Title: Early Development of the Woodwind Ensemble
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The Early Development of the Wind Quintet
Content: his court had a large number of wind players in the orchestra. “ A  flood of symphonies, instrumental concertos, wind chamber music and sonatas give testimony to the beneficial effects of the  early years at Wallersein.” [ 5] Rosetti wrote twenty-six pieces for wind ensemble. Included in these works was Partita in E-flat, K.  2b:17, a work scored for flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, and English horn. Because  of the fact that the piece includes English horn instead of the traditional French horn, it is not a woodwind quintet by today’s  standards, but it is the first documented work to utilize a combination of five winds, specifically orchestrated in this manner. Modern arrangements of this piece have substituted the horn for the English horn. Because the work is at such an early stage of instrumental writing, the technical  possibilities of each instrument are not exploited. The fast passages are short  and diatonic and the range of each instrument is narrow. The bassoon is used  as an accompanying instrument to the other winds, and the flute carries most of the melody. The  first composer to write for the modern wind quintet was Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini (1746–1825).