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Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
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In the Hall of the Mountain King (arranged for sax quintet)
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Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
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Halloween
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Edvard Grieg
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Fran Griffin
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In the Hall of the Mountain Ki
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.787485 Composed by Edvard Grieg. Arranged by Fran Griffin. 20th Century. 18 pages...
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.787485 Composed by Edvard Grieg. Arranged by Fran Griffin. 20th Century. 18 pages. Gryphon Music Australia #3536093. Published by Gryphon Music Australia (A0.787485). Here is an arrangement for five alto saxes of Grieg's very well known movement from his Peer Gynt suite, In the Hall of the Mountain King. It is suitable for young players who are enjoy ensemble playing. Sax 4 is slightly easier, but the other parts are of equal difficulty, and the work is shared around so that everyone gets to play the tune and also be the goblins and trolls. Nobody has to play the quaver passages alone, so this arrangement is a good confidence builder.It is a good introduction to playing in an ensemble whilst maintaining a constant accelerando without getting out of control.
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Wind Quintet - One Rule
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Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
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Mike Lyons
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Wind Quintet - One Rule
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Lyons Music Services
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767553 Composed by Mike Lyons. Contemporary,Standards. 56 pages. Lyons Music Serv...
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767553 Composed by Mike Lyons. Contemporary,Standards. 56 pages. Lyons Music Services #5827839. Published by Lyons Music Services (A0.767553). This brand-new piece for wind quintet came about through the coronavirus lockdown and my observations of our UK politicians and how they behaved (One rule for them...) In terms of the music, each line is related to other lines through patterns of 5, 7 or 9 beats (or half beats). Each repetition of the pattern starts with all the instruments in that particular group playing on the first beat. As the music progresses and develops, motifs appear out of the combinations of these beats with each other. Gradually, these patterns and motifs develop melodies which then form the backbone of the piece. The first section (I hesitate to use the term movement) labelled Plotting develops a character of wiliness. It represents, in its twisting strands, the plotting of politicians to aggrandise themselves. The bottom 3 parts form an 'undercurrent' to the music as the 5,7 and 9 beat counts overlap and process. The flute and oboe, meanwhile, generate the first melodic strand - which becomes important in the later movements. The opening quaver patterns are passed around the whole ensemble, keeping the rhythmic pulse going. It slips between the anchoring notes of the lower 3 parts, as well as being essential to the development of the flute and oboe melodic material and stopping the bassoon part being too boring! The long winding, rising and falling line on the oboe and flute is deliberately ambiguous in its tonality, leading one to feel it strives upwards, but then loses its way. The frequent dissonances as this line crosses itself in the other parts represents the effect of all the plotting on ordinary people. Before letter B, there are a couple of brief hints of Dies Irae, but I didn’t want that idea to dominate too much. After B and into C, we get the day-to-day chitchat in Westminster, with interjections from many voices proclaiming their message, trying to persuade their colleagues and just leading to confusion and tonal extremism. From letter C to the end of the section is an extended accel/stretto as the discussion gets more heated. Section 2 is titled Scheming. The tempo is faster than the previous section, but the pace is slower. More motives have formed and developed organically out of the rhythm and pitch patterns. The 5/7/9 cross rhythms are now at double speed, giving a fiercer drive to the music. The bassoon and horn, for now, adhere to the longer pulse of the first section, providing something of a harmonic underpinning. At bar 101, the long but now slightly broken narrative line of the first movement returns in modified form. This now provides a backdrop for the rhythmic bartering and ‘back and forth’ of the political day. The section reaches a climax as the political bickering becomes rowdier. Section 3 begins in a relatively happy mood. The bassoon has a jolly capering little motif, later taken up by other members of the ensemble. There are hints of English folk tune-ness in the resulting conversation, perhaps emphasised by the overlays of this pleasant melody from letter D. Letter E is a ‘turning point’ as all the rhythmic pulses finally align again. This is the first time all five parts have played on the same beat since the opening. At Letter G, a pulsing drone is added to the mix, using the quaver version of the pulse. Perhaps representing the soring of politicians. There is a parallel drone added at letter H, these drones use the 5 (bassoon) and 7 (horn) beat pulses. The result is a solid underpinning of the rhythmic and melodic ideas in the upper 3 parts. After letter I comes a reprise of the spritely bassoon motif with dissonant harmonies as the discussion becomes more heated. The little semiquaver figures have the rhythm Mr. Speaker as members of the house shout for attention. In the repeat bars, we hear the Speaker shout Order! Letter J provides an altered reprise of the begi.
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Dolly Suite (for Wind Sextet)
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Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
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Gabriel Faure
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Philip Le Bas
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Dolly Suite
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Philip Le Bas
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Small Ensemble Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.818162 Composed by Gabriel Faure. Arranged by Philip Le Bas. 20th Ce...
