Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet A Clarinet,Bassoon,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1474496 Composed by Frederic Chopin. Arranged by Ray Thompson. 19th Century,Religious,Romantic Period. 8 pages. RayThompsonMusic #1052119. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.1474496). Chopin wrote a number of preludes for piano solo. His cycle of 24 Preludes, Op. 28, covers all major and minor keys.In addition, Chopin wrote three other preludes: a prelude in C? minor, Op. 45; a piece in A? major from 1834; and an unfinished piece in E? minor. These are sometimes referred to as Nos. 25, 26, and 27, respectively.This is no 6 in B minorIt is quite short - 28 bars longThis prelude was played at Chopin's funeral on organ.Its melancholy melody is primarily given to the pianist's left hand.Rather than giving the melody to the bassoon, I have given it primarly to the clarinet, with the 8 bar middle section given to the bassoonArranged here for wind quintetNOTE: CLARINET PART IS FOR CLARINET IN ACheck out my other version (transposed into C minor, which has a Bb clarinet partCheck out my other Chopin arrangements of some of his other Preludes (including Raindrop) and of Nocturne No.2.
