Along with a concerted effort to commission new works for brass quintet since 1967 the bulk of any brass quintet's repertoire consists of arrangements of pre-existing music.

Victor Ewald Victor Vladímirovich Ewald (or Ėval′d) (russian: Ви́ктор Влади́мирович Э́вальд; 27 November 1860 – 16 April 1935), was a Russian engineer, architect, and composer of music, mainly for conical brass instruments. ...

's four brass quintets are the first serious attempts at establishing a repertoire for the ensemble, though they do not stand up to typical string quartet repertoire of the same and preceding eras. The Chicago and New York Brass Quintets made sustained efforts to commission new works, and much of the original repertoire for brass quintet from the mid-20th century derives from their groundbreaking work. In the 1960s the mantle of creating a repertoire for brass quintet was taken up by the American Brass Quintet and the New York Brass Quintet, with both groups essentially establishing the brass quintet as a part of the chamber music field. Notably, only two brass quintets have ever been awarded the Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award, considered by many to be the highest achievement in brass chamber music: The Empire Brass Quintet in 1976 and The Saturday Brass Quintet in 1990. But it was

Canadian Brass The Canadian Brass is a Canadian brass quintet formed in 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, by Charles Daellenbach (tuba) and Gene Watts (trombone), with horn player Graeme Page and trumpeters Stuart Laughton and Bill Phillips completing the quintet. , ...

that developed the pragmatic approach to repertoire allowed the ensemble to reach a wider audience. They developed a two prong approach to performance, developing a masterpiece approach to repertoire that popularized the brass quintet as an ensemble into what was essentially a "pops" ensemble. Meanwhile, the ensemble has been pursuing an aggressive 45-year commissioning schedule. Though this ensemble is seldom recognized for its achievement in the contemporary sphere, they have created well over 100 newly composed works for brass quintet, though few of the Canadian Brass commissions of original compositions have taken hold in the repertoire of other brass quintets. It is generally agreed amongst brass players that the tuba is the dominant choice for brass quintets, with the ability to play smaller instruments such as bass trombone or baritone for certain repertoire such as Renaissance. The

American Brass Quintet When the American Brass Quintet gave its first public performance on December 11, 1960, brass chamber music was still relatively young to concert audiences. The New York Brass Quintet is regarded as the first brass quintet in the United States, ha ...

has always used bass trombone instead of tuba, and their extensive commissioning has validated use of this instrumentation. It is not uncommon for composers to write interchangeable parts for tuba and bass trombone to enable both types of quintets to perform their work.

Brass quintet repertoire

Bruce Adolphe Bruce Adolphe (born May 31, 1955) is a composer, music scholar, the author of several books on music, and pianist. He is currently Resident Lecturer and Director of Family Concerts of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and founder and crea ...

, ''Triskelion'' * Albert Ahlstrom, ''Treelight'' * Efraín Amaya ''Brass Quintet'' *

Gilbert Amy Gilbert Amy (born 29 August 1936) is a French composer and conductor. Career Born in Paris, Amy entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1954, where he was taught and influenced by Olivier Messiaen and Darius Milhaud and studied piano with Yvonne Lo ...

, ''Relais'' *

Malcolm Arnold Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music ...

, ''Quintet for Brass, Op. 73'' *Alexander Arutiunian, ''Armenian Scenes'' *

Daniel Asia Daniel Asia (born June 27, 1953) is an American composer. He was born in Seattle, Washington (U.S. state), Washington, in the United States of America. Biography He received a B.A. degree from Hampshire College and a M.M. from the Yale School of ...

, Brass Quintet *

Milton Babbitt Milton Byron Babbitt (May 10, 1916 – January 29, 2011) was an American composer, music theorist, mathematician, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his Serialism, serial and electronic music. Biography Babbitt was born in Philadelphia t ...

, ''Counterparts'' *

Jan Bach Jan Bach (December 11, 1937 – October 30, 2020) was an American composer. He taught at the University of Tampa (Florida) from 1965 to 1966 and at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois ( music theory and composition) from 1966 to ...

, ''Laudes'' *Jan Bach, ''Rounds and Dances'' *Jan Bach, ''Triptych'' *

Jason Bahr Jason Thomas Bahr (born February 15, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Career Bahr attended Lake Mary High School in Lake Mary, Florida. He enrolled at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and made the UCF ...

