Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1458050

Composed by Domenico Gallo, Giovanni Pergolesi. Arranged by Ray Thompson. Baroque. 39 pages. RayThompsonMusic #1037022. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.1458050).

Arranged wind quintet

The original baroque music used by Igor Stravinsky for his ballet Pulcinella was originally attributed to Giovanni Pergolesi, as they were so described in a Mr R. Bremner's original 1780 London publication. They were also arranged later by Hugo Riemann, and were again wrongly attributed to Giovanni Pergolesi.

However most of the original music is by Domenico Gallo (including the Finale of the suite), one or two are by Giovanni Pergolesi (including the Menuetto)

The Pulcinella Suite for small chamber orchestra and 3 vocalists which was derived from the ballet, was written in 1922 and has no vocal parts. 

This is the original music he used as the basis of the Sinfonia, Scherzino, Gavotte and Variations and the Minuetto/Finale in the Suite.

But even though Stravinsky used Gallo's and Pergolesi's melodies and bass lines with little change in the earler movements of the Suite he managed to put his own unmistakable stamp on the music through his use of modern harmonies and occasional rhythmic modifications.

However in the Menuetto and Finale he changes things considerably, with more dischordant harmonies and rhythm changes.

My arrangement is of the the original pieces and uses Gallo's/Pergolesi's classical/baroque harmonies.

Check out my other arrangements of other music used by Stravinsky in his Pulcinella Suite..

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1438084

Composed by Domenico Gallo. Arranged by Ray Thompson. Baroque,Chamber,Classical. 11 pages. RayThompsonMusic #1018160. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.1438084).

Arranged wind quintet

This music was originally attributed to Giovanni Pergolesi, as they were so described in a Mr R. Bremner's original 1780 London publication. They were also arranged later by Hugo Riemann, and were again wrongly attributed to Giovanni Pergolesi.

It is actually the 1st movement of Domenico Gallo's 1st Trio Sonata in G.

It was used by Igor Stravinsky as a basis of the first movement (Sinfonia) of his Neo Classical Ballet Pulcinella.

The Pulcinella Suite for small chamber orchestra and 3 vocalists which was derived from the ballet, was written in 1922 and has no vocal parts. 

This is the original music he used as the basis of the Sinfonia.

But even though Stravinsky used Gallo's (Pergolesi's) melodies and bass lines with little change, he managed to put his own unmistakable stamp on the music through his use of modern harmonies and occasional rhythmic modifications.

My arrangement is of the the original Gallo piece:

The only change I have made is to move the bar lines so that my piece starts, as does Stravinsky's, with a quaver pickup, rather than Gallo's half bar and a quaver pickup.

My arrangement is entirely in 4/4 using Gallo's classical/baroque harmonies.

It does not sound too dissimilar to Stravinsky's which sadly will be in copyright for many years.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1457421

Composed by Domenico Gallo/Giovanni Pergolesi. Arranged by Ray Thpmpson. Baroque. 8 pages. RayThompsonMusic #1036444. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.1457421).

Arranged wind quintet

The original baroque music used by Igor Stravinsky for his ballet Pulcinella was originally attributed to Giovanni Pergolesi, as they were so described in a Mr R. Bremner's original 1780 London publication. They were also arranged later by Hugo Riemann, and were again wrongly attributed to Giovanni Pergolesi.

However Most of the original music is by Domenico Gallo (including the Finale of the suite), one or two are by Giovanni Pergolesi (including the Menuetto)

The Pulcinella Suite for small chamber orchestra and 3 vocalists which was derived from the ballet, was written in 1922 and has no vocal parts. 

This is the original music he used as the basis of the Minuetto/Finale.

But even though Stravinsky used Gallo's and Pergolesi's melodies and bass lines with little change in the earler movements of the Suite he managed to put his own unmistakable stamp on the music through his use of modern harmonies and occasional rhythmic modifications.

However in the Menuetto and Finale he changes things considerably, with more dischordant harmonies and rhythm changes.

My arrangement is of the the original two pieces:


My arrangement  uses Gallo's/Pergolesi's classical/baroque harmonies.


Check out my other arrangements of other music used by Stravinsky in his Pulcinella Suite.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1024240

Composed by Kent Piper. Contemporary,World. 14 pages. RKPiper #4582335. Published by RKPiper (A0.1024240).

