Range Requirements for the Horn in Standard Brass Quintet Repertoire
All pitches are for horn in F [bass clef is in new notation]
Octave Designation System:
C B c b c’ b’ c’’ b’’ c’’’
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Lowest Pitch |
Highest Pitch |
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Composer |
Title |
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Amram, David |
Fanfare and Processional |
c# |
b'' |
Arnold, Malcolm |
Quintet No.1 Op. 73 |
c |
b'' |
Arutiunian, Alexander |
Armenian Scenes |
g |
a'' |
Bach, Jan |
Rounds and Dances |
A |
bb'' |
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Laudes |
Bb |
b'' |
Barboteu, Georges |
Astral |
c# |
b'' [highest possible pitch also notated] |
Bazelon, Irwin |
Brass Quintet |
f |
c''' |
Bernstein, Leonard |
Dance Suite |
ab |
cb''' |
Bozza, Eugene |
Sonatine |
c |
a#'' |
Calvert, Morley |
Suite from the Monteregian Hills |
c |
ab'' |
Carter, Elliott |
Brass Quintet |
F# |
c''' |
Cheetham, John |
A Brass Menagerie |
a |
bb'' |
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Scherzo |
c' |
e'' |
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Childs, Barney |
Variations sur une chanson de canotier |
g |
bb'' |
Dahl, Ingolf |
Music for Brass Instruments |
e |
b'' |
Etler, Alvin |
Quintet |
B |
c''' |
Ewald, Victor |
Quintet No. 1, Op. 5 |
b |
gb'' |
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Quintet No. 2, Op. 6 |
a |
f'' |
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Quintet No. 3, Op. 7 |
bb |
gb'' |
Ewazen, Eric |
Colchester Fantasy |
d |
a'' |
Ewazen, Eric |
Frost Fire |
f# |
g'' |
Frackenpohl, Arthur |
Brass Quintet |
f |
g'' |
Gregson, Edward |
Equale Dances |
e |
bb'' |
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Quintet for Brass |
f |
b'' |
Hill, Douglas |
Intrada for Brass Quintet |
c' |
c''' |
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Timepieces for Brass Quintet |
c |
c''' |
Hindemith, Paul |
Plöner Musiktag: Morgenmusik |
g |
c'' |
Horovitz, Joseph |
Music Hall Suite |
g |
g'' |
Hovhaness, Alan |
Six Dances |
g |
g'' |
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Sharagan and Fugue |
d' |
g'' |
Husa, Karel |
Landcapes |
d# |
c''' |
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Divertimento |
f |
f'' |
Koetsier, Jan |
Kinderzirkus, op. 79b |
d |
a'' |
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Brass Quintet, op. 65 |
c |
g'' |
Leclerc, Michel |
Par Monts et Par Vaux |
eb |
bb'' |
Lovelock, William |
Suite for Brass |
B |
b'' |
Lutoslawski, Witold |
Mini Overture |
gb |
c''' |
McCabe, John |
Rounds |
eb |
a'' |
Persichetti, Vincent |
Parable for Brass Quintet |
d |
bb'' |
Plog, Anthony |
Four Sketches (Quintet No. 1) |
eb |
a'' |
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Mosaics (Quintet No. 2) |
eb |
a'' |
Previn, André |
Four Outings |
c |
bb'' |
Renwick, Wilke |
Dance |
c#' |
e'' |
Reynolds, Verne |
Suite for Brass Quintet |
a |
ab'' |
Rieti, Vittorio |
Incisioni |
a |
g'' |
Sampson, David |
Distant Voices |
db |
b'' |
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Morning Music |
g |
a#'' |
Sanders, Robert |
Quintet in B-flat |
Bb |
f'' |
Schuller, Gunther |
Music for Brass Quintet |
c# |
c''' |
Stevens, John |
Fabrics |
c# |
b'' |
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Seasons |
g |
bb'' |
Tilson Thomas, Michael |
Street Song |
d |
b'' |
Tull, Fisher |
Coup de Brass |
b |
a'' |
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Exhibition |
e |
g'' |
Wilder, Alec |
Brass Quintet No. 1 |
db |
b'' |