A wind quintet, also known as a woodwind quintet, is a group of five wind players (most commonly

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

, oboe,

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

, French horn and

bassoon The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuo ...

). Unlike the

string quartet The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ...

(of 4 string instruments) with its homogeneous blend of sound color, the instruments in a wind quintet differ from each other considerably in technique, idiom, and timbre. The modern wind quintet sprang from the octet ensemble favored in the court of Joseph II in late 18th century Vienna: two oboes, two clarinets, two (natural) horns, and two bassoons. The influence of Haydn's chamber writing suggested similar possibilities for winds, and advances in the building of these instruments in that period made them more useful in small ensemble settings, leading composers to attempt smaller combinations. It was

Anton Reicha Anton (Antonín, Antoine) Joseph Reicha (Rejcha) (26 February 1770 – 28 May 1836) was a Czech-born, Bavarian-educated, later naturalized French composer and music theorist. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Beethoven, he is now best reme ...

's twenty-four quintets, begun in 1811, and the nine quintets of

Franz Danzi Franz Ignaz Danzi (15 June 1763 – 13 April 1826) was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi (1730–1798) and brother of the noted singer Franzeska Danzi. Danzi lived at a significant time in t ...

that established the genre, and their pieces are still standards of the repertoire. Though the form fell out of favor in the latter half of the 19th century, there has been renewed interest in the form by leading composers in the 20th century, and today the wind quintet is a standard chamber ensemble, valued for its versatility and variety of tone color.

Notable wind quintet composers

Eighteenth century

Antonio Rosetti Francesco Antonio Rosetti (c. 1750 – 30 June 1792) was a classical era composer and double bass player, and was a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart. There is considerable confusion regarding his name. The occasional mention of a supposed, ...

(ca. 1750–1792) One quintet, for

, oboe,

English horn The cor anglais (, or original ; plural: ''cors anglais''), or English horn in North America, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially an alto ...

, and

Nineteenth century

* Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809), a quintet for two oboes,

, natural horn, and

Giuseppe Cambini Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini ( Livorno, 13 February? 1746Netherlands? 1810s? or Paris? 1825?) was an Italian composer and violinist. Life Unconfirmed information Information about his life is scarcely traceable. Louis-Gabriel Michaud,Louis-Ga ...

(1746–1825), three quintets *

(1763–1826), nine quintets * Johann Georg Lickl (1769–1843), one quintet *

(1770–1836), twenty-four quintets, as well as some independent movements *

George Onslow George Onslow may refer to: *George Onslow (British Army officer) (1731–1792), British politician and army officer *George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow (1731–1814), British peer and politician *George Onslow (composer) André George(s) Louis ...

(1784–1853), one quintet, op. 81 *

Giulio Briccialdi Giulio Briccialdi (1/2 March 1818 – 17 December 1881) was an Italian virtuoso flautist and composer, a technical innovator on his instrument and a professor of music. Briccialdi was born in Terni. His contributions include inventing the B- ...

(1818–1881), three quintets * Paul Taffanel (1844–1908), one quintet * August Klughardt (1847–1902), one quintet

Twentieth century

* Guy Ropartz (1864–1955), one quintet * Carl Nielsen (1865–1931), one quintet * Gustav Holst (1874–1934), one quintet *

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

(1874–1951), one quintet * Theodor Blumer (1881–1964), four quintets * Percy Grainger (1882–1961), two quintets * Wallingford Riegger (1885–1961), one quintet *

Heitor Villa-Lobos Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the ...

(1887–1959), one quintet *

Jacques Ibert Jacques François Antoine Marie Ibert (15 August 1890 – 5 February 1962) was a French composer of classical music. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won its top prize, the Prix de Rome at his first ...

(1890–1962), one quintet * Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981), one quintet * Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), one quintet *

Walter Piston Walter Hamor Piston, Jr. (January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976), was an American composer of classical music, music theorist, and professor of music at Harvard University. Life Piston was born in Rockland, Maine at 15 Ocean Street to Walter Ha ...

