Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970)

Nationality: Catalan | Spanish

Born: September 25, 1896, Valls Died: January 5, 1970, Cambridge (age 73)

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Wind Quintet

(for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon)

Duration: 19 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1928 (age 31-32)

1 recording, 2 videos

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9:37

London Wind Quintet

(part 1)

9:36

London Wind Quintet

(part 2)

Teacher

Nationality: Austrian

Born: September 13, 1874, Vienna Died: July 13, 1951, Los Angeles (age 76)

fellow student

Nationality: Greek

Born: March 21, 1904, Halkis, Evia Died: September 19, 1949, Athens (age 45)

Teacher

Nationality: Catalan | Spanish

Born: July 27, 1867, Lérida Died: March 24, 1916 (age 48)

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
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
giocoso, giocando, con gioco, giojoso—humorous, jocose, merry joking
scherzando [I], scherzoso, scherzante—playfully, lively, jestingly
wind quintet, woodwind quintet, Quintetto per fiati [I], Quintette à vent [F], Bläserquintett [G], Quinteto de alientos [S]—ensemble or work for ensemble of five wind instruments, typically flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon. A standard chamber ensemble with variety of timbre as well as a homogeneous blend. wiki