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MIXED ENSEMBLE

All of the compositions and arrangements on this page include a link to a YouTube video

              where you can preview the entire score while listening to a recording.

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The last 3 trios on this page have been recorded for commercial release by

prominent professional chamber groups (see red links to

discography entries at bottom of entries )

G and V - ww4
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GAVOTTE AND VARIATION

Gavotte and Variation - G. F. Handel/Richard E Brown
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Grade: 3 

Duration: 1:45

Price: $4.95 

 

Publisher: Dacker Music         

Mixed Woodwind Quartet                                                                                        PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) was one of the most important composers of the late Baroque period. The gavotte is a French dance that was popular during that time. Gavotte and Variation was originally written for keyboard (in Handel's day, it would most likely have been played on the harpsichord).

This is another arrangement that I wrote for my middle school students which I have recently found and decided to make available. This arrangement for mixed woodwind quartet, having been written for a specific group of students, is scored for oboe, 2 Bb clarinets, and Eb alto sax. The oboe part can also be played on flute (with a couple cued notes for young players who don't yet have a strong low C).

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Also available scored for brass quartet and string quartet

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Faure Woodwinds
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FAURE'S PAVANE

Fauré's Pavane - Woodwind Quartet - Richard E Brown
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Grade: 3

Duration: 3:25

Price: $6.50

 

Publisher: Dacker Music

Woodwind Quartet:  Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, Bassoon                                     PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE                                                                                    
 

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) was a French composer, organist, and pianist who, along with his contemporaries Claude Debussy and Gustav Mahler, is often considered a transition figure from the Romantic into the 20th Century periods of music history.

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Fauré's Pavane, Op. 50 of 1886 is one of his best-known compositions. It was, like some of Debussy's music, originally composed for piano but later orchestrated by the composer, and today it is usually heard in that version.

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Also available scored for clarinet quartet and string quartet

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Little Bartok - ww5
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A LITTLE BARTOK SUITE

A Little Bartok Suite - Bela Bartok/Richard E Brown
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Grade: 3

Duration: 4:40

Price: $12.00 

 

Publisher: Dacker Music

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Standard Woodwind Quintet                                                                                           PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE

Great concert and contest repertoire for middle school and young high school players. The 5 very short movements are taken from Bartók’s  Piano Pieces for Children, Vol. 1.

 

Also available scored for standard brass quintet and saxophone quartet.

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The individual movements, with locations on the audio track, are listed below:


1. Poco allegretto       0:00
2. Adagio                    1:05
3. Allegretto                2:11
4. Molto sostenuto      2:40
5. Allegro robusto      3:48

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Shenandoah
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SHENANDOAH 

Shenandoah - Richard E Brown
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Grade: 3 

Duration: 3:00

Price: $16.00 

 

Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse      

Standard Woodwind Quintet                                                                                    PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE

A setting of the popular sea chanty, this might be called my biggest “hit” because it is still in print after nearly 50 years! The promo blurb at the Pepper website calls it “an exceptionally nice arrangement of the well-known folk song; shows the ensemble to great advantage.”

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Schubert Serenade - winds
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SCHUBERT'S SERENADE

Schubert's Serenade - Wind Quartet - Franz Schubert/Richard E Brown
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Grade: 3

Duration: 3:15

Price: $6.50

 

Publisher: Dacker Music

Mixed Wind Quartet:  Oboe, Bb Clarinet, F Horn, Bassoon                                     PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE                                                                                    
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was, along with his older contemporary Beethoven, an important composer in the linking of the Classic and Romantic periods of music history. He is especially remembered for his many lieder (art songs). This Serenade, the best-known of several pieces by Schubert with that designation, was originally written in 1826 as a song for solo voice and piano to a text by Shakespeare. It is one of his most famous melodies and has, over the years, been arranged for many different combinations of instruments

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Also available scored for clarinet quartet and string quartet

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Gershwin Prelude - ww4
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GERSHWIN'S PRELUDE

Gershwin's Prelude - George Gershwin/Richard E Brown
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Grade: 3

Duration: 3:00

Price: $6.50 

 

Publisher: Dacker Music

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Mixed Wind Quartet:  Oboe, Bb Clarinet, F Horn, Bassoon                 PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE                                                                   
George Gershwin's Preludes for Piano of 1926 is probably his best-known work for solo piano. Of the 3 preludes in this set, the second one is the most popular and most often heard. This arrangement for mixed wind quartet is transposed up a semitone from the original C# minor/F# major to the more student-friendly D minor/G major. It gives young wind players an opportunity to enjoy learning some classic Gershwin.

