Scores & Links

IMSLP (score)
Arthur Bliss

Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)

Nationality: English
Born: August 2, 1891, London Died: March 27, 1975, London (age 83)
wikipedia | imslp

Oboe Quintet, F. 21

(for 2 violins, viola, cello and oboe)
6:44 I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro assai agitato
7:41 II. Andante con moto
5:45 III. Vivace
Duration: 22 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1927 (age 35-36)
Published: 1928 (age 36-37)
Dedication: Mrs Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
4 recordings, 8 videos
autoopen autoplay
21:51
Rachel Bullen, Michael Gurevich, Benjamin Bowman, Michel Camille, Franz Ortner
5:14
Melos Ensemble
I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro assai agitato
6:38
Melos Ensemble
II. Andante con moto
5:44
Melos Ensemble
III. Vivace
8:14
Alex Klein, Vermeer Quartet
I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro assai agitato
8:44
Alex Klein, Vermeer Quartet
II. Andante con moto
5:45
Alex Klein, Vermeer Quartet
III. Vivace
20:22
Melos Ensemble (complete)

Related Composers

1900 2000 WWI WWII Charles Stanford (1852-1924) Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Charles Wood (1866-1926) Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Cyril Rootham (1875-1938) Arthur Bliss (1891-1975) Roy Harris (1898-1979) Roger Nixon (1921-2009)
Charles Stanford
Charles Stanford (1852-1924)
Teacher
Nationality: Irish | English
Born: September 30, 1852, Dublin Died: March 29, 1924, London (age 71)
Edward Elgar
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Teacher
Nationality: English
Born: June 2, 1857, Broadheath Died: February 23, 1934, Worcester (age 76)
Charles Wood
Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Teacher
Nationality: Irish
Born: June 15, 1866, Vicars' Hill, Armagh Died: July 12, 1926, Cambridge (age 60)
Gustav Holst
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Teacher
Nationality: English
Born: September 21, 1874, Cheltenham Died: May 25, 1934, London (age 59)
Cyril Rootham
Cyril Rootham (1875-1938)
Teacher
Nationality: English
Born: October 5, 1875, Bristol Died: March 18, 1938, Cambridge (age 62)
Roger Nixon
Roger Nixon (1921-2009)
Student
Nationality: American
Born: August 8, 1921, Tulare, CA Died: October 13, 2009, Burlingame, CA (age 88)
Roy Harris
Roy Harris (1898-1979)
Student
Nationality: American
Born: February 12, 1898, Chandler, OK Died: October 1, 1979, Santa Monica, CA (age 81)

glossary

  • agitato, agité [F]—agitated, restless, excited
  • allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
  • andante [I]—moderately slow tempo (e.g. walking). Faster than adagio but slower than allegretto
  • assai—very much. Intensifies the direction of its neighboring words, e.g. "allegro assai", very fast
  • chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
  • con [I,S]—with
  • moto, con moto, di moto—motion, with motion. Somewhat more lively than its context would suggest, e.g. "andante con moto", a little more lively than andante
  • quintet, quintette [F], quintett [G], quintetto [I]—an ensemble / work for 5 players, the typical examples being string quintet (with second viola or cello), piano quintet or woodwind quintet
  • sostenuto [I], soutenu [F]—sustained, perhaps a bit slow
  • vivace—brisk, lively tempo faster than allegro