: MJQ Music, 1969
New York: American Composers Alliance
Commissioned by Young Audiences, Inc., San Diego, CA. Duration: 5:30. See also: http://www.dwightwinenger.net/ward-steinman.htm
Night Winds: Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (1993)
Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Merion Music, now King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company, https://www.presser.com/, 1995
Performers also double on other wind and percussion instruments: Flute doubles on bamboo Asian flute; oboe doubles on slide-whistle and claves, clarinet uses train whistle, aboriginal rhythm sticks; horn doubles on didjeridu; bassoon doubles on triangle and pentatonic clay flute. Duration: 25:20. Movements: Prelude; Mistral; Vespers; Interlude; Zephyr; Postlude. Commissioned for the Arioso Wind Quintet.
See also his Putney Three for quintet, piano and tape
Warde, Lou
Sweets for Woodwind Quintet (1999)
Movements: Snicker Bar; Vanilla Nut Chews in See’s; Blue MM’s. Duration: 6:00. Score downloadable at http://www.amc.net/composers/ . PDFs and sound files at http://library.newmusicusa.org/
Ware, Peter (1951- )
Quintet (1977)
American Music Center;
See also: http://www.peterware.com/
Americana Quintet (1972, rev. 1976)
Toronto, Ont: Acoma
3 movements. Duration: 12:00. Written for the Richmond Symphony Woodwind Quintet.
Warlock, Peter (alias for Philip Arnold Heseltine)(1894-1930)
Beethoven’s Binge (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)
Yorkshire: The Red Hedgehog (45 Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough, Yorkshire, England)
Originally for dance band. A parody on Beethoven’s Fifth. A composer of songs, critic, writer and tippler, Warlock’s colorful life, career and death is outlined on Wikipedia and http://www.peterwarlock.org/ .
The Old Codger (1917) (arr. Geoffrey Emerson)
Yorkshire: The Red Hedgehog (45 Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough, Yorkshire, England)
Originally for piano, later arranged for dance band. A parody on Cesar Franck’s symphony, perhaps an outgrowth of Philip Heseltine’s work as a music critic.
Capriol Suite (1926-1928) (arr. John McDonough)
London: Cramer Music, 1995
Originally for 2 pianos and string orchestra (1926), later arranged for full orchestra (1928). Duration: 8:26.
Capriol Suite (1926-1928)(arr. Ray Thompson)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Full suite, movements: 1.Basse-Danse; 2.Pavane; 3.Tordion; 4.Bransles; 5.Pieds-en-l’air; 6.Mattachins (Sword Dance).Duration: 10:00.
Capriol Suite (1926-1928) (arr. Mikio Kamada)
ACORDO Sheet Music
See http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/ to examine score online.
Capriol Suite (1926-1928)(arr. John Geddes) for double woodwind quintet
Oxfordshire, England: Ariel Music, 2003
Movements: 1. Basse-Danse; 2. Pavane; 3. Tordion; 4. Bransles; 5. Pieds-en-l’air; 6. Mattachins.
Tyrley, Tyrlow (Christmas Carol) (arr. Ray Thompson, 2012)
Ray Thompson Music: http://raythompsonmusic.weebly.com/
Based on the choral work.
Warner, Mildred
Morrocan Village (arr. Robert Broemel)
TrevCo Music Publishing
Warner-Buhlman, Helga(1961- )
Avec plaisir!
Warngau: Accolade Musikverlag, 2006
Fun 4 Five, Volumes 1 & 2
Wargau: Accolade Musikverlag
Written for beginning students.
Warren, B. (Betsy Warren-Davis)(1921- )
Wind Quintet
London, Wiscasset, Maine (USA): Wiscasset Music Pub. Co., 1987
http://www.wiscassetmusicpublishing.com/
Duration: 15:00.
Warren, Bill
Sonata for Woodwind Quintet (1972)
New York: American Music Center
Warren, Elinor Remick (1900-1991)
Quintet for Woodwinds and Horn (1936)
Boca Raton, Fla.: Masters Music Publications, 2004
Edited by Clark McAlister. http://www.elinorremickwarren.com/biography.htm . First performed 1940 by the San Francisco Woodwind Quintette.
Warren, Raymond (1928- )
Mother Watkin’s Ayres, Divertimento on Tudor Themes (2002)
Ampleforth: Emerson Edition, 2007
Duration: 15:00.3 movements:
1. Quodlibet, 2. Robin’s Lament, 3. Songs and Rounds. See also: http://www.severnsidecomposersalliance.co.uk/composerdetails.asp?cmp_id=26
According to the composer: “This is a divertimento for wind quintet on Tudor tunes, popular in England in the 16th century. With the exception of ‘Ah Robin’ which is set (at the beginning and end of the second movement) to the contemporary harmonies of William Cornish, the settings are mine and are intended to bring out in the strongest way the character of the tunes, which are named at their first appearance in the score.”
Picasso Pictures: Five Pieces for wind quintet (2003)
Ampleforth: Emerson Edition, 2007
Duration: 15:00. 1. The Three Dancers (1925), 2. Child Holding a Dove (1901), 3. Serenade (1942), 4. Woman Weeping (1937), 5. Bacchanal (1944).
According to the composer: “This wind quintet has five movements each of which is a musical reaction to a painting by Picasso.”
Warzecha, Piotr (1941- )
Sekwencje (Sequences)
Warszawa: Agencja Autorska, 1985
Duration: 10:00.
Washburn, Robert (1928-2013)
Suite (1960)
Theodore Presser
Philadelphia: Elkan-Vogel Co., 1962
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company, https://www.presser.com/
3 movements. Duration: 6:00.
Quintet for Winds (1967)
New York: Oxford University Press 1971
New York: Oxford University Press, 1991?
Duration: 15:00.
also:
Concertino for Brass and Woodwind Quintets
Duration: 9:11. Movements: Adagio-Allegro vivo; Theme and Variations.
Waterhouse, Graham(1962- )
Jacobean Salute, Op. 34, for woodwind and string quintets
For woodwind quintet, string quartet and double bass. See also: http://www.arbc.de/Waterhouse/werke.htm
Furioso (or Strepitoso), Op. 52 for woodwind quintet, string quartet and double bass
Nonett, Op. 30 for woodwind quintet, string trio and double bass.
Frankfurt am Main: Robert Lienau Music Verlag, https://www.musikverlag-zimmermann.de/
Waters, Greg (1943- )
Six Pieces for woodwind quintet (1974)
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 30:00. “Commissioned by the Sentiri Quartet of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra through a grant from the Ontario Arts Council.”
Jazz Woodwind Quintet (1974)
New York: American Music Center
Flute doubles on alto and piccolo, oboe doubles on English horn.
Duration: 8:00. “Commissioned by the Ayorama Wind Quintet under a grant from the Ontario Arts Council.” Premiered by the Ottowa Wind Quintet in Ottawa, 1975.
Waters, Joseph (Martin) (a.k.a. Jozefius Vaatierz Rattus) (1952- )
Sulfur Crested Cockatoos (2003) for woodwind quintet and recorded CD, version 3
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 8:30. See http://www.amc.net/composers/ for notes and translation. Also a version (#1) for flute, English horn, clarinet, bassoon, horn and trumpet. Work is based on songs of bird calls as sung by Australian Aboriginals. Also see: http://library.newmusicusa.org/
Waters, Kevin(1933- )
Lines from Shakespeare (2005) for double woodwind quintet
Written for members of the Gonzaga University Wind Ensemble. Movements: 1. Imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown; 2. The tender leaves of hope; 3. And on tomorrow bid them march away. The composer is a priest and Retired Academic Dean of Gonzaga University and a music professor emeritus of the University.
Waterson, James (1834-1893)
Quintet in F
London: J.R. Lafleur, 1921
Score specifies “horn in F (with pistons)” and Clarinet in E-flat.
Waterson spent most of his musical career as a British military band conductor and composer, hence the choice of horn with pistons. (If you use a horn with rotary valves, I won’t tell.) [Andrew Brandt]
Watkins, Mark Adams
Shankin‘ on a Rutabaga: Woodwind Quintet (2012)
Seattle, WA: ALRY Publications http://www.alrypublications.com/ , also available from Antwerp, Belgium: Digital Music Print (DMP), see http://ummpdigital.com/chamber-music/
Duration: 3:00.
Watkins, Mary(1939- )
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (1971)
Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (1971)
Woodwind Quintet No. 3 “Hopscotch” (1971)
Woodwind Quintet No. 4 “Dance of the Trolls” (1971)
Woodwind Quintet No. 5 (1971)
Woodwind Quintet “The Party Line” (1994)
All 6 quintets listed in “Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography.” She currently lives in California, but I have not found any contact info online.
Watson, William C. (1933- )
Three Short Pieces
Chicago: M. M. Cole, 1974
Movements: Moderately; Slowly; Lively.