(1894–1976), one quintet * Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), one quintet *

Roberto Gerhard Robert Gerhard i Ottenwaelder (; 25 September 1896 – 5 January 1970) was a Spanish Catalan composer and musical scholar and writer, generally known outside Catalonia as Roberto Gerhard.Malcolm MacDonald. 'Gerhard, Roberto' in ''Grove Music Onl ...

(1896–1970), one quintet * Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), one quintet * Ernst Krenek (1900–1991), two quintets * Ruth Crawford-Seeger (1901–1953), one quintet *

Claude Arrieu Louise-Marie Simon (30 November 1903 – 7 March 1990), pen name Claude Arrieu, was a prolific French composer. She wrote hundreds of works in varying formats, including stage works, concert works, and movie scores. She was also a teacher, and w ...

(1903–1990), one quintet *

Ferenc Farkas Ferenc Farkas (; 15 December 1905 – 10 October 2000) was a Hungarian composer. Biography Born into a musical family (his father played the cimbalom and his mother played the piano) in Nagykanizsa, Farkas began his musical studies in Budape ...

(1905–2000), one quintet * Mátyás Seiber (1905–1960), one quintet * Jaroslav Ježek (1906–1942), one quintet *

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") ...

(1907–1980), twelve quintets *

Otto Mortensen Otto Hübertz Mortensen (18 August 1907 – 30 August 1986) was a Danish composer and conductor. He also played the organ and piano. For a number of years he worked at the Royal Danish Theatre as a rehearser for the opera, and later worked at A ...

(1907–1986), one quintet * György Ránki (1907–1992), one quintet * Elliott Carter (1908–2012), two quintets * Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996), one quintet * Ljubica Maric (1909–2003), one quintet *

Samuel Barber Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. The music critic Donal Henahan said, "Proba ...

(1910–1981), one quintet * Josef Tal (1910–2008), one quintet * Jean Françaix (1912–1997), two quintets *

Ingolf Dahl Ingolf Dahl (June 9, 1912 – August 6, 1970) was a German-born American composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. Biography Dahl was born Walter Ingolf Marcus in Hamburg, Germany, to a German Jewish father, attorney Paul Marcus, and his Swed ...

(1912–1970), one quintet *

Alvin Etler Alvin Derald Etler (February 19, 1913 – June 13, 1973) was an American composer and oboist. Career A student of Paul Hindemith, Etler is noted for his highly rhythmic, harmonically and texturally complex compositional style, taking inspi ...

(1913–1973), two quintets, a concerto for quintet and orchestra, and a concerto for violin and wind quintet *

Vivian Fine Vivian Fine (28 September 1913 – 20 March 2000) was an American composer. Life Vivian Fine was born in Chicago to David and Rose Fine. A piano prodigy, she became at age five the youngest student ever to be awarded a scholarship at the Chic ...

(1913–2000), one quintet * Irving Fine (1914–1962), two quintets * George Perle (1915–2009), four quintets * Vincent Persichetti (1915–1987), two quintets * Dinu Lipatti (1917–1950), one quintet and six transcriptions of Scarlatti sonatas for wind quintet * Peter Racine Fricker (1920–1990), one quintet *

Witold Silewicz Witold Silewicz (18 May 1921 in Rajsko, Poland – 26 January 2007 in Vienna) was a Polish-Austrian composer and Double bass player, probably best known for his instrumental arrangement of the ''Happy Birthday to You'' tune for Woodwind Quin ...

(1921–2007), at least one quintet, esp. Happy Birthday to You. * Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006), two quintets * Harry Freedman (1922–2005), three quintets, one with narrator * György Ligeti (1923–2006), two quintets * Milko Kelemen (born 1924), one quintet * Jurriaan Andriessen (1925–1996), one quintet * Luciano Berio (1925–2003), four quintets *

Włodzimierz Kotoński Włodzimierz Kotoński (23 August 1925 – 4 September 2014) was a Polish composer. Biography Born in Warsaw, Kotoński studied there with Piotr Rytel and Tadeusz Szeligowski at the PWSM, graduating in 1951. In an initial period of activity he ...

(1925–2014), one quintet *

Barney Childs Barney Sanford Childs (February 13, 1926 – January 11, 2000) was an American composer and teacher. Born in Spokane, Washington, he taught and composed avant-garde music and literature at universities in the United States and United Kingdom. M ...