, ''Divergence'' *Jason Bahr, ''Eagle Fanfare'' * Drew Baker, ''Kiln'' for brass quintet & piano *

Leonardo Balada Leonardo Balada Ibáñez (born September 22, 1933) is a Catalan American classical composer, who is noted for his operas and orchestral works. Life Balada was born in Barcelona, Spain. After studying piano at the Conservatori Superior de Mús ...

, ''Mosaics'' * Stephen Barber, ''Multiples Points on View of a Fanfare'' *Stephen Barber, ''Gone Is the River'' * Spiros Mazis, Brass Quintet No 1 * Edward Barnes, ''Variations for Brass Quintet'' * Samuel Baron, ''Impressions of a Parade'' *

Robert Beaser Robert Beaser (born May 29, 1954, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American composer. Biography Beaser was brought up in a non-musical family. His father was a physician and mother was a chemist. He grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, where he dist ...

, Brass Quintet * Irwin Bazelon, Brass Quintet *

Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition ''Sinfonia'' and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled ''Sequenza''), and for his pioneering work ...

, ''Call'' *

Derek Bourgeois Derek David Bourgeois (16 October 1941 – 6 September 2017) was an English composer. Career Derek Bourgeois was born in Kingston upon Thames in 1941. After receiving his university education at Magdalene College, Cambridge (honours degree ...

, Sonata for Brass Quintet *

Henry Brant Henry Dreyfuss Brant (September 15, 1913 – April 26, 2008) was a Canadian-born American composer. An expert orchestrator with a flair for experimentation, many of Brant's works featured spatialization techniques. Biography Brant was born ...

, ''The Fourth Millennium'' *

Robert Russell Bennett Robert Russell Bennett (June 15, 1894 – August 18, 1981) was an American composer and arranger, best known for his orchestration of many well-known Broadway and Hollywood musicals by other composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, ...

, ''Arabesque'' * Lauren Bernofsky, "The Duxbury Fanfare" *Lauren Bernofsky, "Fanfare" *Lauren Bernofsky, "Musica Solaris" *Lauren Bernofsky, Passacaglia *Lauren Bernofsky, Suite for Brass Quintet *

Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first America ...

, '' Dance Suite for Brass Quintet'' * Larry Bitensky, ''For Then and Now'' for brass quintet *

William Bolcom William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. He ...

, Quintet *

Darijan Božič Darijan ( fa, دريجان, also Romanized as Darījān) is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, ...

, ''Kriki (The Cries)'' *

Eugène Bozza Eugène Joseph Bozza (4 April 1905 – 28 September 1991)Grove Music Online: "Bozza, Eugène"; accessed 20 September 2014, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/03791. was a French composer and violinist. He was one of t ...

, ''Bis'' *Eugène Bozza, Sonatine for 2 C trumpets, 1 horn, 1 trombone, and 1 tuba. * Alvin Brehm, ''Quintet for Brass'' * Timothy Broege, Brass Quintet No. 2 *

Howard J. Buss Howard J. Buss (born January 6, 1951 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. Buss’ works include instrumental solos, chamber music, symphonic, choral, and band works. His music has received awards, ...

, ''Concord'', ''Chromatic Fantasy'', ''Sonic Fables'' (brass quintet & one percussion), ''Sonata K.380''/Scarlatti,D., ''Tribute to Stephen Foster'' * Morley Calvert, ''An Occasional Suite'' *Morley Calvert, ''Suite from the Monteregian Hills'' *

Elliott Carter Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American modernist composer. One of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century, he combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra- ...

, Brass Quintet *Elliott Carter, ''A Fantasy about Purcell's "Fantasia upon One Note"'' * Robert Chastain, Quintet for Brass Instruments * John Cheetham, ''Brass Menagerie'' *John Cheetham, ''Scherzo'' * Christopher Coletti, ''Bach's Bells'' * Jack Cooper, '' Scenes for Brass'' * Louis Coyner, ''Eolith No. 4'' for brass quintet *

Georges Delerue Georges Delerue (12 March 1925 – 20 March 1992) was a French composer who composed over 350 scores for cinema and television. Delerue won numerous important film music awards, including an Academy Award for ''A Little Romance'' (1980), three C� ...