Not to be confused with the British poet, Sir William Watson or with William Nicoll Watson (1826-1886), the pianist and organist. [Andrew Brandt]
Weait, Christopher (1939-)
Reel and Hornpipe, from 19th Century America (1998?)
Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo-Varner Music Publishing
Composer is instructor emeritus of bassoon at OSU. Check Ohio State University music library.
Etude and Scherzo
Formerly from the composer, now available from Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo-Varner Music Publishing
Duration: 8:00.
Quintet Tunings (2008)
Formerly from the composer, now available from Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo-Varner Music Publishing
This is probably an instructional work for a quintet to work on tunings rather than a concert piece, although it might be both.
Venice Variations (2012)
Formerly from the composer, now available from Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo-Varner Music Publishing
Variations on The Carnival of Venice, originally scored for flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone and bassoon, arranged by the composer.
Irish Tunes (2004)
Formerly from the composer, now available from Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo-Varner Music Publishing
Movements: Cockles and Mussels; Believe Me, if all those Endearing Young Charms; Galway Piper. Duration: 3:00.
Chopsticks Variations (2007)
Formerly from the composer, now available from Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo-Varner Music Publishing
Duration: 5:00.
The Jolly Raftsman (2009)
Formerly from the composer, now available from Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo-Varner Music Publishing
Originally published by Bocal Music in 1995, revised and now available from the Trevco-Warner. The quintet version is an arrangement of one of Weait’s Two Canadian Folksongs for wind octet or nonet.
Rounds (2004)
Formerly from the composer, now available from Tallevast, Florida: TrevCo-Varner Music Publishing
Weatherly, Frederic (1848-1929)
“Danny Boy” (arr. Judith Katz)
Imagine Music; see also: Boston, MA.: Ione Press
Webb, John (1969- )
Sans Noir (1998) for wind quintet
British Music Information Centre – New Voices Project http://www.bmic.co.uk/ E-mail: newvoices[at]bmic.co.uk
Duration: 9:00. Also versions for solo piano and for harpsichord.
See John Webb’s Sextet for quintet and piano.
Weber, Alain (1930- )
Quintette (1954)
Paris: A. Leduc, 1956
Not to be confused with the other composer Alain Weber born in 1969. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Weber, Ben (1916-1979)
Consort of Winds, Op. 66 (1974)
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1974 /
Hillsdale, New York: Boelke-Bomart Publications
Flute doubles on piccolo and alto flute, clarinet doubles on bass clarinet. Duration: 16-17:00.
Pastorale and Scherzo, Op. 3 (1939) (scored for both woodwind quartet and quintet)
New York: American Composers Alliance
also:
Concert Aria after Solomon, Op. 29 (1950) for soprano, woodwind quintet, violin, cello and piano.
New York: American Composers Alliance
Concerto for Piano Solo, ’Cello and Woodwind Quintet, Op. 32 (1950)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 12:00.
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Afforderung zum Tanze (Invitation to the Dance), Op. 65 (arr. Mordecai Rechtman)
Accolade Musikverlag
Afforderung zum Tanze (Invitation to the Dance), Op. 65 (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 8:30. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Andante and Rondo (arr. Ronald L. Waln)
Charlotte, NC: Alry, 2002
Antwerp: Digital Music Print (DMP), see http://ummpdigital.com/chamber-music/
Originally scored for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons, this is NOT the Andante and Hungarian Rondo for solo bassoon, but a shorter, simpler work. Movements: Andante; Rondo. Duration: 4:30.
Oberon Overture (arr. Volker Schmitz)
Duration: 6:00. Performed by the Acelga Quintet.
Dritte grosse Sonata in d-Moll, Op. 49
Manuscript
Jubilee Overture (arr. John Jay Hilfiger)
Salem, CT: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com
Rondo (arr. Maurits Kesner)
Chicago: Gamble Hinged Music Co., 1940 /
New York: McGinnis & Marx
From Sonates progressives. No. 4. Rondo vivace.
Nonet in E Minor, based on the Piano Sonata, Op. 70 (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/ .
Weber, Josef Miroslav (1854-1906)
Bläserquintett (1900)
Manuscript: Janackova akademie muzickych umeni, Brno /
Bradfield, Berkshire, England: Rosewood Publications, www.rosewoodpublications.co.uk, 2004
Weber, Ludwig (1891-1947)
Bläserquintett (1923)
Wolfenbuttel: Moseler Verlag, 1961
Not to be confused with the Viennese-born bass singer, Ludwig Weber (1899-1979)
See the article about Ludwig Weber in our Roaring Twenties Woodwind Quintet Series.
Webster, Kenneth
Touch of Spring (2007)
Duration: 2:14.
Weed, Maurice J. (1912-2005)
Variations on a Jolly Tune
American Music Center
also:
Serenity for woodwind quintet, harp, violin, viola, and cello
American Music Center
Weeks, John R. (1934- )
Wind Quintet, Op. 11 (1970 / 1986)
Unpublished, Scottish Music Centre
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Duration: 12:00.
Wegener, Margaret
Pipers All (Quintet for 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet and bassoon)
Mancester, UK: Da Capo Music, www.dacapomusic.co.uk
Weigel, Eugene John (1910-1998)
Short, Slow & Fast (1949)
New York: American Music Center
Eugene J. Weigel was an American bandmaster who, in 1936, first had his Ohio State University band create the word “Ohio” in script. The band continues that tradition to this day. I wouldn’t recommend doing that with a woodwind quintet, though. (Among other logistical problems, there would inevitably be fights over who dots the ‘i”.) [Andrew Brandt]
Weigl, Vally (1894-1982)
Mood Sketches (1954)
New York: American Composers Alliance /
New York: McGinnis & Marx
Movements: 1. Lyric Intermezzo; 2. Episode; 3. Nostalgic Dance; 4. Capriccio. The composer’s maiden name was Valerie Pick until she married fellow composer Karl Weigl. See listing for his work for quintet and piano.
Five Occurrences (1977)
See website: http://www.karlweigl.org/
also:
Petite Suite für Holzbläser (flute, oboe, bassoon, horn) (1981)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Weill, Kurt (1900-1950)
Frauentanz, Op. 10 (1923)
Songs from “The Threepenny Opera” (“Die Dreigroschenoper”)(arr. Alan R. Kay)
Richmond, Virginia: International Opus, 1998
Duration: 16:00. Songs from the 1920’s opera. Movements: Overture; Solomon’s Song; Ballad of Gracious Living; Song of the insufficiency of Human Endeavor; Mac the Knife. Broadcast by Windscape on NPR’s Performance Today; broadcast was available for streaming download on the Performance Today website at www.npr.org.
3 Scenes from “The Threepenny Opera” (“Die Dreigroschenoper”)(arr. John Brockway)
Editions Viento
The 3 scenes are: Army Song; Tango Ballad; Ballad of Mack the Knife.
Weinberg, Rotem
arrangement
Rock of Ages (Maoz Zur)
Published by the arranger; see http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
This an arrangement of the Jewish Hanukkah song, not the Christian hymn “Rock of Ages (Cleft for me).” Don’t confuse them or you might have a puzzled audience! [Andrew Brandt]
Weiner, Stanley Milton (1925-1991)
Serenade für Bläserquintett, Op. 38 (1971)
Koeln: Haas-Verlag, 1994
Suite for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 174
Weingerl, Albin (1923-2010)
Ekloga za rog in pihalni kvartet (Eclogue for French horn and woodwind quartet)
Ljubljana: Edicije Drustva slovenskih skladateljev, 1974
Duration: 8:00.
Weinstangel, Sasha (1947- )
Music for Children’s Dreams (1978)
See Canadian Music Centre, http://www.culturenet.ca/cmc/
Weinzweig, John (1913-2006)
Woodwind Quintet (1963/64)
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Duration: 11:25. Recorded by the Toronto Woodwind Quintet.
Divertimento No. 12 (1998) for woodwind quintet and string orchestra
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Duration: 19:00. See also http://www.culturenet.ca/cmc/
Weir, Judith (1954- )
Mountain Airs (1986)
London: Chester Music, Ltd.
Duration: 5:00. See: chesternovello.com/composer/1729/main.html
Airs from Another Planet, Traditional Music from Outer Space (1986)
London: Novello & Co.
Flute doubles on piccolo. Duration: 12:00. Performed by the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Out of the Air (1975)
London: Chester Music Ltd
Duration: 11:00. First performed by the Vega Quintet.
Weis, Carl Flemming (1898-1981)
Serenade uden reelle hensigter (Serenade, without serious intentions), 1938
Kobenhavn: Wilhelm Hansen, 1941
Tema con Variazioni (1946)
Warny, c/o Hansen, Copenhagen
Weisberg, Arthur (1931-2009)
Quintet for Winds (1990)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 19:00. Celebrated New York-based bassoonist, Weisberg performed with the New York Woodwind Quintet for 14 years and later taught at Indiana University. This work was written for the New York Woodwind Quintet.
