Walter Piston (1894-1976)

Nationality: American

Born: January 20, 1894, Rockland, ME Died: November 12, 1976, Belmont, MA (age 82)

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Wind Quintet

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

Duration: 20 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1956 (age 61-62)

1 recording, 4 videos

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5:06

Sierra Wind Quintet

I. Animato

7:48

Sierra Wind Quintet

II. Con tenerezza

2:52

Sierra Wind Quintet

III. Scherzando

4:30

Sierra Wind Quintet

IV. Allegro comodo

Student

Nationality: American

Born: December 11, 1908, New York Died: November 5, 2012, New York (age 103)

Student

Nationality: American

Born: December 10, 1922, Philadelphia Died: January 4, 1999, Cincinnati (age 76)

Student

Nationality: American

Born: December 3, 1914, Boston Died: August 23, 1962, Natick (age 47)

allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
animato, animé [Fr]—lively; animated
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
comodo [I], commodo—comfortable, unhurried, easy
con [I,S]—with
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
scherzando [I], scherzoso, scherzante—playfully, lively, jestingly
teneramente [I], tenero, con tenerezza, tendrement [F], tendre—tenderly, lovingly, gently
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