Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Oboe - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.844851 Composed by Felix Alexandre Guilmant. Arranged by Phil Beaman. Romantic Period,Standards. 16 pages. Phil Beaman #5741649. Published by Phil Beaman (A0.844851). Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) was a Parisian organist, performer, and composer. This Marche was originally written for organ in his pedagogical books. I have arranged it for Instrumental Quartet in typical Romantic Symphonic style and I have filled it with expressive markings to bring out the incredible drama of this piece. There is a Trio style section in the sub-dominant key which I treat as an instrumental duet. The piece is Advanced Intermediate realizing that it pushes many of the instruments to both extremes of their ranges. It is furthering challenging due to the plethora of romantic accidentals including double sharps and double flats and constant dynamic changes. This piece amply rewards you in the end with a very impressive and dramatic repertoire performance piece.  

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.580779 Composed by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Contemporary. 13 pages. David Warin Solomons #6096999. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.580779). Instrumental quartet based on my choral piece The Choir in the Rain which is a sequence of limericks written and set to music by the composer imagining the scene if a choir were made to sing in the rain, complete with colds, coughs, sneezes and fever.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.579416 Composed by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. 8 pages. David Warin Solomons #3047865. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.579416). Instrumental quartet based on my vocal quartet (also available on this site and

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.579163 Composed by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Contemporary. 15 pages. David Warin Solomons #2548925. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.579163). Miniature for instrumental quartet.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Oboe - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.845172 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Phil Beaman. Classical,Romantic Period,Sacred,Standards. 24 pages. Phil Beaman #6293705. Published by Phil Beaman (A0.845172). Busslied (Penance) was composed by the Master, L. van Beethoven. It is the sixth of the Sechs Lieder (Six Songs), published in 1803, which foreshadowed the Art Songs of the Romantic Era. Originally for Voice and Piano, I have arranged it for Instrumental Quartet. My arrangement stays true to Beethoven's intent to capture the passion of the original text in the music. (The texts are all sacred poems by Gellert.) Without the presence of lyrics I needed to create musical interest and interpretation, so I realized inner voices and polyphony out of his original homophonic accompaniment. I added new shape to individual lines, altered phrasing, elaborated rhythms, and in true Beethoven style added more dynamic markings. The mood and meaning are now stunningly portrayed through music alone. Busslied is in three sections; Penance, the Impassioned Plea, and Acceptance and Absolution. Each section has a different key, a different tempo, and a different style. The final section has some virtuosic extended runs for some instruments.  

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.845167 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Phil Beaman. Classical,Romantic Period,Sacred,Standards. 8 pages. Phil Beaman #6293527. Published by Phil Beaman (A0.845167). Vom Tode (Death) was composed by the Master, L. van Beethoven. It is the third of the Sechs Lieder (Six Songs), published in 1803, which foreshadowed the Art Songs of the Romantic Era. Originally for Voice and Piano, I have arranged it for Instrumental Quartet. My arrangement stays true to Beethoven's intent to capture the passion of the original text in the music. (The texts are all sacred poems by Gellert.) Without the presence of lyrics I needed to create musical interest and interpretation, so I realized inner voices and polyphony out of his original homophonic accompaniment. I added new shape to individual lines, altered phrasing, elaborated rhythms, and in true Beethoven style added more dynamic markings. The mood and meaning are now stunningly portrayed through music alone. Vom Tode is full of subtle dissonances as it solemnly, but Faithfully, contemplates the end of life. There is a rhythmic ostinato for the unrelenting march to Him.  

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.580272 Composed by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Contemporary,Multicultural,World. 16 pages. David Warin Solomons #3879257. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.580272). Instrumental quartet based on my song setting of a poem written for me in Armenian by James Russell when he left London