Music for Double Woodwind Quintet (1987)
New York: American Composers Alliance
1 clarinet doubles on bass clarinet, 1 flute doubles on piccolo; 1 bassoon doubles on contrabassoon. Duration: 16:00.
Weiser, Alex(1985- )
Wind for Woodwind Quintet (2013)
Contact the composer on his website, https://www.alexweiser.com/ , or AlexWeiserMusic [at] gmail.com
Weisgall, Hugo (1912-1997)
Holiday Dance No. 1 (Hanukkah), Graven Images No. 4 (1978, rev. 1986)
Malvern, Pa.: Theodore Presser, 1979
Originally written for a CBS television program “Of Heaven and Earth.” Duration: 2:00.
Holiday Dance No. 2 (Purim), Graven Images No. 5.
Duration: 1:30.
Lines
Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser Co.
May be scored for only flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon.
Weisgarber, Elliot (1919-2001)
Wind Quintet (1978)
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre: http://www.culturenet.ca/cmc
Duration: 20:00.
also:
Musica Serena (1974) for woodwind quintet and string orchestra
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Flute doubles on piccolo.
Weiss, Adolph (1891-1971)
Quintet (1932)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 10:00.
7 Latin American Children’s Game Songs
Editions Viento
Vade Mecum (1959)
See Adolph Weiss’s Sextet for woodwind quintet and piano.
Weiss, Ferdinand (1932 or 1933-2002)
Tanzsuite (1974)
manuscript
Duration: 8:00. Oboe doubles on English horn, clarinet doubles on saxophone. Info: http://www.mica.at/composerdb/
Divertimento (1962)
Edition Contemp Art
Duration: 15:00. The title entry says it is for a quintet, but the accompanying info only lists 4 winds under instrumentation.
Etude
Wien: Doblinger, 1980: included in collection, see Schulze, Werner.
also:
Nonett for woodwind quintet and string quartet (violin, viola, cello, double bass) (1964)
manuscript
Duration: 18:00.
Weiss, George (as George Douglas) and Bob Thiele
What a Wonderful World
Sound the Trumpets, http://www.soundthetrumpets.com/
Based on the Louis Armstrong classic. Includes optional bass clarinet part.
Weiss, Manfred(1935-2023)
Kleines Bläserquintett (1958)
Duration: 10:00. Likely unpublished. For more info, see: http://www.manfredweiss.com/ .
2. Bläserquintett [Second Woodwind Quintet] (1968)
Manuscript only.
3. Bläserquintett [Third Woodwind Quintet] (1994)
Likely unpublished
Luther-Choräle for Woodwind Quintet (2011)
Duration: 10:05.
Weissberg, Daniel (1954- )
Commentary (1995)
Luzerne: Swiss Music Editions: see http://www.musicedition.ch/werke/ewindex.htm
“An absurd concert piece in which the players are also required to speak.” Duration: 12:00.
Weisshaus, Imre
SEE Arma, Paul
Welcher, Dan (1948- )
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (1967, revised 1972)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Elkan-Vogel, 1979
Duration: 12:00.
Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (1977)
Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Elkan-Vogel, 1997 (now Theodore Presser)
Duration: 20:00. Movements: I. Driven, intense; II. quasi recitando; III. Passacaglia.
Listen up! (1986) (An introduction to melody, harmony, rhythm, tone-color, and counterpoint, for woodwind quintet)
Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Elkan-Vogel (now King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company, https://www.presser.com/), 1997
Duration: 15:00.Players have option of narrating text during the performance. Text by Ann McCutchan.
Welffens, Peter (1924-2003)
Vier Miniaturen (1959)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM)
Duration: 8:30.
Welin, Karl-Erik (1934-1992)
Etwas fur— (1966)
Stockholm: Edition Wilhelm Hansen, 1970
Danderyd, Sweden: Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB, 1970
Duration: 11:00.
Wellejus, Aksel
Bläserkvintet
Copenhagen: The Society for Publishing Danish Music
Wellejus, Henning (1919-2002)
Kvintet, Op. 36 (1969)
Kobenhavn: D. Fog Musikforlag, 1971
Duration: 10:00. Movements: Allegro affabile; Allegretto grazioso; Andante – Rondo: Allegro giocoso.
Wellesz, Egon Joseph (1885-1974)
Suite, Op. 73 (1950)
Hamburg: Musikverlag Hans Sikorski, 1956
Duration: 10:30.
Wellens, Stefan(1974- )
The Dragon Gets Bitten (2003) for double woodwind quintet
See contact info: http://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00101296
Return of the Dragon Gets Bitten (2003) for double woodwind quintet
See contact info: http://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00101296
Duration: 5:00.
Wells, Jessica (1974- )
7 pieces for wind quintet (1996)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre 1999 http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Tape recording of performance by The Karlheinz Company, Auckland, N.Z., 1998, for sale by the Australian Music Centre. Duration: 15:00.
Wells, John
Wind Quintet
Wellington: New Zealand Music Centre (SOUNZ)
Wen-chung, Chou
SEE Chou Wen-chung
Wendel, Martin (1925-2013)
Bläserquintett, Op. 17 (1962)
Swiss Music Edition (Schweizer Musikedition), see http://www.musicedition.ch/
Duration: 12:00.
Wennäkoski, Lotta (1970- )
Suka (2007-2008) for woodwind quintet and bass clarinet
Helsinki: Music Finland http://musicfinland.fi/en/
Duration: 10:00. Movements: I. Vaan tuli vähän vialle / tavoiltansa turmiolle, II. Suan seinähän sivalti / harjan paiskoi patsasehen, III. Lauloivat Lapin runoja / hiien virttä vinguttivat (mitä huoli Lemminkäinen!), IV. Jo veri suasta vuoti / hurme harjasta norahti, V. Kysyi puilta poikoansa / kaipasi kaonnuttansa, VI. Veti kerran pi,tkin vettä / kerran toisen poikki vettä / kolmannen vitahan vettä, VII. Nousi lieto Lemminkäinen / kohosi Kalevan poika / haravassa vaskisessa / päälle selvien vesien. PDF of score available for download.
Nosztalgiaim (2006-7) for woodwind quintet, string quintet, trumpet and trombone
Contact the comnposer, https://www.lottawennakoski.com/
Duration: 14:00,
Werder, Felix (1922-2012)
Composition for Wind Instruments (1968)
Australian Music Centre: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Performed by the Adelelaide Woodwind Quintet.
Wind Quintet (1968)
Although this score and the previous one were both listed for the same year, and both are handwritten scores, these two listings appear to be for separate works. [Andrew Brandt]
Wind Quintet, Op. 118 (1971)
Listed in Grove’s Online, this could be a duplicate of one of Werder’s other entries from the Australian Music Centre.
Winds a’while
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre
See: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Concert Music for Five Solo Instruments, Op.60 (1973)
Melbourne: Allans Music (Australia), c1973
Australian Music Centre: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Duration: 8:00.Recorded by the Adelaide Wind Quintet.
Werner, Sven Erik (1937- )
Jubilus (1968)
Kobenhavn: W. Hansen Musik-Forlag, 1969
Duration: 10:00.
Passionsfrugter (Passion Fruits) (1987)
Duration: 16:30. Movements: Calmo, Fluente; Intermezzo Grazioso; Scerzando, Prestissimo; Epilogue. Recorded by the Scandinavian Wind Quintet on the Da Capo label. DCCD9104.
Werner, Vladimir (1937-2010)
Symphoniette concertante (for woodwind quintet and orchestra)
Prague: Cesky hudebni fond
Duration: 13:00.
also:
Divertimento for flute, 2 clarinets, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns.
Wernick, Richard (1934- )
Quintet for Winds
King of Prussia, PA: Theodore Presser, 2007
Duration: 12:00. Movements: I. Larghetto; II. Spiritoso Commissioned by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society for the Imani Winds.
Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (2016)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser, 2018
Uses clarinet in A. Movements: Bright and bold; Semplice; Bright and bold again Written for the New York Woodwind Quintet.
Frank Daykin reviewed for the New York Concert Review: “A work that makes use of the color palette of the winds to differentiate the strands of counterpoint…. Wernick‘s use of klangfarbenmelodie (sound-colors melody), in which the same pitch is repeated by (or traded to) another instrument was remarkable for the way in which the transfers were subtle: one could hardly tell where one instrument began and the other left off.”
West, Phillip arranger and editor
Woodwind Quintet Workbook, madrigals, balletts, chansons, canzonas, anthems and chorales arranged for woodwind quintet
Rochester, N.Y.: Eastman School of Music, 1987
Includes:
Wachet auf by J.S. Bach
Scales
My bonny lass she smileth by Thomas Morley
Jesu meine Freude by J.S. Bach
Io pur respiro by Carlo Gesualdo,
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden by J.S. Bach
When David hears by Thomas Tompkins
O care thou wilt dispatch me by Thomas Weelkes
Hence care thou art too cruel by Thomas Weelkes
Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott by J.S. Bach
Faulte d’argent by Josquin des Pres
Falte d’argens by Girolamo Cavazzoni
Befiehl du deine Wege by J.S. Bach
Hark all ye lovely saints above by Thomas Weelkes.