(1926–2000), one quintet * Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012), one quintet * Lee Hoiby (1926–2011), one quintet *

Gottfried Michael Koenig Gottfried Michael Koenig (5 October 1926 – 30 December 2021)"In Memoriam Got ...

(born 1926), one quintet * Franco Donatoni (1927–2000), one quintet * Wayne Peterson (1927–2021), one quintet and five transcriptions of other composers' works * Jean-Michel Damase (1928–2013), one quintet * Frigyes Hidas (1928–2007), three quintets * Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007), three quintets * Donald Martino (1931–2005), one quintet *

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 ...

(born 1932), one quintet * Ramiro Cortés (1933–1984), one quintet *

István Láng István Láng (; born 1 March 1933) is a Hungarian composer. Life Born in Budapest, Láng studied composition there from 1950 to 1958 at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, first with János Viski and later with Ferenc Szabó. After graduati ...

(born 1933), three quintets * Harrison Birtwistle (1934–2022), two quintets * Rob du Bois (1934–2013), two quintets * Peter Schat (1935–2003), one quintet *

David Del Tredici David Walter Del Tredici (born March 16, 1937) is an American composer. He has won a Pulitzer Prize for Music and is a former Guggenheim and Woodrow Wilson fellow. Del Tredici is considered a pioneer of the Neo-Romantic movement. He has also bee ...

(born 1937), one 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 ...

(born 1938), one quintet *

Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by wikt:nonconformity, nonconformity, Free improvisation, free-form improvisation, sound experimen ...

(1940–1993), two quintets * Friedrich Goldmann (1941–2009), one quintet, and a sonata for wind quintet with piano * Michael Kibbe (born 1945) 15 quintets, 3 quintet and Piano, 1 quintet and cello *

Martin Bresnick Martin Bresnick (born 1946) is a composer of contemporary classical music, film scores and experimental music. Education and early career Bresnick grew up in the Bronx, and is a graduate of New York City's specialized High School of Music and A ...

(born 1946), one quintet * Richard St. Clair (born 1946), one quintet * Jack Gallagher (born 1947), one quintet * Stephen Brown (born 1948), one quintet *

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 ...

(born 1954), one quintet * Eric Ewazen (born 1954), one quintet plus one concerto for quintet with orchestra or piano *

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 ...

(born 1955), one quintet * Luca Francesconi (born 1956), two quintets *

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 ...

(born 1956), two quintets * Oleksandr Shchetynsky (born 1960), one quintet *

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 ...

(born 1960), one quintet *

Karlheinz Essl Karlheinz Essl (born 15 August 1960) is an Austrian composer, performer, sound artist, improviser, and composition teacher. Biography Essl was born in Vienna. His studies at the University of Music in Vienna included: composition (under Friedri ...

(born 1960), one quintet *

Ludmila Yurina Ludmila Yurina (born 16 January 1962) is a Ukrainian composer,pianist and musicologist. Biography Ludmila Yurina was born in Uzyn, Ukraine, and graduated from Kyiv Music College as a pianist in 1981 and from Kyiv State P.I.Tchaikovsky Conservato ...

(born 1962), one quintet *

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 ...

(born 1966), four quintets * Peter Fribbins (born 1969), one quintet *

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 ...

(born 1971), one quintet, and a double quintet that would belong in the 21st-century list

Twenty-first century

Yoav Talmi Yoav Talmi ( he, יואב תלמי; born April 28, 1943, is an Israeli conductor and composer. Biography Yoav Talmi was born in Kibbutz Merhavia He studied composition and orchestral direction first in Israel, at the Rubin Academy of Music ...

(born 1943), one quintet *

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 ...

(born 1953) one quintet * Michael Gilbertson (born 1987) concerto for quintet with orchestral *

Nigel Keay Nigel Keay (born 1955) is a New Zealand composer. He has been a freelance musician since 1983 working as a composer, violist, and violin teacher. Nigel Keay has held the following composer residencies: Mozart Fellowship, University of Otago 1986 ...

