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Annotated Bibliography of
Double Wind Quintet Music
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This is a bibliography of music for double wind quintet (also called decet, dectet,
decimette, dezett, or tentet) and related works. The first section consists of music for
the most common interpretation of double wind quintet, namely 2 flutes (or piccolo(s)),
2 oboes (or English horn(s)), 2 clarinets (B flat or A), 2 bassoons, and 2 French horns.
Click on the alphabet at the top of the page to move through the list which is arranged
alphabetically by the composers last name. Following that section are five smaller lists
of related titles. For instance, the standard dwq plus a solo instrument; the basic dwq
plus an additional one or two instruments (often extra horns or a trumpet or two), etc.
Links to these related sections can be found at the end of this introduction. There are
many double wind quintets plus string bass. Sometimes the extra bass is essential and
sometimes it can be, with little detrimental effect, left out. When I determine that an
okay performance is possible without it, I put the citation in both the main list and the
supplemental one. Same for when the other instruments are optional, they will go in
both places.
Each citation varies somewhat because of the information that I've been able to find,
however, what I've tried to include in each one is:
hot links to a biography of the composer or I write one myself if there isn't one on
the Web,
a complete bibliographic citation including title, place of publication, publisher
name, date of publication, and series;
length of the piece,
names of movements,
description of the piece including the difficulty level if it can be determined,
information about the commissioning of the piece, who premiered it and when,
and any recordings that are available,
and, links to distributors where people can obtain the piece.
Site created and maintained by Cate Gerhart. Currently this is a work-in-progress and is
being edited as often as possible, sometimes daily! I would love to hear from anyone
using the site concerning what they found helpful or not, and what information they
might like to have that isn't there. Special thanks to Paul Schlossman who has kindly
shared with me information about recordings of some of the pieces below that he has in
his extensive collection of wind music recordings.
before an entry indicates that I own a copy of the piece, or, know someone that
does and can answer questions about the piece if they aren't answered in the
bibliography.
Site first appeared on the WWW June 21, 2005, last edited Decenber 10, 2015. At last
count, lists about 360 for regular dwq and about 127 pieces for related instrumentation.
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Related pieces:
The other double wind quintet, a wind quintet plus a brass quintet.
A
Abate, Rocco, 1950-
Tatá requiem : obscuro gioco del tempo per doppio quintetto di fiati / Rocco
Abate.
Rome : Edipan, 1986.
Contact information for Edipan: Edipan 00195 Roma - viale Mazzini 6, tel.
06.3223474 - 06.3225952, fax: 06.3223471
One of the most successful songwriters of the early part of the era of the modern
Brazilian song. His song "Tico Tico no Fub" ("Tico-tico Bird in the Cornmeal") was
popularized in the US as "Tico Tico".
On a list of dwq music of the group Orion Winds. I still need to follow up with
them to see who arranged and other such details.
On a list of dwq music of the group Orion Winds. I still need to follow up with
Commissioned by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra for a concert featuring its wind
players at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, on December 16th, 1984.
Composer's facsimile ed.
Duration: 10 min.
Recorded live at Concordia College by the Sylvan Winds in May 1997 and released
on Composers Recordings (CRI) in 1998. Available on Amazon.com. Also available
from New World Records.
Includes extra parts for E flat clarinet substituting for the 2nd oboe and an
optional string bass part.
This is an arrangement of the 3rd piece of Albéniz' piano work 'Suite Española',
opus 47. It was first played at a woodwind course run by the bassoonist Kerry
Camden. A fun piece to play and listen to of moderate difficulty.
Each part contains both 1st and 2nd part for that instrument. Clarinet parts are
for A clarinet.
Duration: 9 min.
The score is for sale by Donemus but the parts are currently rental only.
A neo-classical theme with six variations displaying all the colors, beautiful solos,
gusto and lyricism of this medium.
Duration: 11 min., 30 sec.
This piece was commissioned by New Harmonie and is currently only available for
their use because of copyright restrictions.
1. Blood-air-dialogue
2. Deep-sea sarabande
3. Menuet at high altitude
4. Flowing air
Distributed by:
In North America from: Presser Publishing
In England from: York, England : June Emerson Wind Music.
And from, Tokyo, Japan : Muramatsu Flute.
Catalog no. ESZ.8238 and ESZ.8239. Score can be purchased but it seems the
parts are rental only.
"Composed originally for a centenary concert of the Morley College London, 1984.
First performed: June 1st 1984 Morley College Wind Group, conductor, Lawrence
Leonard"--Page [68] in composers hand.
Duration: 28 min.
Manuscript resides in London in the British Music Information Centre. In that copy
pasted to the inside cover is a typewritten note listing the movements and giving
the following information:
"Note: Vista was composed for an amateur group of performers. The wind group
or 'serenade' was typically a baroque instrument of entertainment, and it
suggested the possibility of an essay in a classical style, which the composer was
anxious to deploy as a reaction against a number of years of composition mainly
in somewhat complex serial methods of the post-Webern era. The nostalgia for a
work using classical methods of constructive symmetry was compared by the
composer, in the programme-note of the first performance, to an architect who
had been working for years in steel and concrete looking through the trees at a
vista of Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath, and wishing for an opportunity of
building something, even on a small scale in that style."
I didn't find a nice biography to link to so here's some information from some
program notes I've found. Arp is a German composer, teacher, conductor and
performs on piano and double bass. He has held positions in Hamburg, Koblenz,
and Mainz, as well as guest appearances around the world.
Axtell, Michael.
Scottish fantasy / Michael Axtell.
2010.
Axtell, Michael.
Michael is an English conductor, woodwind coach, flutist in the group
Compendium, and prolific arranger of double wind quintet music. He distributes all
his own arrangements and can be reached at: axtellmusic@googlemail.com. His
mailing address is: Church Cottage, Parsonage Lane, Icklesham, East Sussex,
TN36 4BL
See pieces he's arranged:
Albéniz, Isaac, 1860-1909. [Tango]
Beethoven, Ludwig. [Turkish march]
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. [Carmen suite]
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. [Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 77, D major;
arr.]
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. [Children's corner. Golliwogg's cake-walk; arr.]
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. [Preludes, piano, book 1. Fille aux cheveux de lin;
arr.]
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. [Little nigra; arr.]
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. [Children's corner. Little shepherd; arr.]
Dvorak, Antonin, 1841-1904. [Serenades, string orchestra, op. 22, E major; arr.]
Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. [Chanson de matin; arr.]
Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. [Serious doll; arr.]
Gossec, Franois-Joseph. [Tambourin]
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907. [Anitra's dance]
Handel, George Frideric. [Solomon. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba]
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. [Rondo capriccioso]
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. [Don Giovanni. Selections; arr.]
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. [Kleine Nachtmusik; arr.]
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. [Zauberflöte. Selections; arr.]
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. [Sonatas, piano, K. 300i (331), A major.
Allegretto alla turca; arr.]
Pierné, Gabriel, 1863-1937. [Album pour mes petits amis. Marche des petits
soldats de plomb; arr.]
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. [Romansy, op. 34. Vocalise; arr.]
Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. [Rosamunde. Entr'acte (No. 1). arr]
Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. [Sehnsucht, D. 636; arr.]
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. [Quartets, strings, no. 1, op. 11, D major.
Andante cantabile; arr.]
Composed in 1979 for the Southampton Concert Orchestra Wind Ensemble, this
work was chosen in 1981 to be performed in Rome at the International Festival of
Women in Music.
This edition was prepared and typeset in 2004 by Laurence Perkins with the help
of the composer incorporating revisions in orchestration and editing that had been
made in 1999.
Duration: 15 min.
The piece is in five movements, Prelude, March, Cantilena, Scherzo, and Postlude.
The Chinook Winds performed a portion of this work. Click here to hear it.
Subtitle on 1st page of music: A virtuosity for double wind quintet. "For the
Rondel Ensemble"--At head of caption title.
Lance Baker is the son of Ruth Gipps and clarinetist Robert Baker. He plays horn
and composes. Tickerage Press was Lance's mother's own publishing company.
This piece was originally written as a companion piece for Gipps' Wind sinfonietta
which also has an optional tam tam part which Lance played as first horn of the
Rondel Ensemble. Interestingly, when this was performed the two horns sat in the
middle with a wind quintet arrangement on either side.
Doubles on piccolo (flute 2), English horn (replaces the 2nd oboe), alto sax (only
when clarinet in A isn't available to the clarinet 1), bass clarinet (clarinet 2), and
the horn 2 plays the optional tam tam.
While this piece is partly variations on this folk song, it is also partly new material.
A fairly difficult piece only playable by professionals and very good amateurs.
Duration: about 15 min.
This piece is also listed in the British Music Information Centre directory with the
title "Double wind quintet on Blow the wind southerly".
Distributed by:
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music.
The British Music Information Centre has a recording of this piece which I listened
to on 22 October 2007. I'm not absolutely certain because the cataloging is a bit
strange, but I think the recording is of Music Projects London at St. John Smith
Square, there's not a date but there is clapping on the tape so it was a live
concert. It begins very stridently and dissonantly in the first movement but in the
second and third movements the piece takes a more consonant and melodic
direction. The third movement is playful with the various instruments playing off
each other like a game of tag.
Duration: 14 min.
Manuscript score and parts are held at the BBC Library. I have not had a chance
to follow up and verify this.
Written in 1967 and premiered by the Bristol University Orchestra wind section. It
was subsequently substantially revised in 1998 for the Wind Ensemble of the
Wells Cathedral School but was never performed in it's revised form.
This piece is neo-baroque in spirit and the two quick movements use ritornello
form, with the ritornellos being played by all ten instruments and solo sections
being scored for a variety of smaller groupings. The Andante is largely fugal. The
general idiom of the piece is expanded tonality, with all twelve notes used freely
with no distinction between major and minor but always with a tonal center.
Lento/Allegro
Andante
Allegro giocoso
Since there isn't a good biography to link to on the Web, here's a short bio:
Adrian is from Yorkshire, England. He studied music at the University College in
Cardiff, graduated in 1958, master's in 1961, and doctorate in 1972. He is an
oboist as well as conductor and composer. He conducted the Bristol Opera and
founded the Bristol Bach Choir which he conducted until 1978. He was on the staff
of the Music Department of Bristol University from 1961 to 2002 and is a frequent
conductor of its' Symphony Orchestra and Choral Society as well as the New
Music Ensemble. Married to Janet Price (soprano) since 1963, he's written many
pieces for her, as well as pieces for other genres with the exception of opera.
Retired since 2002, he spends time gardening and fell-walking when he isn't
composing.
Overture and 6 movements adapted from the composer's opera "Nina". Rich
sounding suite for augmented harmonie ensemble.
The string bass parts doubles either the horn and bassoon parts so I wouldn't
hesitate to play this without the bass part.
This is a very easy arrangement of two minuets. I haven't timed them but they
are very short, maybe two minutes each. Each minuet is the standard 8 bar
phrase repeated, there are four phrases.
Available from:
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music
I. Grave ; Allegro di molto e con brio -- II. Adagio cantabile -- III. Rondo.
Available from:
Ithaca, NY : Hickey's Music Online.
Although not notated in my score, there is a part for an optional percussion part
playing bells and cymbal.
Only available from the arranger at: axtellmusic@googlemail.com
Inspired by the distant nebulae recorded by the Hubble telescope, this piece was
written for Kaleidoscope Wind.
Although I know this exists through contact with Kaleidoscope Wind, we've been
unable to find out if a copy is available. I've been informed by someone that was
there, that it was written and performed at Morley College quite a few years ago.
He's checking into the fate of the wind music that used to be there, but in the
meantime if anyone finds some information about this, please contact me at:
gerhart@u.washington.edu.
This piece is based on the sixteenth century French popular song "A l'ombre d'un
buissonet" first printed in "La Couronne et Fleur" (1556). Originally written for a
large string orchestra, commissioned for the 1999 International Youth String
Orchestra at the ESTA Conference in Portsmouth, it was transcribed by the
composer for a double wind quintet, with second flute and oboe doubling piccolo
and cor Anglais, second clarinet playing bass clarinet, second bassoon on double
bassoon.
Prelude: Lento
Variation I: Allegretto
Variation II: Allegro Vivo
Variation III: Andante (Homage to Peter Warlock)
Variation IV: Con brio e ritmico
Finale
Distributed by Musicroom.com)
This piece is a romp through the musical periods (starting with cavemen), using
"Yankee Doodle Dandy" as the theme. One performer is the main narrator, but
each performer introduces a different musical period. Some singing and much
"hamming it up" is required! Some examples are "Yankee Doodle" blended with
"Ode to Joy", "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik", "In the Mood", and "The Rite of Spring".
It was written in 1997 for and performed by the U.S. Air Force Band of the West
Chamber Players. They performed it on many concerts with much success.
Berk, Stacey.
Portraits of the odyssey : for ten winds / Stacey Berk.
Berk, 1998.
A difficult piece but fun to listen to because of it's programmatic nature, this piece
has the instrumentalists doubling on percussion instruments. Flute 1 doubles on
piccolo and alto flute, flute 2 plays the triangle, oboe 1 plays the woodblock with
soft mallets, oboe 2 doubles on English horn, clarinet 1 also plays bamboo wind
chimes, clarinet 2 doubles on bass clarinet, bassoon 1 plays finger cymbals and 2
plays an egg shaker, horn 1 an bell tree, and horn 2 a cymbal with stick.
Premiered by the U.S. Air Force Band of the West Chamber Players.
Duration: 16 min.
This is a beautiful work of French late Romanticism. It is rewarding for both the
players and the listeners.
Originally published in 1890 by A. Durand, then in 1991 by Edition Compusic and
finally in 1998, the edition I have, by Don Stewart.
The edition describe here is available from the publisher above and:
Tallevast, Florida : Trevco Music
This lovely piece features the oboe. It is a one movement work that moves
through a number of moods. The first 16 bars are a slow introduction following by
a lengthy middle section at a quick tempo. After this middle section in duple
meter, it moves to the ending in a triple meter which begins slowly but then
I haven't timed the piece yet but it between 5 and 10 minutes long.
Plate no.: 2978.
Duration: 25 min.
