Brandt’s Woodwind Quintet List – Z

Zádor, Jenő (1894-1977)

Wind Quintet (1972)

Zafred, Mario (1922-1987)

Quintetto (1952)

Milano: G. Ricordi, 1954

London: Boosey & Hawkes

Sinfonietta

Milano: G. Ricordi & Co., 1975

Zagwijn, Henri (1878-1954)

Quintetto (1948)

Amsterdam: Donemus, 1948

Duration: 12:00.

Zahab, Roger

Doubles Keening (1991)

Hornist also plays a large tom with hard stick. Duration: 6:00. Single movement. Written in dedication to a friend of the composer who died of AIDS at age 33, for the Solaris Quintet. The composer describes the work as “…both a funeral wail and a reaching after the fleeting shadows of our lives.” See also: http://www.rogerzahab.net/

Ron Klimko describes the composition as “expanded tonal style, it is a beautiful tribute to the memory of his lost friend.” (The Double Reed, Vol. 24, No. 3, 1991)

Your Offending Kiss (1998)

Akron, Ohio: Roger Zahab, 1998

Duration: 4:00. Written for the Solaris Quintet.

Zahradnik, Zdenek (1936- )

Woodwind Quintet (1967)

Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)

Zaimont, Judith Lang (1945- )

When Angels Speak – Fantasy for Wind Quintet (1987)

Pub.: Sounds Alive!

Commissioned by the Vox Nova Woodwind Quintet. Duration: 11:00. You may contact the composer at http://www.jzaimont.com/ or at the Univ. of Minnesota. Recorded by the Manhattan Wind Quintet.

The New York Times: “The piece begins and ends with imposing octaves, but at its heart seems to be a kind of heavenly gossip, with the angels graciously, sometimes lyrically, nattering on about this and that. It is well conceived for the instruments and goes down pleasantly, the final impression stronger than pleasantness: there is feeling in the discourse as well, but it is not insisted upon.”

Wind Quintet No. 2 “Homeland” (2001)

Minneapolis, Minn.?: Jeanne, 2004

Duration: 16:50. Movements: I: Forest into Fields; II: Echo (Intermezzo); III: Meditation and Dance. Commissioned for the Bergen Wind Quintet (Norway).

Zalman, Nathan

Quintet

Nashua, N.H.: Falls House Press, 2004 (available now: King of Prussia, Pennsylvania: Theodore Presser Company, https://www.presser.com/)

The work was written to honor the memory of Nelson Hauenstein, noted former Professor of Flute at the University of Michigan, and one of the composer’s teachers.

Zámečník, Evžen (1939- )

Bläserquintett

Manuscript.

Composer is Czech.

Suite (1974)

Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)

Duration: 11:00. Recorded Panton.
See also: http://www.vol.cz/SDMUSIC/CZMIC/comp/zamecnik.htm

Czech Notes

Medina, Texas: Fest-Musik-Haus, Herbert Bilhartz

Described as a “good natured concert polka.”

Zamecnik, John Stepan (1872-1953)

Allegro Giubiloso

Ft. Lauderdale: Sam Fox Music, 1937

La Gondoliera

Ft. Lauderdale: Sam Fox Music

The Sacrifice (arr. Robert Broemel)

TrevCo Music Publishing

Zamecnik was an American composer who wrote a body of “photoplay” music for silent films, from which this is a part. He also published music under a wide number of pseudonyms, including Dorothy Lee, Lionel Baxter, R.L. (Robert) Creighton, Arturo de Castro, “Josh and Ted”, J. (Jane) Hathaway, Kathryn Hawthorne, Roberta Hudson, Ioane Kawelo, J. Edgar Lowell, Jules Reynard, F. (Frederick) Van Norman, Hal Vinton and Grant Wellesley. (ref: Wikipedia)

Zander, Hans (1905-1985)

Quintet

Wolfenbuttel, Germany: Moseler Verlag

Zander, Heinz Joachim(1920-2010)

Capriccio for double woodwind quintet

Simrock (see Schott catalog)

Zanettovich, Daniele (1950- )

Sette partite sopra una canzone a ballo

Adliswil, Switzerland: Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia

Zaninelli, Luigi (1932- )

Musica Drammatica, for woodwind quintet and optional percussion.

Delaware Water Gap, Pa., Shawnee Press 1968

For flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon, with optional
percussion (2 players). Duration: 6:15.

