Published in Prague in 1934, this is one of the few compositions that was published during the composer's lifetime. Its first performance took place in Brno on March 24, 1930. With its relative brevity and standard instrumentation (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon), it is gaining in popularity among wind ensembles. The composer structured the quintet as a four-movement suite with the titles Preludio; Preghiera; Ballo eccentrico and Epilogo.