Geometria is a serial composition*.

Geometria, Latin for geometry, is an arrangement of sound shapes. Beginning with a parallelogram it moves to a square and then to a triangle. At the apex of the triangle the piece retrogrades back through the previous shapes; a mirror image in sound. The parallelogram is achieved by use of canon, the square by homophony and the triangle by staggered entrances.

There are 5 instruments and 5 notes; F, F#, A,C# and Bb. F#,Bb,C# form a major triad, F#,A,C# form a minor triad, A,Bb,C# form trichord 3-3, Bb,C#,F form trichord 3-11 and A,C#,F form trichord 3-12.

Therefore, 5 geometric shapes, 5 instruments, 5 notes, 5 plus harmonic possibilities and 5 players.

*Serial Music - the use of a sequence of notes in a definite order as a thematic basis for a composition and a source from which the musical material is derived.

Serialism was an attempt to escape tonal-centered compositions prior to the twentieth century. It began with Arnold Schoenberg's twelve tone-technique in the early 1900's, though some of his contemporaries such as Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, Luigi Nono and Milton Babbit were also working to establish serialism as a form of post-tonal thinking. Other composers such as Bela Bartok, Luciano Berio, Benjamin Britten, John Cage, Aaron Copland, Olivier Messiean, Arvo Part, Dmitri Shostakovich and Igor Stravinsky used serialism only for some of their compositions.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.555883

Composed by Gabriel Pierne. Arranged by Ray Thompson. 20th Century,Christmas,Concert,Graduation,Romantic Period. 13 pages. RayThompsonMusic #6365207. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.555883).

Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz. His family moved to Paris, after Metz and part of Lorraine were annexed to Germany in 1871 following the Franco-Prussian War. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, gaining first prizes for solfège, piano, organ, counterpoint and fugue. He won the French Prix de Rome in 1882, with his cantata Edith. His teachers included Antoine François Marmontel, Albert Lavignac, Émile Durand, César Franck (for the organ) and Jules Massenet (for composition).

He succeeded César Franck as organist at Sainte-Clotilde Basilica in Paris from 1890 to 1898. He himself was succeeded by another distinguished Franck pupil, Charles Tournemire. Associated for many years with Édouard Colonne's concert series, the Concerts Colonne, from 1903, Pierné became chief conductor of this series in 1910.

His most notable early performance was the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird, at the Ballets Russes, Paris, on 25 June 1910. He remained in the post until 1933 (when Paul Paray took over his duties).
 This arrangement is taken from his album of 6 short  pieces: originally written for piano, and later transcribed by him, for small orchestra
This is no.6 arranged wind quintet

(English Translation: Album for my little friends (Children)

Movts are:

1. Pastorale
2. Farandole
3. La Veillée de l'ange gardien (The vigil of the Guardian Angel)
4. Petite gavotte
5. Chanson d'autrefois (Song of olden times)
6. Marche des petits soldats de plomb (March of the Lead Soldiers)

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.553952

Composed by Gabriel Pierne. Arranged by Ray Thompson. Romantic Period,Sacred. 8 pages. RayThompsonMusic #6346503. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.553952).

Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz. His family moved to Paris, after Metz and part of Lorraine were annexed to Germany in 1871 following the Franco-Prussian War. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, gaining first prizes for solfège, piano, organ, counterpoint and fugue. He won the French Prix de Rome in 1882, with his cantata Edith. His teachers included Antoine François Marmontel, Albert Lavignac, Émile Durand, César Franck (for the organ) and Jules Massenet (for composition).

He succeeded César Franck as organist at Sainte-Clotilde Basilica in Paris from 1890 to 1898. He himself was succeeded by another distinguished Franck pupil, Charles Tournemire. Associated for many years with Édouard Colonne's concert series, the Concerts Colonne, from 1903, Pierné became chief conductor of this series in 1910.

His most notable early performance was the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird, at the Ballets Russes, Paris, on 25 June 1910. He remained in the post until 1933 (when Paul Paray took over his duties).
 This arrangement is taken from his album of 6 short  pieces: originally written for piano, and later transcribed by him, for small orchestra
In addition Pierné also arranged this movement for wind quintet.