, ''Vitrail'' * Carl Della Peruti, ''Sounding for Brass Quintet'' *

Robert Dennis Robert Henry Dennis III (born May 1, 1975, in Harbel, Liberia) is a former Liberian sprinter. Dennis was once the Liberian National Record holder in the 200 meter (20.58) in Fairfax, Virginia in 1998. He is currently an attorney in Washingt ...

, ''Blackbird Variations'' * Anthony DiLorenzo, ''Fire Dance'' * Kathleen Ditmer, ''Tonqueues'' * Lucia Dlugoszewski, ''Angels of the Inmost Heaven'' *

Jacob Druckman Jacob Raphael Druckman (June 26, 1928 – May 24, 1996) was an American composer born in Philadelphia. Life A graduate of the Juilliard School in 1956, Druckman studied with Vincent Persichetti, Peter Mennin, and Bernard Wagenaar. In 1949 and 1 ...

, ''Other Voices'' *

Jack Curtis Dubowsky Jack Curtis Dubowsky is an American composer and author who has composed music for film, chorus, and concert performance. His music has been performed by the San Francisco Choral Artists, the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, the Snopea Chambe ...

, Brass Quintet No. 1 *Jack Curtis Dubowsky, ''Due North'' * Amy Dunker, ''Convocation Fanfare'' * Jack End, ''3 Salutations'' *

Donald Erb Donald Erb (January 17, 1927 – August 12, 2008) was an American composer best known for large orchestral works such as Concerto for Brass and Orchestra and ''Ritual Observances''. Early years Erb was born in Youngstown, Ohio, graduated ...

, Three Pieces for Brass Quintet *Donald Erb, ''The St. Valentine's Day Brass Quintet'' * Alvin Etler, Quintet *Alvin Etler, ''Sonic Sequence'' *

, Quintet no. 1 in B-flat minor (Op. 5) *Victor Ewald, Quintet no. 2 in E-flat major (Op. 6)' *Victor Ewald, Quintet no. 3 in D flat major (Op. 7) *Victor Ewald, Quintet no. 4 in A-flat major (Op. 8) *

Eric Ewazen Eric Ewazen (; born March 1, 1954, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American composer and teacher. Biography Ewazen studied composition under Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt, Gunther Schuller, Joseph Schwantner, Warren Benson, and Eugene Kurtz at the Ea ...

, ''Colchester Fantasy'' *Eric Ewazen, ''Frost Fire'' *Eric Ewazen, ''Western Fanfare'' * Brian Felder, ''Canzone XXXI'' * Brian Fennelly, Brass Quintet No. 3 (''Velvet and Spice'') *Brian Fennelly, ''Locking Horns-Brass Quintet No. 2'' *Brian Fennelly, ''Prelude And Elegy For Brass Quintet'' * Myron Fink, ''A Suite of Antiques'' * Jason Forsythe, ''Sanctity'' *

Malcolm Forsyth Malcolm Forsyth, (December 8, 1936 – July 5, 2011) was a South African and Canadian Trombone, trombonist and composer. His daughter is former National Arts Centre, National Arts Centre Orchestra principal cellist Amanda Forsyth. Life and ca ...

, ''Golyardes' Grounde'' *

Lukas Foss Lukas Foss (August 15, 1922 – February 1, 2009) was a German-American composer, pianist, and conductor. Career Born Lukas Fuchs in Berlin, Germany in 1922, Foss was soon recognized as a child prodigy. He began piano and theory lessons with J ...

, ''Night Music'' for John Lennon In Memory of December 8, 1980, for brass quintet and orchestra *

Sean Friar Sean Friar (born 1985 in Los Angeles, California) is an American composer and pianist. He currently lives in Denver, Colorado. Biography Sean Friar was born and raised in Los Angeles. He studied Music Composition and Psychology at UCLA where he gr ...

, ''Kindly Reply'' for brass quintet (2016) *

Kenneth Fuchs Kenneth Daniel Fuchs (born July 1, 1956) is a Grammy Award-winning American composer. He currently serves as Professor of Music Composition at the University of Connecticut (Storrs). Music Kenneth Fuchs's fifth Naxos recording with the London ...

