Kendor Music - Woodwind Quintets

Woodwind Quintets

	Allegro From Water Music - Handel / North Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16825 Price: $13.95 The ALLEGRO by George Fredric Handel is, in some ways, a mini-sonata. It starts with a bright rhythmic duet of clarinet and horn supported by an interesting accompaniment. The work progresses to a slow section featuring the upper woodwinds accompanied by the bassoon. And finally, an abbreviated version of the first section ends the work. This adaptation is a great choice for players seeking excellent material. Duration 7:00
	Andante Cantabile (From String Quartet #1, Opus 11) - Tschaikowsky / Finno Grade: 3+ Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16827 Price: $12.95 This arrangement for standard woodwind quintet of the popular second movement of Tschaikowsky's String Quartet #1, Opus 11 features all the elegance and independence of line that has made the original such an enduring classic. This will bring to audiences the sense that they're hearing something that's both familiar and new. Every ensemble member carries equal responsibility for a successful performance.
	Canon In D (NEW) - Pachelbel / Halferty Item: 16836 Price: $0.00
	Canton Landscape (NEW) - Traditional / Wang Grade: 5 Features: 3WW5 Item: 16837 Price: $13.95 Cantonese music has widely influenced the cultures of China and Southeast Asia. This arrangement is based on ancient music from the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1126) dynasties. It portrays wild geese playing in beautiful marshes and flying in blue skies. The ancient poets often wrote about wild geese, believing they represented peace and freedom. Instrumentation for this grade 5 arrangement includes flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, horn in F, and bassoon (opt. sub. Bb bass clarinet). Duration 3:30.
	Carol Of The Bells - Traditional / Halferty Grade: 3 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16841 Price: $9.50 These well-crafted ensemble arrangements of the favorite Ukrainian Carol possess added touches of rhythmic spice, dynamic energy, and beautiful colors that will make these settings the highlight of your next holiday performance.
	Carols For Christmas (NEW) - Various / Halferty Grade: 3-4 Features: Collection Contains: We Three Kings (Hopkins); Jingle Bells (Pierpont);Silent Night (Gruber); Joy To The World; Deck The Halls; We Wish You A Merry Christmas; Ding Dong Merrily On High Item: 16751 Price: $24.95
	Cascades, The - Joplin / North Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16839 Price: $11.95
	Celebrate America - Various / Conley Grade: 3-4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Collection Contains: America, The Beautiful; Yankee Doodle Visits Dixie; The Stars And Stripes Forever; America Item: 16838 Price: $22.95 This grade 3-4 collection includes four works featuring great Americana favorites. With the exception of Stars And Stripes, all are treated in a refreshing contemporary style that will be enjoyable to play and hear. Titles include America, The Beautiful; Yankee Doodle Visits Dixieland; The Stars And Stripes Forever; and America. Instrumentation includes flute, oboe, clarinet, horn in f, and bassoon.
	Ceremonial And Commencement Classics - Various / Uber Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Collection Contains: Triumphal March From 'Aida'; America The Beautiful; The Star Spangled Banner; Pomp And Circumstance Item: 16846 Price: $18.95 These grade 4 arrangements for woodwind quintet are designed for graduation and other ceremonies. Titles include: “Triumphal March From “Aida””, “America, The Beautiful”, “The Star Spangled Banner”, and “Pomp And Circumstance”. Instrumentation includes: flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, horn in f, and bassoon.
	Christmas Jazz Suite, A - Traditional / Arthur Frackenpohl Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Collection Contains: Jingle Bells; We Wish You A Merry Christmas; Jolly Old St. Nicholas Item: 16842 Price: $12.95
	Colonel Bogey March - Alford / Halferty Grade: 3 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16844 Price: $13.95 Scored for standard woodwind quintet, this famous march is guaranteed to get rave reviews from players as well as audiences. In this setting, Halferty makes sure that all members of the ensemble step into the melodic spotlight at one time or another.
	Colonial Sketches - Various / Arthur Frackenpohl Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Collection Contains: Chester; Yankee Doodle; We Gather Together; Free America Item: 16843 Price: $14.95 This well-crafted medley features four early American favorites - William Billings' Chester, the Pilgrim hymn We Gather Together, and two of the most famous marches of the Revolutionary War, Yankee Doodle and Free America (also known as The British Grenadiers). Historic notes about each song are included inside the red, white and blue cover, and melodic material is shared by all.