Westergaard, Peter (1931-2019)
Moto Perpetuo for woodwind quintet and trumpet (1976)
New York: American Composers Alliance, https://composers.com/
Duration: 5:00. Commissioned by the Greenwood Music Camp.
Westergaard, Svend (1922-1988)
Quintet No. 1, Op. 5 (1948)
Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen
Duration: 15:00.
Quintet No. 2, Op. 15 (1949)
Kobenhavn: W. Hansen musik-forlag, 1974
Duration: 15:00.
The publisher shares: “Svend Westergaard’s music is always thematically/motivically structured such that the works, in various ways, are built up as variations, elaborations and experimental treatments of recognisable material, giving the music cohesive power and comprehensible logic.”
Westerlinck, Wilfried (1945- )
Landschappen I (1977)
Bruxelles: Le Centre Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM), 1993
Duration: 9:00.
Weston, Philip (using the pseudonym Amedeo De Filippi) (1900-1990)
Arbeau Suite
London: Galliard, Ltd. /
Concord Music Publishing, Co., 1942 (now Elkan-Vogel?) /
Bryn Mawr: Elkan-Vogel, 1962
Hornpipe for a Gay Dolphin
Westwood, Lee
Sidestepper – arrangement for wind quintet (2013)
See https://lee-westwood.com/
Wettstein, Peter (1939- )
Metamorphosen (1969)
Manuscript: Swiss Music Archive, Zurich
Duration: 12:00.
Sechs Miniaturen (2001-2002)
See also: http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/wettstep.htm
Wetzel, Richard D.
Sonatina on American Folk Themes
San Antonio: Southern Music Co.
Wevers, Harold (1949- )
Woodwind Quintet #1 (1976)
Ontario, Canada: SOCAN: Harold Wevers, 1976
Movements: I. Prelude.; II. Quickly.; III. Intermezzo.; IV. Theme and variations.
Woodwind Quintet #2 “Ten years later” (1986)
Ontario, Canada: PROCAN, Harold Wevers, 1986
Movements: I. Prelude.; II. Quickly.; III. Partings.; IV. Theme and variations.
Whaley, Vernon
Rise, Come and See the King (arr. Vernon Whaley)
Nashville: Integra Music (out of business?)
Based on a Polish Christmas Carol and arranged for the Oklahoma Woodwind Quintet.
Whalley, Richard (1974- )
Five Bagatelles (1997)
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
www.richardwhalley.com
First performed by the Arcadian Winds (excerpt downloadable on website). See score sample at: http://www.richardwhalley.com/
Wharton, John
Quintet
Whear, Paul W. (1925- )
Quintet (1956)
Kenosha, Wis., Leblanc, 1965 /
San Antonio: Southern Music Co.
Duration: 10:00. Possibly also titled “Three for Five.”
Wheeler, Candace
Woodwind Quintet for Five Soloists
On a CD produced by the Society of Composers, Inc., University of
Miami Student Chapter, released in 1999. Includes compositions by graduate and undergraduate composers, performed by students and faculty of the University of Miami School of Music. Movements and durations: Maestoso (2:12); Amoroso (0:56); Misterioso (2:42); Espressivo (1:47); Spiritoso (1:53).
Wheeler, Scott (1952- )
Village Music (1993)
Davidge Pub.
See http://www.scottwheeler.org/ . Commissioned by Crosscurrents for the Arcadian Winds.
Wheeler, Tony (1958- )
Wind Quintet in Five Movements (1988)
Australian Music Centre, http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Duration: 7:30. Movements: Prelude; Fugue; Interlude; Chorale; Postlude.
Whettam, Graham Dudley (1927-2007)
Wind Quintet, Op.19
London: De Wolfe, 1954
Duration: 19:00.
Quintetto Concertato (1979)
Whoolaston, Gloucestershire, England: Meridan Music, 1980 (might be defunct)
Oboe doubles on English horn. Duration: 18:00.
Symphonietta for double woodwind quintet
London: Wolfe
Fantasy (1960, revised 1979) for double woodwind quintet
Lydley, Gloucester: Meridan Music
One oboe doubles on English horn. Movements: Andante; Allegro decis; Andante; Lento.
Concerto for 10 Wind (2002) for double woodwind quintet
Lydney, Glousestershire: Meriden Music Co. (also King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Co.)
Scored for alto flute, flute doubling piccolo, oboe, oboe doubling English horn, clarinet, clarinet doubling bass clarinet; 2 bassoons, 2 horns. Movements: I. Harlequinade: Lento sostenuto, allegro arlecchinesco; II. Recitative & scherzo: Adagio, Allegro scherzevole, Molto moderato; III. Festive finale: Allegro vivace. Duration: 20:00.
See also Whettam’s Fantasy Sextet for quintet and piano.
White, Andrew Nathaniel, III (1942- )
Theme and Variations for woodwind quintet, Quintet No. 1
Washington, D.C.: Andrew’s Musical Enterprises, 1982
From the “Jazz for woodwind quintet series.”
Seven Short Pieces, Quintet No. 2 (1982)
Washington, D.C.: Andrew’s Musical Enterprises, 1982
“Jazz for the woodwind quintet.”
Six Short Pieces, Quintet No. 3 (1982)
Washington, D.C.: Andrew’s Musical Enterprises (4830 South Dakota Ave., N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017), 1982
“Jazz for the woodwind quintet.”
Petite Suite Francaise, Quintet No. 4 (1982)
Washington, D.C.: Andrew’s Musical Enterprises, 1982
White, Christopher T.
Woodwind Quintet (revised 1975, 1978)
Photocopy of score available at the Indiana University Music Library, Bloomington.
White, Dolores
Landscapes (1991)
Duration: 13:00.
White, Donald H. (1921- )
Three for Five, a set of moods for woodwind quintet
Delaware Water Gap, Pa.: Shawnee Press, 1964
Concertino
Cleveland: Ludwig Music Publishing
White, Gary C. (1937- )
Woodwind Quintet (1966)
New York, NY: Seesaw Music, 1984
Whitehead, Oliver (1948- )
Home/Suite/Home (1993-94)
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Movements: I. The living room; II. The dining room; III. The bedroom: rhapsody of dreams; IV. The kitchen. See the composer’s website to listen to excerpts: http://oliverwhitehead.com/ .
Whitlock, Percy
Folk Tune (arr. G. Emerson) for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon and horn
Ampleforth, York: Emerson Edition
From Whitlock’s Five Short Pieces for organ.
Whittaker, William Gillies (1876-1944)
Quintet in Four Movements
Edinburgh: Scotus, 1979,
See also British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Flute doubles on piccolo, clarinet in A.
Whittenberg, Charles (1927-1984)
Games of 5, Op. 44 (1968)
New York: Joshua Corp./
General Music Pub. Co., 1971 /
Manuscript: University of Connecticut
Fantasy for Wind Quintet (1961)
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1977
Duration: 14:00.
Whittle, Chris Mary-Francine (1927- )
Quintet (1951)
Wickens, Dennis(1926- )
Discourse (2016)
Duration: 9:40.
Widerkehr, Jacques Christian Michel (l’aîné) (also Wiederkehr, Viderkehr)(1759-1823)
Sinfonia Concertante No. 4 for clarinet, flute, oboe, horn, 2 bassoons and cello with orchestra of strings, 2 oboes and 2 horns.
Microfilm copy is in London: British Museum of the original publication. (A copy of the microfilm is also available at the University of Iowa Rita Benton Music Library, The University of Augsberg, and probably at a few other locations.)
Parts available from International Music Score Library Project, https://imslp.org/wiki/Simphonie_concertante_in_F_major_(Widerkehr%2C_Jacques)
Movements: Allegro moderato; Rondo et Var[iation]s. Cover page of the printed score included dedications [probably made by the publisher or editor] to Lefèvre, Hugot, Sallantin, Frédéric Duvernoy, Ozi, Delcambre & Levasseur le jeune. Note that the clarinet part is for C clarinet.
Widerkehr wrote 12-15 sinfonia concertantes around 1800 in Paris. This one was was his most ambitious as far as the size of the solo ensemble. Note that this sinfonia concertante, which features all the instruments of a woodwind quintet (plus a second bassoon and a cello), appears to have been written before any of the Reicha and Danzi quintets! Although the IMSLP database lists their edition of the printed publication of this work as around 1800, that seem unlikely since the cover page includes dedications to professors of the Conservatoire, some of whom hadn’t been born in 1800. I’d guess the date of publication to be in the late 19th century. ¶ Groves Online also lists a series of Widerkehr quintets for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano, but I have not found any edition of them. There are also trios for flute, horn and bassoon as well as trios for flute, oboe and bassoon by Widerkehr, which have modern publications. [ Andrew Brandt ]
Widmer, Ernst (1927-1990)
Quintett, Nr. 1, Op. 12 (1954)
Self published
Duration: 21:30.