Written in 1898, this piece (op. 40) won the Paderewski Prize in 1901 for the best
chamber music work by an American composer. It was premiered by Georges
Longy and his Woodwind Club in Boston on March 31, 1902. It's first European
performance was in 1908 in Berlin.
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegro assai
IV. Allegro energico
Available from:
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music
Tallevast, Florida : Trevco Music.
This piece was written in 1889 by the first American to become famous in Europe.
Although he was born in Massachusetts he lived and worked most of his life in
Berlin. This piece is a beautiful example of late romantic writing for winds.
Allegro moderato
Andante
Allegretto quasi allegro
Allegro con fuoco.
Available from:
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music.
Tokyo, Japan : Muramatsu Flute.
Distributed by:
Masters Music Publications.
The Grove Music Online lists this work as being unpublished and destroyed
(possibly during World War II), so alas, we may never be able to play it unless
somehow a copy survived.
Duration: 17 min.
Recorded by Currents New Music Ensemble on Centaur Records (CRC 2248).
Available from:
Tokyo, Japan : Muramatsu Flute.
Van Nuys, Calif. : Theodore Front.
Dedicated to the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America and Thomas Eagan
of the San Jose State College.
1. Rural -- 2. Urban.
Publisher's no.: 20320-29.
While I haven't been able to find a copy of this for sale, there are 15 libraries in
the United States that hold it. I won't list them all here but they are spread
around the country from California to Maryland to Florida to Minnesota. I was
successful in borrowing a copy and have made a copy for private use until I find a
copy for sale.
There isn't a biography on the Web, but I found an obituary for Orrin that reads:
Orrin James "Fess" Blattner of Saratoga, 88, died Feb. 23 of heart failure. Blattner
received his bachelor's and master's degrees from San Jos State University. He
bought his home in Saratoga in 1954, where he lived for 52 years. Proficient on
more than 20 instruments, Blattner taught music at Los Gatos High School from
1944 to 1977, and arranged many works. He was a member of the San Jose
Symphony, both as a trombone player and as the assistant conductor. He was
also president of the San Jose Musicians Union Local 153 from 1959 to 1987. He
was a bandleader all throughout his adult life, including the Gem City Jazz Band in
the Bay Area and the Colorado River Jazz Patrol in Arizona.
Blunt, Marcus.
Capricorn : for double wind quintet / Marcus Blunt.
Modus Music, c2008.
1 score (8 pages) + 10 parts.
Includes a bass clarinet part that can be used as a 2nd bassoon substitute if
needed.
Written in 1979 and first performed in 1980 at St. Katharine's College, Liverpool.
Duration: 5 min.
I don't see a Web presence for this publisher or a distributor for them, but their
contact information is:
312 Ninth Ave. New Glarus, WI 53574 Phone: 608/527-2923
I found this listed in a print source as published by Southern Music but I haven't
been able to verify that yet.
There doesn't seem to be a good biography of Yohanan on the Web but I did find
that he was born in Breslau, and emigrated to Israel in 1936 where he lived the
rest of his life primarily being a music critic for the Jerusalem Post.
Bolcer, John.
Arranger, librarian, and horn player in Chinook Winds. He's arranged the following
for the group:
Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967. [Nyári este; arr.]
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. [Norwegian moods; arr.]
Bowman, Hugh.
Arranger of:
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. [Octet, violins (4), violas, violoncellos,
op. 20, Eflat major; arr.]
Braden, Daniel.
Arranger of:
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. [Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von
Händel; arr.]
Available from:
York, England : June Emerson.
Tokyo, Japan : Muramatsu Flute.
Tallevast, Florida : Trevco Music.
Slow and fast sections. Would make a good encore. There is a brief extract to
listen to on the publisher Web sited linked above.
Duration: 2 1/2 min.
Both flutes double on piccolo although the arranger indicates that the second flute
part could, if absolutely necessary be played on flute.
Slow and fast sections and a brisk middle section which uses 2 piccolos. There is a
brief extract to listen to on the publisher Web sited linked above.
Premeired on November 19, 2005 by the Kaleidoscope Wind in London.
Duration: 3 1/2 min.
This arrangment has an optional contrabassoon part. Also the 2nd flute doubles
piccolo.
Variations and a fugue on a theme by Handel was originally written for piano and
is based on the Handel tune Harmonious blacksmith which is originally the Aria
con variazioni from the 2nd collection of the Suites for harpsichord. Tony has
chosen to arrange those variations that suit wind instruments the best without
departing too much from the original, so the piece is somewhat shorter than the
original.
Duration: 15 min.
Brakkee, Stefaan.
French horn, pianist, and arranger from the Netherlands.
See pieces he's arranged:
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. [Petite suite; arr.]
I don't see a biography of Brauer on the Web so here's what I could find about
him. He was born in Mannheim on May 9, 1855 and died in Karlsruhe on
December 2, 1918. He was primarily a conductor and had studied with Vincenz
Lachner and a variety of people at Cologne University. In 1880 he conducted the
Cäcilienvereins at Kaiserslautern and in 1888 Hofkirche at Karlsruhe wher he
founded a Bach Society in 1905. He also wrote operas and string music.
I don't see this piece listed in the Breitkopf catalog but the One Dee Press edition
can be had by phoning Roy Penny at: (+44) 01932 562383.
Duration: 12 min.
Brown, J.W.
Arranger of:
Lyadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich, 1855-1914. [Russkie narodnye pesni, orchestra;
arr.]
Buckley, Lewis J.
Arranger and editor of:
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. [Concertos, trumpet, orchestra, E flat major; arr.]
Burrell, Diana.
Lucid / Diana Burrell.
[S.l.] : United Music Publ., 1999.
Duration: 6 min.
Commissioned by Bedfordshire Orchestra Society, and performed by the Bedford
Sinfonia in January 1999.
Lucid is a purely abstract piece of music, inspired by nothing but the clear,
colourful sounds of wind instruments, and the forms and textures of music itself.
Its title, with its connotations of light and clarity, is simply the first of the four
words at the top of the score which direct the performers as to the style of the
first section - 'Lucid, gentle, but lively'.
This piece was written for Jonathan's quintet, who every Christmas gets together
with another quintet for a decet session with mulled wine and mince pies. They
play the Raff Sinfonietta which they love and a few other things, finishing up
playing rather terrible quintet arrangements of Christmas carols, two to a part.
The players always wanted to know ' Why can't we have some different carols?' so
at Christmas 2007 Jonathan turned up with this piece. The first flautist was
having a 60th birthday, so the last movement is a surprise for him (written in
such a way that he can't see what's coming). When Jonathan mentioned this last
bit to me and should he delete the birthday bit, I said he should leave it in since,
after all, it is a birthday that we celebrate at Christmas so it makes sense to have
it there.
Duration: ca. 11 minutes.
Christmas carols arranged in eight movements:
1 - The Mediaeval One (Gaudete)
2 - The Basque one (Ator, ator)[erroneously listed as `Atoz, atoz'-my mistake]
3 - The French one (Il est n, le divin enfant)
4 - The Old English one (The Coventry Carol)
5 - The One About The Holly (from Cornwall)
6 - The Other French one (Nous voici dans la ville)
Bussick, David.
Arranger of:
Fauré, Garbriel, 1845-1924. [Pavan, orchestra, op. 50, F# minor; arr.]
Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934. [Songs without words. Country song; arr.]
Lyadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich, 1855-1914. [Russkie narodnye pesni, orchestra;
arr.]
Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945. [Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo; arr.]
Mozart, Leopold, 1719-1787. [Musikalische Schlittenfahrt; arr.]
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. [Fanciulla del West. Minnie, dalla mia casa; arr.]
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. [Manon Lescaut. Donna non vidi mai; arr.]
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. [Manon Lescaut. Madrigale; arr.]
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. [Menuet sur le mon de Haydn; arr.]
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. [Studies in English folk song; arr.]
Bussick, David.
Scherzo angustia : for double wind quintet / David Bussick.
Tempe, Arizona : Whichpond Music, c2011.
David publishes his own music using his only publishing company listed above.
Found this listed in: Wind ensemble literature, 2nd ed., rev. 1975 / by Reynolds
... [et al.] Haven't found any other mention of it however. Other than indicating
that it's for standard dwq this is all that's listed. This publication is somewhat
suspect in my view since just below this entry the two Arthur Bird pieces, Suite
and Serenade, are listed as by William Byrd. I'll keep looking for verification that
an arrangement of a Byrd Pavane exists or existed.
This was a popular tune during the Renaissance which Byrd arranged and notated
for keyboard. There's a nice MIDI recording available online if you'd like to get an
idea what the tune is. Click here and search for Walsingham on the page.
Available from:
York, England : June Emerson.
Medfield, Mass. : Dorn Publications.
C
Camden, Kerry, 1936-
Bassoonist, conductor, composer, and arranger of:
Fauré, Garbriel, 1845-1924. [Masques et bergamasques; arr.]
Mozart [Adagio & rondo; arr.]
Saint-Saens [Danse macabre; arr.]
Wagner [Siegfried Idyll; arr.]
Written in 1901 and first performed by the Societe de Musique on March 9, 1901,
this piece was most likely inspired by the World's Fair which was held in Paris in
1900.
This piece has three movements, Scharki (Chant d'amour), Nihavend, Iskia
samaisi.
If you're interested in the manuscript of this piece, it is held at the Free Library of
Philadelphia.
Recorded by:
Calamus Ensemble on Dabringhaus & Grimm CD MDG 603 0599.
Joseph Triebensee Ensemble on Asturia 90029.
Scores, parts and a midi recording are available on the composers home page.
Written at the request of Lawrence Leonard of the Morley Wind Group, this piece
is a tribute to Ruth Gipps, 1921-1999. This piece is serious, melodic with modern
harmonies.
Carter, Chandler.
Symphony for winds (1988-9) : for double wind quintet / Chandler Carter.
New York City : Kremer Music Publishing, 1989.
Originally wrriten for Dana Paul Perma and the Holzblazer double wind quintet.
Performed June 6, 1993 by the Quintet of the Americas and the Latin American
Wind Quintet at the Weill Recital Hall.
This three movement piece is difficult, requiring good college players or excellent
amateurs. It is easier to perform with a conductor.
Duration: 16-18 min.
1. Variations
2. Passacaglia
3. Toccatta
For information on getting a copy of this piece, contact the composer at:
lcc2@earthlink.net.
Three movement programmatic piece: I. The policeman in the zoo -- II. Trafalgar
Square idyll -- III. Hyde Park (children play). This piece is out of print and
impossible to find for sale. It resides in a few libraries so if you'd like to see a
copy without the rental fee you'll need to find it there.
Duration: 4 min.
Catalog no.: 132748.
Originally for piano; arr. for 2 flutes, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet,
bassoon, contrabassoon, and 2 horns.
Duration: ca. 26 min.
Pictures from life at a music center including scales and tuning. Suite written to
celebrate the removal of the Kent Music School Tonbridge Centre to more
commodious premises in 1975. A piece not to be taken too seriously, it depicts,
somewhat wryly, and with special references to wind teaching, the history of the
1. Les gammes: Scales are the foundation of wind playing; they progress from
tentative examples in simple keys to arpeggios and chromatics and a
triumphantly secure conclusion.
L'accord: Intonation-always a problem. This slow movement is preoccupied (not
entirely successfully) with finding a true oboe A.
Les eaux: In 1968 the Centre became disastrously engulfed in the river Medway
after a rainfall of 8.5 inches in 16 hours. The Scherzo depicts the drama of this.
Le déménagement: The Finale represents the triumphal procession to the splendid
new premises, not without nostalgic backward glances.
Clements, Patrick.
Horn player in London and arranger of:
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. [Ungarische Tänze. Nr. 4; arr.]
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. [Ungarische Tänze. Nr. 17; arr.]
Flotow, Friedrich von,1812-1883. [Martha. Selections; arranged]
Flotow, Friedrich von,1812-1883. [Martha. Overture; arranged]
Saint-Saens, Camille, 1835-1921. [Samson et Dalila. Bacchanale; arr.]
Coatman, Graham.
Mozart more(or less)s : bicentenary tribute / Graham Coatman.
1991.
This one movement piece was written for the Mozart bicentenary. It uses a
number of Mozart quotes and tags in a playful and minimalist way. It could easily
be played by good amateur or student players.
Composed for Bradford University Mozart Bicentenary Concert and first
performance on May 25 1991 at the Bradford Cathedral by the Bradford University
wind ensemble.
Duration: 5 min.
Not published commercially, but available from the composer. See his Website
above.
Cornwell, Lewis.
Decimations : for double wind quintet / Lewis Cornwell.
Grosvenor Place, NSW : Australian Music Centre, 1995.
1 score (14 p.) : fascim.
Cramer, Trevor.
Arranger of:
Janácek, Leoš, 1854-1928. [Dances. Selections; arr.]
Shostakovich, Dmitrii Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. [Moskva, Cheremushki. Selections;
arr.]
D
Dalayrac, N. (Nicolas), 1753-1809.
[Deux Mots. Nacht im Walde; arr.]
Die Nacht im Walde / Dalayrac ; arranged by Schmitt.
Darke, Harold.
Organ preludes / Harold Darke ; arranged for wind dectet by Graham Darke.
[2009?]
Davey, Janet.
End piece.
[S.l.] : J. Davey, ????
Each part contains both 1st and 2nd part for that instrument. English horn
doublings.
This is the 6th piece in the set of movements entitled Children's corner written
between 1906 and 1908.
Duration: 10 min.
Available from:
Tokyo, Japan : Muramatsu Flute.
Bristol : Providence Music.
Duration: 10 min.
Available from:
>SheetMusicPlus
Medfield, Mass. : Dorn Publications.
Includes parts for Bb clarinet and A clarinet giving the performer a choice of which
to use.
Originally written for the windensemble "Windkracht 10" in which the arranger
was a member.
This arrangement is derived from the original for piano, 4 hands.
1. En Bateau
2. Cortge
3. Menuet
4. Ballet
Available from:
Medfield Mass. : Dorn Publications.
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music
Tokyo, Japan : Muramatsu Flute.
Tallevast, Florida : Trevco Music.
SheetMusicDB.net.
Bristol : Providence Music.
Available from:
Netherlands : Mansarda-Sintra muziekuitgaven.
Dejean, Gilbert.
