Woodwind quartet

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Not to be confused with wind quartet.
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A woodwind quartet (or wind quartet) is a musical ensemble for four

concertino group in a concerto grosso.[1][2]

Sound

The woodwind quartet contains four instruments from different subgroups of the woodwind family. This gives the ensemble a wide range with different timbres in different ranges. The flute and oboe provide the high tones, the bassoon the low tones, and the clarinet both the high and low tones.

woodwind quintet, which has a larger repertoire.[1]

Roles

Since the professional repertoire for this ensemble is limited, few professional woodwind quartets exist.[1] The woodwind quartet, as well as chamber music as a whole, is commonly used as an educational ensemble in schools and universities. Many works for the ensemble exist at varying difficulties, allowing for musicians of different skills to participate in the ensemble. Works for the woodwind quartet that are often performed are Heitor Villa-Lobos' Quartet (1928)[4] and Elliot Carter's Eight Etudes and a Fantasy (1950).[1] Some composers have also added the piano or harp to the woodwind quartet, such as Franz Danzi in his Quintet in F major, Op. 53.[5]

In addition to its use as a chamber ensemble, the woodwind quartet may function as a concertino group in a concerto grosso. Examples are the Quadruple Concerto for woodwind quartet and orchestra (1935) by Jean Françaix, and the Concerto Grosso for woodwind quartet and wind ensemble (1959) by Heitor Villa-Lobos.[4] Paul Hindemith added a harp to the woodwind quartet in his Concerto for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, harp, and orchestra (1949).[citation needed]

Woodwind quartet repertoire

20th century

  • Karl Goepfart (1859–1942), Wind Quartet in D minor, Op. 93 (1907)
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959), Quartet, for flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon (1928)
  • Jean René Désiré Françaix
    (1912–1997), Quartet for winds (1933)
  • Frank Bridge (1879–1941), Divertimenti (Prelude, Nocturne, Scherzetto, and Bagatelle) (1934–1938)
  • Arthur Berger (1912–2003), Quartet for Winds in C Major (1941)
  • Jesús Bal y Gay (1905-1993), Divertimento para cuatro instrumentos de viento (1942)
  • Elliott Carter (1908–2012), Eight Etudes and a Fantasy for woodwind quartet (1950)
  • Milton Babbitt (1916–2011), Woodwind Quartet (1953)
  • Tadeusz Baird (1928–1981), Divertimento for flute, oboe, clarinet & bassoon (1956)
  • Mario Davidovsky (born 1934), Three Pieces for woodwind quartet (1956)
  • Nancy Van de Vate (1930–2023), Woodwind Quartet (1964)
  • Steven R. Gerber (born 1948), Woodwind Quartet (1967)
  • Gloria Coates (1938–2023), Five Abstractions of the Poems by Emily Dickinson, for woodwind quartet (1975)

21st century

  • Michael Edward Edgerton (born 1961), le Critérion, for woodwind quartet (2000/2008)
  • David Carlson (born 1952), Woodwind Quartet (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon) (2010)
  • Pablo Kunik (born 1970), Aires de Buenos Aires, Opus 1 (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon) (2019)
  • Ricardo Matosinhos (born 1982), Suite Açaí (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon) (2016)

Notable wind quartets

References

  1. ^ a b c d Rasmussen, Mary; Mattran, Donald (1966). A Teacher's Guide to the Literature of Woodwind Instruments. Durham, NH: Brass and Woodwind Quarterly. pp. 197–198.
  2. ISBN 978-0-8108-6728-4
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  3. ^ Anon., "What Is a Woodwind Quartet?", WiseGeek.com (accessed 26 May 2015).
  4. ^
    OCLC 48045814
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  5. ^ Houser, Roy. Catalogue of Chamber Music for Woodwind Instruments. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University School of Music. p. 103.
  6. ^ "Tetrawind".
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