Three Children’s Dances for woodwind quintet

Delaware Water Gap, Pa.: Shawnee Press, 1971

Dance Variations (1962)

Delaware Water Gap, Pa.: Shawnee Press, 1962

Burla (Burlesca?) and Variations

Delaware Water Gap, Pa.: Shawnee Press

also:

Musica Drammatica for woodwind quintet and percussion

Delaware Water Gap, PA: Shawnee Press, 1968

Zappa, Enric Andrew (1953- )

Serenade, woodwind quintet

New York: Seesaw Music, 1996

Zappa, Frank (1940-1993)

Time’s Beach

Frank Zappa Munchkin Music (U.S.), 1985

Oboe doubles on English horn.

Wind Quintet

North Hollywood, CA: Munchkin Music, 1984

Recorded by the Calico Winds in an album “all in one” on sine nomine records, #9801.

Number 6 (1981)

Munchkin Music

Duration: 2:00. It is possible that these last two pieces are different listings for the same work.

Zarharias, Walter (1909- ?)

Canto serioso, Op. 37 (1952)

Manuscript

Duration: 10:00.

Zebinger, Franz (1946- )

5x Advent, Op. 162a (2005)

manuscript

Duration: 12:00. See also: http://db.musicaustria.at/node/67954

JEDERMANN – kroatisch (2003)

Manuscript

Duration: 18:00. Broadcast on ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk. The word “Jedermann” could mean everyone or, perhaps, in English, Everyman.

also:

Dorfstucke für Bläserquintett und gemischter Chor (1998) for mixed choir and woodwind quintet

manuscript

Duration: 12:00.

Zehavi, Oded(1961- )

Vidui (1990)

Hornist doubles on Shofar. A photocopy found in the Samuel Baron Collection of the Juilliard School Lila Acheson Wallace Library.

Zehelein, Alfred (1902-1978)

Quintett, Op. 58 (1955)

Manuscript

Zehm, Friedrich (1923-2007)

Bläserquintett (1955)

Manuscript

Duration: 16:00. Movements: Andante sostenuto-Allegro; Scherzo; Andante espressivo; Allegro con brio. See also: http://www.zehm.eu/index.html

Kontraste, 5 Stücke für Bläserquintett (1984)

Manuscript

Duration: 16:00. Movements: Capriccioso; Scherzoso; Con eleganza; Largo elegiaco; Allegro ironico.

also:

Schwierigkeiten un Unfälle mit 1 Choral (Satire für einen Dirigenten un 10 Bläser) for double woodwind quintet

Mainz: Schott’s Söhne

Duration: 10:00. It appears that each player and the conductor take turns playing a wide variety of unusual instruments, including toy instruments and percussion: Trillerpfeife (police whistle?), Ratsche (ratchet?), Sirenenpfeife (siren whistle?), Knackfrosch, Vogelpfeife (another bird whistle), Autohupe (car horn?), Kuckuckspfeife (Cuckoo Fife?), Rassel (Rattle?), Peitsche (whip?) and Kindertrompete (toy trumpet). The second bassoon also doubles on contrabassoon, 2nd flute doubles piccolo, 1st clarinet doubles E clarinet.

Zehnder, Max (1901-1972)

6 Miniaturen (1969)

Manuscript: Swiss Music Archive, Zurich

Duration: 12:00.

Zelenka, Istvàn (1936- )

Chronologie (avant-pendant-après) (1965) for flute, oboe, horn, bass clarinet and bassoon.

Wien: Verlag Doblinger 1966 1967

Zelenka, Ivan (1941- )

Paleta (1977)

Zelezny, Lubomir (1925-1979)

Dechovy kvintet (woodwind quintet) (1969)

Praha: Cesk Hudebni Fond, 1976

Duration: 11:00.

Zelinka, Jan Evangelista (1893-1969)

Die Luft kostenlos, Op. 75 (1933) for woodwind quintet and trumpet

Zeljenka, Ilja (1932-2007)

Wind Quintet No. 1 (1977) for woodwind quintet and percussion (5 tomtoms and bongos)

Bratislava: Hudobny fond

First performed by the Bratislave Wind Quintet. “5tom” probably refers to tom-toms, “5bon” to bongos. A brief sound sample is available: https://hc.sk/data/audio/Zeljenka_Dychove_kvinteto_c_1_zaciatok.ogg

Wind Quintet No.2 (1993)

Bratislava: Hudobny fond

Duration: 16:00. Dedicated to and premiered by the Istropolis Quintet.

Wind Quintet No. 3 (1998)

Bratislava: Hudobny fond

Duration: 13:15.Movements: Andante cantabile; Allegretto giocoso. Dedicated to and premiered by the Istropolis Quintet.