Gilbert is a bassoonist/contrabassoonist living in New York City who has been
working with a double wind quintet, the Metropolitan Soloists, for a number of
years. He has made the following arrangements, mostly for dwq + an additional
bass instrument:
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. [Symphonies, no. 3, op. 55, E flat major.
Allegro con brio; arr.]
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. [Serenades, orchestra, no. 1, op. 11, D major;
arr.]
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. [Variationen über ein Thema von Haydn; arr.]
Dvorak, Antonin, 1841-1904. [Slovanske tance, op. 46. No. 3; arr.]
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. [Symphonies, H. I, 99, E flat major; arr.]
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. [Symphonies, K. 550, G minor. Molto
allegro; arr.
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. [Guillaume Tell. Ouverture; arr.]
Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. [Fledermaus. Ouverture; arr.]
Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. [Kaiser-Walzer; arr.]
Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. [G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald; arr.]
The second of Frederick Delius's 'Two Pieces For Small Orchestra'. A very
atmospheric piece, which requires really soft playing much of the time. You may
prefer not to mute the horns. Difficulty level is difficult/professional, grade 7-8+
Duration: 6 min.
This piece was written in 1994 and premiered in 1995 by the winds of the
National Youth Wind Orchestra. Dedicated to Robina Dallmeyer-Nicolson.
Duration: 16 min.
The British Music Information Centre has a cassette available of the NYWO
performing this in Dorchester in August 1995.
1. Awakening
2. Pulsating
3. Declaiming
4. Alternating
5. Galop
New edition of this charming work in an Italian overture style. The original did not
have a 2nd flute which is added here, as well as an optional string bass part.
Duration: ca. 5 min.
Dott, Hans-Peter.
Dinner for ten : menu für 10 Bläser, aus fremden Töpfen frisch auf den Tisch /
Hans-Peter Dott.
If you'd like to see a copy in the US, Library of Congress has a copy, call no. M957
.D84 (1989/90) 1992.
1. Preludium (Pastorale)
2. Polka
3. Sousedsk (Minuetto)
4. Romance (Romanza)
5. Finale (Furiant)
Available from:
York, England : June Emerson.
SheetMusicPluss
E
Edlund, Mikael, 1950-
Musik für dubbel bläskvintett = Music for double wind quintet / Edlund.
Copenhagen : Edition Wilhelm Hansen, 1984.
This piece is listed in a catalog of the the Swedish Music Information Centre
(SMIC) with W. Hansen as the publisher but I couldn't find this piece listed on W.
Hansen web site.
Duration: 16 min.
Recorded on the Caprice record label (CAP 21447) by a wind ensemble conducted
by Bo Holten.
Is available for rental only from:
London : Chester/Novello
Originally written in 1899 for violin and piano this is the 2nd piece in op. 15.
Available from:
Netherlands : Mansarda-Sintra muziekuitgaven.
1. Aubade
2. Toccatina
3. 'Eine kleine Wiener-Waltzer
4. Notturno
5. Scherzettino
6. Siesta
7. 'Doctor Murphy - His Burlesque'
Ellington, Duke.
Sophisticated lady / Ellington ; arranged by ????
Originally written in 1980 as an historical music play for voice and piano. Later
parts of the musical were rewritten for double wind quintet. It is very tonal with
the music descriptive of the moods in the play. The tunes are singable by 11 year
olds.
This piece was played by various groups at the summer school at Little Benslow
Hills, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Later, in 2002 part of the suite was played by New
Harmonie in Horsham, Sussex.
Roddie is really busy now, but someday he hopes to have time to make his music
available... stay tuned.
Written in 2006, Roddy is still working on the third and final movement.
Roddy is really busy now, but someday he hopes to have time to make his music
available... stay tuned.
The theme is hymn-like with 16 variations in a wide variety of moods and tempi.
The keys of the variations vary as well, some in G major and other related keys.
Duration: ca. 23 min.
Roddy is really busy now, but someday he hopes to have time to make his music
available... stay tuned.
Emerson, Geoffrey.
Arranged or edited:
Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. [Serenades, string orchestra, op. 20, E minor; arr.]
Franck, Céar, 1822-1890. [Frantastic scherzo; arr.]
Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934. [A Moorside suite; arr.]
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. [Symphonies, K. 504, D major; arr.]
Bohemian composer.
For hire only.
A Romanian by birth, this piece was written in Paris in 1906 (although the preface
in the Compusic edition says 1904) when Enescu was 25 years old. In Paris at the
time flutist Taffanel and others gave regular concerts of wind music, of which this
was surely a valuable addition. Three movement piece with a romantic character
with folk elements intertwined.
Recorded by:
Members of the Romanian National Orchestra on Olympia OCD 445.
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Lawrence Foster conducting on Claves CD
50-8803.
It is one movement with one tempo marked Allegro vicace in the time signature
9/16.
Duration: ca. 5-6 min.
Catalog no.: D. 15 578 (parts), D. 15 579 (score)
Ivan was born in Budapest, Hungary, but lived most of this musical life in Austria.
Available from:
Tokyo, Japan : Muramatsu Flute.
Written in the summer of 2007, this piece by a Russian composer in four parts.
Duration: 9 min., 18 sec.
F
Fairley, Sylvia.
English flutist and arranger of:
Hérold, Ferdinand, 1791-1833. [Fille mal garde. Clog dance; arr.]
Written around 1790 this piece has 4 movements, although I haven't discoved
what the names are yet. The manuscript parts are located in a private collection
in Universitätsbibliothek in Augsburg (Harburg über Donauwörth, Fürstlich
Oettingen-Wallerstein 'sche Bibliothek; HR III 4 1/2 4 472))
Ferrero, Lorenzo.
My blues.
Milano : Ricordi, 1982.
This piece is the first of many versions of this piece for many different
instrumentations.
Duration: 6 min.
Composed in 1973.
Duration: 11 min.
Written in 1982-3.
There looks to be only a manuscript copy in the CMC.
Premiered on November 18, 1989 by the Members of the Nepean Symphony
Orchestra conducted by James Wegg.
Duration: 14 min., 30 sec.
Forlivesi, Carlo.
Lettera sopra il candore della luna / Carlo Forlivesi.
This piece was funded by the Canada Council and written at the request of John
Ellis, hornist in the Bläser-Ensemble Mainz. Premiered by Ellis and the Bläser-
Ensemble Mainz at the music festival in Weilburg Germany.
Written to be performed outside, it begins with with a bright, opening in the style
of a fanfare (Hear ye! Achtung!) that would get the attention of the audience who
might be otherwise distracted by the beautiful weather, friends and neighbors, or
picnic food. The three masquerades that follow each use the idiom of either
Brahms, Miaskovsky and Schumann to create a tonal but interesting piece. The
parody of each composer contain actual quotations as well as elaborations and
disguises.
Duration: 11 min., 30 sec.
Fanfare
I. J.B. Allegro con brio
II. N.M. Andante con moto
III. R.S. Leggero
J.B. uses Brahms' Second Symphony theme, N.M., a not so well known Russian
composer, uses his Cello Concerto, and, R.S. uses the odd rhythm from the Piano
concerto written for his wife.
Available from:
Markham, Ontario, Canada : Counterpoint Musical Services.
Canada : Canadian Music Centre. You can't tell on this site whether the pieces are
for loan, rental or purchase without requesting this information.
I. Le jeu de la poupée
II. Funérailles de la poupée
III. La présentation des petits amis
IV. Variation de Paul
V. Pas de deux entre Sophie et Paul
VI. Le goûter
VII. Danse des filets à papillons
ISMN: M-001-06859-8
Available from:
Theodore Front.
York, England : June Emerson.
Tokyo, Japan : Muramatsu Flute.
Duration: 15 min.
ISMN: M-001-06872-7
G
Gaher, Jozef, 1934-
Double quintet for two wind quintet / Jozef Gaher.
I found a YouTube recording of this piece being performed at the DePaul Recital
Hall on May 7, 2010, conducted by Philip Espe.
Features the flute with flute II doubling on piccolo, oboe II on English horn,
clarinet II on bass clarinet, and bassoon II on contrabassoon.
Duration: 15 min.
1. Morning
2. The Round Pond
3. Kites
4. The Peter Pan Statue
5. The Serpentine Fountains
6. The Dutch Garden
7. Kensington Palace
ISMN: M-57016-633-6
The copy I examined at the BMIC on 22 October 2007 was entitled Suite
Kensington Gardens for wind ensemble : op. 1a, 1990. The citation above is for
the published Phylloscopus edition.
Found this listed in: Wind ensemble literature, 2nd ed., rev. 1975 / by Reynolds
... [et al.] Doesn't give instrumentation, just says "wind ensemble (10)" so I still
need to try and verify that the 10 are dwq instruments.
Essentially a theme with multiple diverse variations, this piece outlines the
misadventures on the high seas of the obscure Onion People.
A fun piece to play by amateurs as well as professional musicians.
Written in the summer of 2005 for Ned's wife on the occasion of their 25th
wedding anniversary and premiered at their anniversary party on September 9,
2005 by the Chinook Winds double wind quintet.
European premiere by Kaleidoscope Wind in London on November 19, 2005.
Duration: 5 min., 30 sec.
ISMN: M-9012010-4-0
Available from:
Ned Gerhart Publications (this also includes a recording of the piece as performed
by Chinook Winds at a concert in June 2006)
Germanus, Sander.
Thermiek / Sander Germanus.
Gersten, Herman.
Arranger of:
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. [Solomon. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba;
arr.]
A number of distributors for this piece are listed on the publishers web site.
ISMN M 708041 21 4
This piece is only available from the composer (see his web site linked above). It
is a technically challenging piece that is mostly tonal with occasional dissonance.
It is in the form of theme and variations, starting with the last variation and
ending with the theme, the Central Michigan University Alma Mater.
Written in 1998 for the opening of the Tuma Lobby in the in School of Music at
Central Michigan University and premiered the same year on April 5.
I don't find a copy of this edition for sale anywhere, but the editions below are
available.
Written in 1958 for a group of 10 girls called the Portia Ensemble. Written during
a time she spent on the Kent coast staying in hotel on the beach.
This is one of Gipps' later works, she wrote 70 pieces.
Oboe doubles English horn.
Duration: 6 min.
There is also a new edition of this edited by Rodney Winther (who added an
optional string bass part) and published by Warner Bros. Available from: The
Sheet-Music-Store.com, 2005.
For flute, flute 2/piccolo, oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons, 2 horns
(one of which plays the tamtam (the tam tam part is written in both horn parts).
Written in 1989 for the Rondel Ensemble. The first horn player in this group was
Lance Baker, Ruth's son, who told me, when we corresponded about this piece
and the companion piece he wrote, that he played the tam tam part on the first
performance.
For 2 flutes (flute I doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (oboe II double on English horn), 2
clarnets (Bflat and A), 2 horns, 2 bassoons, and optional string bass.
Glazunov composed Scènes de ballet, op. 52 in 1894 and this work makes up the
majority of the transcription. The one movement not from op. 52 is the third,
Pastorale, which is from the Suite caracteristique op. 9.
This arrangement was made as part of the arrangers research project at James
Madison University as part of his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in the School of
Music, May 2012.
Duration: 19-20 min.
The American Composers Alliance only has a facsimile of the manuscript score for
this piece. There doesn't seem to be a published copy of the score and parts.
Gorb, Adam.
French dances revisited / Adam Gorb.
G.& M. Brand, 2004.
This piece was originally conceived during an exercise Gorb set for his students,
which was to write a variation for double wind quintet on the Bach keyboard
prelude in C, BVW 939. He subsequently took this same prelude and used it as a
basis for a kind of Baroque suite for the same combination. The six movements of
the work follow the model of the Baroque French suite. The first movement is an
Overture featuring an angular introduction followed by a fugato in 5/4 time,
followed by a stately Allemande led by flute and bassoon, a lively Courante in fast
triple time, a mournful Sarabande featuring solo oboe and horn and a Gavotte
that also pays homage to Neo-classicism. The piece ends with a Gigue, which
makes much use of canonic writing. This piece has a certain degree of flexibility in
the instrumentation, the two horn parts can be played on saxophones, the second
bassoon can be played on a bass clarinet and the oboe 2 part on a clarinet.
Available from:
Theodore Front.
The first performance of this piece was in Utrecht, Gaudeamus, on March 9, 1976
by I dieci Fiati Italiani, Sandro Gorli, director.
This piece was recorded on Rusty Records in Milan, Italy, catalog no. RRCL
606619.
Duration: 8 min.
The score is for sale but the parts appear only available to rent from: Milano :
Gruppo Sugar.
Originally for piano and written in 1873 while Gounod was in London. Later in
1878 it was orchestrated. This piece is well known as the Alfred Hitchcock
signature tune.
Duration: 5 min.
Available from:
York, England : Emerson
Devon, English : Westerleigh Publications
For 2 flutes, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons and 2 horns.
This is an atonal, serial piece of music in three movements. It is technically
difficult and very difficult rhythmically. It definitely needs a conductor. The group
it was written for at an Adult Education college had a reputation for excellence in
music (director of Music there included Gustav Holst and Michael Tippett as well
as Graubart), so, though the wind group was nominally an amateur one, it was a
pretty expert amateur one and included some students at music colleges.
Dedicated to Lawrence Leonard and the Morley Wind Group, it was premiered by
them in 1985 at the October Gallery in London with the composer conducting.
Duration: 8 min.
Michael Graubart was born in Vienna in 1930 and came to England as a refugee in
1938. He studied physics at Manchester University, but spent most of his time
there composing and playing the flute. He graduated in 1952 and worked as a
development engineer in electronics at EMI and then as a teacher and lecturer in
maths and physics while studying composition with Mtys Seiber and flute with
Geoffrey Gilbert, playing the flute and conducting various amateur and
professional choirs and orchestras. In 1966 he became a tutor and conductor at
Morley College in London, and from 1969 to 1991 he was the Director of Music
there. He also worked as Musical Director of Focus Opera Group and held the post
of Adjunct Professor of Music at the London centre of Syracuse University
(U.S.A.). From 1991 to 1996 he was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Academic
Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, taught in the Extra-
Mural Department of Manchester University and conducted choirs in the North. He
retired in 1996, though he still does some teaching, lecturing, composing and
writing. For many years now he has studied philosophy at the Mary Ward Centre
and at the City Literary Institute.