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Also available for clarinet quartet, saxophone quartet, and string quartet

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Simple Gifts
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SIMPLE GIFTS

Simple Gifts - Richard E Brown
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Grade: 3 

Duration: 3:00

Price: $10.00 

 

Publisher: Grand Mesa Music 

Mixed Wind Trio                                                                                                        PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE

 

Copland-inspired polyphonic variations on the popular Shaker song. The melody rotates between the instruments

so everyone gets to play it. Scored for oboe (alt: flute), Bb clarinet, and F horn (alt: Eb alto sax).

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Little Bach ww5
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A LITTLE BACH SUITE

A Little Bach Suite - J. S. Bach/Richard E Brown
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Grade: 3+

Duration: 7:45

Price: $16.00 

 

Publisher: Dacker Music

Standard Woodwind Quintet                                                                              PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE
 

A Little Bach Suite presents some of the great Baroque master's most familiar melodies in a fun-to-play grade 3+ woodwind quintet setting. Great concert and contest repertoire for high school and advanced middle school players.

 

Also available scored for standard brass quintet and saxophone quartet

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The individual movements, with locations on the audio track are listed below.

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1.   Gavotte          0:00                                                                                                       

2.   Musette         1:20                                                                                                                   

3.   Arioso           2:33                                                                                                         

4.   Minuet          4:57                                                                                                              

5.   March           6:31

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Barcarolle
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OFFENBACH'S BARCAROLLE

Offenbach's Barcarolle - Richard E Brown
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Grade: 3+

Duration: 2:00

Price: $5.50

 

Publisher: Dacker Music

Standard Wind Quintet                                                                                           PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE
                  

A barcarolle was originally a traditional Venetian gondolier song, usually in gentle 6/8 meter (think “Santa Lucia”). The name has also long been used in classical music for other compositions in that style. Of a great many barcarolles in the literature, the best-known is probably the duet “Belle nuit, o nuit d’amour “ from Jacques Offenbach’s final opera “Les Contes d’Hoffman.” This is a reasonably faithful arrangement for wind quintet of that famous melody.

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Also available scored for string quartet, brass quintet, and string orchestra

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Court Dances
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ROYAL COURT DANCES

Royal Court Dances - Richard E Brown
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Grade: 5

Duration: 8:30

Price: $12.00 

 

Publisher: Dacker Music

Standard Woodwind Quintet                                                                              PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE
 

Royal Court Dances is a set of three dances for wind quintet that I arranged from my ballet Arthur: King!. The Grail Motif (based on the traditional Dresden Amen) from Wagner's last music drama Parsifal is quoted in the Epilogue.

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Each dance is also available individually (see below)

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The individual dances, with locations on the audio track, are listed below.

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1.   Queen's Dance                                              0:00                                                                                                       

2.   Jester's Dance                                   3:20                                                                                                                   

3.   King's Dance and Epilogue           5:03                                                                                                         

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QUEEN'S DANCE

Queen's Dance - Richard E Brown
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Grade: 5

Duration: 3:20

Price: $4.95

 

Publisher: Dacker Music

Standard Woodwind Quintet                                                                              
 

Royal Court Dances (see above) is a set of three dances for wind quintet that I arranged from my ballet Arthur: King!. This is the first dance in that set. A YouTube score video of the full set is linked above.

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JESTER'S DANCE

Jester's Dance - Richard E Brown
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Grade: 5

Duration: 1:40

Price: $4.95

 

Publisher: Dacker Music

Standard Woodwind Quintet                                                                              
 

Royal Court Dances (see above) is a set of three dances for wind quintet that I arranged from my ballet Arthur: King!. This is the second dance in that set. A YouTube score video of the full set is linked above.

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KINGS'S DANCE AND EPILOGUE

King's Dance and Epilogue - Richard E Brown
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Grade: 5

Duration: 3:30

Price: $4.95

 

Publisher: Dacker Music

Standard Woodwind Quintet                                                                              
 

Royal Court Dances (see above) is a set of three dances for wind quintet that I arranged from my ballet Arthur: King!. This is the third dance in that set. The Grail Motif (based on the traditional Dresden Amen) from Wagner's last music drama Parsifal is quoted in the Epilogue. A YouTube score video of the full set is linked above.