(born 1955), one quintet *

Shigeru Kan-no (born May 3, 1959) is a Japanese composer and conductor living in Germany.André de Quadros ''The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music'' 2012 1107493390 p.156 "There has been a marked increase in choral compositions since the founding of the JCA ...

(born 1959), no quintets, but there is one work combining wind and brass quintets with brass orchestra *

Ananda Sukarlan Ananda Sukarlan-Gomez (born in Jakarta, 10 June 1968) is an Indonesian-Spanish classical composer and pianist. Background He is the son of Sukarlan and Poppy Kumudastuti. He started his music lessons at the age of 5 from his older sister, Marta ...

(born 1968) piece for piano & wind quintet *

James Francis Brown James Francis Brown (born 7 December 1969) is an English composer. He studied composition with the Viennese émigré Hans Heimler (a pupil of Alban Berg) and then at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Career Francis Brown's significant ch ...

(born 1969), one quintetMusic Haven. Music Haven, 1 July 2015. Web. 8 Oct. 2015. * Robert Paterson (born 1970), one quintet *

Emily Doolittle Emily Lenore Doolittle (born 16 October 1972) is a Canadian composer, zoomusicologist, and Athenaeum Research Fellow and Lecturer in Composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her music, frequently inspired by ...

(born 1972), one quintet, and one work for narrator and quintet *

Mohammed Fairouz Mohammed Fairouz (born November 1, 1985) is an American composer. He is one of the most frequently performed composers of his generation and has been described by Daniel J. Wakin of ''The New York Times'' as an "important new artistic voice". Fa ...

(born 1985), one quintet * Alex Weiser (born 1989), one quintet *

Cris Derksen Cris Derksen is a two-spirit Juno Award–nominated Cree cellist from Northern Alberta, Canada. Derksen is known for her unique musical sound which blends classical music with traditional Indigenous music. Her music is often described as "electr ...

, one quintet * Valerie Coleman *

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 ...

, one quintet *

Yalil Guerra Yalil Guerra Soto (born April 27, 1973, Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban, Spanish, and American composer, classical guitarist, producer, arranger, professor, multi-instrumentalist, and conductor, based in the city of Los Angeles, California. He is the son ...

, (born 1973, Cuba), one quintet titled "Las Musas de San Alejandro" *

Shai Cohen Shai Cohen ( he, שי כהן; b.1968, in Haifa) is an Israeli music educator and composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Shai Cohen is a composer-researcher, educator, and jazz performer, ex-chairman of the Israeli Composers' Leagu ...

(born 1968), "STYX V+1" For wind quintet and vibraphone

Notable wind quintet repertoire

* Andriessen, Jurriaan, ''Sciarada Spagnuola'' panish Charade(1963) * Arnold, Malcolm, ''Three Shanties'', op. 4 (1943) * Bach, Jan, ''Skizzen, Highgate Press'' ketches, Highgate Press(1983) * Barber, Samuel, ''

Summer Music ''Summer Music'', Op. 31, is a classical composition for wind quintet by Samuel Barber. Background Samuel Barber received a commission in 1953 from the Chamber Music Society of Detroit to write a piece of music for string instruments and woodwin ...