	Dance Of The Reed Pipes - Tschaikowsky / Halferty Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16847 Price: $8.50
	Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy - Tschaikowsky / Halferty Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16848 Price: $7.50
	Entertainer, The - Joplin / Sacci Grade: 3 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16860 Price: $10.95
	Frosty The Snow Man - Nelson, Rollins / Jarvis Grade: 3+ Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16872 Price: $12.95 This Christmas favorite has been cleverly arranged in a swing style by jazz writer Jeff Jarvis. The popular song by Jack Rollins and Steve Nelson about the happy-go-lucky snow man with the corncob pipe, a button nose and two eyes made out of coal, is arranged here at the grade 3+ level for woodwind quintets, and grade 4 level for trombone quartets. Jarvis’ setting utilizes catchy, yet accessible swing rhythms, and provides brief rests for each player at strategic intervals. Dense, satisfying jazz voicings give this selection a light-hearted, authentic jazz flavor. Duration 2:30.
	Go Tell It On The Mountain - Traditional / Halferty Grade: 3 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16875 Price: $10.95
	Greensleeves - Traditional / Christensen Grade: 3+ Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16877 Price: $8.50 This setting arranged for grade 3+ groups, is also known as What Child Is This?. Regardless of your title preference, Christensen's setting makes perfect programming for any performance venue. Duration 1:40.
	Habanera (from Carmen) - Bizet / Christensen Grade: 3+ Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16880 Price: $8.50
	Hommage A Bartok - Martin / Pizzuto Grade: 1 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16890 Price: $9.50
	Hornpipe (from Water Music) - Handel / Christensen Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16900 Price: $8.50
	Hungarian Rag - Lenzberg / Stanton Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16904 Price: $11.95 This grade 4 arrangement comes from a parody by Julius Lenzberg of Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody #2. Written in 1913, the composition is a great example of the “raggin’-the-classics” style of writing at the turn of the century. Duration 2:55.
	Kinderstucke, Opus 72 (No. 1-3) - Mendelssohn / Stanton Grade: 4-5 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16906 Price: $11.95 Felix Mendelssohn’s “Kinderstücke” was written toward the end of his short life of 38 years, and reflects his love of short character pieces. These grade 4-5 settings make significant additions to the woodwind quintet repertoire.
	Kinderstucke, Opus 72 (No. 4-6) - Mendelssohn / Stanton Grade: 4-5 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16907 Price: $13.95 Felix Mendelssohn’s “Kinderstücke” was written toward the end of his short life of 38 years, and reflects his love of short character pieces. These grade 4-5 settings make significant additions to the woodwind quintet repertoire.
	Largo From The New World (Going Home) - Dvorak / Halferty Grade: 3 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16908 Price: $8.50
	Let It Snow - Styne, Cahn / Christensen Grade: 3 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16910 Price: $8.50
	Magic Flute, The (Overture) - Mozart / Conley Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16913 Price: $11.95 Mozart's opera, “The Magic Flute” is so lively with elements of fantasy and free-flying imagination that it is often the first opera that children are exposed to. It has so much easily accessible charm and so many glorious Mozart tunes that even the novice will be captivated. This grade 4 abridged version of the Overture includes the opening Adagio, but not the short Adagio reprise nor some development. The remaining Allegro is primarily based on a lively theme which moves freely between all instruments. Duration 4:10.
	Maple Leaf Rag - Joplin / North Grade: 5 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16915 Price: $12.95
	March From The Nutcracker Suite - Tschaikowsky / Halferty Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16917 Price: $11.95
	Marriage Of Figaro, The (Overture) - Mozart / Conley Grade: 5 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16918 Price: $15.95 This renowned Mozart Overture is a gem of logic and brilliance. Concessions were made to allow winds to play the extended and busy string parts, but the substance remains. Although not easy - performers capable of grade 5 literature will enjoy performing it. Duration 4:10.
	Old French Dance - Traditional / Gee Grade: 1 Features: Flute, Oboe (Bb Clarinet), Bb Clarinet, Horn in F (Eb Alto Saxophone), and Bassoon (Bb Bass Clarinet) Item: 16933 Price: $8.50 This 16th Century dance in 2/4 time, called a Bransle, has been arranged for woodwind quintet by Harry Gee. The grade 1 setting has substitute parts to provide greater flexibility; 2nd Bb clarinet for the Oboe part, Eb Alto Saxophone for the Horn in F part, and Bb Bass Clarinet for the Bassoon part. Though in technical demands this piece provides beautiful variety in color and texture. Duration 1:40.