, ''Fire, Ice, and Summer Bronze'' * Jack Gallagher, Toccata for Brass Quintet *Jack Gallagher, ''Celebration and Reflection'' *

Elliot Goldenthal Elliot Goldenthal (born May 2, 1954) is an American composer of contemporary classical music and film and theatrical scores. A student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, he is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend various ...

, Brass Quintet No. 2 * Daniel Grabois, ''Zen Monkey'' *Edward Gregson, ''Quintet for Brass'' * Yalil Guerra, ''Carnaval'' for brass quintet *Edmund Haines, ''Toccata'' * John Halle, ''Softshoe'' *

Piers Hellawell Piers Hellawell (born 14 July 1956) is a British composer and professor of composition, currently residing in Northern Ireland. Biography Hellawell grew up in England and studied composition with James Wood. and later Nicholas Maw at the Univ ...

, ''Sound Carvings from the Bell Foundry'' * Howard Hersh, "Tag!" *

Anders Hillborg Per Anders Hillborg (born 31 May 1954) is one of Sweden’s leading composers. Education Anders Hillborg was born in Sollentuna, and studied composition, counterpoint and electronic music at the Kungliga Musikhögskolan in Stockholm from 1976 to ...

, Brass Quintet * Edward Hirschman, ''Four Bridges'' *

Alun Hoddinott Alun Hoddinott CBE (11 August 1929 – 11 March 2008) was a Welsh composer of classical music, one of the first to receive international recognition. Life and works Hoddinott was born in Bargoed, Glamorganshire, Wales. He was educated at Gowert ...

, ''Ritornelli 2'' *

Vagn Holmboe Vagn Gylding Holmboe (, 20 December 1909 – 1 September 1996) was a Danish composer and teacher. Life Vagn Holmboe was born in Horsens, Jutland, into a merchant family of dedicated amateur musicians. Both parents played the piano. His fath ...

, Quintet No 1, Op. 79 * Vagn Holmboe, Quintet No 2, Op. 136 *

Eres Holz Eres Holz (born September 26, 1977 in Rehovot), is a German composer of Israeli origin. He has been living in Germany since 2003. Life Biography Holz studied composition with Ruben Seroussi in Tel Aviv. From 2003 to 2011 he studied composition ...

, ''Vier Schatten'' *

Joseph Horovitz Joseph Horovitz (26 May 1926 – 9 February 2022) was an Austrian-born British composer and conductor best known for his 1970 pop cantata '' Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo'', which achieved widespread popularity in schools. Horovitz also comp ...

, ''Music Hall Suite'' * Eric Hudes, ''Pentaptych'' * John Huggler, Quintet * Jason Huffman, ''Christmas Tree'' *

Karel Husa Karel Husa (August 7, 1921 – December 14, 2016) was a Czech-born classical composer and conductor, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Music and 1993 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. In 1954, he emigrated to t ...

, Divertimento for brass quintet *Karel Husa, ''Landscapes'' * Stephen Jablonsky, ''Streets of Laredo'' (2018) *Stephen Jablonsky, ''Danny Boy'' (2019) *Stephen Jablonsky, ''Memorial Day'' (2019) * Edward Jacobs, ''Passed Time'' *

David A. Jaffe David Aaron Jaffe (born April 29, 1955) is an American composer who has written over ninety works for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensembles, and electronics. He is best known for his use of technology as an electronic-music or computer-music c ...

, ''Descent into Flatland'' *

Phillip Johnston Phillip Johnston (born January 22, 1955) is an American avant-garde saxophonist. He came to prominence in the 1980s as co-founder of The Microscopic Septet and went on to write extensively for films, particularly new scores for classic silent fi ...

, ''Sleeping Beauty'' * Collier Jones, ''Four Movements for Five Brass'' *

Michael Kamen Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter, and session musician. Biography Early life Michael Arnold Kamen was born in ...

, Quintet *Jan Koetsier, ''Brass'' ''Quintet, Opus 65'' * Sonny Kompanek, ''Killer Tango'' * Peter Korn, ''Prelude and Scherzo'' * Kyle Lane, Sonata for Brass Quintet *

Michel Leclerc Michel Leclerc (born 24 April 1965) is a French director and screenwriter. Career During the 1990s, Leclerc worked as a TV editor and cameraman. He also wrote and directed a number of shorts. For years, he was a columnist on television shows su ...