'', op. 31 (1955) * Baur, Jürg, ''Quintetto sereno'' erene Quintet(1957–58) * Beaser, Robert, ''Shadow and Light'' (1981) * Bennett, Richard R., Concerto for Woodwind Quintet * Berio, Luciano **''Ricorrenze'' (1987) **Wind Quintet (1948) **Wind Quintet (1950) **''Opus Number Zoo'' (arr. 1951 for wind quintet, from the 1950 original for 2 clarinets and 2 horns) * Birtwistle, Harrison **''Refrains and Choruses'' (1957) **''Five Distances'' (1992) * Bloch, Waldemar, ''Serenade'' (1966) * Blumer, Theodor, ''Serenade, Theme and Variations'' *Bobescu, Constantin, ''Parafrază pe motivul "Horei Staccato"'' (1958) * Bois, Rob du **''Chants et contrepoints'' (1962) **''Réflexions sur le jour où Pérotin le Grand ressuscitera'' (1969) * Bottje, Will Gay, ''Diversions'', for quintet, narrator and piano; text by James Thurber (1994) * Bozza, Eugene **''Variations sur un thème libre'', op. 42 (1943) **''Scherzo'', op. 48 (1944) **''Pentaphonie'' (1969) **''Quand les muses collaborent'' * Bresnick, Martin **''Just Time ''(1985) **''Willie's Way ''(2006, quintet arrangement by Richard Mathias 2011) * Brown, Stephen, Suite for Woodwinds, (1982, revised 2006) * Buss, Howard J., ''Five Stars'' (2004) * Cambini, Giuseppe Maria, ''Trois quintetti concertans'' hree Concertante Quintets(ca. 1802) **Quintet no. 1 in B-flat major **Quintet no. 2 in D minor **Quintet no. 3 in F major * Carter, Elliott **''Nine by Five'' (2009) **Quintet (1948) * Chávez, Carlos, ''Soli no. 2'' (1961) * Cortés, Ramiro, ''Three Movements for Five Winds'' (1967–68) * Dahl, Ingolf, ''Allegro and Arioso'' * Damase, 17 Variations op. 22, (1951) * Danzi, Franz, 9 Quintets: **op. 56, no. 1 in B-flat major **op. 56, no. 2 in G minor **op. 56, no. 3 in F major **op. 67, no. 1 in G major **op. 67, no. 2 in E minor **op. 67, no. 3 in E-flat major **op. 68, no. 1 in A minor **op. 68, no. 2 in F major **op. 68, no. 3 in D minor * Del Tredici, David, ''Belgian Bliss'' (2011) * Franco Donatoni ''Blow'' (1989) * Dubois, Pierre Max, ''Fantasia'' (1956) * Etler, Alvin **Concerto for Violin and Wind Quintet (1958) **Concerto for Wind Quintet and Orchestra (1960) **Quintet no. 1 (1955) **Quintet no. 2 (1957) * Farkas, Ferenc **''Régi magyar táncok a XVII. századból'' (aka ''Antiche danze ungheresi del 17. secolo'') ld Hungarian Dances from the 17th century(1959) **''Lavottiana'' (1968) * Fine, Irving **''Partita'' (1948) **''Romanza'' (1958) * Fine, Vivian, '' Dancing Winds'' (1987) * Françaix, Jean **''Quintette à vent''

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no. 1 (1948) **''Quintette à vent''

no. 2 (1987) * Friar, Sean **''Short Winds'', for wind quintet (2010) * Gallagher, Jack, ''Ancient Evenings and Distant Music'' (1971) * Genzmer, Harald **''Bläserquintett''

no. 1 (1957) **''Bläserquintett''

no. 2 (1970) * Goeb, Roger **''Prairie Songs'' (1947) **Wind Quintet No. 1 (1949) **Wind Quintet No. 2 (1955) **Wind Quintet No. 3 (1980) **Wind Quintet No. 4 (1982) * Goldmann, Friedrich **Bläserquintett

(1991) **''Sing' Lessing'', for baritone, wind quintet, and piano (1978) **Sonata for Wind Quintet and Piano (1969) **''Zusammenstellung'', for wind quintet (1976) * Hall, Pauline **Suite for Wind Quintet (1948) **Quintet, Lyche (1952) * Harbison, John, Wind Quintet (1979) * Heiden, Bernhard **''Intrada in B-flat major'' op. 56, for Quintet and alto saxophone (1970) **''Sinfonia'' (1949) **Woodwind Quintet (1965) * Hidas, Frigyes **Fúvósötös

no. 2 (1969) **Fúvósötös

no. 3 (1979) * Hindemith, Paul, ''

Kleine Kammermusik (''Chamber Music'') is the title for eight chamber music compositions by Paul Hindemith. He wrote them, each in several movements, during the 1920s. They are grouped in three opus numbers: Op. 24, Op. 36 and Op. 46. Six of these works, ''Kammer ...

