The Adagio, Op. 30, for Double Wind Quintet was composed in 1897 while Converse was studying with Rhinberger. The choice of instrumentation and key (E-flat major) point to a familiarity with the
By Heinrich Baermann and arranged for Solo Clarinet and Clarinet Choir by K. Tod Kerstetter.
Although Georg Friedrich Handel was German by birth, and had a successful career in his native land, he also carved out a successful career as a composer of Italian opera, which was in vogue at the time. He
Dreams of the White Tiger is a work that had a complicated path to completion. Upon receiving this commission, I contacted several of my friends (Jeff McCray, Matt Morris, and Richard Ramey) and
Introduction and Fantasia is a whimsical piece based on the Protestant hymn known as the Doxology. After a short introduction, the oboe enters with the main theme accompanied by a fluttering flute.
Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair is one of the most enduring, and popular American songs of all times. Characterized as a parlor song, it was written by Stephen Foster, and published by Firth, Pond
Music for Springtime was inspired in part by Samuel Barber's woodwind quintet Summer Music, a staple of the repertoire written in 1956. My work is a not an homage to Barber's, but does
Johan Fredrik Grenser (c.1758-1795) came from a distinguished family of German-Swedish musicians. A composer and woodwind player, he authored 6 Partitas for Woodwind Quintet of 2 Bb Clarinets, 2 Horns and
Since it's premier on December 18th, 1892 in the Imperial Marinsky Theater, The Nutcracker has grown enormously in popularity. For American ballet companies alone, it accounts for at least 40% of
Arranged by Carl Rath. Includes Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Fat Bottomed Girls, The March of the Black Queen, Radio Ga Ga, The Show Must Go On, Somebody to Love, and
This three movement composition for string quintet, scored for 3 violins, viola and cello, falls under the heading of program music as it paints unmistakable pictures of pastural/country life. Each of the
This arrangement of the Rite of Spring is scored for wind quintet and piano. While there is some necessary musical redistribution, the iconic solo lines remain on their original
Music for Springtime was inspired in part by Samuel Barber's woodwind quintet Summer Music, a staple of the repertoire written in 1956. Music for Springtime is a not an homage to Barber's work but
Rontgen composed two woodwind quintets which he dedicated "to Mrs. Coolidge." He evidently never sent these to her as neither work is among the massive collection of manuscripts she left to the Library of