	Overture To The Nutcracker Ballet - Tschaikowsky / North Grade: 5 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16935 Price: $11.95
	Pink Panther, The - Henry Mancini / Christensen Grade: 3 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16940 Price: $8.50
	Polka - Shostakovich / Jerry Smith Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16950 Price: $12.95
	Puttin' On The Ritz - Berlin / Halferty Grade: 3+ Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16955 Price: $11.95 Frank Halferty offers this next version of the famous Berlin classic scored for woodwind quartet. The instrumentation consists of flute, oboe, clarinet, horn in F, and bassoon.
	Romance In Bb - Christensen Grade: 3 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16980 Price: $7.50
	Selections From Songs Without Words, Volume 1 - Mendelssohn / Stanton Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Collection Contains: Morning Song; Venetian Boat-Song; Venetian Boat-Song No. 2; Venetian Boat-Song No. 3;The Shepherd's Complaint; The Joyous Peasant Item: 16987 Price: $18.95 The Felix Mendelssohn collection “Songs Without Words” is a set of many short piano character pieces. Although firmly entrenched in the Romantic idiom, some of these delightful pieces foreshadow the Impressionistic style. The grade 4 pieces in this collection have been expertly adapted for woodwind quintet by Harry Stanton, and include: Morning Song (Op. 62, No. 4), Venetian Boat-Song (Op. 19, No. 6), Venetian Boat-Song, No. 2 (Op. 30, No. 6), Venetian Boat-Song, No. 3 (Op. 62, No. 5), The Shepherd’s Complaint (Op. 67, No. 5), and The Joyous Peasant (Op. 102, No. 5).
	Selections From Songs Without Words, Volume 2 - Mendelssohn / Stanton Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Collection Contains: Tarantella (Op. 102, No. 3); Faith (Op. 102, No. 6); Boat Song (Op. 102, No. 7); Hunting Song (Op.19, No. 3); The Adieu (Op. 85, No. 2); Folk Song(Op. 53, No. 5) Item: 16988 Price: $23.95 The Felix Mendelssohn collection “Songs Without Words” is a set of many short piano character pieces. Although firmly entrenched in the Romantic idiom, some of these delightful pieces foreshadow the Impressionistic style. The grade 4 pieces in this collection have been expertly adapted for woodwind quintet by Harry Stanton, and include: Tarantella (Op. 102, No. 3), Faith (Op. 102, No. 6), Boat Song (Op. 102, No. 7) Hunting Song (Op. 19, No. 3), The Adieu (Op. 85, No. 2), Folk Song (Op. 53, No. 5).
	Shenandoah - Traditional / Halferty Grade: 3+ Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 16989 Price: $8.50 This grade 3+ treatment of the classic folk melody is a sure winner for woodwind quintets. With its rich harmonies, contrasting tonal colors, and flowing legato lines, this arrangement provides a wealth of material that will create a wonderful performance experience for both audience and performer. Duration 3:10
	Sorcerer's Apprentice, The - Dukas / Christensen Grade: 3 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 17005 Price: $11.95
	Spring Into Swing - Niehaus Grade: 3+ Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 17006 Price: $11.95 This lighthearted original gives players outside normal jazz circles a chance to swing with the best of them. As is true of all of Lennie's ensemble materials, the parts in these quintets are an interesting mix of independent lines and tutti passages.
	Stars And Stripes Forever - Sousa / Halferty Grade: 4 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 17009 Price: $16.95 This all-time audience favorite by John Phillip Sousa is now available for grade 4 woodwind quintet. Whether it’s programmed as an encore, performed for contest, or included in a summer concert, this arrangement is sure to be a hit and a core part of any quintet’s repertoire. Instrumentation includes flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, horn in F and bassoon (also transposed for bass clarinet). Duration 3:30.
	Troika - Prokofiev / Christensen Grade: 3 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Item: 17015 Price: $11.95 While living in Paris in 1933, Sergei Prokofiev wrote the score for Lt. Kije, a film that was never made. A year later he crafted an orchestral suite from the same material, and it is from that second work that this familiar Sleigh Ride theme originates. Beautifully scored with optional sleigh bells, it isn't hard to imagine the bone-chilling Russian winters of Prokofiev's youth.
	Wedding Album For Woodwind Quintet - Various / Kaisershot Grade: 3 Features: Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon Collection Contains: Bridal March From Lohengrin (Wagner); Air From Water Music (Handel); Bist Du Bei Mir(Bach); Hornpipe From Water Music (Handel) Item: 17017 Price: $13.95 Expertly orchestrated for standard woodwind quintet by veteran writer, Kevin Kaisershot, this grade 4 collection includes all the most popular music for weddings. Titles include: Bridal March From Lohengrin (Wagner); Air From?Water Music (Handel); Bist Du Bei Mir (Bach); and Hornpipe From Water Music (Handel).

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