Quintett, Nr. 2, Op. 63 (1969-1975)
Manuscript: Swiss Music Archive, Zurich
Duration: 13:00. Movements: Noturno; Danca-Tanz; Epilog-Epilog.
Quintet III “Diafonia” (1974)
Quodlibet über vier Volkslieder
Manuscript: Swiss Music Archive, Zurich
Duration: 5:00.
Wiefler, Florian (1908-2000)
Moment Musical, Toccata und Variationen uber ein Thema von Max Reger
Freiburg-Tiengen: Musikverlag Schulz, 1989
Bläserquintett (1963)
Manuscript: Steirischer Tonkunstlerbund, Graz, Austria
Drei Nachtstucke (1971)
Manuscript: Steirischer Tonkunstlerbund, Graz, Austria
Wiegold, Peter (1949- )
Prelude III (1979)
London: Universal Edition
Duration: 7:00. See also:http://www.wiegold.co.uk/
Wienhorst, Richard W. (1920-2010)
Intrada No. 1 (1984)
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 1:00. Many works also published by E. C. Schirmer, http://www.ecspublishing.com/compWienhorst.html
Wieniawska, Irene Regine (Lady Dean Paul)
SEE Poldowski
Wiernik, Adam(1916-2006)
Pezzo Levantico, for cello solo with double woodwind quintet (1992)
Gehrmans Musikforlag (rental only?)
Wiernik should not be confused with the American composer, Adam Wernick.
Variations (1994) for double woodwind quintet
Edition Suecia (formerly SMIC)
Duration: 11:00. Not to be confused with his Variations for Strings of the same year.
See Wiernik’s Impression for piano with double woodwind quintet, too.
Wigglesworth, Frank (1918-1996)
Woodwind Quintet (1975)
New York: American Composers Alliance, https://composers.com/
Duration: 14:00.
Wijdeveld, Wolfgang (1910-1985)
Quintet (1934)
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus, 1951, 1965
Duration: 14:00.
Wilby, Philip (1949- )
Green Man Dancing (1988)
London: Chester Music, Ltd.
Duration: 10:00.
‘and I move around the Cross…’ (1985) for double wind quintet
London: Chester Music, Ltd.
Duration: 8:00.
Wilder, Alec (1907-1980)
Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (1954)
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, 1980/
New York: Leonard Carroll /
New York: TRO Ludlow Music, 2005
Tallevast, FL: TrevCo Music, 2006
This work was written as part of a collaboration with the New York Woodwind Quintet. Premiere performance was by the New York Woodwind Quintet in Great Neck, New York, at the Great Neck Junior High School Auditorium, March 30, 1954. [See Kristin Woodward’s “John Barrows and His Contributions to the Horn Literature’, Florida State University Digital Library, 2016. Also: Amy L. Likar, The New York Woodwind Quintet: A Continuing Legacy, Ohio State University, 1999]
Solo Suite for Woodwind Quintet (1956)
Newton Centre, Massachusetts: Margun Music
Each movement features one member of the woodwind quintet: Scherzo for flute; Air for clarinet; Andante for oboe; Bues for horn; Buffoonery for bassoon. Premiered by the New York Woodwind Quintet on April 12, 1957.
Quintet No. 2 in 4 movements (1956)
New York: TRO Ludlow Music, 2005
Duration: 14:43. Recorded by the Lieurance Woodwind Quintet.
Woodwind Quintet No. 3 (1958)
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, 1980
New York: G. Schirmer 1960
New York: TRO Ludlow Music, 1960 through Margun Music
Woodwind Quintet No. 4 (1958)
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, 1980/
New York: Leonard Carroll
Premiered by the New York Woodwind Quintet March 20, 1960 at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York.
This quintet was also known as the “Aloha” Suite because it was written for a farewell performance by bassoonist Bernard Garfield who was leaving to join the Philadelphia Orchestra. According to Samuel Baron’s journal, three of the movements are beautiful and serious, and the fourth is a joke for Garfield. [ Amy L. Likar, The New York Woodwind Quintet: A Continuing Legacy, Ohio State University, 1999 ]
Quintet No. 5
New York: Leonard Carroll, 1960’s
Newton Centre, Massachusetts: Margun Music
Quintet No. 6 (1960)
New York: Leonard Carroll, 1960’s
Newton Centre, Massachusetts: Margun Music
Woodwind Quintet No. 7 (1964)
New York: Leonard Carroll, 1960’s?
Newton Centre, Massachusetts: Margun Music
Woodwind Quintet No. 8: Suite for Non-Voting Quintet (1966)
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, 1980
Woodwind Quintet No. 9 (1969)
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, 1976
Sarasota, FL: Trillenium Music Co., 2007
Duration: 11:50.
Woodwind Quintet No. 10 (1968)
Newton Centre, Massachusetts: Margun Music
Sarasota, FL: Trillenium Music Co., 2007
The Trillenium edition may combine Quintets 9 and 10 in one volume.
Woodwind Quintet No. 11 (1971)
Woodwind Quintet No. 12 (1975)
Newton Centre, Massachusetts: Margun Music
New York: TRO Ludlow Music, 2005
Woodwind Quintet No. 13 (1977)
Delevan, New York: Kendor Music, 1978
Duration: 16:00.
Suite for Woodwind Quintet (1956)
Wilder Music, 1972
Copy in the Indiana University Music Library, Bloomington.
Alec Wilder composed this work while visiting with the New York Woodwind Quintet during their summer internship at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Each of the quintet’s members is featured in one movement. Wilder was a frequent visitor with the New York Woodwind Quintet and often would dash off some ideas for the quintet, or arrangements of other composer’s music. He even went so far as to write several barbership quartet arrangements sung by four members of the quintet at parties and receptions. The Quintet, in turn, premiered several of his works and performed them on international tours. [source: Amy L. Likar, The New York Woodwind Quintet: A Continuing Legacy, Ohio State University, 1999]
Children’s Suite
Newton Centre, Massachusetts: Margun Music
The World’s Most Beautiful Girls (1955) for woodwind quintet
Newton Centre, Massachusetts: Margun Music ?
Unsure if this was ever published. “The World’s Most Beautiful Girls’ was the title for a series of annual short movies by Universal International featuring winners of the Miss Universe Beauty Contest, made, apparently, before such things were broadcast on TV. My guess is that the woodwind quintet was probably based on sketches composed either for the pageant or the movie. Listed in the book Alec Wilder by Philip Lambert, 2013. American Composers series.
also:
Songs from Alice in Wonderland for woodwind quintet and voice
Trevco Music Publishing
Effie Joins a Carnival for woodwind quintet and tuba
Orinda, California: Camara Music Publishers
Fall of the House of Usher Suite (1954) for woodwinds and percussion
Serenade (1979) for double woodwind quintet and contrabassoon or tuba
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music
Movements: I. Tempo piu mosso;
First Interlude; II. No indication; III. In a jazz style; Second Interlude; IV. Slow and Rubato. Recorded on Newport Classics CD NPD 85570.
Sextet (1977) for woodwind quintet and marimba (1977)
Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, 1977, 1981
Duration: 19:22.
Suite for baritone saxophone, horn, and woodwind quintet
Newton Centre, Mass.: Margun Music, 1983 /
Sarasota, FL: Trillenium Music Co., 2012
This work was premered by the New York Woodwind Quintet during a residency at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee concert for its Summer Evenings of Music concert series. [See Kristin Woodward’s “John Barrows and His Contributions to the Horn Literature’, Florida State University Digital Library.]
Twelfth Night Songs for woodwind quintet and medium voice
Newton Centre, Mass.: Margun Music, 1981
Premiered by the New York Woodwind Quintet for a theater festival in France during a European tour. [See Kristin Woodward’s “John Barrows and His Contributions to the Horn Literature”, Florida State University Digital Library.] Movements: Overture to Twelfth Night; Come away, death; Oh, mistress mine; The rain it raineth. Text by William Shakespeare.
Walking Home in Spring for woodwind quintet, piano, contrabass, percussion
TrevCo Music Publishing
Alec Wilder also has a variety of pieces with winds and piano.
Wilder, Greg
Invisible Cities (2004)
See also: http://gregwilder.com/
Wildschut, Clara (1906-1950)
Kleine Serenade (1946)
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus
Wiley, Charles (1925-)
Quintet (1950)
Wilimek, Eduard
Quintett
Wilkins, Caroline (1953- )
Aereographie (1999)
Karlsruhe: Tre Media, 2000
3 movements: Larghetto sostenuto, Presto, Andante animato. Duration: 9:00.