, ''Par monts et par vaux'' *

Tania León Tania León (born May 14, 1943) is a Cuban-born American composer of both large scale and chamber works. She is also renowned as a conductor, educator, and advisor to arts organizations. Early years and education She was born Tania Justina Leó ...

, ''Saoko'' *

Edwin London The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "ƿine" (friend). The original Anglo-Saxon form is Eadƿine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures. People * Edwin of Northumbria (died ...

, Brass Quintet *

Raymond Luedeke Raymond Luedeke (born 1944) is an American / Canadian composer of contemporary classical music. Praised for his idiosyncratic instrumental writing and for his orchestration, Luedeke has more recently concentrated on works for music theatre. Althou ...

, Brass Quintet – ''Complexities and Contradictions'' *

Witold Lutoslawski Witold may refer to: *Vytautas the Great (ca. 1350–1430), ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania *Witold (given name) Witold is a masculine Polish given name. This name derives from the Lithuanian “Vytautas” composed of two elements: “vyt ...

, ''Fanfare for CUBE'' *Witold Lutoslawski, ''Mini Overture'' *

Frederik Magle Frederik Reesen Magle (; born 17 April 1977) is a Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist. He writes contemporary classical music as well as fusion of classical music and other genres. His compositions include orchestral works, cantatas, ...

, Intermezzo for Brass Quintet *Frederik Magle, ''Lys på din vej'' (Light on your path) for brass quintet and organ *

David Maslanka David Maslanka (August 30, 1943 – August 7, 2017) was an American composer of Polish descent who wrote for a variety of genres, including works for choir, wind ensemble, chamber music, and symphony orchestra. Best known for his wind ensemble c ...

, Arise! *

Grace-Evangeline Mason Grace-Evangeline Mason (born October 1994) is a British composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Mason studied composition at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, under Professor Emily Howard and Professor Gary Carp ...

, As Bronze * Ludwig Maurer, ''Four Songs for Brass'' *Ludwig Maurer, ''Twelve Little Pieces for Brass Quintet'' * Francis McBeth, ''Four Frescos'' * Kevin McKee, ''Escape'' *Kevin McKee, ''Vuelta del Fuego'' *

John Melby John Melby (born 1941) is an American composer. Life and work John Melby is most widely known for his numerous compositions for computer-synthesized sounds, particularly in combination with live acoustic instruments. In addition to electronic mu ...

, ''91 Plus 5'' for brass quintet and computer *

Jerome Moross Jerome Moross (August 1, 1913July 25, 1983) was an American composer best known for his music for film and television. He also composed works for symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, soloists and musical theater, as well as orchestrating score ...

, ''Sonatina for Brass Quintet'' *

Robert Nagel Robert Nagel (September 29, 1924 – June 5, 2016) was an American trumpet player, composer, and teacher. He was an early advocate for brass chamber music, especially the brass quintet. Nagel was the founder and director of the New York Brass Quin ...

, ''This Old Man March'' *

Lior Navok Lior Navok (born September 6, 1971) (Hebrew: ליאור נבוק) is an Israeli classical composer, conductor and pianist. He was born in Tel Aviv. His music has been performed internationally by orchestras and ensembles including the Oper Frankf ...

, ''Gitz & Spitz Suite'' * Clint Needham, ''Abstract Mosaics'' *

Per Nørgård Per Nørgård (; born 13 July 1932) is a Danish composer and music theorist. Though his style has varied considerably throughout his career, his music has often included repeatedly evolving melodies—such as the infinity series—in the vein o ...

, ''Vision'' * Leroy Osmon, "Introduction and Allegro" *

Hermeto Pascoal Hermeto Pascoal (born June 22, 1936) is a Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas, Brazil. Pascoal is a significant figure in the history of Brazilian music, mainly known for his abilities in orches ...

, ''Timbrando'' * Robert Paterson, ''Dash'' * Robert Paterson, ''Shine'' *

Vincent Persichetti Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own wo ...

, ''Parable for Brass Quintet'' * Tom Pierson, Brass Quintet *

Anthony Plog Anthony Plog (born November 13, 1947) is an American conductor, composer and trumpet player. Life Plog was born in Glendale, California, United States. He is a fellow of the Music Academy of the West where he attended in 1968. From 2006 to 2007 ...

