Range Requirements for the Horn in Standard Brass Quintet Repertoire
All pitches are for horn in F [bass clef is in new notation]
Octave Designation System:
C B c b c’ b’ c’’ b’’ c’’’
Lowest Pitch | Highest Pitch | ||
Composer | Title | ||
Amram, David | Fanfare and Processional | c# | b” |
Arnold, Malcolm | Quintet No.1 Op. 73 | c | b” |
Arutiunian, Alexander | Armenian Scenes | g | a” |
Bach, Jan | Rounds and Dances | A | bb” |
Laudes | Bb | b” | |
Barboteu, Georges | Astral | c# | b” [highest possible pitch also notated] |
Bazelon, Irwin | Brass Quintet | f | c”’ |
Bernstein, Leonard | Dance Suite | ab | cb”’ |
Bozza, Eugene | Sonatine | c | a#” |
Calvert, Morley | Suite from the Monteregian Hills | c | ab” |
Carter, Elliott | Brass Quintet | F# | c”’ |
Cheetham, John | A Brass Menagerie | a | bb” |
Scherzo | c’ | e” | |
Childs, Barney | Variations sur une chanson de canotier | g | bb” |
Dahl, Ingolf | Music for Brass Instruments | e | b” |
Etler, Alvin | Quintet | B | c”’ |
Ewald, Victor | Quintet No. 1, Op. 5 | b | gb” |
Quintet No. 2, Op. 6 | a | f” | |
Quintet No. 3, Op. 7 | bb | gb” | |
Ewazen, Eric | Colchester Fantasy | d | a” |
Ewazen, Eric | Frost Fire | f# | g” |
Frackenpohl, Arthur | Brass Quintet | f | g” |
Gregson, Edward | Equale Dances | e | bb” |
Quintet for Brass | f | b” | |
Hill, Douglas | Intrada for Brass Quintet | c’ | c”’ |
Timepieces for Brass Quintet | c | c”’ | |
Hindemith, Paul | Plöner Musiktag: Morgenmusik | g | c” |
Horovitz, Joseph | Music Hall Suite | g | g” |
Hovhaness, Alan | Six Dances | g | g” |
Sharagan and Fugue | d’ | g” | |
Husa, Karel | Landcapes | d# | c”’ |
Divertimento | f | f” | |
Koetsier, Jan | Kinderzirkus, op. 79b | d | a” |
Brass Quintet, op. 65 | c | g” | |
Leclerc, Michel | Par Monts et Par Vaux | eb | bb” |
Lovelock, William | Suite for Brass | B | b” |
Lutoslawski, Witold | Mini Overture | gb | c”’ |
McCabe, John | Rounds | eb | a” |
Persichetti, Vincent | Parable for Brass Quintet | d | bb” |
Plog, Anthony | Four Sketches (Quintet No. 1) | eb | a” |
Mosaics (Quintet No. 2) | eb | a” | |
Previn, André | Four Outings | c | bb” |
Renwick, Wilke | Dance | c#’ | e” |
Reynolds, Verne | Suite for Brass Quintet | a | ab” |
Rieti, Vittorio | Incisioni | a | g” |
Sampson, David | Distant Voices | db | b” |
Morning Music | g | a#” | |
Sanders, Robert | Quintet in B-flat | Bb | f” |
Schuller, Gunther | Music for Brass Quintet | c# | c”’ |
Stevens, John | Fabrics | c# | b” |
Seasons | g | bb” | |
Tilson Thomas, Michael | Street Song | d | b” |
Tull, Fisher | Coup de Brass | b | a” |
Exhibition | e | g” | |
Wilder, Alec | Brass Quintet No. 1 | db | b” |