According to the composer: “The work is in 3 movements… A main source of musical material was the transcription and re-working of certain environmental sounds that were analysed in minute detail with regard to their innate structure.”
Wilkinson, Jane (1944- )
Sketches for a Sunday Afternoon for wind quintet (1991)
Reproduced from holograph.
Willén, Niklas (1961- )
Four pieces for wind quintet (1994)
Stockholm: Svensk Musik
Duration: 7:00.
Willey, James(1939- )
Variations (1968)
Written for and performed by the Dorian Wind Quintet.
Willi, Herbert (1956- )
“Hello” and “See You Again” (2008)
Schott Music
Williams, Benjamin
Invisible Cities (2004)
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 5:00. See also: http://williamscomposer.com/
Williams, Clifton (1923-1976)
Concert Suite
San Antonio, TX: Southern Music, 1966
Williams, David Russell (1932-)
Fanfare
Manuscript: Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York
Williams, John (1932- )
Star Wars (main title) (arr. by John Swan)
Los Angeles, Calif.: Fox Fanfare Music, Inc/
Hialeah, Florida: Columbia Pictures Publications, 1979
From the Twentieth Century-Fox motion picture “Star Wars”.
Incidental Music from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens Suite (arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
All the arrangements by Curtis Vander Hyden are performed by the Blythwood Winds.
Theme from Jurassic Park (arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
Midway March (arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
Raiders March (arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
Incidental Music from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (arr. Curtis Vander Hyden)
Harry Potter Themes (arr. George Shaw)
http://georgeshawmusic.com
A short (Duration: 3:35.) arrangement of some of the popular themes from the Harry Potter movies (particularly the earlier ones, if I’m not mistaken). See Youtube: http://youtu.be/Zv5-BooE9E8
Williams, Graham R. (1940- )
Three Fantasies (1997)
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Williams, Richard
Tanat Serenade
Contact the composer, http://www.richardmusic.com/
Duration: 9:00.
Williams, Spencer (1889-1965)
Basin Street Blues (arr. Charles Fernandez)
TrevCo Music Publishing
Williamson, Malcolm (1931-2003)
Serenade and Aubade for flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, harp, strings
London: Weinberger, c1973.
Australian Music Centre: AMC Library number: 784.2185/WIL 2 c.1
Duration: 10:00.
See Malcolm Williamson’s works for winds and keyboard.
Willink, George
Jayeffeff (2002)
Corrales, N.M.: G. Willink, 2002
Willis, Richard (1929-1997)
Six Miniatures for woodwind quintet (1983)
New York: American Music Center
Duration: 13:10.
Colloquy for Woodwind quintet and percussion
San Antonio: Southern Music Co., 1997
Requires 1 percussionist. Duration: 11:15.
Wilson, Dana (Richard) (1946- )
Mirrors (1993)
Available from the composer, http://www.danawilson.org/
Written for the Ithaca Wind Quintet. Movements: Reflection; Refraction; and Symmetry. Recorded by the Pennsylvania Wind Quintet on Centaur Records.
A stylistically diverse work, reviewed by Ron Klimko as including the “broad, dramatic style of John Harbison’s music,” but also using repetition techniques of minimalism as well as some “jazz and Latin-American rhythms and elements,” concluding that it is a “very nice, innovative and evocative work.” (The Double Reed, Vol. 24, No. 3, 1991)
Wilson, Cameron
Kitchen Party Suite (2018)
From the composer: http://www.cameronwilsonmusic.com/
Commissioned by Ventos (a Vancouver-based quintet).
Huapango (2007)
From the composer: http://www.cameronwilsonmusic.com/
Commissioned by the Ad Mare Wind Quintet.
Wilson, Donald M. (1937- )
Stabile II
New York: American Composers Alliance
Work appears to be for a variable instrumentation, which could include woodwind quintet, double quintet, or any combination of 2 or more.
Wilson, James (1922-2005)
Wind Quintet (1983)
Manuscript. Try Dublin: Contemporary Music Centre
Duration: 12:00.
Duet for Ten, Op. 110 (1986) for double woodwind quintet
Manuscript. Try Dublin: Contemporary Music Centre
Duration: 12:00.
also:
Concerto Giocoso for wind quintet and orchestra (1998)
Wilson, Ken (1924-2012)
Wind Quintet (1965)
Wellington: New Zealand Music Centre (SOUNZ)
Duration: 12:00. Commercial Recording: KP TC SLD-93
Wilson, Richard (1941- )
Wind Quintet, 1974
New York: Peer-Southern Concert Music, 1991
Wilson-Dickson, Andrew (1946- )
Cambridge Dances
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Arranged from Piano Pieces, 1966.
Wimberger, Gerhard (1923- )
Quintett (1990)
Kassel, New York: Barenreiter, 1991
Duration: 15:00.
Wimmer, Alois (1960- )
Serenade, Op. 3 (1988)
Published by the composer.
Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/
Duration: 10:00. See also: http://www.musikverlag-aloiswimmer.at.tf .
See Wimmer’s sextet for quintet and piano.
Wimmer, Vladimir (1960- )
Concert Music for Wind Quintet
Duration: 9:48. See also: http://www.musica.cz/wimmer/anj/index.html
Winbeck, Heinz (1946- )
Musik für Bläserquintett (1971)
Munchen: Orlando-Musikverlag, 1972
Duration: 9:00.
Wind, Nicolas (1966- )
Three Austere Chants
Lagny Sur Marne: Musik Fabrik, 2011.
Wineberger, Paul (1758-1822)
Parthias for double woodwind quintet and double bass +
Wineberger wrote 20 wind partitas for Prince Kraft Ernst von Oettingen-Wallerstein, for performance by the Wallerstein Harmonie. At least 8 of these Parthias were for double woodwind quintet with double bass (one also with trumpet, some others also with 3rd horn, 1 with 4th horn) Manuscripts available in the Oettingen-Wallerstein’sche Hofbibliothek.
Winges, Mark
Hejira (1981-82) for woodwind quintet and string quintet
San Francisco: from the composer, 1982
Winkel, Hans Herbert (1913-1999)
Drei Burlesken (3 Burlesques) (1963)
Hamburg: Hans Sikorski Musikverlag, 1972
Duration: 3:15.
“Molly Bralla Ghan” Variations on an Irish Song
Winkler, Karl (1899- ?)
Jahreszeitensextett, h-Moll (The Seasons) (1948)
Duration: 30:00.
Winsor, Phil (1938-2012)
Flos Harmonicus III for one, two, or three woodwind quintets (1972)
Pembroke Music
For multiple wind quintets (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon), to be performed as a canon, or single quintet (with amplification and delayed playback substituting for multiple live quintets). Reproduced from holograph.
Winstead, Steve(1980- )
Carnival Dance
Sigma Squared Music, https://sigmasquaredmusic.com/
Sigma Squared Music is the composer’s own publishing company. Duration: 3:30.
Danse Sociopathique
Sigma Squared Music, https://sigmasquaredmusic.com/
Twenty Christmas Carols for Woodwind Quintet (arr. Steve Winstead)
Sigma Squared Music, https://sigmasquaredmusic.com/
Includes; Angels We Have Heard On High; Away In a Manger; Deck the Halls; The First Noel; God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen; Good King Wenceslas; Hallelujah Chorus; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Jingle Bells; Jolly Old Saint Nicholas; Joy to the World; O Come All Ye Faithful; O Come, O Come Emmanuel; O Holy Night; O Little Town of Bethlehem; O Tannenbaum; Silent Night; Wassail Song; We Three Kings; We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Also arranged for a large number of other ensembles.
Winstead, William
Woodwind Quintet
Manuscript: University of West Virginia
Winter, Joop de (1932- )
Flute to the Fore (wind quintet)
Huizen, The Netherlands: Mansarda Muziekuitgeverig, http://www.mansarda.nl/
Duration: 3:20. For woodwind quintet with alternate parts for flute and clarinet ensemble. For student ensembles.
Petite Rhapsodie Hongroise
Huizen, The Netherlands: Mansarda Muziekuitgeverig, http://www.mansarda.nl/
Duration: 3:20.
Winter, Paul (1894-1970)
Stifter-Suite II (1949)
Manuscript
Duration: 18:00. Not to be confused with Paul Winter (1939- ) of the Paul Winter Consort.
Winter, Tomas (1954- )
Concertino (2009) for double woodwind quintet
Svensk Music (SMIC)
Duration: 13:00.
Obnoxious (1988, rev. 1996) for double woodwind quintet
Svensk Music (SMIC)
Movements: Allegro; Vivace; Largo e dolce; Allegretto.
Winters, Geoffrey (1928- )
Contrasts, on a theme of Liszt, Op. 54 (1976)
British Music Information Center, http://www.bmic.co.uk/
Duration: 11:00.