, ''4 Sketches for Brass Quintet (Quintet #1)'' *Anthony Plog, ''Mini-Suite for Brass Quintet'' *Anthony Plog, ''Mosaics for Brass Quintet'' (Quintet No. 2) *Anthony Plog, ''Animal Ditties VII for Brass Quintet'' *Andre Previn, ''Four Outings for Brass'' * Howard Quilling, ''Four Pieces for Five Brass'' * Belinda Reynolds, ''Weave'' * Verne Reynolds, Suite * Peter Robles, ''Transcendent Tones, Fractured Forms'' *

Ned Rorem Ned Rorem (October 23, 1923 – November 18, 2022) was an American composer of contemporary classical music and writer. Best known for his art songs, which number over 500, Rorem was the leading American of his time writing in the genre. Althou ...

, ''Diversions'' * Steven Christopher Sacco, Quintet for Brass * David Sampson, ''Distant Voices'' *David Sampson, ''Entrance'' *David Sampson, ''Morning Music'' *David Sampson, ''Strata'' (originally ''Quintet 99'') *

Peter Schickele "Professor" Peter Schickele (; born July 17, 1935) is an American composer, musical educator, and parody, parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, but which he presents as being composed by the fictional P. D. Q. Bach. He also ...

, ''Hornsmoke: a horse opera'' *

Adam Schoenberg Adam Schoenberg (born November 15, 1980) is an American composer. A member of the Atlanta School of Composers, his works have been performed by numerous orchestras and ensembles in the U.S. Schoenberg was the 2010-2012 guest composer for the As ...

, ''Reflecting Light'' * William Schmidt, ''Variations on a Negro Folksong'' *

William Schuman William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910February 15, 1992) was an American composer and arts administrator. Life Schuman was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan, New York City, son of Samuel and Rachel Schuman. He was named after the 27th U.S. ...

, ''American Hymn: variations on an original melody *

Elliott Schwartz Elliott Shelling Schwartz (January 19, 1936 – December 7, 2016) was an American composer. A graduate of Columbia University, he was Beckwith Professor Emeritus of music at Bowdoin College joining the faculty in 1964. In 2006, the Library of ...

, ''Three Movements'' *

Ralph Shapey Ralph Shapey (12 March 1921 – 13 June 2002) was an American composer and conductor. Biography Shapey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is known for his work as a composition professor at the University of Chicago, where he taught ...

, Brass Quintet *Ralph Shapey, Fanfares *

Alexander Shchetynsky Alexander Shchetynsky (Shchetinsky) ( uk, Олекса́ндр Степа́нович Щети́нський; russian: Алекса́ндр Степа́нович Щети́нский; Aleksandr Stepanovich Shchetins'kiy) is a Ukrainian composer. ...

, ''On the Eve'' *

Faye-Ellen Silverman Faye-Ellen Silverman (born October 2, 1947) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She is also an author and an educator. Life and education Born in New York, New York, Silverman began studying music at the Dalcroze School of ...

, ''Kalends'' *Faye-Ellen Silverman, ''Quantum Quintet'' * Reynold Simpson, Brass Quintet * David Snow, ''Dance Movements'' *

Juan María Solare Juan María Solare (born August 11, 1966) is an Argentine composer and pianist. Education Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Solare studied and received his diploma in piano (María Teresa Criscuolo), composition (Fermina Casanova, Juan Carlos Zo ...

, ''Heroes of a Forgotten Kingdom'' *Juan María Solare, ''Handwritten Runes'' *Juan María Solare, ''Affirmation'' *Juan María Solare, ''Hymn to Commitment'' * Andrew Sorg, ''Mental Disorders'' *Andrew Sorg, ''Voices In Da Fan'' *Andrew Sorg, Prelude and Fugue in E minor *Andrew Sorg, ''Existential Crisis'' *

Robert Starer Robert Starer (8 January 1924 in Vienna – 22 April 2001 in Kingston, New York) was an Austrian-born American composer, pianist and educator. Robert Starer began studying the piano at age 4 and continued his studies at the Vienna State Academy ...

, ''Evanescence'' *

Raymond Stewart Ray Stewart may refer to: * Ray Stewart (sprinter) (born 1965), Jamaican athlete * Ray Stewart (Scottish footballer) (born 1959), Scottish international footballer * Ray Stewart (Australian footballer) (1892–1966), Australian rules footballer *Ra ...