'' ittle Chamber Music op. 24, no. 2 (1923) * Hoiby, Lee, Diversions for Wind Quintet (1999) * Holst, Gustav, Wind Quintet in A flat, op. 14 (1903) * Ibert, Jacques, ''Trois Pièces Brèves'' hree Short Pieces* Jacob, Gordon **Suite for Wind Quintet, unpublished **Sextet for piano and wind quintet (1956) * Kelemen, Milko **''Études contrapuntiques'' ontrapuntal Etudes(1959) **''Entrances'' for wind quintet (1966) * Klughardt, August, Quintet op. 79 * Koenig, Gottfried Michael, Bläserquintett

for flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, and bassoon (1958–59) * Kotoński, Włodzimierz, Kwintet na instrumenty dęte

(1964) * Kurtág, György, Fúvósötös

op. 2 (1959) * Láng, István **Fúvósötös

no. 1 (1964) **Fúvósötös

no. 2 (1965) **Fúvósötös

no. 3 (1975) * Ligeti, György **''Sechs Bagatellen'' Bagatelles(1953, arr. from '' Musica ricercata'') **''10 Stücke'' 0 Pieces for

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(doubling flute and

piccolo The piccolo ( ; Italian for 'small') is a half-size flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" the modern piccolo has similar fingerings as the standard transverse flute, but the so ...

), English horn (doubling

oboe d'amore The oboe d'amore (; Italian for "oboe of love"), less commonly , is a double reed woodwind musical instrument in the oboe family. Slightly larger than the oboe, it has a less assertive and a more tranquil and serene tone, and is considered the me ...

, oboe), clarinet, horn, and bassoon (1968) * Maslanka, David **Quintet for Winds No. 1 **Quintet for Winds No. 2 **Quintet for Winds No. 3 **Quintet for Winds No. 4 * Marić, Ljubica, Duvački kvintet

(1931) * Mathias, William, Wind Quintet, op. 22 (1963) * Milhaud, Darius, ''

La Cheminée du roi René , Op. 205, is a suite in seven movements for wind quintet, composed in 1939 by the French composer Darius Milhaud. The title alludes to a Provençal proverb playing on words for 'fireplace', 'chimney' and 'promenade': the 15th-century King of ...

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* Mortensen, Otto, Quintette pour Flûte, Hautbois, Clarinette, Cor et Basson (1944) * Navok, Lior **Six Short Stories for Woodwind Quintet **The Adventures of Pinocchio (for three actors / speakers, wind quintet and piano) **Tetris – for double wind quintet * Nielsen, Carl, Wind Quintet (1922) * Nørgård, Per, ''Whirl's World'' (1970) * Oteri, Frank J., ''circles mostly in wood'', a wind quintet in quartertones (2002) * Paterson, Robert, Wind Quintet (2004) * Patterson, Paul **''Comedy for Five Winds'' (1972) **''Westerly Winds'' (1998) * Perle, George **''For Piano and Wind'', for flute, English horn, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and piano (1988) **Wind Quintet no. 1 (1959) **Wind Quintet no. 2 (1960) **Wind Quintet no. 3 (1967) **Wind Quintet no. 4 (1984), winner of the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Music * Persichetti, Vincent **''Pastoral'', op.21 (1943) **''King Lear'', op.35, for wind quintet, timpani, and piano (1948) * Peterson, Wayne, ''Metamorphosis'' (1967) * Piazzolla, Astor, ''Milonga sin palabras'' ilonga without words* Pierné, Paul, ''Suite pittoresque'' icturesque Suite* Pilss, Carl, Serenade in G Major * Piston, Walter, Wind Quintet (1956) *

Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-kno ...

, Sextet, for wind quintet and piano (1932–39) * Ránki, György, ''Pentaerophonia'' * Reicha, Anton **Twenty-four Wind Quintets, Opp. 88, 91, 99, and 100 (1810–20) * Riegger, Wallingford, Concerto, op. 53, for wind quintet and piano (1956) * Rosowsky, Solomon **"Moshe der Shuster" (Moshe the Cobbler) (1917) **"Nigun ohne a Sof" (Melody without an End) (1917) * Schat, Peter, ''Improvisations and Symphonies'', op. 11 (1960) * Schönberg, Arnold, Bläserquintett