Winther, Terje (1963- )
The Crimson Tale (2000)
Oslo: NB Noter, https://www.nb.no/sheet-music/
Flute doubles on piccolo. Duration: 8:15. Sample score is available for download from the NB Noter site. See also: http://wintherproduksjoner.no/
Wirén, Dag (1905-1986)
Blåskvintett (Wind Quintet), Op. 42 (1971)
Stockholm: C. Gehrmans Musikfoerlag, 1973
Duration: 13:30.
“March” from Serenade for Strings, Op. 11 (arr. Michael Axtell) for double woodwind quintet
From the arranger, http://www.richardmusic.com/
Wirkander, Bengt-Sievert (1949- )
Folkliga koraler 1995
Stockholm: Svensk Musik
Kristallen den Fina: Fantasi (1970)
Stockholm: Svensk Musik
Flute doubles on piccolo, oboe doubles on English horn, clarinet doubles on bass clarinet. Duration: 5:00.
Wirth, Helmut (1912-1989)
Kleine Clementiade, Scherzo
Hamburg, H. Sikorski 1961
“Based on motives … of the … Clementi Sonatina in C major, Op. 36, no. 1.”
Heiteres Spiel (1937)
Hamburg: Hullenhagen & Griehl, 1953
Wislocki, Leszek (1931- )
2 Bläserquintette (1967)
Wisse, Jan (1921-2008)
Limitazioni No. 2 (1962)
Amsterdam: Donemus 1962
Duration: 7:30. Movements: Epitaphius; Variazione I; Variazione II; Variazione III.
Ritornello
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus
Epitaphium (1962)
Amsterdam: Stichting Donemus, 1962
Wissmer, Pierre (1915-1992)
Quintette (1964)
Paris, Ste Ame des Editions Ricordi, 1965
Duration: 12:00.
Wisner, Peter
Nocturne (1993)
Recorded by the Manhattan Wind Quintet, of which Mr. Wisner is the bassoonist.
The Nocturne was written in memory of the composer’s mother: “My objective was to commemorate my mother with an enjoyable and romantic piece, the type she would have enjoyed. The music of mine that she liked best involved uncomplicated key signatures and pretty melodies. I have incorporated one of her favorite melodies into this Nocturne: the “Children’s Prayer” from Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel.” The work is recorded by the Manhattan Wind Quintet.
Witherspoon, Valerie (1943- )
Woodwind Quintet
Manuscript: University of Wisconsin
Witt, Friedrich (1770-1836)
Parthia in F Major (1790) for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 1 horn, 1 double bass
Manuscript available in the Oettingen-Wallerstein’sche Hofbibliothek Ms. 604 / Finale score and parts available from Nikolaus Spoerel.
Parthia in F Major for double woodwind quintet and Violone (2o604)
Leipzig: Robert Ostermayer
This may be based on the manuscript listed above.
Parthia in F Major (1791) for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 1 horn, 1 double bass
Manuscript available in the Oettingen-Wallerstein’sche Hofbibliothek Ms. 605 / Finale score and parts available from Nikolaus Spoerel.
Parthia in E-flat Major for dectet
Leipzig: Robert Ostermeyer, 2003
For 1 flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons and violone (double bass). From the Oettingen-Wallersteiner Harmoniemusik collection.
Wittinger, Robert (1945- )
Tensioni, Op. 15 (1970)
Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1970
Concentrazioni (1965)
Witzenmann, Wolfgang (1937- )
Rastermodell VI für Bläser-Quintett (1993)
Pforzheim: Wolfgang Witzenmann
Wivil, Zarubbabel
Berkshire Militia March (1793) for double woodwind quintet
London: Longman & Broderip, 1793 (Copies located in the British Museum and the Library of Congress.)
Woestijne, David van de (Woestyne)(1915-1979)
Varieties (1965) for woodwind quintet and 2 guitars (also listed as Variations for 7 instruments)
Duration: 8:00.
Wolf, Anton (1914-1989)
Divertimento (1963)
New York: American Music Center
Passacaglia
New York: American Music Center
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)
Auf ein altes Bild for soprano and woodwind quintet
TrevCo Music Publishing
Originally for reed sextet and soprano.
Rondo Capriccioso (arr. Wolfgang Renz)
Duration: 5:30. Website / Contact Wolfgang Renz: http://wolfgang-renz-notendruck.de/ .
Wolf, Kenneth(1931-2011)
Concert Variations on an Original Theme
The only reference to this work I’ve found is from Amy L. Likar, The New York Woodwind Quintet: A Continuing Legacy, Ohio State University, 1999.
Wolf, Sima
The Chambers of Hemera, Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (2007)
Salem, CT: Cimarron Music Press cimarronmusic.com, 2007
Written for the Borealis Wind Quintet. Movements: Benevolent dream; Unfolding; Ebullient tricksters.
Wolfe, Julia (1958- )
On Seven-Star-Shoes (1985)
Red Poppy Music, www.redpoppymusic.com
Flute doubles on piccolo, clarinet doubles on bass clarinet. Duration: 5:00.Premiered by the Aspen Wind Quintet. Recorded by the Quintet of the Americas on Newport Classic, 1991.
Woodwind Quintet No. 1
From the composer at P.O. Box 17228, Salt Lake City, UT 84117.
See also: https://juliawolfemusic.com/ and http://www.schirmer.com/composers/wolfe/bio.html
Wolff, Jean-Claude(1946- )
Chants (1994)
Contact the composer: http://www.jeanclaudewolff.com/
Written for the woodwind quintet, Circé
“par les chemins…” (2014)
Contact the composer: http://www.jeanclaudewolff.com/
Wolfson, Chester
Suite
Copy found in the Samuel Baron Collection of the Juilliard School Lila Acheson Wallace Library.
Wolkoff, Benny
Choro para quinteto de sopro (1974)
Duration: 2:22. Recorded by the Quinteto Brasília. Also recorded in 1977 by Quinteto Villa-Lobos in an arangement probably made specifically for them. The recording by Quinteto Villa-Lobos is now available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Az9ScQGHEDs .
A lively piece with lots of running, tongued 16th notes in the melody (especially for oboe, flute and clarinet). This would be an audience pleaser if you could find a copy! [Andrew Brandt]
Wøllo, Erik (1961- )
Solar: Music for Wind Quintet and Tape (1988)
Duration: 10:00. See Norwegian Music Information Centre http://www.notam.uio.no/nmi/index.html
Wolschina, Reinhard (1952- )
Seebilder, Metamorphosen (2006)
Helmstadt: Hoche, 2007
also:
Fünf Caprichos (Five Caprices) for woodwind quintet and percussion, based on patterns from Los Caprichos by Francisco Goya.
Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag, 1979
Los Caprichos were a set of 80 prints by Goya, many of which depict condemnation of people’s foibles and follies and are seen as a condemnation of 18th century Spain.
Wolstenholme, William (1865-1931)
Quintet in F
Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England: Emerson Edition, 2004
Duration: 17:00. Perhaps the reason it is difficult to get good information about Wolstenholme’s chamber music is because he was blind, an organist, and most of his surviving scores were in braille.
Wolter, Detlef (1933-2002)
Cassation für fünf Blaeser
Wolfenbuettel: Moeseler Verlag, 1981
Movements: Allegro decioso e capriccioso; Andante; Allegro mobile. Dedicated to and premiered by the Tokyo Wind Quintet.
Thema mit Variationen für fünf Bläser (1957)
Lindau/B.: C. F. Kahnt, 1963
Wonder, Stevie (stage name for Stevland Hardaway Morris)(1950- )
Sir Duke (arr. John Swan)
Hollywood: Jobete Music, 1976
Wong, Chee Yean (1979- )
On Huygen’s Aria for double woodwind quintet and double bass
A tribute to the Dutch composer, Huygens (1596-1687), it is in one movement including an introduction, the aria, and a finale. It was probably written while Wong studied at the Rotterdams Conservatorium. The publisher describes the work as “neo Strawinsky.” Duration: 4:00.
Wood, Charles (1866-1926)
Quintett in F major (1891)
London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1933
This work is still in the B&H online catalog and available for sale.
Quintett in B major
London: Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd., 1933
This Quintet is not in the current online catalog of B&H. If it exists, it is also possible it is in B-flat major instead of B Major (B Major is an odd key for early woodwind quintets.
also:
Septet in C Minor (1889) for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, bass
A PDF of the manuscript score is available from the International Music Score Library Project, but some separate parts are missing or incomplete, so a modern publication is badly needed. The Septet was not published in Wood’s lifetime. The World Premiere recording by the Berkeley Ensemble was recently distributed on CD on the album “Clarion Call, Music for Septet and Octet,” on the Resonus label. Available on Apple Music and Spotify.
Wood, Jeffrey
Comedies
Duration: 13:53. Recorded by the Quintet of the Americas on Newport Classic, 1991.
Wood, Joseph (1937- )
Rondo Caprice
Wrightsville, Pennsylvania (and Boise, ID): Manuscript Publications, 1973
Selections for the High School Woodwind Section
Teaneck, NJ: Puna Music Co., 2001
Wood, Ralph Walter (1902- ?)