, ''OK Chorale'' *

William Susman William Joseph Susman (born August 29, 1960) is an American composer of concert and film music and a pianist. He has written orchestral and chamber music as well as documentary film scores. Music Susman's music is inspired by Afro-Cuban montuñ ...

, ''The Heavens Above'' * Elias Tannenbaum, ''Patterns and Improvisations for BQ and Tape'' *Elias Tannenbaum, ''Structures'' *

Michael Tilson Thomas Michael Tilson Thomas (born December 21, 1944) is an American conductor, pianist and composer. He is Artistic Director Laureate of the New World Symphony, an American orchestral academy based in Miami Beach, Florida, Music Director Laureate of ...

, ''Street Song'' *

Virgil Thomson Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 – September 30, 1989) was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. He has been described as a modernist, a neoromantic, a neoclassic ...

, ''Family Portrait'' *

Bramwell Tovey Bramwell Tovey (11 July 1953 – 12 July 2022) was a British conductor and composer. Life and career Tovey was educated at Ilford County High School, the Royal Academy of Music and the University of London. His formal music education was as ...

, ''Manhattan Music, for brass quintet and orchestra or wind ensemble'' *Bramwell Tovey, ''Santa Barbara Sonata'' *

George Tsontakis George Tsontakis (born Astoria, Queens, New York City, October 24, 1951) is an American composer and conductor. Early life and education He was born in New York City, and is of Greek descent. Tsontakis studied composition with Hugo Weisgall and ...

, Brass Quintet *George Tsontakis, ''Hansel'' * Joseph Turrin, ''Fanfare for Five'' for brass quintet *Joseph Turrin, ''Soundscapes'' for brass quintet *Joseph Turrin, ''Solarium'' for brass quartet and piano *Joseph Turrin, ''Sketches'' for brass quintet *

Vladimir Ussachevsky Vladimir Alexeevich Ussachevsky (November 3, 1911 in Hailar, China – January 2, 1990 in New York, New York) was a composer, particularly known for his work in electronic music. Biography Vladimir Ussachevsky was born in the Hailar Distric ...

, ''Anniversary Variations'' *Vladimir Ussachevsky, ''Dialogues and Contrasts for Brass Quintet and Tape'' *Davide Verotta, ''4 Movements for Brass'' *

George Walker George Walker may refer to: Arts and letters * George Walker (chess player) (1803–1879), English chess player and writer *George Walker (composer) (1922–2018), American composer * George Walker (illustrator) (1781–1856), author of ''The Co ...

, ''Music for Brass (Sacred and Profane)'' *

Dan Welcher Dan Welcher (born March 2, 1948)Joshua Kosman, "Welcher, Dan (Edward)", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001)Nicolas Slonimsky, Laura Kuh ...

, Brass Quintet *

Charles Whittenberg Charles Whittenberg (July 6, 1927 – August 22, 1984) was an American composer and holder of two Guggenheim Fellowships. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 1948 with a Bachelor of Music in com ...

, ''Triptych'' *

Alec Wilder Alexander Lafayette Chew Wilder (February 16, 1907 – December 24, 1980) was an American composer. Biography Wilder was born in Rochester, New York, United States, to a prominent family; the Wilder Building downtown (at the "Four Corners") ...

, ''Jazz Suite'' for brass quintet *

Natalie Williams Natalie Jean Williams (born November 30, 1970) is an American basketball executive and former player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Williams was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. She was also an acc ...

, ''Land of Ages: fanfare for brass quintet.'' *

Charles Wuorinen Charles Peter Wuorinen (; June 9, 1938 – March 11, 2020) was an American composer of contemporary classical music based in New York City. He performed his works and other 20th-century music as pianist and conductor. He composed more than ...

, Brass QuintetWorldCat: Wuorinen Quintet.
Retrieved November 29, 2017. * Norman Yamada, ''Mundane Dissatisfactions'' * Carolyn Yarnell, ''Slade'' *

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jaz ...

, ''Pulcinella'' * Ramon Zupko, ''Masques'' for brass quintet and piano

References

External links

American Brass Quintet Database

Brass Quintet Discography
{{Musical repertoire Classical music lists

Brass quintet repertoire

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Further reading

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