This piece isn't published yet but the composer will provide copies to interested
parties. E-mail him at: michael.graubart@btinternet.com
This is the second of three concertinos written by Mr. Green, the other two are for
different instruments. It is an atonal piece with sections that are played through
with no stops. It is rather difficult so players will need to be college level ability or
above.
This piece was written in 1978 for the winds of Morley College (Lawrence Leonard,
conductor) in South London while Anthony was a student there and was played
only in rehearsals so has never had a public performance.
Duration: 12 min.
This is an unpublished work available only from the composer. He can be reached
in London at: +442 086594731.
Written on the paper cover surrounding the score is 1964, but the date at the end
looks like 1967 to me.
Holberg suite : op. 40 / Edvard Grieg ; arranged for wind ensemble by Mark
Popkin.
Amsterdam : Edition Compusic, c1996.
1 score (20 p.) + 11 parts.
Includes extra part for string bass.
The original of this five movement piece (Praelude, Sarabande, Gavotte, Air,
Rigaudon) was for piano and later arranged for string orchestra. Written in 1884
is was commissioned to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Ludwig Holberg,
a writer born in the Grieg's birthplace, Bergen.
The Chinook Winds recently performed this work. Click here to hear it.
Available from:
Theodore Front.
Duration: 3 min.
Grise, Monte C.
Arranger of:
Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936. [Scenes de ballet. Selections;
arr.]
This piece was originally written for the wind players of the Gloucestershire
Symphony Orchestra. The first performance was in a serenade concert given in
the Cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral on 24th June 1988.
The piece has four movements, Prelude, Caprice, Scherzo, and Rondo.
This piece is not terribly difficult but we found it much more satisfying to play it
with a conductor because of the tempo and time signature changes. A good
amateur group could do it, or possible a very good high school group.
The Chinook Winds recently performed a portion of this work. Click here to hear
it.
Guidry, Jason.
Fauvedance / Jason Guidry.
The duration of this piece is variable because of the improvisitory nature of the
piece.
Premiered on July 26th, 1972 in Tübingen, conducted by Pierre Bartholome.
H
Haek, Jonathan S.
Dectet : residual ramifications no. 1 / Jonathan Haek.
2005.
Hanchet, Pat.
The Only Blonde in the World / Pat Hanchet.
P. Hanchet,
"The Only Blonde in the World" is based on the painting by Pauline Boty (1938 -
1966) which is in the Liverpool Tate Gallery. It is intended to be within the
technical grasp of an amateur ensemble and is "flexibly" scored, with the aim of
using as wide a variety of clefs, keys, transpositions as possible within the group.
Each player reads from the same stave, but imagines (or writes in ) a different
clef and key signature.
The music starts on one instrument, soft and low, slinky and slow. As the each
instrument enters, faster and higher than the previous one, and in a different key,
we sense her increasing unease until the music becomes frantic. Gradually the
mood changes back from neurotic to erotic as she presents herself in the
appropriate manner.
Duration: 4 min.
For flute, alto flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 horns and 2
bassoons which is clearly quintets not quartets as indicated in the title. Written in
1967. Manuscript at the British Music Information Centre. [however now that I'm
here they don't have it, so I'll have to revise this]
Harrold, Ian.
Three American folk songs : arranged for double wind quintet / Ian Harrold.
Gloucester, UK : IHMusic, c2004.
1 score (15 p.) + 10 parts.
This is a three movement piece which can be played separately or together. The
first movement is entitled Uncle Reuben, the second, Frankie and Johnny and the
last We're gonna raise a rukus. The final movement is a delightful piece written to
sound like a Sousa march, thus the "hommage J.P.Sousa" under the title.
Harrold, Ian.
Three British folksongs : for double wind quintet / arr. Ian Harrold.
Gloucester, UK : IHMusic, c2006.
1 score ( p.) + 10 parts.
1. Gossip Joan -- 2. The laird o'cockpen -- 3. The frog and the crow.
Harrold, Ian.
Two French folk songs / arranged for double wind quintet (with optional trumpets)
[by] Ian Harrold.
Gloucester, UK : IHMusic, ????
W1001.
Harrold, Ian.
Harrold has also arranged:
Jarnefelt, Armas, 1869-1958. [Praeludium; arr.]
Mendelssohn, Felix [Marches; arr.]
Rossini [Selections; arr.]
and edited:
Reicha, Joseph, 1752-1795. [Partitas, woodwinds, horns (2), F major]
Taneyev, Sergei, 1856-1915. [Andante]
The flute II doubles on piccolo, the clarinet I on E flat clarinet and the clarinet II
on bass clarinet.
Commissioned by the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. First performed on April 8,
1991, in Glyndebourne by the London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble,
Jonathan Harvey, conductor.
Duration: 10 minutes.
Score (ISBN 0-571-55560-8) is for sale but the parts are rental only.
Duration: 9 min.
Introductie -- Fluitude -- Hobomento -- Klarinade -- Hoornezzo -- Fagotissimo --
Finale.
Available from:
Netherlands : Mansarda-Sintra muziekuitgaven.
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Vivace
Duration: score says ca. 10 min., the Ariel Music website says 13 min.
Available from:
Yorks, England : June Emerson Winds Music
Available from:
Yorks, England : June Emerson Winds Music.
1. Allegro moderato
2. Andante
3. Finale: molto vivace
The score and parts for this are available directly from the composer at:
michaelhenry@composer.co.uk
The only doublings in this piece is the 2nd horn which must play the woodblock,
which is a vital part of the piece.
Originally this piece was part of the ballet Fille mal garde for orchestra.
Subsequently John Lanchbery arranged it for piano, from which many more
arrangements have been made, this one for double wind quintet.
This piece is rather difficult and would need a good amateur group to perform it
well.
Duration: 3 min., 40 sec.
Available from:
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music.
Location of this piece is unknown but authors of the Wind ensemble catalog
recommend contacting the Library of Congress.
Hill, Peter.
I'm still trying to track down who this is, he is not the pianist and arranger in
England, born 1948.
See pieces he's arranged:
Beethoven, Ludwig, 1770-1827. [Minuets' arr.]
Gounod, Charles. [Funeral dance of a marionette; arr.]
Duration: 24 min.
Available from: Gruppo Sugar.
Hodges, Maurice.
Maurice is a composer and arranger. He distributes his own unpublished works
through Gilliland Publications. For double wind quintet, he's arranged:
Byrd, William, 1542 or 3-1623. [Walsingham; arr.]
Doubles piccolo.
Commissioned in 1927 for a competition for the BBC and the National Brass Band
Festival Committee, this piece was for military or wind band. It has three
movements are Scherzo, Nocturne, March.
Duration: 6 min.
Originally written for a friend in a double wind quintet, this piece was ultimately
submitted to a festival but wasn't performed there. It is currently not published
and the composer thinks it needs a little editing before it is ready to be made
widely available.
It is a short, single movement piece inspired by the movie Aelita Queen of Mars,
an early Soviet science fiction film.
I
Isaksson, Madeleine, 1956-
Modell maddes modul tvärskur.
Swedish Music Information Centre, 1985.
J
Jadassohn, Salomon, 1831-1902.
[Serenade, winds, op. 104]
Serenade : für Blasorchester (2 Flöten, 2 Hoboen, 2 Clarinetten, 2 Fagotte und 2
Hörner), op. 104c / componirt von S. Jadassohn ; [edited by Philip Hale].
Boston : A.P. Schmidt, c1890.
1 score (50 p.) + 10 parts.
Numerous libraries around the world have this edition, but I could only find for
sale the Compusic edition below.
This edition has a preface by Jan Joris Nieuwenhuis which states that this piece
has charming melodies and daring instrumentation with a natural feeling for wind
instruments. The final movement, the bolera, is particularly noteworthy.
Jadassohn was particularly known for his teaching and has many students that
went on to fame, including Isassc Albeniz, Frederick Delius, and Franco Alfano.
Allegro di marcia -- Andante non troppo sostenuto -- Scherzo - Allegretto --
Tempo di Bolero.
Available from:
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music.
Medfield, Mass. : Dorn Publications.
Bristol : Providence Music.
Doublings on piccolo and English horn with an option of playing one horn on tuba.
Commissioned by the New Music Concerts, Toronto through the Ontario Arts
Council. Premiered October 15, 1977, in Toronto by The York Winds & The
Norwegian Woodwind Quintet, Robert Aitken, conductor.
Duration: 15 min.
Flute doubles on piccolo. The oboe 2 part can also be played on English horn (part
included).
Originally written in 1899 and 1900 for orchestra. First performed at a Slovanska
beseda gathering in Brno on January 11, 1900.
Srbské kolo = Serbian kolo -- Kozácek = Cossack dance.
Järnefelt is a finnish born composer who was active as a conductor and composer
in Sweden. His sister married Sibelius and consequently Armas became a frequent
performer and expert on Sibelius' music. This piece is an arrangement of his piece
for small orchestra. There are many arrangements of this piece and this one is
delightful. Excellent encore, or, for opening a program.
Listed in Wind ensemble literature, 2nd ed., rev. 1975 / by Reynolds ... [et al.].
Indicates that it's for traditional dwq but I haven't been able to verify it anywhere
else.
K
Kan-no, Shigeru, 1959-
St Clemens-St Stephen-0 Dimention-Tone Police" : for 10 wood wind instruments.
192-d. (7.8.03/Hilgenroth)
Duration: ca. 4 min.
Duration: 4 min.
Catalog no.: 14033.
Kay, Graeme.
Arranger of:
Dvorak, Antonin, 1841-1904. [Legendy; arr.]
This piece was originally written to be submitted for a competition but wasn't
finished in time. It was performed, nonetheless, successfully in the 1960s.
Kimpton was born in Lincoln, England in 1927 and Geoffrey Kimpton was born in
Lincoln, England, in 1927. He became interested in music very young while
listening to great singers and instrumentalists who performed in the Cathedral
and in churches and halls during and shortly after the war. For two years in his
early teens he travelled to Huddersfield for inspiring lessons from the great
Yorkshire violin teacher Arthur Kaye. He also studied harmony and counterpoint
with Dr. Gordon Slater, the Lincoln cathedral organist. After National Service, he
studied in London at the Guildhall School of Music. Alfred Nieman, his composition
teacher, had the Midas touch in transforming simple beginnings by his magical
improvisations. There followed two memorable years at the Vienna Academy, then
back to London, and Birmingham. The music of Andrzej Panufnik, for two years
conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, was a great inspiration
and influence. In the early 1960s, Geoffrey and his family settled in Manchester,
and he has had a varied career as an orchestral player (in the BBC Northern
Orchestra, now the BBC Philharmonic), as a lecturer, violin teacher and composer.
Over the years, various works for instrumental ensemble (some with voice) have
been performed in Manchester, Birmingham, Cheltenham and St. David's
Cathedral. These include a Passacaglia and Fugue for string orchestra, a quartet,
a string trio and several larger scale chamber works for strings and wind
instruments. He has written many songs for competitions and concerts organised
by the English Poetry and Song Society. Several of these have been awarded
prizes, and have been performed in Bath, Bristol and Manchester.
Various works of his have been recorded: 'The Upland Path' for solo violin, 'The
Bridge of Hope' for violin and piano (in three movements), 'Serenade' for clarinet
and piano (in four movements), and three songs, as part of a CD arranged by the
North West Composers' Association. His latest recording is a double CD of twenty-
eight of his own songs, performed by five splendid artists. The poems he has set,
on the theme of 'Love and Loss', contain a wonderful variety of human
experience: from rural contentment to hopeless longing and mental anguish,
assuaged only by the muse of poetry; from witty analogies to a simple and
sincere vow of lifelong fidelity; and to the tragic loss of young lives in warfare.
While the Sinfonietta is not published, it is available from the composer, who can
be reached at: gkimpton@fish.co.uk.
American composer.
There are six movements in this piece and it is the final one, no. 6, that is for
double wind quintet.
Written in 1971 and revised in 1995, this piece appears to be unpublished.
Distributed by:
Emeryville, Calif. : Sheetmusic Plus
Scottish Highlands : Spartan Press
Distributed by: Medfield, Mass. : Dorn Publications.
Bristol : Providence Music.
Kox, Henk.
Arranger of a piece for dwq with optional bass:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1841-1904. [Schauspieldirektor. Sinfonia; arr.]
This piece was composed as a preparation for a large symphonic orchestra piece.
Grade E.
Duration: 10 min., 30 sec.
Part 1. Molto Lento/Presto -- Part 2. Lento -- Part 3. Allegro.
Available from:
Netherlands : Mansarda-Sintra muziekuitgaven.
I don't find this published in any of the usual places but the manuscript is in the
library at University of Illinois.
Originally written in 1982 and revised in 1987. Written for the Hague wind
ensemble, Oktopus. Based on a quotation from Nabokov's autobiography.
Duration: 18 min., 30 sec.
The parts for this seem only to be available for hire but the score can be
purchased.
Lane, Liz.
Turnabout : for wind dectet / Liz Lane.
[2010]
For 2 flutes, 2 oboes (one doubling English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and 2
bassoons.
Originally written in 2005 for 9 instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet,
bassoon, alto saxophone, trumpet, horn and trombone), Liz arranged it for the
double wind quintet, Westerly Winds in 2009.
Introductory remarks dated Feb. 2010.
Duration: 7 min.
... [et al.] says that the Composers Guild of Great Britain has a copy so I'll check
that out.
I didn't find a nice biography page to link to for Langley, but I did find an
interesting page for a memorial trust set up after his unexpected death. The
James Langley Memorial Trust page indicates that Langley was a music producer
at the BBC and was devoted to the Midlands Youth Orchestra where he served in
many roles, including music director.
For flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn, clarinet in A, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2
horns.
Written between September 2002 and October 2003.
Duration: ca. 12 min.
The composer notes say: The Basho Trilogy is inspired from texts by Matsuo
Basho who lived in Japan during the 17th century and who is regarded as the
master of haiku (or hokku), an epigrammatic Japanese verse form in 17 syllables.
In the piece there are no written dynamics and very few phrase marks. It is the
composer's wish that the ensemble on its own works these parameters out,
according to their own likings. The movements may be performed separately or
together.
