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Author: FredR
Date: 2004-10-11 20:19
The WW Quintet I'm in was asked to play at couple nursing homes. We have enough standard repetoire (most of which too heavy for the envionment)but thought we should have some Christmas/Holiday stuff. Anyone have suggestions of good arrangements. I also remember hearing the "12 days" done as Theme and variations, it included musical styles from Wagner to Jazz to Mozart and even a very dissonate contempoary section. Does this ring a bell to anyone?
Fred
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Author: diz
Date: 2004-10-11 22:10
"too heavy for the environment" --- really, not been my experience.
I've worked with many retirement villages over the last few years and, believe me, there's nothing the oldies hate more than having music dumbed down for them.
Give them something to stimulate their brains, not bring up their tripe.
As to Christmas music, buy some 10 stave manuscript paper and do your own arrangements, if it's just cheesy Christmas tunes they're a piece of cake to arrange.
Without music, the world would be grey, very grey.
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Author: John J. Moses
Date: 2004-10-11 23:39
You are right, diz:
"Give them something to stimulate their brains, not bring up their tripe."
Choose from any of these Woodwind Quintets, and you can't go wrong.
The Andraud Books (the red/orange ones) 21 Quintets
Arnold - Sea Shanties
Barber - Summer Music
Bozza - Variations
Carter - Quintet
Damase - 17 Variations
Danzi - Quintets
Fine - Partita
Francaix - Wind Quintet
Goeb - Quintets 1 & 2
Gould - Pavanne
Hindemith - Kleine Kammermusik
Ibert - "The 3 Bears"
Milhaud - The Chimney of King Rene
Nielsen - Quintet
Persichetti - Pastoral
Piston - Quintet
Ravel - Pavane & Piece in the Form of a Habanera
Reicha - Quintets
Riegger - Blaserquintett
Ropartz - 10 Pieces
Schoenberg - Quintet
Taffanel - Wind Quintet
JJM
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2004-10-13 16:15
Fred,
Bill Holcombe has written lots of serviceable arrangements for Wind Quintet such as (J.S. Bach) Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Musicians Publications, WQ-133.
Contact info is:
Bill Holcombe's Musicians Publications, Inc.
1076 River Road - PO Box 7160
West Trenton, NJ 08628 USA
Phone: 609-882-8139
Fax: 609-882-3182
E-mail: bhmuspub@aol.com
website: http://www.musicianspublications.com/
I am not connected with Mr. Holcombe and do not sell sheet music for profit.
Regards
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