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Small Ensemble Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.818162 Composed by Gabriel Faure. Arranged by Philip Le Bas. 20th Century. Score and parts. 113 pages. Philip Le Bas #3590141. Published by Philip Le Bas (A0.818162). Faure’s piano duet entitled Dolly Suite is here arranged by Philip Le Bas for a wind sextet, consisting of a standard wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon) plus bass clarinet. The bass clarinet gives the music more sonority and it allows the arranger more opportunity to bring out Faure’s sumptuous harmonies. Dolly was the nickname of the baby daughter of Emma Bardac, with whom Faure had a long-running affair, and each of the pieces has a slightly different association with childhood.1) The Berceuse (lullaby) is best remembered as the theme tune to the BBC’s Listen with Mother, and its tune is indelibly marked into the memories of generations of radio listeners between 1950 and 1982. It was written for Dolly’s first birthday. (An alternative part for clarinet in A is available for this movement, to avoid the otherwise slightly tricky key signature of F sharp major!)2) Mi-a-ou has nothing to do with cats, but is a version of Dolly’s first attempts to pronounce the name of her brother Raoul. Written for her second birthday, it is a delicate and playful scherzo with lots of cross-rhythms for the instruments.3) Le Jardin de Dolly is regarded by some as the best piece in the collection, with its gorgeous tune and unexpected harmonies, creating an impressionistic picture of a beautiful, peaceful French garden.4) Kitty-Valse again has nothing to do with cats but with the family dog Ketty, who whirls round and round, in unrelenting cheerfulness.5) In Tendresse Faure introduces more chromatic harmonies, used in his later works. As its name and its key of D flat suggests, the music here seems to express deep and shifting emotions associated with intimate relationships, while retaining a sense of calm and comfort throughout.6) The last piece, Le Pas Espagnole is a thrilling journey across the border into the exotic Spanish world of dance. There is much in common with Chabrier’s Espana, and here the wind players can enjoy playing at full tilt in an exciting and tuneful end to the suite.
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces Op.54 No.2 "Gangar"(Norwegian rustic march) - wind quintet
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Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
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Edvard Grieg
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Ray Thompson
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces Op.54 No.2
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RayThompsonMusic
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1312690 Composed by Edvard Grieg. Arranged by Ra...
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1312690 Composed by Edvard Grieg. Arranged by Ray Thompson. 20th Century,Chamber,Romantic Period. 11 pages. RayThompsonMusic #901538. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.1312690). Grieg: Lyric Pieces Op.54  No.2 Gangar  Norwegischer Bauernmarsch  -  Norwegian rustic marchArranged wind quintetClarinet in A (Clarinet in Bb is also provided)Lyric Pieces (Norwegian: Lyriske stykker) is a collection of 66 short pieces for solo piano written by Edvard Grieg. They were published in 10 volumes, from 1867 (Op. 12) to 1901 (Op. 71).The collection includes several of his best known pieces, such as Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen), To Spring (Til våren), March of the Trolls (Trolltog), and Butterfly (Sommerfugl).This is my arrangement of Op.54 No.2 Gangar  (Norwegischer Bauernmarsch  -  Norwegian rustic march)Tempo marking is Allegretto marcato in 6/8My arrangement is NOT tutti throughout.The melody is shared out amongst flute oboe and clarinet.A beutiful tune for your quintet.Grieg later arranged four of the pieces from Op.54 as his Lyric Suite for orchestra.Grieg slightly altered the order of the numbers in the orchestral suite by swapping No. 4 Notturno with No. 3 March of the Dwarfs. The final order of this is:1. Shepherd Boy2. Norwegian March3. Notturno (originally No. 4)4. March of the Dwarfs (originally No. 3).check out my other Grieg arrangements. I have now arranged all 4 of his Lyric Suite for wind quintet.
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces Op.54 No.1"Gjetergutt" (Hirtenknabe - Shepherd's Boy) - wind quintet
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Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
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Ray Thompson
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces Op.54 No.1
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RayThompsonMusic
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SheetMusicPlus
Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1312159 Composed by Edvard Grieg. Arranged by Ra...
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1312159 Composed by Edvard Grieg. Arranged by Ray Thompson. 20th Century,Chamber,Romantic Period. 11 pages. RayThompsonMusic #901021. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.1312159). Arranged wind quintetArranged standard wind quintet.Lyric Pieces (Norwegian: Lyriske stykker) is a collection of 66 short pieces for solo piano written by Edvard Grieg. They were published in 10 volumes, from 1867 (Op. 12) to 1901 (Op. 71).The collection includes several of his best known pieces, such as Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen), To Spring (Til våren), March of the Trolls (Trolltog), and Butterfly (Sommerfugl).This is an arrangement of Lyric Pieces Op.54 No.1 GjeterguttK/A Shepherd's Boy in English. Tempo marking is Andatino in 6/8My arrangement is NOT tutti throughout.The melody is shared out amongst flute oboe and clarinet.A beutiful tune for your quintet.Grieg later arranged four of the pieces from Op.54 as his Lyric Suite for orchestra.Grieg slightly altered the order of the numbers in the orchestral suite by swapping No. 4 Notturno with No. 3 March of the Dwarfs. The final order of this is:1. Shepherd Boy2. Norwegian March3. Notturno (originally No. 4)4. March of the Dwarfs (originally No. 3).check out my other Grieg arrangements.