op. 26 (1923–24) *Schulze, Werner, ''Explosioni'' * Seiber, Mátyás, ''Permutazioni a Cinque'' for wind quintet (1958) * Solare, Juan María **''Extraños preludios y doble canon'' (Strange preludes and double canon) (1992) **''Nómade'' (adaptation of the piece originally for piano solo) (2002–2006) **''Ölflecke auf dem Wasser'' (Oil spots on the water) (2003) **''Born equal'' (2011) * Stockhausen, Karlheinz **'' Zeitmaße'' ime-measures for flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, and bassoon (1955–56) **'' Adieu'', für Wolfgang Sebastian Meyer (1966) ** ''Rotary'' Wind Quintet (1997) * Sukarlan, Ananda, "Mozart Meandering through Java before Bumping into Beethoven in Boston" for piano & wind quintet, written for the winds of Boston Symphony Orchestra. He also wrote 5 individual pieces for each wind instrument with piano, based on Ovid's "Metamorphosis", written for those members of BSO * Susman, William, ''Six Minutes Thirty Seconds'' (1995) * Taffanel, Paul, Quintet for Wind Instruments * Tal, Josef, Wind Quintet (1966) * Thuille, Ludwig, Sextet for Wind Instruments and Piano * Tomasi, Henri, ''Cinq Danses'' ive Dances* Villa-Lobos, Heitor, ''

Quinteto (em forma de chôros) The ''Quinteto (em forma de chôros)'' (French: Quintette (''en forme de chôros'') = Quintet (in the Form of a Chôros)) is a Chamber music, chamber-music composition by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written in 1928. Originally scored ...

'' uintet in the Form of a Chôros for flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, and bassoon (1928; arr. for the conventional quintet 1951) * Weiser, Alex, ''Wind'' (2013) * Wuorinen, Charles, Wind Quintet (1977) * Yurina, Ludmila, ''Geometricum'' (1993)

Notable wind quintets

Artecombo ArteCombo is a wind quintet formed in 2007. Its members are: Mayu Sato (flute), Baptiste Gibier (oboe), Annelise Clément (clarinet), Cyril Normand (french horn), and Frank Sibold (bassoon). Beside the traditional wind quintet repertoire (Liget ...

* Bergen Woodwind Quintet *

Danzi Quintet The Danzi Quintet was a Dutch wind quintet, one of the most highly regarded quintets active in the 1960s and 1970s The quintet took its name from the 18th/19th-century composer Franz Danzi (a notable early composer of wind quintets), and was foun ...

Dorian Wind Quintet Dorian Wind Quintet is an American wind quintet. Formed at Tanglewood Music Festival, Tennessee, in 1961, their repertoire includes Baroque pieces to contemporary pieces. They have released recordings on Summit, New World, and CRI Records. Members ...

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Imani Winds Imani Winds is an American wind quintet based in New York City, United States. The group was founded by flutist Valerie Coleman in 1997 and is known for its adventurous and diverse programming, which includes both established and newly composed wo ...

(Grammy nominated 2006) * *

New London Chamber Ensemble The New London Chamber Ensemble is a wind quintet formed in 2001. The ensemble performs works such as Berio's ''Opus Number Zoo'', Saint-Saëns' ''Carnival of the Animals'' and new commissions by Edward Longstaff and John Woolrich. The group oft ...

New York Woodwind Quintet The New York Woodwind Quintet is an ensemble-in-residence at the Juilliard School in New York City, originally appointed in 1987. At Juilliard, the members of the New York Woodwind Quintet present seminars each year for student woodwind ensembles, g ...

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Quintet of the Americas Quintet of the Americas is a wind quintet, established in Bogotá in 1976 and based in New York City since 1979. They have performed concerts throughout the Americas and Eastern Europe, and have recorded eight CDs. Members * Karla Moe, Flute * ...

* Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet * Vancouver Woodwind Quintet *

Vento Chiaro Vento Chiaro is a wind quintet founded in 1997 at the Peabody Institute, Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland and now based in the greater Boston, Boston area. History The quintet was founded in 1997 by flautist Johanna Goldstein a ...

References

External links

IDRS Survey of wind quintet literature
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wind Quintet Chamber music Types of musical groups