Guy Ropartz Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (; 15 June 1864 – 22 November 1955) was a French composer and conductor. His compositions included five symphonies, three violin sonatas, cello sonatas, six string quartets, a piano trio and string trio (both in A min ...

's Two Pieces for Wind Quintet (Deux pièces pour quintette à vent) is a composition for

wind quintet A wind quintet, also known as a woodwind quintet, is a group of five wind players (most commonly flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon). Unlike the string quartet (of 4 string instruments) with its homogeneous blend of sound color, the i ...

composed in 1924, published in 1926 by Durand, and first performed in 1927. In 1978 it was recorded on LP by the Boehm Quintette for the Orion label, along with wind quintets by

Irwin Bazelon Irwin Bazelon (June 4, 1922 in Evanston, Illinois, Evanston, Illinois – August 2, 1995) was an Americans, American composer of contemporary classical music. Contemporary American composer Irwin Bazelon's music is known for its interesting ...

and

Franz Danzi Franz Ignaz Danzi (15 June 1763 – 13 April 1826) was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi (1730–1798) and brother of the noted singer Franzeska Danzi. Danzi lived at a significant time i ...

. In a review of the recording in ''

Fanfare A fanfare (or fanfarade or flourish) is a short musical flourish which is typically played by trumpets (including fanfare trumpets), French horns or other brass instruments, often accompanied by percussion. It is a "brief improvised introdu ...

'', Joel Flegler described the work as "pleasantly innocuous, in that well-crafted, inconsequential way of every French wind work I've ever heard." The piece also appears on the 1998 CD, ''Woodwind: The Danish Wind Quintet''.

Structure

The work is scored for a quintet of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn and is structured in two

movements Movement may refer to: Generic uses * Movement (clockwork), the internal mechanism of a timepiece * Movement (sign language), a hand movement when signing * Motion, commonly referred to as movement * Movement (music), a division of a larger c ...

of differing

tempo In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or from the Italian plural), measured in beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given musical composition, composition, and is often also an indication of the composition ...

s : # ''Lent'' (slow). Duration: 4 minutes, 42 secondsDurations are based on ''Woodwind: The Danish Wind Quintet'' (1998). Fønix Musik CD FMF 1145. . # ''Vif'' (lively). Duration: 4 minutes, 56 seconds

References

External links

* Compositions by Guy Ropartz Compositions for wind quintet 1926 compositions {{chamber-composition-stub