A wind quintet, also known as a woodwind quintet, is a group of five wind players (most commonly flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon). Unlike the string quartet (of 4 string instruments) with its homogeneous blend of sound color, the instruments in a wind quintet differ from each other considerably in technique, idiom, and timbre. The modern wind quintet sprang from the octet ensemble favored in the court of Joseph II in late 18th century Vienna: two oboes, two clarinets, two (natural) horns, and two bassoons. The influence of Haydn's chamber writing suggested similar possibilities for winds, and advances in the building of these instruments in that period made them more useful in small ensemble settings, leading composers to attempt smaller combinations. It was Anton Reicha's twenty-four quintets, begun in 1811, and the nine quintets of Franz Danzi that established the genre, and their pieces are still standards of the repertoire. Though the form fell out of favor in the latter half of the 19th century, there has been renewed interest in the form by leading composers in the 20th century, and today the wind quintet is a standard chamber ensemble, valued for its versatility and variety of tone color. Notable wind quintet composers Eighteenth century Antonio Rosetti (ca. 1750–1792) One quintet, for flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, and bassoon Nineteenth century Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809), a quintet for two oboes, clarinet, natural horn, and bassoon Giuseppe Cambini (1746–1825), three quintets Franz Danzi (1763–1826), nine quintets Johann Georg Lickl (1769–1843), one quintet Anton Reicha (1770–1836), twenty-four quintets, as well as some independent movements George Onslow (1784–1853), one quintet, op. 81 Giulio Briccialdi (1818–1881), three quintets Paul Taffanel (1844–1908), one quintet August Klughardt (1847–1902), one quintet Twentieth century Guy Ropartz (1864–1955), one quintet Carl Nielsen (1865–1931), one quintet Gustav Holst (1874–1934), one quintet Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), one quintet Theodor Blumer (1881–1964), four quintets Percy Grainger (1882–1961), two quintets Wallingford Riegger (1885–1961), one quintet Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959), one quintet Jacques Ibert (1890–1962), one quintet Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981), one quintet Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), one quintet Walter Piston (1894–1976), one quintet Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), one quintet Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970), one quintet Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), one quintet Ernst Krenek (1900–1991), two quintets Ruth Crawford-Seeger (1901–1953), one quintet Claude Arrieu (1903–1990), one quintet Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000), one quintet Mátyás Seiber (1905–1960), one quintet Jaroslav Ježek (1906–1942), one quintet Alec Wilder (1907–1980), twelve quintets Otto Mortensen