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Humoreske - Hrn Bsn
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HUMORESKE FOR HORN AND BASSOON

Humoreske for Horn and Bassoon - Richard E Brown
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Grade: 4+ 

Duration: 3:15

Price: $9.95 

 

Publisher: Dacker Music      

Unaccompanied Horn and Bassoon Duo                                                          PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE

 

A fun--but challenging--little duet for advanced-intermediate horn and bassoon players. The title reflects some tongue-in-cheek moments in the music. Outstanding recital or even contest repertoire! Guaranteed to make a big hit wherever you perform it.

The bassoon part can also be played on a trigger-equipped trombone, euphonium, cello, or tuba.

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This composition is also available scored for

oboe and bassoon, trumpet and trombone,  and tenor and bass trombones


Separate parts are included to do away with awkward page turns.

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Trio 1
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TRIO No. 1

Koreana

Trio No. 1- Koreana - Trio Casals
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Grade: 6

Duration: 10:00

Price: $16.95 

 

Publisher: Dacker Music      

Standard Piano Trio: Violin, Cello, Piano                                                               PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE

 

Based on themes derived from Korean folk music, TRIO No. 1 (Koreana) is in three movements, which are not presented as folk song settings, but use the melodies as the basis for themes to be developed compositionally. The practice of drawing thematic material for composition from folk melodies is practically as old as the art of composition itself. 
 

The individual movements, with locations on the audio track, are listed below.


1. Chaconne   0:00
2. Scherzo      4:58  
3. Fugue       
7:57

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Recording by Trio Casals: Alexandr Kislitsyn, violin; Ovidiu Marinescu, cello; Anna Kislitsyna, piano

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Released on the solo album Trios and Sonatinas by Navona Records

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Also released on the multi-composer album A Grand Journey, Vol. 1 by Navona Records

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TRIO No. 2

Pastoral

Trio No. 2 - Pastoral - Trio Casals
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Grade: 6

Duration: 12:00

Price: $16.95 

 

Publisher: Dacker Music      

Standard Piano Trio: Violin, Cello, Piano                                                               PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE

 

TRIO No. 2 (Pastoral) is a 3-movement composition for standard piano trio (violin, cello, and piano). It is subtitled "Pastoral" not only to reflect the prevailing style and mood of its music, but also because most of its thematic material--except for the bookend prologue and epilogue--is built from germinal motifs mined from the 1922 Pastoral Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams, to whose memory the work is dedicated. 

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The individual movements, with locations on the audio track, are listed below.


1. Lento - Moderato                               0:00
2. Animato - Tranquillo - Tempo I      4:58 
3. Adagio - Lento                                 
8:27

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Recording by Trio Casals: Alexandr Kislitsyn, violin; Ovidiu Marinescu, cello; Anna Kislitsyna, piano

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Released on the solo album Trios and Sonatinas by Navona Records

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Also released on the multi-composer album A Grand Journey, Vol. 1 by Navona Records

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TRIO FOR VIOLIN, HORN, AND PIANO

Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano - Juventas New Music Ensemble
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Grade: 6

Duration: 14:00

Price: $16.95 

 

Publisher: Dacker Music      

 Violin, F Horn, Piano                                                                                              PREVIEW ON YOUTUBE

 

Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano is inspired by—but definitely not modeled on—the great work for the same instrumentation by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), usually called simply the "Horn Trio" op. 40. Besides belonging to a different period of music and all that entails, this trio is overall on a much smaller scale, lasting roughly half the duration of the Brahms masterpiece and having 3 movements to the Brahms Trio's 4.

 

Much of the thematic material for this composition is drawn from this composer’s 18 New Etudes for the Advancing Horn Student (WaveFront Music LLC - 2021). The 3 movements, with their locations on the audio track, are:

 

     I.  Adagio; Allegro moderato   0:00

   II.  Andante doloroso                  5:44

  III. Allegro con spirito                 9:53

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Recording by members of Juventas New Music Ensemble: Anne Howarth, horn; Ryan Shannon, violin; Julia Scott Carey, piano

 

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Released on the solo album Trios and Sonatinas by Navona Records

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Also released on the multi-composer album Pinnacle, Vol. 3 by Navona Records

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Horn Trio
Trio 2
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