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.956817 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Woods Only. Baroque,Christian,Easter,Instructional,World. 10 pages. Woods Only, Arrangements #6404199. Published by Woods Only, Arrangements (A0.956817). This instrumental quartet version was created with ensemble practice in mind for beginning music school students who want more contact with baroque music, ideal also for liturgical performances in churches, since it is a sacred work. This version lasts 3:19 minutes with the original melody adapted with the harmony divided between the voices of the performers.Jesu joy of man's desiring or Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe (I am happy to have Jesus) is a chorale from the cantata 147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben or Heart and mouth and deed and life from the B. W. V 147 catalog composed by Johann Sebastian Bach around 1723, where the same music in different stanzas of a chorale closes both parts of the cantata.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.956783 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Woods Only. Baroque,Easter,Instructional,Sacred,World. 7 pages. Woods Only, Arrangements #6384945. Published by Woods Only, Arrangements (A0.956783). Arioso is part of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cantata 156 which corresponds to the same number in his B.W.V. catalog. The symphony was probably derived from an earlier oboe concerto and was later adapted as part of Bach's Concerto for harpsichord in F minor. This instrumental quartet version was created with ensemble practice in mind for beginning music school students who want more contact with Baroque music, ideal also for liturgical performance in churches, as it is a sacred work. This version lasts 2:25 minutes with the original melody adapted with the harmony divided between the voices of the performers.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.580864 Composed by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,A Cappella,Christmas,Contemporary,Jazz. 14 pages. David Warin Solomons #6247171. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.580864). Instrumental quartet based on my Comic song parodying the old Christmas carol Past three o'clock.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.579426 Composed by George Bennard. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Christian,Easter,Sacred. 6 pages. David Warin Solomons #3052891. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.579426). I know that there are some fairly ornate instrumental quartet versions of George Bennard's hymn The Old Rugged Cross.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Oboe - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.845260 Composed by Z Noskowski. Arranged by Phil Beaman. Baroque,Classical,Romantic Period. 14 pages. Phil Beaman #6505871. Published by Phil Beaman (A0.845260). Zygmunt Noskowski was the great Polish composition professor. He is best known for his symphonic works, but also wrote many piano pieces based on dances. I have taken his piano Gavotte and freely arranged it for Instrumental Quartet.  This brisk piece is lively with a busy texture. I have crafted 4 independent lines that are each of equal importance and the focus quickly shifts from one part to the other. The lines rhythmically weave together, answering each other. The real interest in the piece is the constantly changing and contrasting dynamics and articulation. Often every beat of the bar has a different articulation, and the individual parts rarely have the same articulation at the same time. (i.e., One part might be slurred while another part is playing staccato and yet another is accented.) This complexity of texture creates energy and excitement. A great piece to spice up any concert with a fun smile.  This composition is a fusion of multiple eras; originally written during the Romantic period, but with many Classical elements and a Baroque form and style, to which I add some Contemporary touches.  Notes and rhythms are Intermediate, but adding all of the markings at this pace makes it Advanced Intermediate.6 page score, 2 page parts2:10 minutes

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.845161 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Phil Beaman. Classical,Romantic Period,Sacred,Standards,Wedding. 7 pages. Phil Beaman #6293491. Published by Phil Beaman (A0.845161). Bitten (Prayer) was composed by the Master, L. van Beethoven. It is the first of the Sechs Lieder (Six Songs), published in 1803, which foreshadowed the Art Songs of the Romantic Era. Originally for Voice and Piano, I have arranged it for Instrumental Quartet. My arrangement stays true to Beethoven's intent to capture the passion of the original text in the music. (The texts are all sacred poems by Gellert.)  Without the presence of lyrics I needed to create musical interest and interpretation, so I realized inner voices and polyphony out of his original homophonic accompaniment. I added new shape to individual lines, altered phrasing, elaborated rhythms, and in true Beethoven style added more dynamic markings. The mood and meaning are now stunningly portrayed through music alone. Bitten begins with soft prayerful moving lines with all four parts weaving together. Then as the prayer begins to plead the intensity increases and it moves to more chordal progressions.  

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.580558 Composed by J. Hotteterre. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Baroque,Contemporary. 13 pages. David Warin Solomons #5306587. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.580558). Expanded and extended version of Hotteterre's Cotillon, for instrumental quartet

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.845168 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Phil Beaman. Classical,Concert,Sacred,Standards. 7 pages. Phil Beaman #6293577. Published by Phil Beaman (A0.845168). Die Ehres Gottes aus der Natur (The Glory of God in Nature) was composed by the Master, L. van Beethoven. It is the fourth of the Sechs Lieder (Six Songs), published in 1803, which foreshadowed the Art Songs of the Romantic Era. Originally for Voice and Piano, I have arranged it for Instrumental Quartet. My arrangement stays true to Beethoven's intent to capture the passion of the original text in the music. (The texts are all sacred poems by Gellert.) Without the presence of lyrics I needed to create musical interest and interpretation, so I realized inner voices and polyphony out of his original homophonic accompaniment. I added new shape to individual lines, altered phrasing, elaborated rhythms, and in true Beethoven style added more dynamic markings. The mood and meaning are now stunningly portrayed through music alone. Die Ehres Gottes is full of joyous majesty and wonder. It has been made into a popular anthem and hymn under the title The Heavens Are Telling.