Konzert (1962) (for woodwind quintet and orchestra)
Sequenza for double woodwind quintet
Composers Guild of Great Britain, 1967
Wood, Steve (1959- )
Chambermaids Come Out to Play (2006)
Grosvenor Place, N.S.W.: Australian Music Centre, 2006.
Duration: 6:00. See: http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/
Wood, Thomas (1892-1950)
The Brewhouse at Bures (1928)
London: Stainer & Bell, 1929
See the article about Thomas Wood and his quintet in our Roaring Twenties Woodwind Quintet Series.
Woods, Michael E.
Quintet for Winds
Listed in “Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography”
Woodson, Thomas C.
Second Woodwind Quintet (1997)
published by the composer.
This might be Thomas C. “Bear” Woodson, born in 1954, but I could not confirm it.
Wooldridge, David (1931-ca. 2010)
Wind Quintet, Op. 12 (1958)
Bridgewater, Connecticut: Hinchinbroke Music (1986)
Duration: 13:00. Movements: Toccata; Pastorale; Valse bleu; Hornpipe. According to an internet discussion, Hinchinbroke music was the self-publishing name for the composer’s works, much of which was destroyed in a house fire. The only copies might be those already sold or in libraries. ¶ A copy of the score is available in the Samuel Baron Collection of the Juilliard School Lila Acheson Wallace Library.
Woolfenden, Guy(1937-2016)
Serenade for Sophia for double woodwind quintet
Oxfordshire, England: Ariel Music, 2002
Movements: Intrada; Dance; Finale.
The composer writes: “Serenade for Sophia was written to celebrate the birth of the composer’s first grandchild, Sophia Isobel, in March 2001 and is dedicated to her with love. The work is scored for double wind quintet with no doublings, and begins with a short formal Intrada celebrating the happy event of Sophia’s arrival. The Dance is melodic and friendly music that hints at warmer climates, and taps into the rich culture of Sophia’s Jamaican friends and relations. The Finale plays on the juxtaposition of two contrasted moods: firstly a reflective, somewhat troubled idea, followed by a happy Allegretto passage; the reflective mood becomes more espressive and is treated canonically, the sun once again breaks through the clouds, and shines even more brightly in a joyous coda.”
Reflections, Serenade No. 2, for double woodwind quintet
Oxfordshire, England: Ariel Music, 2002
Movements: Allegro moderato; Andante espressivo in memoriam William Waterhouse; Andante con moto: Allegro subito.
The composer notes: “Shortly after I began work in earnest on Reflections, my second serenade for wind dectet, the great English bassoonist, William Waterhouse, died. We attended the same school (Whitgift in South Croydon), and I followed his remarkable career as he climbed to the top of the profession both as a performer and a teacher. He was loved by all for his wit, wisdom and scholarship. ¶ “The second movement begins and ends with a bassoon solo in Bill’s memory. The outer movements which frame this ‘In memoriam’ are reflections on the witty, humorous side of Bill and my own memories of a happy childhood with musical parents – my father led a dance band and my mother was the daughter of a church organist and sang rather well. ¶ “Reflections was commissioned by Simon Payne and the Oxford Sinfonia, to whom the work is dedicated with affection. The first performance took place at St Mary’s Church, High Street, Oxford on 26th April 2008.”
Prelude, in memoriam & Finale, sextet for woodwind quintet and bass clarinet
Oxfordshire, England: Ariel Music, 2002
Movements: Prelude; In Memoriam; Finale.
The composer shares: “This work was commissioned by English Serenata and received its first performance in May 1987. The sextet is dedicated to the memory of Howard Walker, clarinettist and founder member of English Serenata, following his tragic death in a car accident.”
Woollen, Russell (1923-1994)
Woodwind Quintet (1955)
New York: American Composers Alliance, 1961
Duration: 25:00. Name is mis-spelled on the New York: American Music Center website as “Wollen”.
Woollett, Henry (1864-1936)
Quintette
Microfilm copy and printout available a the New York Public Library, Performing Arts Division at Lincoln Center) 1998
Woolrich, John (1954- )
A Book of Studies, Set 1 (1993)
London: Faber Music, 1993
Duration: 10:00. Movements: 1) Monody with minor seconds; 2) Chorale; 3) Aria with oboe; 4) Clockwork Chorale; 5) Decorated Chorale; 6) Monody with minor sevenths. See:
www.johnwoolrich.com/site
A Book of Studies Set 2 (1993-94)
London: Faber Music, 1994
Flute doubles on alto flute and piccolo, oboe doubles on English horn; clarinet doubles on bass clarinet, bassoon doubles on contrabassoon. Duration: 10:00. Movements: Monody with minor seconds; Chorale; Aria with oboe; Clockwork chorale; Decorated chorale; Monody with minor sevenths.
also:
The Iron Cockerel Sings (1998) for woodwind quintet and bass clarinet
London: Faber Music
Worthington, Rain
Tangents for wind or brass quintet (2010)
Duration: 8:00. See her website: https://rainworthington.com/ .
Wramage, Gregg (1970- )
Brilliant Mirrors (1998)
Available from the composer at: 102-52 63 Ave., Forest Hills, NY 11375 USA
Duration: 8:00.
Wranitzky, Anton (or Wranizky)
Wranitzky, Paul
SEE Vranický, Pavel
Wright, Maurice (1949- )
Winds of Change (1980)
Ship Bottom, N.J.: Association for the Promotion of New Music, 1982
Duration: 10:00.
Chamber Symphony: for woodwind quintet (1977)
Hillsdale, N.Y.: Mobart Music Publications, 1979
Duration: 16:00. Scored for normal woodwind quintet in spite of the title. Wright wrote several other Chamber Symphonies for other instrumental combinations, too.
Writer, Justin Edward
Quintet for Winds (2005)
Duration: 11:00. See composer’s website: http://justinwriter.com/
Wuensch, Gerhard (1925-2007)
Quintet, Op. 22
Toronto: Canadian Music Centre
Second Quintet, Op. 34 (1956)
Toronto: Canadian Music Center
Duration: 15:00. Movements: I. Allegro molto; II. Lento; III. Presto; IV. Interlude (Mutations of a phrygian hexachord): Lento; V. Rondo giocosa: vivace.
Wünsch, Jan Maria (1908- ?)
Bläserquintett in A-moll
Wuorinen, Charles (1938- )
Movement for Wind Quintet
Bryn Mawr, PA: Merion Music, Inc., 1963, sole rep.: Theodore Presser, 1963
Duration: 3:40.
Woodwind Quintet (1977)
New York: C. F. Peters, 1978
New York: American Composers Alliance
Duration: 15:00.
Würdinger, Ernst (1952- )
Bläserquintett, Op. 8 (1973)
Wien: Verlag Doblinger, 1975
Duration: 6:00.
Würz, Anton (1903- ?)
Quintett Es-Dur, Op. 59 (1962)
Wüsthoff, Klaus (1922- )
Rondo-Sonate für Bläserquintett (1987)
Edition Peters
3 movements. Duration: 16:00. Brief audio excerpts available on the composer’s website: http://www.klaus-wuesthoff.de/kammermusik.html#Rondo-Sonate .
Wylie, Ruth Shaw (1916-1989)
Five Occurrences, Op. 27 (1971)
Salt Lake City ?
Try Interlibrary loan: New York Public Library
Wyner, Yehudi (1929- )
Wind Quintet (1984)
New York: Associated Music Publishers, Inc.; G. Schirmer
Duration: 8:00. See also: http://www.yehudiwyner.com/
Into the Evening Air (2013)
New York: Associated Music Publishers, for rental or download, depending on location, see http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/49361
Commissioned for the Boston Symphony Chamber Players for their 50th anniversary season and premiered on February 9, 2014, performed by Elizabeth Rowe, flute; John Ferrillo, oboe; William R. Hudgins, clarinet; Richard Svoboda, bassoon; and James Sommerville, horn. The same concert also featured Schuller’s Games for woodwind quintet and string quintet.
According to reviewer, Jeremy Eichler in the Boston Globe, Nov. 2, 2014, this work is “…a brief but important new wind quintet by Yehudi Wyner. Into the evening air takes its title from a line in a Wallace Stevens poem, ‘Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour’ Wyner’s score is a stunner, full of a watchful, silvery beauty. This music – billowing, airy, and deceptively light – seems to perfectly reflect the quiet glow and calm wisdom of this late poem. And yet, … Wyner actually composed his work (all but its title) before reading a word of the poem. Both score and text, in any case, are colored in subtle half-tints and both speak obliquely of ultimate things. In the score’s final pages the music’s corporeality, such as it is, seems to slowly dissolve. A final upward-leaping flute line is questing, interrogative.”
also:
Dance Variations (1953, revised 1959) for woodwind quintet, trumpet, trombone, and cello.