©2008 James Boldin

Brass Quintet

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:

Octave Designation

C   B    c   b   c’   b’   c’’  b’’   c’’’

 

 

Lowest Pitch

Highest Pitch

 

 

Composer

Title

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''

 

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''

 

Scherzo

c'

e''

 

 

 

 

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''

 

Quintet No. 2, Op. 6

a

f''

 

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''

 

Quintet for Brass

f

b''

Hill, Douglas

Intrada for Brass Quintet

c'

c'''

 

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''

 

Sharagan and Fugue

d'

g''

Husa, Karel

Landcapes

d#

c'''

 

Divertimento

f

f''

Koetsier, Jan

Kinderzirkus, op. 79b

d

a''

 

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''

 

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''

 

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''

 

Seasons

g

bb''

Tilson Thomas, Michael

Street Song

d

b''

Tull, Fisher

Coup de Brass

b

a''

 

Exhibition

e

g''

Wilder, Alec

Brass Quintet No. 1

db

b''