Standard Quintet Literature

[BriceT]

Hey All,

I'm looking to expand my brass quintet knowledge and maybe start up a local one with some friends. I really want to start out by playing and getting familiar with the standard rep, but new pieces are also fair game. Any advice about Quintet playing in general is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[BVD Press]

Hey All,

I'm looking to expand my brass quintet knowledge and maybe start up a local one with some friends. I really want to start out by playing and getting familiar with the standard rep, but new pieces are also fair game. Any advice about Quintet playing in general is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

A short list for you:

3 Ewald Quintets
Arnold Quintet
Suite from Monteregian Hills - Calvert
Colchester Fantasy and Frostfire - Ewazen

Lots more. If you check out my site:

http://bvdpress.com/" target="_blank

you will find app. 5000 quintets. Shoot me an email if you have questions on any in the catalog.

[Mark]

Lots more. If you check out my site:

http://bvdpress.com/

A good addition to your site would be some top ten lists: top ten serious quintets for brass quintet, top ten wedding requests, top ten Holiday tunes, etc.

[Rick Denney]

Plus the Cheatham Scherzo, and the Bozza Sonatine.

But for a quick, basic repertoire of about half an hour of performable music, the Canadian Brass Book of Advanced Quintets is a great book to have around.

http://www.canadianbrassstore.com/coll- ... 4-adv.html

Even the book of intermediate quintets has several tunes that are usable.

If that's not challenging enough for you, the CB have many of their standards available for purchase as well.

Rick "who has a good collection of quintet music that is beyond his current quintet" Denney

[Charlie Goodman]

Karel Husa - Divertimento
Elizabethan Consort Music (I don't know who this is by, but I've heard a number of quintets play it)
John Stevens - Seasons

This semester my quintet performed Four Pieces for Brass Quintet by Paquito D'Rivera... a very cool piece, with heavy afro-cuban influence. The tuba part's a lot of fun.

[BVD Press]

Lots more. If you check out my site:

http://bvdpress.com/

A good addition to your site would be some top ten lists: top ten serious quintets for brass quintet, top ten wedding requests, top ten Holiday tunes, etc.

When I find some time, I will see what I can do. I will post it all here fist for some feedback!

The Broughton Quintet (3 American Portraits) is quite a cool piece along with the Kerry Turner charts.

[BriceT]

This year my quintet for "State Solo & Ensemble" is playing Three Pieces by Ludwig Maurer. The piece is pretty easy for our group, so how do the works you have listed compare in terms of difficulty?

[hbcrandy]

I see that my publisher, Bryan Doughty of BVD Press and Cimarron Music
http://www.cimarronmusic.com
http://www.bvdpress.com has responded to your posting. I know this is a shameless plug but, check both BVD Press and Cimarron Music for several of my quintet arrangements; "Suite of Royal Marches" (Jeremiah Clarke), "Voluntary # 1" (John Stanley) and "Suite from the Indian Queen" (Henry Purcell). I try to make these arrangements approachable by all brass quintets using reasonable tessitura for all instruments along with idiomatic brass writing.

Bryan's suggestions for standard repertoire are superb. I will also recommend the Robert King arrangements of pieces by Anthony Holborne, Johann Pezel and John Adson as good things to have in your folders. The Robert King versions of the Bach Contrapuncti are also staples of our quintet, the Homewood Brass Consort's repertoire. See us on the web at http://www.homewoodbrass.com.

Best wishes to your new quintet. You are in for an enjoyable chamber music experience.

[JB]

Ryan Anthony has a list on his website:
http://www.ryananthony.com/quintetrepertoire.htm

[MaryAnn]

Lots more. If you check out my site:

http://bvdpress.com/

A good addition to your site would be some top ten lists: top ten serious quintets for brass quintet, top ten wedding requests, top ten Holiday tunes, etc.

When I find some time, I will see what I can do. I will post it all here fist for some feedback!

The Broughton Quintet (3 American Portraits) is quite a cool piece along with the Kerry Turner charts.

Another good addition would be playing level; for example, my quintet can read all three Ewalds but some members are hard-pressed to do the fast 5/4 in #1. The Arnold is well above what we could do. The trumpet players only own Bb trumpets and don't transpose. I suspect this is somewhat typical of "typical amatuer quintets," but people in amateur quintets can often afford to buy lots of music. Music is generally not returnable, and people get pissed off if they buy five pieces and only one of them is useable, and they tend to buy from sources that have better info than just a list of pieces.

But we don't want to play baby stuff either, and have trouble finding music that is both worth playing from a musical standpoint (I am astonished at some of the horrible arrangements out there) and at a level that would be reasonably challenging but not overwhelming.
MA

[dtemp]

Hey guys,

Can someone find that thread where I asked everyone to brainstorm good quintet literature?

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=22910&hilit=quintet" target="_blank

Trying to get off the "foe" list....

[BVD Press]

Another good addition would be playing level; for example, my quintet can read all three Ewalds but some members are hard-pressed to do the fast 5/4 in #1. The Arnold is well above what we could do. The trumpet players only own Bb trumpets and don't transpose. I suspect this is somewhat typical of "typical amatuer quintets," but people in amateur quintets can often afford to buy lots of music. Music is generally not returnable, and people get pissed off if they buy five pieces and only one of them is useable, and they tend to buy from sources that have better info than just a list of pieces.

I have tried to stay away from playing level for a few reasons:

1. It is way to subjective. An easy piece for one group could be quite a difficult chart for others.

2. In some groups, 4 players could be quite strong and one less strong and the chart won't work for them because of this reason.

From my site, please just send me a list of what might interest you and what types of pieces you normally play. From those lists, I can let you know if a pieces or pieces would work for your group. I have played a ton of the charts and if not, I am have probably played charts by the composer or the arranger of the chart.

I don't mind taking a return, but only credit it towards the account or another piece. The purchaser does have to pay the shipping back to me. What I really do not want to see happen is a group buy something, read it once and them file it because it did not work for them. I think we all have a file cabinet full of these charts!

Take care,