Basho 1 (Stand still! A dagger-thrust against the cliffs. Voices of the Cicadas) (3
min.)
Basho 2 (On a withered branch. A crow has stopped. Twilight in autumn) (3 min.)
Den hemlighetsfulla mumien (The mysterious mummy) (6 min.)
This piece is not yet published but can be obtained by contacting the composer
at: martinq@swipnet.se
This piece has two unnamed movements played without a pause. It was originally
played by a student ensemble so it is accessible to a wide range of abilities.
However, it needs a conductor.
Duration: ca. 10 min.
Available from the composer at: massimo.lauricella@fastwebnet.it (do not use the
e-mail address at the site linked to his name above since it have been replaced by
this one.)
Levin, Rami Y.
Unfoldings : woodwind tentet, 1980.
Originally composed in 1953 but revised in May, 1976 for the Schwetzinger
Festspiele.
Premiered on May 16, 1976 at the Schwetzinger Festspiele by the Mainzer Blaser-
Ensemble, directed by Klaus Rainer Schll.
Duration: 13 min.
Lindgren, Olov.
Intrada, dialogo, danza : for double wind quintet / Olof Lindgren.
Sweden : Blas-Basen, 1993
This piece is op. 61 and is dedicated to an oboist friend, Erik Fernstrm. It was
written in 1993, commissioned by the Stersunds Serenadensemble and premiered
at the summer festival in 1993 with Peter Ligetzas conducting.
Duration: 13 min.
Lipkin, Andrej.
Arranger of:
Beethoven, Ludwig, 1770-1827. [Fidelio. Overture; arr.]
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. [Marriage of Figaro. Overture; arr.]
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. [Schauspieldirektor. Overture; arr.]
This is only available from the composer at loebd@newschool.edu or, by mail at:
The Mannes College of Music 150 W. 85th St. New York, NY 10024 USA
Lorenzini, Danilo.
Serenata in forma di variazioni su un tema di Scriabin : per doppio quintetto di
fiati / Danilo Lorenzini.
Milano : Carisch, c1984.
I found this listed in Wind ensemble literature, 2nd ed., rev. 1975 / by Reynolds
... [et al.] but it gave very little information. Belwin-Mills is out of business and
their catalog has been difficult to locate. This piece is not listed in the two lists of
her works which I consulted.
For 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets
(2nd doubling optional bass clarinet), 2 horns and 2 bassoons.
Processional hymn -- Christmas song -- Lament -- Comic song, the dance of the
giant -- What the birds are saying -- Lullaby -- Round dance -- Peasant dance.
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music has this piece listed but without
mention of an arranger, it has piccolo, English horn and bass clarinet doublings.
Distributed by: Medfield, Mass. : Dorn Publications.
For 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons.
Grade 4.
Duration: 14 min.
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MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908.
[In passing moods; arr.]
In passing moods / Edward MacDowell ; arranged by Gordon Lewin.
Originally this was a selection of 10 previously published pieces for piano that
were collected into an album and published in 1906.
Maynes, Richard G.
Arranger of:
Anderson, Leroy, 1908-1975. [Irish suite. Rakes of Mallow; arr.
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. [Down a country lane; arr.]
Piccolo and English horn are used for doubling and one of the bassoon is a solist.
Duration: either 16 min or 9 min. (I found citations for both and haven't verified
which is correct.)
Distributed by:
Masters Music Publications.
Distributed by:
Masters Music Publications.
Distributed by:
Masters Music Publications.
Duration: 18 min.
Written for the Kaleidoscope Wind and premiered by them (Ferencz Diczku,
conducting) on March 20, 2003 at St. Cyprian's Church, London. The premiere
was broadcast by the BBC Radio 3 on December 3, 2003.
McGuire won the British Composer Awards in the wind and brass section with this
piece in 2003.
For 2 flutes (2nd doubles piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubles English horn), 2 clarinets
(A and Bflat) (2nd doubles bass clarinet), 2 horns in F, and 2 bassoons (2nd
doubles contrabassoon).
Written August 1993.
Duration: ca. 13 min.
I. Hanka
II. Janko
II. Aber das Mèdchen erging sich im Garten
IV. Steh auf Knecht, füttere die Pferde
V. Ich bin das arme Waisenking
VI. Die Witwe hat den Sohn geheiratet
Duration: 13 min.
Mellin, G.
Menuet badin : pour instruments à vent / G. Mellin.
Paris : Evette & Schaeffer, [18--?]
I have found two additional sources that indicate this was published by Andraud
which was bought by Southern.
Originally this is for one flute, wind octet, contrabassoon and trumpet. Here it is
arranged for double wind quintet.
Originally written for string octet in 1925 when Mendelssohn was 16, this
arrangement for winds has been reworked to work well for winds.
Duration: 30-35 min. (depending on speed and repeats taken)
Universal, 1922.
For 2 flutes (one doubling on piccolo), oboe, English horn, b-flat clarinet, bass
clarinet, 2 horns and 2 bassoons.
Duration: 6.5 min.
I. Rude -- II. Lent -- III. Violent.
Miller, Glenn.
A Glenn Miller medley / Miller ; Ben Pope.
Misiaszek, Stephen.
Fanfare.
Double Reed Society, ????
This piece is listed in the library of the Double Reed Society, no. 355 in the
Miscellaneous Chamber Music Section. I haven't seen it in the standard wind
distributors. At some point I may need to contact IDRS to find our more about it.
Mosse, Gary.
Arranger of:
Root, George, 1820-1895. [Civil war medley, no 2.]
Paris : Lemoine.
The first sleigh ride is Schlittenfahrt by Leopold Mozart. The second piece is W.A.
Mozart's German Dance K. 605, no. 3.
I've been in contact with Mr. Baker about this piece but he had a computer crash
and so was unable at the time to answer questions about the piece. I hope I'll
know more soon. (June 3, 2006)
This piece is the second in a collection called 2 sleigh rides, filed under Mozart,
Leopold.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. [Deutsche Ta¨nze, orchestra, K. 605. Nr.
3; arranged]
A double bass part has been added to give a more orchestral sound, but is
arranged so it is well playable without the double bass.
1. Trio -- 2. Aria (Der Vögelfanger bin ich ja) -- 3. Aria (Dies Bildnis is bezaubernd
schön ) -- 4. Aria (Queen of the night) -- 5. Quintet -- 6. Trio -- 7. Duet
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Navok, Lior, 1971-
Tetris : for ten wind players / Lior Navok.
2010.
This piece was written in 1951 when North was a student at the Royal Academy of
Music. At the moment the composer does not have a copy of the piece since in
1951 he gave it to a colleague that was interested in performing it and never got
it back from that person. So, while it is not available at the moment perhaps
someday it will turn up in an archive or library somewhere or, more likely, in
someone's attic! If it ever turns up perhaps we'll be able to see how it stood the
test of time.
Click here to find a whole article about this arrangement of Carmina Burana.
Duration: ca. 15 min.
Orlinski, H.B.
Sonata, 1967.
Swedish Music Information Centre (SMIC).
On the t.p. verso of the manuscript examined at BMIC on 22 Oct. 2007 there is
suggested programme note:
The Intrada consists of a series of brief duets for the paired instruments
punctuated by chorale-like passages for the instruments so far introduced; it
culminates in a short phrase of the three chords which will form the basis of the
Rondo in the fifth movement, but which here poises the music before leading
directly into the next movement. Sonata. The melodic ideas presented in this
introduction are closely related to each other by depending exclusively on a single
untransposed form (and its retrograde) of the twelve note row on which the whole
work is based.
The second movement is Sonata-like in its use of themeatic contrasts,
recognisable development section of overt transformations of the material,
recapitulation and coda; it even retains a shadow of tonal structure in the
manipulation of the transposition chosen for various thematic events.
In the lightweight Intermezzo, material for the paired horns functions as a trio-
like interpolation in the main texture and the slow Antifon tends to exploit various
groupings of the ensemble including verse-like recitatives for solo instruments.
These two movements are the only ones employing the auxiliary instruments,
piccolo, cor anglais and bass clarinet.
The 5/8 phrase which runs throughout the Rondo-Finale is not so much a settled
rondo theme as a variable idea seeking resolution, which is eventually finds in the
final bars, revealing its relationship to the ending of the Intrada; the various
episodes are extended versions of the brief duets with which the instruments were
originally introduced at the beginning of the work. B.D.O.
Gamber may have been Orr's own music press, but more information might be
available from E D Kennaway 218a Finchley Rd, London NW3 6DH. (0171 435
2897. Fax 0171 419 2404).
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Pablo, Luis de, 1930-
Credo : pour double quintette a vent / Luis de Pablo.
Milano : Zerboni, 1977.
I found this listed as having 2 horns in one source and 2 trumpets in another
source. I haven't confirmed yet which is correct so if you're interested in this you
may want to check to see if it's horns or trumpets that provide the brass line.
Written in Ottawa in February-March 1976, this piece was commissioned by the
Divertimento Ensemble de Milan, and premiered on April 30, 1977 on the Journes
de Musique Contemporaine de la Radio-Television Espagnole, Sala Fenix, Madrid,
Sandro Gorli, conducting.
Duration: 15 min.
The score is for sale at Zerboni above but the parts look to be only for hire.
Written in 1985 during his doctoral studies at Columbia University with George
Edwards. Has not had a public performance.
Duration: ca. 6-7 min.
Doubles piccolo, English horn, bass clarinet and contrabassoon.
Not an easy piece, would need conservatory ability players to do it justice.
The style of work is hard to describe but the composer has some mp3s of some of
his pieces on the Web that you can listen to at: http://www.itp.nyu.edu/~dhp1.
Might be availabe from the composer, he's looking for it at last contact.
Premiered October 23, 2005 by I Solisti del Vento during the Festival Music @
venture in DeSingel (Antwerp).
Duration: 7 min., 15 sec.
Patterson, Donald.
Arranger of:
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. [Nocturnes, woodwinds, horns (2),
trumpet, op. 24, C major; arr.]
Phillips, Alexander.
Arranger of:
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. [Scherzo a la russe; arr.]
Doubles piccolo.
Duration: 7 min.
Catalog no. Ione 6345.
Pollard, Len.
Easter in York : op. 32, no. 10 : Bletchley Park : double wind quintet / Len
Pollard.
Burnley : Bertrulen, c2001.
1 score (19 p.) + 10 parts ; 30 cm.
Pollard, Len.
Suite, Richmond : op.34, no. 1, Scena : double wind quintet / Len Pollard.
c2001.
1 score (20 p.) + 10 parts ; 30 cm.
Pope, Ben.
Arranger from England.
See pieces he's arranged:
Andersson, Benny, 1946- [Thank you for the music]
Lennon, John [Yesterday]
Miller, Glenn [Glenn Miller medley]
Popkin, Mark.
Mark is a bassoonist, teacher, orchestral player, and music camp organizer. He
has several arrangements for woodwinds published by Presser, and Alry
Publications.
For hire from Donemus above, or from Novello in England (Although I couldn't
find it on their website. For sale by their U.S. agents Theodore Presser
Prang, Michael.
Fantasie.
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Pugh, Alfie.
Arranger of:
Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. [Rhapsodies hongroises. No 2; arr.]
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1. Allegro
2. Allegretto molto
3. Larghetto
4. Vivace
Distributed by:
Edwin F. Kalmus Co., 1976. (Catalog no. A7476)
Wirlwind Music Publications.
Rameau, Jean-Philippe.
Dance suite / Rameau ; Clark McAlister.
1. Entrée (Platée)
2. Air 1 et 2 (Platée)
3. Tambourin 1 et 2 (Les fêtes d'Hébé, 1re suite)
4. Marche (Les Indes galantes, 1re suite)
5. Tambourin 1 et 2 (Les Indes galantes, 2me suite)
Distributed by:
Masters Music Publications.
David publishes his own music using his only publishing company listed above.
Distributed by:
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music
Ravel, Maurice.
Valses nobles et sentimentales / Ravel.
John has a grading system on his "list of works" that indicates this pieces would
be appropriate for "community groups" and above but too difficult for young
players.
Three short "pictures" written for the orchestral wind section of an orchestra in
Lancsashire. Ideal for programming within an orchestral concert context.
Tonal and melodic, the movements are unnamed. The first movement is a prelude
and quite fast, the 2nd movement is slow and sad, and the 3rd movement very
fast and energetic.
Duration: 10 min.
Available from the composer. Prices, etc. are listed on the Web site linked to
John's name above, or e-mail him at: j.reeman@btopenworld.com
Distributed by:
Medfield, Mass. : Dorn Publications.
Spartan Press
This piece is listed in a catalog of the Swedish Music Information Centre (SMIC)
without a publisher.
Rodgers, Richard.
Suite from South Pacific / Rodgers.
Composed in Feb. 1784, this piece was originally written for only one bassoon and
violone (string bass) but is now offered with two bassoons.
Publisher's no.: 219.
Available at:
Sheetmusicplus.com
Spartan Press
Amadeus Music
Medfield, Mass. : Dorn Publications.
Bristol : Providence Music.
Duration: 7 min.
This four-part cycle was inspired by a painting of Piet Mondrian. This is the first
part. Parts 3 and 4 are for orchestra.
Duration: 17 min.
Distributed by:
Dorn Publications.
1. Danse sibérienne.
2. Bagatelle.
3. Élégie memento homo.
4. Can-can: Chanson du Bébé.
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Saint-Saens, Camille, 1835-1921.
[Danse Macabre; arr.]
Danse macabre / Saint-saens ; arranged by Kerry Camden.
Arranged for Kaleidoscope Wind double wind quintet in London and premiered by
them on July 3, 2005.
Duration: 7 1/2 min.
Commissioned by the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst for the Radio Wind
Ensemble.
Duration: 10 min.
Santo, Joseph.
Eclat : for double wind quintet / Joseph Santo.
1990.
Four movements: I. q=108 -- II. Homage a Malcolm Arnold -- III. q=104 -- IV.
q.=80.
Originally written for an amateur group in Dayton, Ohio, it was composed during
the summer vacation from teaching public school. Matthew had been exposed to
this medium while at University of Cincinnati but being a trombone player could
only get "in on the action" by composing. The group he originally had in mind for
the piece did not end up playing it, so it didn't get its premiere until two years
later when Matthew returned to school to get his graduate degree in composition.