Deux morceau pour TAL – quintetto (2000)

Bratislava: Hudobny fond

Movements: Largo; Allegro giusto. Duration: 10:00.Movements: Largo; Allegro giusto.

also:

Music for Madrigalists and Wind Quintet on poetry by Christian Morgenstern (1980)

See Music Centre Slovakia, http://hc.sk/en/

For mixed choir and quintet. Based on a poem “Der Rabe Ralf” by Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914).Duration: 12:00. See also: http://hc.sk/en/hudba/osobnost-detail/27-ilja-zeljenka . Premiered by the Slovenski madrigalisi and the Bratislava Wind Quintet. A brief sound excerpt is available online: https://hc.sk/data/audio/Zeljenka_Hudba_pre_madrigalistov.ogg

In addition to these wind quintets, the composer also wrote a number of trios and quartets for winds. (To be listed here in the future.)

Zemlinsky, Alexander von (or Zemlinszky) (1871-1942)

Humoreske (Rondo) (1939)

Vienna: Universal Edition, 1993, 1978

Available from the International Music Score Library Project. http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page (not in the public domain in the U.S.)

Zemlinsky was a friend and brother-in-law to Arnold Schoenberg, but does not appear to have emulated Schoenberg’s composition techniques. He fled Germany in 1933 to Austria, then left Austria after the Anschluss in 1938 and eventually landed in New York. The Humoreske was written at a time he was struggling to make a living in the U.S., likely before he had a stroke in the fall of 1939. In contrast with his gloomy prospects after leaving Europe, the Humoreske is a spright, happy, melodic, 1-movement work with some technical sections. Recommended for student and professional quintets. [ Andrew Brandt ]

Zemzaris, Imants (also spelled Zenzaris)(1951- )

Four Preludes on a Theme by Alfrēd Kalniņš (Četras prelūdijas par Alfrēda Kalniņ a tēmu) (1981)

Riga, Latvia: Musica Baltica, Ltd., https://www.musicabaltica.com/

Duration: 16:00. Movements: Allegretto; Allegretto; Allegretto; Andante, rubato. Recorded by the Carion Quintet. You can download their Program Notes from their recording. Alfrēd Kalniņš was a nineteenth century Latvian composer.

Zender, Hans (1936- )

Quintett for Winds, Op. 3 (1950)

London: Boosey & Hawkes

Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1953 /

New York: Associated Music Publishers, 1953

Zhu, Dun

SEE Dun Zhu

Zhvanetskaia, Inna (Zvaneckaja)(1937- )

Six Pieces for Wind Quintet (1969)

Zich, Jaroslav (1912-2001)

Malà Serenáda (Little Serenade) (1974)

Praha: Panton, 1982

Flute doubles on piccolo. Duration: 14:00. Movements: Marcia; Danza; Finale.

It’s dangerous commenting after just hearing excerpts, but there seems to be no full recordings available of this work online. The Czech MusicBase website (www.musicbase.cz) has one-minute excerpts of each of the three movements on its site. They indicate that the work is a light, melodic, often jouncy, piece. It doesn’t sound too difficult, technique-wise. Creating a recording of the work just to share with others would be a good project for a quintet, if you can find a copy. [ Andrew Brandt ]

Scherzo für Bläserquintett (1932)

Ziehrer, Carl (or Karl) Michael (1843-1922)

Katzen-Polka, Op. 441 (arr. Friedrich Gabler)

Wien: Doblinger

Zieritz, Grete von (1899-2001)

Serenade (1965)

Berlin: Astoria Verlag, 1968

Mainz: B. Schott Sohne, https://en.schott-music.com/

Mainz: Astoria Verlag, 2010

Duration: 14:15.

Ziffrin, Marilyn (1926- )

Concerto for viola and woodwind quintet (1977-1978)

Also see the Sigma Alpha Iota site: http://www.sai-national.org/home/ComposersBureau/ZiffrinMarilynJ/tabid/439/Default.aspx

Zika, Richard (1897-1947)

Suite (1936)

Zilch, Josef (1928- )

Happy-Birthday – Heitere Variationen für Bläserquintett

München: K.O.M.-Musikverlag, 1997

Also a version for string quartet.

Variations over a Bavarian Zwiefachen – für Bläserquintett

Zilcher, Hermann (1881-1948)

Bläserquintett in Vier Satzen, Op. 91

Heidelberg: W. Muller, Suddeutscher Musikverlag, 1944 /

Kassel-Wilhelmshohe: Barenreiter & Neuwerk

Movements: Frühling; Sommer; Herbst; Winter (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter).

