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Oboe quintet

Oboe quintet

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An oboe quintet is a chamber music group of five individuals led by an oboist, or music written for this ensemble.

Usually an oboe quintet consists of an oboe and string quartet. Pieces for five oboes or five members of the oboe family are uncommon (only two are listed below): double reed quintets are not only rare but almost always include a bassoon.

Of the 105 listed quintets, 35 were composed between 1770 and 1825, none in the next 65 years, 3 between 1880 and 1920, 27 between 1920 and 1980, and 40 since.

The most performed and recorded oboe quintets are probably those by Arnold Bax and Arthur Bliss, who both dedicated their pieces to the British oboist Léon Goossens.

Music for oboe and string quartet

These pieces are for oboe, two violins, viola, and cello unless otherwise indicated.

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  1. [N 1]
    Years in italics are estimates, which may be off by more than a decade.
  2. [N 2]
    1. 1-5 in G, F, D, A, and E-flat major, and # 6 in D minor.
  3. [N 3]
    Entitled 'Somerset Pastoral' and 'The Passing of the Faery'
  4. [N 4]
    The oboist also plays the English horn
  5. [N 5]
    Winner of the RPS Composition Prize 1991. Revised in 1999
  6. [N 6]
    Composer's own adaptation from the 4th movement of his 1975 Oboe concerto
  7. [N 7]
    Commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  8. [N 8]
    Alternatively for oboe, horn, violin, viola and cello
  9. [N 9]
    Later arranged for oboe and string orchestra
  10. [N 10]
    In 1935 arranged for oboe and string orchestra as his "Oboe concerto No 1
  11. [N 11]
    Transcribed by the oboist Lajos Lencses. Originally 14 pieces for oboe and piano
  12. [N 12]
    The oboist also plays the English horn and oboe d'amore
  13. [N 13]
    Receive the Daily Telegraph chamber music prize in 1933
  14. [N 14]
    For oboe, violin, viola, cello, and double bass.
  15. [N 15]
    For oboe, violin, two violas, and cello. This is a transcription (a.o. by the oboist Humbert Lucarelli) of Mozart's String Quintet No. 2, which was the composer's own arrangement of his earlier Serenade No. 12 for Winds
  16. [N 16]
    In B-flat, D, F, C, Ar, and E-flat major.
  17. [N 17]
    There is one undated manuscript in the Biblioteca Comunale in Treviso
  18. [N 18]
    Written to be played by either oboe or clarinet.
  19. [N 19]
    Composer's arrangement; originally for oboe and piano
  20. [N 20]
    Porter's last major work; written for the oboist Robert Bloom
  21. [N 21]
    Originally for oboe and piano, in 2003 transcribed for oboe and piano quintet; piano dropped in 2007
  22. [N 22]
    For 2 oboes, oboe d'amore, English horn, and heckelphone
  23. [N 23]
    For oboe, 2 oboe d'amores, and 2 English horns
  24. [N 24]
    For oboe, violin, viola, cello, and piano.
  25. [N 25]
    Published posthumously in 1808, but thought to be an early work
  26. [N 26]
    For oboe, violin, two violas, and horn or bassoon.
  27. [N 27]
    For oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass
  28. [N 28]
    For oboe, violin, viola, cello, and clavichord

References

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    Aho Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  2. [2]
    Baksa Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  3. [3]
    Bax Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  4. [4]
    Bax oboe quintet program notes
  5. [5]
    Bliss Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  6. [6]
    Boccherini Oboe Quintets at allmusic.com
  7. [7]
    Celis Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  8. [8]
    Cerha Oboe Quintet at Doblinger Music Publishing
  9. [9]
    In the stillness of the summer wind at the Canadian Music Center
  10. [10]
    Clarke Oboe Quintet at James Clarke website
  11. [11]
    Druschetzky Quintet at allmusic.com
  12. [12]
    Finzi Oboe Quintet at the Petrucci Music Library
  13. [13]
    Fox Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  14. [14]
    Gow Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  15. [15]
    Hagen Oboe Quintet at Daron Hagen website
  16. [16]
    Jacob oboe quinte at Gordon Jacob website
  17. [17]
    Kreutzer Quintet at allmusic.com
  18. [18]
    Maconchy Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  19. [19]
    Milhaud Oboe Quintet at the Chicago Chamber Musicians website.
  20. [20]
    Milhaud Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  21. [21]
    Muradian Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  22. [22]
    Redgate Oboe Quintet at allmusic.com
  23. [23]
    Hoffmeister oboe quintets at allmusic.com.

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