The Malcolm Arnold connection was inspired by Matthew's experiences with that
neglected composer's music, especially a recording project in which he
participated in during the Spring of 2002 with the Sinclair Community College
Community Wind Symphony in Dayton, Ohio.
Suitable for a good amateur group or better. A professional group might well be
able to perform it without a conductor.
Duration: ca. 11 min.
Although not published, it is available from the composer who can be reached by
e-mail at: two2twain@hotmail.com. You can also take a look at the score of the
first movement on Score Exchange.
Kalmus, ????
Distributed by:
Masters Music Publications.
This decet features one of the horns as a soloist. This 10 minute piece is
impressionistic in style with a very melodic slow movement and a very rhythmic,
distinctly French scherzo.
Duration: 10 min.
The first three movements of this piece are an arrangement from the Fünf
Klavierstcke and the final movement is from the Overture in Italian style in C. It is
a piece that can easily be played by musicians with moderate expertise or put
together very quickly by more experienced players.
For standard double wind quintet, no doublings, with optional string bass part to
substitute for bassoon 2 if desired.
An arrangement for wind decet of the third of Schubert?s Six Moments Musicaux
Op 94, originally for piano. Either bassoon 2 or double bass can be used, but not
both, otherwise the bass line will be overloaded.
Duration: 2 min.
Difficulty: Moderate (grades 4-6)
Schubert, Franz.
Symphony no. 5, 1st mvt. / Schubert.
Duration: 8 min..
Available from:
Netherlands : Mansarda-Sintra muziekuitgaven.
For standard double wind quintet with the 2nd flute doubling on alto flute, 2nd
clarinet doubling on bass clarinet, and the clarinets need A clarinets.
Set of dance works written in recognition of 3 historically significant Goddesses,
Isis, the Egyptian goddess, Yemanja, an orisha, originally of the Yoruba religion,
and lastly, Mawu of Benin, Africa,
Commissioned by the Utah State University at Logan, to be played by the wind
faculty with their top wind students.
Playable by conservatory level players and above.
Duration: 25-28 min.
Signer, Stefan.
Dog food : for double wind quintet, 1987 / Stefan Signer, Infrasteff.
Dortmund : Edition V, Aktivemusik, c1988.
For 2 flutes (piccolo, alto flute), oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2
horns, and 2 bassoons.
"Dog food is part of a larger composition called Music for dog lovers."
Three movement piece with doublings on piccolo and English horn. In the final
movement the second clarinet doubles on bass clarinet if possible. If not, then the
alternative part for A clarinet should be used and the cues in the other parts
should be played.
Duration: 18 min.
Sims-Williams is a professor of Iranian and Central Asian Studies and does music
on the side. He's a horn player and has written many compositions for wind
instruments.
Brazilian composer.
Duration: 6 min.
Smith, Derek
Arranger of:
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. [Nocturnes, hurdy-gurdies (2), winds, strings, H. II,
26, F major]
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. [Nocturnes, hurdy-gurdies (2), winds, strings, H. II,
32, C major]
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. [Concertos, hurdy-gurdies (2), winds, strings, H.
VIIh, 4, F major]
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. [Concertos, hurdy-gurdies (2), winds, strings, H.
VIIn, 5, F major]
Spittal, Robert.
Consort for ten winds / Robert Spittal.
New York : Boosey & Hawkes, 2005.
(Windependence)
This is a beautiful three movement piece now available in published form from
Boosey. Originally written in 2000 it has previously only been available from the
composer. This piece could be played by a good high school group as well as
being a good work for professional players. The piece is melodic, with interesting
harmonies and good parts for all 10 voices. The second movement has a
somewhat more difficult first flute part which would require a more advanced
player than the 2nd flute part. Very few tempo changes within movements which
makes this piece possible to do fairly well without a conductor.
ISMN: M051801930.
Distributed by:
Van Nuys, Calif. : Theodore Front.
Spittal, Robert.
Pineapple fripperies : for chamber wind ensemble / Robert Spittal.
Spokane : Shaba Road Music, 2007.
Haven't played this yet so I don't know what it's like but as soon as we read it, I'll
put something here. It looks like it's going to be a fun one though.
I. Jasper's dance -- II. Pineapple frippery
Spittal, Robert.
Sketches on themes by Ned : for chamber wind ensemble / Robert Spittal.
Spokane : Shaba Road Music, 2007.
Perhaps a bit more difficult than the Consort but very playable by any group of
good players. This piece more than the Consort needs a conductor. Bob did some
revisions in 2007 and so what it now available is the revised version.
Possibly also available from Southern Music by I haven't been able to verify this.
Duration: 20 min.
Steffen, Wolfgang.
19 little preludes.
This is op. 228 originally written for orchestra in 1848 and dedicaed to Austrian
Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz.
For 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons, string bass and bass
clarinet (opt.).
Written for the University of North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon,
conductor.
The programs notes in the scores say: Arranged as a suite for chamber winds, the
music is presented in its original form, without Stravinsky's embellishments. The
current edition does, however, include added harmony parts in several of the
movements, most extensively in those attributed to Carlo Monza, whose keyboard
works were conceived in only two parts.
I don't see a Web presence for this publisher or a distributor for them, but their
contact information is:
312 Ninth Ave. New Glarus, WI 53574 Phone: 608/527-2923
The Chinook Winds recently performed this work. Click here to hear it.
"Nachtritt was full of melody and texture of the kind one might expect to hear in
the more thrilling episodes of a Hitchcock film".
This piece was commissioned in 1983 by Morley College and was premiered in
London on December 17, 1983 by the Morley Wind Group, Lawrence Leonard,
conducting. It's first professional performance was at South Bank Centre in
London on April 17, 1990 by the New London Wind Orchestra, the composer
conducting.
Duration: 6 min.
Only available from the composer who can be reached at: 28 Cavendish Ave.
Finchley, London N3 3QN Great Britain, or by phone at: 020 8349 2317.
Originally written in 1956 and copyrighted by Okra Music Corp., New York.
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Takács, Jeno, 1902-
Fünf Bagatellen : für zehn Bläser, op. 102 / Jeno Takács.
Freiburg : Musikverlag Schulz, [1988], 1987.
1 score (39 p.) + 11 parts ; 30 cm. (Musik aus der Steiermark ; Heft 123)
There is an edition also available from: Shattinger Music and Dorn Publications
but I'm not sure which edition they are.
Taylor, Alan.
Lugubrian dances : for double wind quintet / by Alan Taylor.
[S.l.] : Alan Taylor, 2006.
Four dances that reflect the folk music of the small province in southern Albania
called Lugubria.
Lugubria is a small province in southern Albania, whose Italianised name is the
result of its many years as a colony of the Venetian Republic - abruptly
terminated by the Ottoman Turkish conquest of 1776. The local Albanian majority
and Greek-speaking minority have freely absorbed musical influences from these
imperial cultures, borrowed musical ideas from one another, and absorbed motifs
and ideas from the small Roma and Macedonian populations in some parts of the
provinces, as well as from the former Ladino-speaking (mediaeval Spanish)
Jewish population who lived there from their expulsion from Spain in 1493 until
the Nazis came. The result is a folk music of remarkable variety, but with the
common element that the songs and dances frequently end inconclusively. These
four dances reflect the music of this little known region. (Hmm...)
Also there is a performance note: "The key to the successful performance of these
pieces will be to establish the rhythms very clearly - they are irregular and
frequently changing, and the pieces will hang together if each player observes
them carefully. Care should be taken to observe the dynamics, since these may
vary between parts in order to bring out the main line. In the third Dance in
particular, there is nearly always one instrument marked louder than the others,
and it should be allowed to come through.
Duration: 9 min.
Parts available for free on the composer website at: http://alantaylor.eu/ E-mail
address for Alan is: alan.taylor@dpmail.co.uk
For flute, alto flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons and 2
horns.
Originally for piano this version is for standard dwq with 1st flute doubling piccolo.
This piece was premiered in 2007 by Luton Youth Wind Ensemble conducted by
the composer.
Available from:
Alexander Phillips Store.
Miniature overture
Danse of the sugar plum fairy
Dance of the mirlitons
March
Appears to be rental only from Casa Ricordi, click on the publisher above to
search the catalog.
Thompson, Ray.
Arranger of:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. [Symphonies, no.40, K. 550, G minor;
arranged]
Thorne, Melanie.
We saw the sea : wind dectet / Melanie Thorne.
Dumfrieshire, England : Sempre Music, ????
Thorne, Melanie.
Arranger of:
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. [Brandenburgische Konzerte. No. 3; arr.]
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. [Arlesienne. Farandole; arr.]
Hassler, Hans Leo, 1564-1612. [Cantiones sacrae. Dixit Maria ad angelum; arr.]
Doubles piccolo, English horn and bass clarinet. Needs a bassoon with the low A
extension.
Dedicated to composition professor at UT Austin, Dan Welcher.
It was originally composed in the spring of 2000, then arranged for chamber
orchestra in 2002, and finally revised in 2003 into its final form.
This is a difficult piece but tonal and melodic. It incorporates stylistic techniques
from Percy Grainger's catalogue of repertoire into the piece's musical sound. The
work consists of two main melodic lines, an original melody, which dominates the
work, and as a tribute to Percy Grainger, the other, Oh, Danny Boy (Irish Tune
from County Derry). Both melodies are employed through a wide variety of styles
and textures. The final four bars embrace the two melodies as well as two
frequently used chromatic motives juxtaposed to an overwhelming, steadfast
climax.
Christopher named this piece before he wrote it, and tells me that he endeavored
to depict a feather floating gracefully through the 'morning air' by taking the main
melodic elements and 'floating' them through the different sections of the piece.
Duration: ca. 10 min., 30 sec.
Soon to be published by Healing Eagle Music but until then Christopher can be
contacted at ctucker@tuckermusicworks.com for more information and updates.
Turrill, Tony.
Tony is an English musician and music publisher. He plays all the clarinets and
helps organize a wind chamber music course (Chamber Music for Wind,
Harrogate) which takes place every summer. His music publishing company is
Norvik Music.
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Usher, Julia, 1945-
Ra 1 / Julia Usher.
London, England : Primavera (110 Wyatt Park Road, Streatham Hill, London SW2
3TP), c1980.
1 score (15 p.)
Below the caption title: A reed flutters in the wind. We break it off. It floats...
March 8th, 1979, Streatham"--Last p. of music.
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Valero-Castells, Francisco J., 1970-
Los 11 en punto : op.12 (2004) / F. J. Valero-Castells.
This piece is currently unpublished but you can find out more about and get a
copy by contacting the composer at fjvalero@ono.com.
The piece was commission for the The Estudi Obert Ensemble and dedicated to
the conductor, his brother, Andrés Valero-Castells. It was first performed by the
Estudi Obert Ensemble on September 29, 2004 at the "XVI Encuentro de
Compositores de Valencia", Palau of the Music of Valencia.
Inspired by the piano playing of Bill Evans. Needs conductor who can swing.
Arranged with permission of publisher and when performed publisher requires
compensation.
In vol. 2 of this set of pieces are two pieces for double wind quintet.
Duration: 9 min.
I. Adagio, Lovely on the Water -- II. Andante sostenuto, Spurn Point -- III. Larghetto,
Van Dieman's Land -- IV. Lento, She Borrowed Some of Her Mother's Gold -- V.
Andante tranquillo, The Lady and the Dragoon -- VI. Allegro vivace, As I Walked Over
London Bridge.>
Publ. no.: 738.
David publishes his own music using his only publishing company listed above.
A canon based on a pentatonic harmonic field, this piece uses each wind quintet
as a unit. The piece is divided into three parts. In the first part the first canon
develops, and then the second one opposite); in the second part the first canon
develops at the same time as the second one; in the third part at first the
opposite appears and then the original one again.
Premiered April 18, 1993 in Bologna at the Accademia Filarmonica by the I Fiati di
Parma, directed by Claudio Paradiso.
Duration: 8 min.
Vermeulen, Jeroen J.
Double wind quintet / Jeroen J. Vermueulen.
Vermeulen, Jeroen J.
Lullaby / Jeroen J. Vermueulen.
Voortman, Roland.
Reminiscentie II : per 10 strumenti a fiati / Roland Voortman.
Written in 1977.
"4.IV.1977 RV"--Last p. of music.
Parts appear to be for rental only.
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Wagner, Richard.
[Siegfried Idyll; arr.]
Siegfried Idyll / Wagner ; arranged by Kerry Camden.
The ambiguity of the title is intentional - is the hill walking or being walked on? -
and the 'walk' refers to the structure of the piece. Sometimes the walk refers to a
previous location; sometimes it moves in an unexpected direction, but there are
unexpected reversals or changes of perspective as new vistas open up. A small
amount of musical material is constantly reinterpreted: in a sense it is the
opening flute melody which goes on a walk. If the players are seen as two
quintets, the relationship between the two shifts from generally cooperative to
generally antagonistic during the central section, and the resulting tension is not
resolved.
This piece was originally written in 1926 in two different versions, one for piano (4
hands) and one for string orchestra. In 1928 the composer arranged it for full
orchestra. It takes its melodic material from the book Orchesographie by Thoinot
Arbeau, published in 1588 which explains the complexities of 16th century dance.
Although this arrangement is for double wind quintet it can be performed with
slightly different scoring. Included in this edition is a clarinet part which can
substitute for the oboe II in movements 1, 4, and 6. A clarinet can also be
substituted for bassoon I if movement 4 is omitted.
Duration: 12 min.
1. Basse-Danse
2. Pavane
3. Tordion
4. Bransles
5. Pieds-en-l'air
6. Mattachins
Waters, Kevin.
Lines from Shakespeare / Kevin Waters.
2005.
For 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (2nd doubling bass
clarinet), 2 bassoons (2nd doubling contrabassoon), and 2 horns.
Duration: 16 min.
There isn't a good biography but here's a little about Stefan. The composer and
viola player Stefan Wellens is Theater de Spiegels music coach. Wellens
graduated from the Antwerp Conservatory, where one of his projects had been to
create a new music-theatre production. He composes and plays for various
theatre companies, including Moodlex, Wannes van de Velde and Mairan. He has
also composed for Emanon. Wellens explores possible interactions between rock
and theatre.