Zillig, Winfried (1905-1963)

Lustspielsuite (1934)

Kassel-Wilhelmshohe: Barenreiter & Neuwerk, 1963

Zimmer, Ján (1926-1993)

Dychové kvinteto (Woodwind Quintet), Op. 61 (1968)

Bratislava: Slovensky Hudobny Fond

Duration: 10:00.

Zipp, Friedrich (1914-1997)

Serenade für Bläserquintett

Wolfenbuttel: Moseler Verlag, 1964

Ziv, Nadav (1960- )

Brief Visions of Childhood (1999)

Tel Aviv: Israel Music Center

Duration: 10:00.

Woodwind Quintet (1987)

Tel Aviv: Israel Music Center

Duration: 5:00.

Živković, Mirjana (1935-2020)

Duvacki kvintet (Wind Quintet) (1962)

Movements: Adagio; Allegro. See also: http://www.mirjanaz.com/ (in Serbian?) Written while still a student at the Belgrade Music Academy, she later studied with Olivier Messiaen and Nadia Boulanger in Paris.

Zlatić, Slavco(1910-1993)

Bläserquintett (1950)

Zöller, Carl (Zoller, Zoeller, Carli) (1840-1889)

Quintett in F, Op. 132 (ca. 1883)

London, W. D. Cubitt Son & Co., 1883

Movements: Allegro moderato; Andante cantabile; Scharzo; Finale: Allegro vivace. Parts available for download from the International Music Score Library Project:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Wind_Quintet_in_F_major,_Op.132_(Zoeller,_Carli)

Zoephel, Klaus (1929- )

Quintett

Leipzig: Edition Peters, 1973

Movements: 1. Lebhaft, fröhlich; 2. Leicht schlendernd; 3. Sehr rasch; 4. Nicht zu schnell.

Zohrabyan, Achot (also spelled Zograbian) (1945- )

Chant Matinal (1983)

Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1987

This single-movement work was first performed in Prague in 1984. See also the Living Composers Project: http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/zohrabya.htm

Quintet (1984)

Possibly an alternate listing for the Chant Matinal.

Zonn, Paul Martin (1938-2000)

Liberata III, Concerto for Woodwind Quintet (1969)

Grinnell, Iowa: Music Press, 1969 /

New York: American Composers Alliance

Duration: 15:00. See also: http://www.paulmartinzonn.com/

Zorzor, Stefan (1932- )

Cvintet Pentru Suflātori (Quintet for Winds)(1967)

Movements: 1. Deschidere; 2. Mìscare; 3. Fantezie; 4. Cor; 5. Glumǎ; 6. Fuga; 7. Incheiere. A PDF of the manuscript score may be downloaded from https://arsventus.ro/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ZORZOR-%C8%98tefan-Woodwind-Quintet.pdf .

Zouhar, Vít (1966- )

The Time of Good Hopes (Čas dobrých nadějí) (1986)

Duration: 7:45. See also: http://www.vol.cz/SDMUSIC/CZMIC/comp/zouharv.htm or http://khv.upol.cz/staff/Vit-Zouhar. Vít is son of Zdenek Zouhar (below).

Zouhar, Zdeněk (1927-2011)

“151”, Music for Woodwind Quintet (1958)

Prague: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)

Zdenek is father to Vít Zouhar (above).

Tri tance pro dechove kvinteto I (Three Dances for Wind Quintet I) (1961) (from the ballet Tale of Princess Robotence)

Hudebni Informacni Stredisko http://www.musicbase.cz/

Music for Wind Quintet II “In memoriam patris mei” (1981-82)

Miniaturen, Op. 39

Praha: Cesky Hudebni Fond (Czech Music Foundation)

Zrno, Felix (1890-1981)

Cestou (English: On the Way; German: Unterwegs) Suite for Wind Quintet (1930)

Letní den (English: A Summer’s Dayl German: Sommertag) Suite for Wind Quintet (1944)

also:

Putovali hudci (Wandering Musicians? Gypsies?) Suite (1956) for woodwind quintet and violin

Zuan, Liu

Spring Moonlight and Flowers over the River

Recorded by the Albion Ensemble on PROUDSOUND RECORDS (Oxford, England) as PROU CD142.

Ron Klimko, in a review of the recording described it as a, “traditional Chinese work” and “a delicate, quiet showpiece.” Written ca. 1985.

Zucker, Laurel

Galapagos Wind Quintet

Blacksburg, Virginia: Cayambis Music Press, 2016 (www.cayambismusicpress.com/

Zuckerman, Mark(1948- )

Fair Winds (2011)

New York: American Composers Alliance, 2015, https://composers.com/

Duration: 9:00. Movements: Flourish; Fanfare; Divertimento. See also: http://www.mazicmusic.com/ .