(English Translation: Album for my little friends (Children)

Movts are:

1. Pastorale
2. Farandole
3. La Veillée de l'ange gardien (This one) (The Vigil of the Guardian Angel)
4. Petite gavotte
5. Chanson d'autrefois
6. Marche des petits soldats de plomb (March of the Lead Soldiers)

Arranged standard wind quintet

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.553962

Composed by Gabriel Pierne. Arranged by Ray Thompson. 20th Century,Children,Concert,Graduation,Romantic Period. 64 pages. RayThompsonMusic #6370067. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.553962).

Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz. His family moved to Paris, after Metz and part of Lorraine were annexed to Germany in 1871 following the Franco-Prussian War. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, gaining first prizes for solfège, piano, organ, counterpoint and fugue. He won the French Prix de Rome in 1882, with his cantata Edith. His teachers included Antoine François Marmontel, Albert Lavignac, Émile Durand, César Franck (for the organ) and Jules Massenet (for composition).

He succeeded César Franck as organist at Sainte-Clotilde Basilica in Paris from 1890 to 1898. He himself was succeeded by another distinguished Franck pupil, Charles Tournemire. Associated for many years with Édouard Colonne's concert series, the Concerts Colonne, from 1903, Pierné became chief conductor of this series in 1910.

His most notable early performance was the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird, at the Ballets Russes, Paris, on 25 June 1910. He remained in the post until 1933 (when Paul Paray took over his duties).
 This arrangement is taken from his album of 6 short  pieces: originally written for piano, and later transcribed by him, for small orchestra

(English Translation: Album for my little friends (Children)

Movts are:

1. Pastorale
2. Farandole
3. La Veillée de l'ange gardien (The vigil of the Guardian Angel)
4. Petite gavotte
5. Chanson d'autrefois (Song of olden times)
6. Marche des petits soldats de plomb (March of the Lead Soldiers)

The pastorale is the version arranged by Pierné, all other 5 mats are mine.
Alternative bb and F horns are provided.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.553953

Composed by Gabriel Pierne. Arranged by Ray Thompson. Romantic Period. 9 pages. RayThompsonMusic #6347537. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.553953).

Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz. His family moved to Paris, after Metz and part of Lorraine were annexed to Germany in 1871 following the Franco-Prussian War. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, gaining first prizes for solfège, piano, organ, counterpoint and fugue. He won the French Prix de Rome in 1882, with his cantata Edith. His teachers included Antoine François Marmontel, Albert Lavignac, Émile Durand, César Franck (for the organ) and Jules Massenet (for composition).

He succeeded César Franck as organist at Sainte-Clotilde Basilica in Paris from 1890 to 1898. He himself was succeeded by another distinguished Franck pupil, Charles Tournemire. Associated for many years with Édouard Colonne's concert series, the Concerts Colonne, from 1903, Pierné became chief conductor of this series in 1910.

His most notable early performance was the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird, at the Ballets Russes, Paris, on 25 June 1910. He remained in the post until 1933 (when Paul Paray took over his duties).
 This arrangement is taken from his album of 6 short  pieces: originally written for piano, and later transcribed by him, for small orchestra


(English Translation: Album for my little friends (Children)

Movts are:

1. Pastorale
2. Farandole
3. La Veillée de l'ange gardien  (The Vigil of the Guardian Angel)
4. Petite gavotte
5. Chanson d'autrefois (This one)
6. Marche des petits soldats de plomb (March of the Lead Soldiers)

Arranged standard wind quintet

Small Ensemble Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.886693

Composed by Panagiotis Theodossiou. Concert,Contemporary,Standards. Score and parts. 49 pages. Panagiotis Theodossiou #3575033. Published by Panagiotis Theodossiou (A0.886693).

Dance Scenes, for wind quintet, Hear the Voice inside You … (2003). Written in a strict and abstract dodecaphonic style, follows the form of a theme and 12 variations- miniatures   (in the style of Webern) with an epilogue. There is an emphasis between the intervallic and motivic interrelations of the initial tone row and the planning of the work.
In its 2008 version has 4 mouvements:
I.Riddle (to Yannis Christou)
II.Gnome (to Gyorgy Ligeti)
III.Fire Dance (to Arnold Scoenberg)
IV.Choreograpical Variations (to Anton Webern and Igor Stravinsky)
 It has a chorographical character and is dedicated to the composers above, following their compositional style.