Title: Early Development of the Woodwind Ensemble
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The Early Development of the Wind Quintet
Content: Franz  Danzi (1763–1826) was the composer son of Innocenz Danzi. Danzi was a cellist  in the courts of Munich and Württemburg and the Kapellmeister in Karlsruhe. “ Although  his public career, like that of most court musicians, revolved around his work for the operatic stage, Danzi composed in all  major genres. From the early 1790s until 1825 he published chamber and orchestral  works.” [ 7] Opus 56,67, and 68 are wind quintets and the best known of Danzi’s  compositions. Just as the previous composers’ works for wind quintet, Danzi  does not take advantage of the full ranges and technical capabilities of the instruments. The few technical passages in these works are scalar or arpeggiated chords and are limited to the flute and clarinet. Again, Danzi did not experiment with different combinations of instruments and he  kept the pieces in common meters. If  Haydn was the father of the string quartet, Anton Reicha (1770–1836) is the father of the woodwind quintet. Reicha was a Czech composer who was active in all aspects of music in both France and Austria.