Wind Quintet (Nielsen)

Wind Quintet
by Carl Nielsen
The composer in 1917
Catalogue	FS 100 CNW 70 Op. 43
Dedication	Copenhagen Wind Quintet
Published	1923 (1923): Copenhagen
Publisher	Wilhelm Hansen
Scoring	flute oboe (english horn) clarinet horn bassoon
Premiere
Date	9 October 1922 (1922-10-09)
Location	Odd Fellows Mansion, Copenhagen
Performers	Copenhagen Wind Quintet

Carl Nielsen's Wind Quintet, or as indicated by the original score, the Kvintet for Flöte, Obo, Klarinet, Horn og Fagot, Op. 43, was composed early in 1922 in Gothenburg, Sweden, where it was first performed privately at the home of Herman and Lisa Mannheimer on 30 April 1922. The first public performance was on 9 October 1922 in the smaller hall at the Odd Fellows Mansion in Copenhagen. It is considered a staple of the repertoire for wind quintet.^[1]