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces Op.54 No.4 "Notturno" (Nocturne) - wind quintet
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Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
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Ray Thompson
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RayThompsonMusic
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SheetMusicPlus
Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1304669 Composed by Edvard Grieg. Arranged by Ra...
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1304669 Composed by Edvard Grieg. Arranged by Ray Thompson. 20th Century,Chamber,Romantic Period. 12 pages. RayThompsonMusic #894110. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.1304669). Arranged standard wind quintet.Lyric Pieces (Norwegian: Lyriske stykker) is a collection of 66 short pieces for solo piano written by Edvard Grieg. They were published in 10 volumes, from 1867 (Op. 12) to 1901 (Op. 71).The collection includes several of his best known pieces, such as Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen), To Spring (Til våren), March of the Trolls (Trolltog), and Butterfly (Sommerfugl).This is an arrangement of Lyric Pieces Op.54 No.4 NotturnoK/A Nocturne in English. Tempo marking is Andante: dotted crotchet  at 44 and piece is in C majorMy arrangement is NOT tutti throughout.The melody is mainly taken by the oboeA beutiful tune for your quintet.Grieg later arranged four of the pieces from Op.54 as his Lyric Suite for orchestra.Grieg slightly altered the order of the numbers in the orchestral suite by swapping No. 4 Notturno with No. 3 March of the Dwarfs. The final order of this is:1. Shepherd Boy2. Norwegian March3. Notturno (originally No. 4)4. March of the Dwarfs (originally No. 3).check out my other Grieg arrangements.
$9.95
Silent Night (Bb) (Woodwind Quintet - 1 Flute, 1 Oboe, 1 Clar, 1 Hrn, 1 Bassoon)
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Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
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Christmas
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the 1840's, the song was well
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Franz Xaver Gruber
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Regis Bookshar
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Silent Night
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Regis Bookshar
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.813981 Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber. Arranged ...
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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.813981 Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber. Arranged by Regis Bookshar. Christmas,Instructional,Multicultural,World. 7 pages. Regis Bookshar #6635887. Published by Regis Bookshar (A0.813981). Woodwind Quintet - Intermediate - Digital Download. This arrangement of Silent Night, or in German, Stille Nacht, would be a wonderful addition to any music library and could be performed for Christmas concerts, recitals, and, especially, church services. It is equally suitable for junior and senior high school students and even older musicians. Depending on their ability, younger musicians would also enjoy playing this selection. Included are a score and a complete set of parts (7 pages). This selection is one of the many arrangements from The Regis Bookshar Trumpet Ensemble's extensive music library which are being made available for the first time.Silent Night is probably the most popular Christmas carol ever written. It was composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr and was first performed on Christmas Eve at St. Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, a small village in present-day Austria. A young Catholic priest, Father Joseph Mohr, had written the poem, Stille Nacht, in 1816 and had gone to Oberndorf in 1817. The melody was composed by Franz Xaver Gruber, schoolmaster and organist in the nearby village of Arnsdorf. On Christmas Eve, 1818, Mohr brought the words to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for that night's mass, after river flooding had possibly damaged the church organ. The church was eventually destroyed by repeated flooding and has since been replaced with the Silent-Night-Chapel.According to Gruber, Karl Mauracher, an organ builder who serviced the instrument at the Oberndorf church, was enamored with the song, and took the composition home with him to the Ziller Valley in Tyrol, Austria. From there, two traveling families of folk singers, the Strassers and the Rainers, included the tune in their shows. The Rainers were already singing it around Christmas, 1819, and once performed it for an audience that included Franz I of Austria and Alexander I of Russia. They also gave the first performance of the song in the United States in New York City in 1839. By the 1840's, the song was well known and was reported to be a favorite of Frederick William IV of Prussia. During this period, the melody changed slightly to become the version that is commonly heard today. The version of the melody that is generally used today is a slow, meditative lullaby, or pastoral, differing slightly from Gruber's original which has a moderate tempo. The song has been translated into about 140 languages and has been recorded by many singers across many music genres. The version sung by Bing Crosby in 1935, has sold over 10 million copies as a single.In this arrangement of Silent Night, Regis Bookshar has kept the basic form of this familiar Christmas carol, but has also included a descant during the third verse. Also, in addition to this version for a Woodwind Quintet, consisting of 1 Flute, 1 Oboe, 1 Clarinet, 1 French Horn and 1 Bassoon, there are other arrangements of Silent Night available for a variety of instrumental ensembles. There are Quintets and Octets readily available for purchase. Please take the time to look for other versions of this composition. You may find something else that might also suit your needs.I would also encourage you to search for other arrangements by Regis Bookshar, as well, as there are numerous arrangements in a wide variety of styles, also available for purchase. You may find something else which might interest you. Please continue to check periodically because new arrangements are being added as often as possible. I'm certain that this wonderful arrangement of Silent Night will continue to entertain both performers and audiences alike for years to come.
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