It looks like this earlier version is available fro Meridien in addition to the 2002
edition.
Duration: 11 min.
Wilby, Philip.
And I move around the cross.
London : Chester Music, 1985.
Schirmer and Shawnee Presses supposedly now distribute the Margun Music
catalog, but I could not find this piece for sale or rent on either of their Web sites.
It's possible that following up with them directly might yield more success. If
unavailable for purchase, a number of libraries around the U.S. have copies
including Eastman, Duke, Indiana, Harvard, and New York Public.
Williams, Richard.
Tanat serenade / Richard Williams.
Duration: 9 min.
I found this available at Richard's Music Store but couldn't find it the last time I
looked. I haven't contacted Richard to see if he's the composer as well as the
music store owner. It may still be available from there.
Commissioned by the Ulysses Quintet and Falun Quintet with funds provided by
the Arts Council.
Premiered on 11 May 1987 at St Stephen's Church, Mount Street Crescent,
Dublin.
Duration: 12 min.
Wivil, Zarubbabel.
Berkshire Militia March : for double woodwind quintet / Zarubbabel Wivil.
London: Longman & Broderip, 1793.
The piece is 3 movements wit the 2nd movement beginning and ending with a
bassoon solo in memory of the great English bassoonist, William Waterhouse, who
died shortly after work began on the piece. Guy attended the same school as
William. The outer movements are reflections on the witty, humorous side of Bill
and the composer's own happy childhood memories.
Duration: ca. 13 min.
This piece was written to celebrate the birth of the composer's first grandchild, in
2001. It consists of three movements. The Intrada sums up the happy event of
Sophia's arrival, and is in a forms A-B-A structure. The Dance which follows taps
into the rich culture of Sophia's Jamaican relations. The finale plays on the
juxtaposition of two contrasted moods, first reflective and then happier.
This is a piece my group has worked on and find very rewarding to play. There
are some sections where an amateur group like mine needs a conductor to keep
everything together. There are some places where the meter changes frequently
as well as the tempo. The piece has lovely melodies and harmonies and isn't
terribly difficult. May even be playable by an above average high school group.
Duration: 11 min.
1. Intrada
2. Dance
3. Finale
The Chinook Winds recently performed this work. Click here to hear our
performance.
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XK
Two themes with variations for double wind quintet / XK.
[198-?]
10 ms. parts ; 32 cm.
I found this piece listed in the catalog of the National Library of Australia. I have
no idea who XK could be.
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Z
Available from:
Boosey & Hawkes.
In this double wind quintet the members have to play a variety of instruments
other than their normal ones. Flute I (also alarm whistle), flute II (also fl. piccolo
and rachet), oboe I (also cyclon whistle), oboe II (also click-frog), Clarinet I in
Bflat (also Clar. in Eflat and bird pipe), Clarinet II in Bflat (also hooter), Horn in F
(also cuckoo), Horn II in F (also rattle), Bassoon I, Bassoon II (also
contrabassoon). This one requires a conductor since they need to play triangle,
slapstick and toy-trumpet.
More...
Solo instrument or voice/choir with double wind quintet accompaniment.
The other double wind quintet, a wind quintet plus a brass quintet.
Banks, Brian.
Concerto for cello and winds / Brian Banks.
c1997.
Flutes double piccolo and alto flute, one oboe doubles English horn, and one
clarinet doubles bass clarinet.
Dedicated to cellist, Juan Hermida.
The three movements are played without pause. Certain sonorities and patterns
recur throughout, the developmental procedures and characters of each
movement contrast sharply with each other, the first movement is intense and
stratospheric, the second languorous and somewhat sentimental, and the final
movement scurrying and enigmatic (and perhaps strangely familiar to those who
know their Chopin).
Duration: 12 min.
Butler, Martin.
Craig's progress : an operatic adventure story / Martin Butler.
Oxford University Press, 1995.
Chamber opera for double wind quintet and piano (4 hands) and percussion
played by the instrumentalists; flutes double on piccolos, one oboe doubles
English horn, and both clarinets double bass clarinet.
Duration: 20 min.
For voices, dwq and harp. This is a Christmas carol based on the text adapted
from George Wither's "Hymns and songs of the church", 1623. I can't seem to
find a date for this but I found an arrangement for piano that is dated 1947 so it
is sometime around then.
Duration: 14 min.
This appears to be for rental only since Schirmer doesn't list a purchase price.
the habitus and old men who sit there aiming their fear and their hatred at the
foreign, instrument-less girl who steps into the caf. Only after a while when she
begins to sing and communicate, does their hatred of foreigners recede and she is
accepted.
Cooper, Paul.
Dialogues / Paul Cooper.
Schirmer, 1994.
Available from:
Chester/Novello.
Solo double bass with doubles on piccolo, English horn, and bass clarinet.
For solo piano and double wind quintet with piccolo, English horn, bass clarinet
and contrabasson doublings.
For double bass solo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bassoon, contrabassoon, and
2 horns.
Based on Mozart's aria from Don Giovanni, "Deh, vieni alla finestra".
For solo trumpet and double wind quintet with bass clarinet doubling and
contrabassoon.
For trumpet solo with double wind quintet and string bass accompaniment.
Ibert, Jacques.
Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre d'instruments a` vent / Jacques Ibert.
Paris : Heugel, c1926.
Available from:
Tokyo, Japan : Muramatsu Flute.
Mensah, Sowah.
Bawa : for Gyil and double wind quintet / Sowah Mensah.
Zwei Welten -- Als wie der Schwan -- Wie von der Sonne gehn -- Dort in der
Sonne steht -- O, wie so eigen -- Ich will sterben.
Cat. no.: 262A.
Distributed by:
Medfield, Mass. : Dorn Publications.
Commissioned by Carl Bjerregaard for Jane Perry-Camp and The Florida State
University Chamber Winds.
Premiered April 3, 1986 in Tallahassee, Florida, Jane Perry-Camp, piano; Florida
State University Chamber Winds; Carl Bjerregaard , conductor
Recorded on Garnet Records in 1987 by Jane Perry-Camp, piano; Florida State
University Chamber Winds; Carl Bjerregard conducting. This recording is available
from the composer.
Duration: 13 min.
1. Andante innocente
2. Adagio e tranquillo
3. Allegro
Available from the composer publishing house linked above. There is also a
version for two pianos available for rehearsal purposes.
For mixed choir and double wind quintet. Text by E. von Feuchtersleben.
Written in 1847 or 1848, it is op. 84. The first line of text is Es ist bestimmt in
Gottes lied and it's in the key of F major.
Duration: ca. 4.5 min.
Available from:
Sheet Music Plus.
Spartan Press.
Tokyo, Japan : Muramatsu Flute.
Sciortino, Patrice.
Concerto for Violin and double wind quintet / Patrice Sciortino.
Calamus, 1989.
I stumbled on this but haven't been able to verify the instrumentation of the
accompaniment. Amazon has a recording from 1993 on the Rem label with the
Erwartung Ensemble playing.
Duration: 20 min.
Vandervelde, Janika.
Item de Virginibus = O Most Noble Greenness / Janika Vandervelde ; words by
Hildegaard.
Hothouse Press, 1989.
Wiernik, Adam.
Pezzo levantico : for cello solo with double wind quintet / Adam Wiernik.
Stockholm : Gehrmans Musikförlag, c1994.
A piano piece with the same title was finished in 1962 right before this piece was
begun so this may be an arrangement of it but I haven't examined both scores to
figure it out. A few libraries in the US have this work including Universisty of
Houston, University of Wisconsin at Madison, and University of Illinois. Only
Wisconsin has the parts.
There's not a good site to link to for a biography but here's some information
about Peter. Peter Tod Lewis (1932-1982) was born in Charlottlesville, Virginia,
and spent his formative years on both coasts of the United States. He attended
the University of California at Santa Barbara and Brandeis University in
Massachusetts, studying with Arthur Berger, Morton Feldman, Irving Fine, and
Lukas Foss. Lewis was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, Huntington
Hartford Foundation, and MacDowell Colony, and held residences at Southern
Illinois University, the Instituut voor Sonologie in Utrecht, Netherlands, and
Groupe de Musique Experimentale in Bourges, France. In 1969 he became
director of the Electonic Music Studios at the University of Iowa, a position he held
until his death from cancer in 1982.
Ponse, Luctor.
Euterpe : suite pour 11 instrumentistes : op. 37 / Luctor Ponse.
Amsterdam : Donemus, c1964.
1 score (71 p.) + 10 parts.
This dwq + bass clarinet arranges the instruments into three groups. The first
group contains a flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon; the second a horn, bass
clarinet and flute; and the third an oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn. The three
groups are arranged around the stage with group I on the left, group 2 in the
middle and group 3 on the right.
Duration: ca. 12 min.
Dedication reads: "pour Thom de Klerk et son ensemble". The final page of music
indicates that it was written in Loenersloot, Netherlands in March 1964.
Both the score and parts of this edition are manuscript but neatly written and
easily readable.
Tuulse, Toomas.
Menuett / T. Tuulse.
Sweden : SMIC, 1976.
Flowing and easy but horn part is high and stays there.
Contrabassoon is added.
Originally for winds and strings (minus violin), this arrangement for 2 flutes (1
doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (parts of A and Bflat), 2 horns, 2 bassoons
and contra bassoon.
The OUP site can be a bit hard to find stuff on because they don't seem to index
the arranger, so to go directly to place in the catalog for this piece, click on the
ISBN-10: 0-19-386645-5. They don't seem to be indexing the ISBN-13 which is
978-0-19-386645-4.
Or, order from this distributor who does index the Braden, the arranger:
Van Nuys, Calif. : Theodore Front.
This arrangment has an optional contrabassoon part. Also the 2nd flute doubles
piccolo.
Variations and a fugue on a theme by Handel was originally written for piano and
is based on the Handel tune Harmonious blacksmith which is originally the Aria
con variazioni from the 2nd collection of the Suites for harpsichord. Tony has
chosen to arrange those variations that suit wind instruments the best without
departing too much from the original, so the piece is somewhat shorter than the
original.
Duration: 15 min.
Doubles piccolo, bass clarinet, and English horn on some movements. Can be
played using regular oboe and clarinet if bass clarinet and English horn aren't
available. Parts are included for both.
Originally written for piano duet.
Duration: 40 min.
2. Molto moderato
3. Allegro giusto
4. Molto maestoso
5. Allegro giusto
6. Allegro con moto
7. Allegretto grazioso
8. Un poco allegretto e grazioso, quasi andantino
9. Andante con moto
10. Andante
Preface by Willem Middelhoven, dated 1990. The preface says that this is one of
two arrangements Stumpf made for "larger wind group", the other being of Don
Giovanni. This edition is based on the manuscript parts in the Municipal Museum
of the Hague.
I. Andante con moto -- II. Allegro ma non troppo -- III. Adagio -- IV. Allegro
giocoso
Distributed by:
Schirmer and Shawnee Presses supposedly now distribute the Margun Music
catalog, but I could not find this piece for sale or rent on either of their Web sites.
It's possible that following up with them directly might yield more success. If
unavailable for purchase, a number of libraries around the U.S. have copies
including Eastman, Duke, Indiana, Harvard, and New York Public.
Includes extra parts for E flat clarinet substituting for the 2nd oboe and an
optional string bass part.
Born in 1917 in London, "Tony" Arnell is famous for his symphonic and film works.
His music is romantic in nature and approachable. The first movement of this
piece is serious and reflective, the second light and humorous, the third a lovely
cantabile, and the final an exhilarating ballet featuring dance rhythms.
This piece was written in 1949 and was recorded by the London Baroque
Ensemble with Karl Haas, to whom the work is dedicated, directing.
Duration: 17 min.
ISMN M-57040-454-4
Catalog no.: E336.
Overture and 6 movements adapted from the composer's opera "Nina". Rich
sounding suite for augmented harmonie ensemble.
The string bass parts doubles either the horn and bassoon parts so I wouldn't
hesitate to play this without the bass part.
In addition to adding the double bass to the dwq there is an optional trumpet
part.
Duration: 10 min.
Gilbert can be reached for information about his arrangements at Gilbert Dejean,
50 Park Terrace East Apt. 7B, New York NY 10034 or by phone at: (212)
569-9385, or on e-mail at: gldejean@earthlink.net
Includes arrangments for movements 1, II, V, and VI with additional double bass.
Duration: 25 min.
Gilbert can be reached for information about his arrangements at Gilbert Dejean,
Gilbert can be reached for information about his arrangements at Gilbert Dejean,
50 Park Terrace East Apt. 7B, New York NY 10034 or by phone at: (212)
569-9385, or on e-mail at: gldejean@earthlink.net
I don't see a biography of Brauer on the Web so here's what I could find about
him. He was born in Mannheim on May 9, 1855 and died in Karlsruhe on
December 2, 1918. He was primarily a conductor and had studied with Vincenz
Lachner and a variety of people at Cologne University. In 1880 he conducted the
Cäcilienvereins at Kaiserslautern and in 1888 Hofkirche at Karlsruhe wher he
founded a Bach Society in 1905. He also wrote operas and string music.
I don't see this piece listed in the Breitkopf catalog but the One Dee Press edition
can be had by phoning Roy Penny at: (+44) 01932 562383.
Doubles piccolo and English horn. Includes clarinet parts for Bflat and A clarinets.
Originally written for piano, 4 hands.
Available from the composer free of charge as Sibelius 3 files for printing. E-mail
David at: davidking2@waitrose.com
Available from:
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music
For standard dwq with doubling on piccolo with additional string bass part.
Distributed by:
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music.
Gilbert can be reached for information about his arrangements at Gilbert Dejean,
50 Park Terrace East Apt. 7B, New York NY 10034 or by phone at: (212)
569-9385, or on e-mail at: gldejean@earthlink.net
Milhaud, Darius.
Scaramouche / Milhaud ; arranged by Bastiaan Blomhert.
A double bass part has been added to give a more orchestral sound, but is
arranged so it is well playable without the double bass.
Distributed by:
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music.
This moderately difficult piece adds a double bass to the standard dwq.
Duration: 10 min.
For piccolo, flute, clarinets in A (challenging part), 2 oboes (one doubling English
horn), 2 bassoon, 2 horns, and double bass. There are optional parts for trumpet.