All In (2021)

New York: American Composers Alliance, 2021

Duration: 4:00. See https://composers.com/

also:

Close Reeding for oboe, B clarinet, E alto saxophone, B bass clarinet and bassoon (2017)

New York: American Composers Alliance

Zuckert, Leon (1904-1992)

Little Prince in Montreal (1968)

Toronto: Canadian Music Centre, https://www.musiccentre.ca/

Duration: 25:00. Movements: 1. Hotel dining room; 2. A stroll through Expo ’67; 3. Nostalgia I; 4. Nostalgia II; 5. Sunrise at Dorval Airport; 6. Dream on the flight home.

Zuidam, Robert (1964- )

Octet (1992) for woodwind quintet, 2nd flute, English horn, bass clarinet

See Donemus Foundation

Duration: 21:00. 1st flute doubles on piccolo, 2nd flute doubles on alto flute, bassoon doubles on contrabassoon.

Zupko, Ramon (1932- )

Four Fantasies (1979)

New York, N.Y.: C.F. Peters, 1979, EP 66864

Based on a four stanza poem of T.S. Elliot, each stanza becoming a movement. Movements: The winter evening settles down, The morning comes to consciousness, You tossed a blanket from the bed, His soul stretched tight. Duration: 20:00. Listed as highly difficult work. First performed by the Western Michigan University Woodwind Quintet. See also: http://www.pastorob.com/pastorob%20song%20lyrics/ramon_zupko.htm#Complete_Catalogue

Encore Pieces (arr. Henry Aaron?)

Zur, Menachem (1942- )

Concertino (1973) for woodwind quintet

Seesaw Music Corp., 1973

Duration: 12:00.

also:

Woodwind Quintet No. 13 with marimba (Sextet)

Newton Centre, Mass.: Margun Music, 1981

The numbering is suspect, since there don’t appear to be quintets numbering 1-12. See Sextet below.

Suite no. 1 for tuba and woodwind quintet: from Suite no. 1 for tuba and piano: Effie suite

Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, 1991

1. Effie chases a monkey, 2. Effie falls in love, 3. Effie takes a dancing lesson, 4. Effie joins the carnival, 5. Effie goes folk dancing, 6. Effie sings a lullaby.

Suite for baritone saxophone, French horn, and woodwind quintet

Sextet for marimba and wind quintet (1977)

Newton Centre, MA: Margun Music, 1977

Probably an alternate listing for the Quintet No. 13.

Žuraj, Vito (1979- )

Moonballs (2015) for woodwind quintet and ensemble

Ljubljana: Edicije DSS, 2015

For woodwind quintet plus an ensemble of trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass. Duration: 12:00. Commissioned by the Slowind Festival in 2015. Premiered by the Slowind Woodwind Quintet and Ensemble Contrechamps with the Slovenian Philharmonic in Ljubljana, Slovenia. See also: https://vitozuraj.com/

From the composer’s website: “How does an audience imagine a composer at work? … What, though, would it look like when he goes on holiday? Lying on the beach, sipping the milk of a young coconut while listening to the sound of the sea and the cicadas, the sand swirling between his toes? … Perhaps, too, he is occasionally to be found at the tennis court, idly lobbing moon balls at his opponent. A bit of guitar music to go with that? Why not…? (trans. Alwyn Tomas Westbrooke)

Contour (2012)

Order from the composer’s website: https://vitozuraj.com/

Flutist plays piccolo; oboist plays English horn; clarinet plays E clarinet; bassoonist plays contrabassoon. (Hornist just plays horn.) Duration: 13:00. Premiered June 6, 2012 at the Hochschule für Musik Saarbrücken, Germany, by members of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrucken Kaiserslautern. A short excerpt is available on the composer’s website.

Concertino (2005) for solo French horn and woodwind quartet

Order from the composer’s website: https://vitozuraj.com/

For flute, doubling piccolo, oboe, bass clarinet and bassoon with solo horn. Duration: 11:00. Three movements played without pause. Premiered at the Galery of Contemporary Art in Celje, Slovenia by hornist Andrej Žust with Wind Quintet Ariart.

Zwedberg, Tommy (1946- )

Care of: for wind quintet (1976)

Stockholm: Svensk Musik, 1994

Duration: 5:30.

Duett for quintet and tape (1981-1982)

Stockholm: Svensk Musik

Duration: 9:00.

Zyman, Samuel (1956- )

Woodwind Quintet (1989)

Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Theodore Presser, 1997

Duration: 20:00. See Youtube video of the Harlaxton Quintet performing this work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=644cF7v6nAw

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