Title: Early Development of the Woodwind Ensemble
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The Early Development of the Wind Quintet
Content: 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. Reicha was adopted by his uncle-a virtuoso cellist, concert director, and composer-after the death of his  father only ten months after he was born. “ After the family moved to Bonn  in 1785, Reicha played the violin and the flute (his main instrument) in the Hofkapelle under his uncle’s direction,  alongside Beethoven and C.G. Neefe.” [ 8] In 1789 he entered Bonn University where he met Haydn. When he moved to Hamburg, because of the French invasion of Bonn, he vowed not to perform any more and  instead taught piano, harmony, and composition. In 1881 he became professor at  the Paris Conservatoire, and in 1835 successor to Boieldieu.