Duration: 15 min.
Gilbert can be reached for information about his arrangements at Gilbert Dejean,
50 Park Terrace East Apt. 7B, New York NY 10034 or by phone at: (212)
569-9385, or on e-mail at: gldejean@earthlink.net
Spittal, Robert.
Mockingbird rag : for chamber wind ensemble / Robert Spittal.
Spokane : Shaba Road Music, 1999.
For piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 b-flat clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons, and bass or
tuba.
Short 53 bar piece with a medium ragtime tempo.
For 2 flute (2nd fl. double piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubles Gleitflote (haven't
figured out what this is yet!), 2 clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and contrabass.
Composed in 1992 and revised in 2002. Premiered on May 8, 1992 in Krenzlingen
Stranz is published by Barenreiter, and this piece is listed on the Barenreiter site
in his list of works, but I don't see it in their catalog. However, if I were looking
for this piece to play, I would start by asking Barenreiter if they know where a
copy might be purchased.
Distributed by:
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music.
Emeryville, Calif. : SheetmusicPlus
Gilbert can be reached for information about his arrangements at Gilbert Dejean,
50 Park Terrace East Apt. 7B, New York NY 10034 or by phone at: (212)
569-9385, or on e-mail at: gldejean@earthlink.net
Moderately easy arrangement for dwq and double bass with an optional trumpet
part.
Duration: 12 min.
Gilbert can be reached for information about his arrangements at Gilbert Dejean,
50 Park Terrace East Apt. 7B, New York NY 10034 or by phone at: (212)
569-9385, or on e-mail at: gldejean@earthlink.net
Moderately easy arrangement for dwq and double bass with an optional trumpet
part.
Duration: 12 min.
The double bass in this piece is an independent part which is essential to the
playing including some solo passages. While the piece wouldn't be considered
tonal, it has a strong sense of harmony and many extended sections of
consonance.
The composer says that it is difficult but playable. Some movements are easier
and shorter than others. Most suited to a good college group with adequate
rehearsal time or professionals.
Duration: 25 min.
I. Strongly marked
II. Smooth; flowing
III.With a clear, sustaining tone
IV. Barely moving - Songlike - With increasing speed
Gorli, Sandro
Serenata Seconda
Flute is added.
Written in 1967 and premiered March 12, 1968 by the University of Durham
University Ensemble. This piece has an extra flute and is for 11 winds when 2
bassoons substitute for the string bass.
Duration: 8 min.
The site fo Faber Music disappeared lately but their catalog now seems to be
available from:
Sheet-Music-Store.com
Harp is added.
Horn is added.
Douglas, James.
Emblems : for 11 wind instruments / James Douglas.
Scottish Music Centre, 2006.
Percussion is added.
Means, David S.
Music for percussion and double wind quintet / by David S. Means.
1974.
Piano is added.
Duration: 22 min.
Kraft, Leo
Tableaux : six pieces for double wind 5tet and piano : 1989 / Leo Kraft.
Great Neck, NY : Paumanok Music, c1989, or,
New York : Seesaw, 1991.
Duration: 21 min.
Lane, Liz.
Why cats sit on doorsteps in the sun : for wind decet and piano / Liz Lane.
[S.l.] : L. Lane, 2003.
Oboes double on English horn and the clarinets need both B flat and A clarinets.
Originally written to accompany dancers, this can work well without them as well.
Commissioned by New Harmonie and funded by South East Arts. Premiered by
New Harmonie with the childrens' dance company Malarkey at the Capitol Theatre
in Horsham, England, in November 2003.
The alternate version with narrator rather than dancers was premiered by Chinook
Winds on June 24, 2006 in Seattle, Washington. The composer and her husband
traveled to Seattle from England to attend the concert.
Duration: 25 min.
Larsen, Libby.
With love and hisses : double woodwind quintet, piano, and the Laurel and Hardy
film, "With love and hisses" / Libby Larsen..
Boston : E.C. Schirmer, 1985.
1 score (140 p.)
This piece includes a piano with dwq. This piece accompanies the silent Laurel and
Hardy film "Love and Hisses." (Piece may also be performed without film.)
Commissioned by the double woodwind quintet Harmonia Mundi and premiered at
Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1985, Michele Edwards conducting.
Duration: 20 min.
Only available from Schirmer for rental.
Macy, Carleton.
Centering : double wind quintet and piano / Carleton Macy.
1983.
A four movement work which begins with the ensemble placed around the
audience and ends as a single ensemble on stage.
Commissioned by Harmonia Mundi, J. Michele Edwards, conductor.
Duration: 20 min.
Templeton, Darin.
Sonata for chamber winds and piano, op. 3 / by Darin Templeton.
[S.l.] : Score Exchange, c2004.
Piccolo is added.
Available from:
Shattinger Music
Serpent is added (need to find out what instrument might double this!).
Composed and inscribed to Lieut. Colonel Birch and the rest of the Officers of the
Royal Exchange or First Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers.
The 2 marches are: Maestoso and Allegretto.
I found this listed in the Wind Ensemble Catalogue by Jon A. Gillaspie... [et al.]
where it indicates that this is in the private collection of Prof. Marshall Stoneham
in Dorchester-on-Thames (Oxon).
Trumpet is added.
Distributed by:
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music.
There seems to some disagreement about the instrumentation for this piece... it is
either with 1 additional trumpet, 2 additional trumpets or no horns but 2 trumpets
and trombone instead.
In addition to adding the double bass to the dwq there is an optional trumpet
part.
Duration: 10 min.
Gilbert can be reached for information about his arrangements at Gilbert Dejean,
50 Park Terrace East Apt. 7B, New York NY 10034 or by phone at: (212)
569-9385, or on e-mail at: gldejean@earthlink.net
This is the last piece he wrote in 1910. It was first performed after his death in
Berlin. Berger's style is reminiscent of Brahms and Strauss but abandons the
classical arrangement of movement for new changes of keys and colors.
Transcribed from the manuscript held by the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek in Berlin
by F.H. Nex and C.M.M. Nex.
Recorded on the Claves label by Christian Siegmann and his Banda Classica
(Claves CD 50-9409) and on the Schwann label by Jost Michaels and the Bamberg
Symphony Orchestra (310722).
Berk, Stacey.
Summer scenes / Stacey Berk.
Berks, 2003.
A medium difficulty piece, commissioned by the U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-
America, for double woodwind quintet plus vibraphone and marimba.
Duration: 11 min.
I. June: Carousel at the Fair
II. July: Sailboats on a Blue Lake
III. August: Evening Thunderstorm
Blunt, Marcus.
Capricorn : for 12 wind instruments / Marcus Blunt.
Modus Music, 1996.
Distributed by:
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music.
Brotons, Salvador.
Chinese Zodiac suite : for wind ensemble, piano and percussion, op. 65 / Salvador
Brotons.
c1994.
The copy I have in hand is unpublished but there seems to be a published version
available from:
Amoris Editions P.O. Box 11247 Tallahassee, FL 32302 USA Phone: (904)
942-5244
(I don't see a Web presence for this publisher, and haven't called to verify that
they still exist. The copy I have in hand is destined for the University of
Butler, Martin.
Suite from Craig's progress : for large ensemble / Martin Butler.
Oxford University Press, 1995.
Double wind quintet and piano duet; flutes double on piccolos, one oboe doubles
English horn, and both clarinets double bass clarinet.
Suite from the opera Craig's progress.
Duration: 20 min.
Duration: 10 min.
Gilbert can be reached for information about his arrangements at Gilbert Dejean,
50 Park Terrace East Apt. 7B, New York NY 10034 or by phone at: (212)
569-9385, or on e-mail at: gldejean@earthlink.net
Excerpts from the opera arranged by the composers for double wind quintet plus
trumpet and double bass.
Gordon Jacob.
London : Oxford University Press, c1960.
The wraggle taggle gipsies -- The three ravens -- Begone, dull care -- Early one
morning.
Distributed by:
York, England : June Emerson Wind Music.
This isn't listed in the OUP catalog anymore so I'd recommend getting it from
Emerson.
This is a standard double wind quintet plus 2 trumpets which are not optional like
the above piece.
I don't know if any published picked up this Compusic title, but it is held by a
number of US libraries including Library of Congress, UC Santa Barbara,
Northwestern, University of Miami, and others; also held by one Canadian library
and a library in Japan.
For 2 flutes (piccolos), 2 oboes (2nd also English horn), 2 clarinets (2nd also bass
clarinet), contrabass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and double bass.
Duration: ca. 13 min.
Leitermeyer, Fritz
Divertimento for 12 Winds
I found an indication that at one time this was for rental from Theodore Presser,
but I don't see it on their web site now. There is a manuscript copy in the Free
Library of Philadelphia.
Michalsky, Donal
Fanfare after seventeenth century dances : for 12 winds / by Donal Michalsky.
Delaware Water Gap, Pa., Shawnee Press, c1973.
Porcelijn, David.
Continuations : (1968) / David Porcelijn.
Amsterdam : Donemus, 1974?
For 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, trumpet 2 bassoons, and double bass.
Originally for orchestra, written in 1867. This arrangement does not say who did
the arrangement.
Written in 1989/1990.
Duration: 14 min., 30 sec.
Written in 1994.
Duration: 7 min., 50 sec.
The other double wind quintet, a wind quintet plus a brass quintet.
For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 trumpets, 2 horns, trombone, and bass
trombone.
Duration: 15 min.
Recorded on New World Records by American Brass Quintet and Dorian Woodwind
Quintet, Anthony Korf, conductor.
Buhr
Montage
Clinton, Brandon.
Serenade for dectet / Brandon Clinton.
Eklund, Hans.
Serenata per dieci / Hans Eklund.
Stockholm : Sveriges Radio, 1982.
Distributed by:
Scottish Music Centre
Hodkinson, Sydney.
Taula (Megalith IV) for Double Wind Quintet (1974) / Sydney Hodkinson.
For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, and tuba.
Commission by the Toronto New Music Concerts and premiered by them with
Sydney Hodkinson, conductor in Toronto, Canada on January 19, 1974.
Duration: 11 min.
Hovhaness, Alan.
Tower music : for woodwind and brass instruments / Alan Hovhaness.
New York : Rongwen Music : Sole selling agent, Broude Bros., c1959.
(Contemporary composer study score series ; no. 24.)
For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, and tuba.
Opus 129.
Duration: 9 min., 36 sec.
Parts appear to be rental only however, some libraries seem to have the parts in
their collection (7 American libraries and 1 Canadian) so perhaps if you ask to
purchase them they will sell them as well. I don't see a Website for Broude
Brothers but their e-mail address is: broude@sover.net and telephone: (413)
458-8131.
Study score available for purchase from: Sheetmusicplus.
For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone and tuba.
Duration: 9 min.
1. Meticulous -- 2. Melancholy -- 3. Mischievous -- 4. Musing -- 5. Mercurial.
I don't see this published anywhere but the Canadian Music Centre has a copy of
the manuscript score and transparencies of the parts.
Nagel, Robert.
Diverimento for ten winds, 1951 / Robert Nagel.
[Brookfield, Conn.] : Mentor Music, c1953.
1 score (66 p.) + 10 parts ; 28 cm.
For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone and tuba.
The copy I found to purchase has a score that is 82 p. and lists no publisher
statement
Owen, Harold.
Centennial variations & finale / Hal Owen.
For flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 horns, bassoon, 2 trumpets (in C), trombone, and
tuba.
Duration: 10 min.
Written in 1929 this was one of the contraband pieces of the period, written away
from the conservatory, but under the unofficial eye of his composition teacher,
Russell King Miller. The chorale melody consists of two short phrases with no final
cadence, and was used for many of the exercises written while he was a student.
This work was premiered at a concert for the alumni of Combs Conservatory in
1929, by students interested in music after Brahms.
Reed, Alfred.
Double wind quintet / Alfred Reed.
[S.l.] : E.B. Marks Music Corp. ; Melville, N.Y. : Exclusive distributor, Belwin Mills,
c1975.
Standard woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon) and brass
quintet (2 trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba).
Duration: 16 min., 6 sec.
Available from:
SheetMusicPlus.
Roseman, Ronald.
Double quintet for woodwinds and brass / Ronald Roseman.
Phantom Press,
Rosell, Lars-Erik.
Five to five : svit / Lars-Erik Rosell.
Copenhagen : Edition Wilhelm Hansen, 1982.
I. Marcia - II. Punti -- III. Melodia -- IV. Colore -- V. Frammenti -- VI. Cadenza --
VII. Marcia
Sear, Walter.
Antiphony : for brasses and woodwinds / Walter E. Sear.
Massapequa, N.Y. : Cor Pub. : Distributed by Wiltshire Music Co., c1981.
1 score (29 p.) + 10 parts ; 29 cm.
For wind and brass quintets. The above edition is reproduced from the
manuscript, it isn't clear whether the edition being distributed by Dorn below is
this edition or not.
Distributed by:
Medfield, Mass. : Dorn Publications.
Schuller, Gunther
Double Quintet
Sleeper, Thomas.
Chamber Concerto / Thomas Sleeper
This work was commissioned by the Julia E. Crane Alumni Assocation of the State
University College at Potsdam, New York, and first performed in January, 1966, at
the New York State School Music Association conference by the Crane Woodwind
Quintet and the Crane Brass Quintet (Harry I. Phillips, John Schorge, directors.
Duration: 7 1/2 min.
Other pieces for double wind quintet but with nonstandard instrumentation.
For piccolo, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, horn, trumpet, and trombone.
Written in 1967.
Plate no.: MR1198B.
Written for the Triebensee Blazers Ensemble and premiered on Jan. 21, 1981 at
the Concordia Theatre, Enschede, Netherlands.
Not sure if it's still available anywhere, but it is held by the University of
Washington Libraries.
For flute, oboe, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and trumpet.
Moderate-difficult level of difficulty.
Duration: ca. 22 min.
Razzi, Fausto.
Musica, per dieci strumenti a fiato.
Milano, Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, 1969.
For 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 B flat clarinets, E flat alto clarinet, bass clarinet, 2
bassoons.
Grade M.
Duration: 8 min.
Available from:
Netherlands : Mansarda-Sintra muziekuitgaven.