These duets supplement those of Volume 1 SKU [1609]. The upper and lower parts are of equal difficulty. The range has been expanded to D2 and F4. There is no tenor clef in the notation. A printed version is available at SKU [1614]. The music is dedicated to my high school band and orchestra director Harry F. Haigh.

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24 Very Short Woodwind Quintets for musicianship, ensemble playing and sight-reading allows quintets to develope better musicianship, finer ensemble playing and a clearer understanding of musical notation.

The pieces, none longer than a minute-and-a-half in length, gradually increase the difficulty of rhythms, meters, dynamics and technical demands. Can be played by coached or uncoached ensembles. The full score contains a review of articulation and accent notation.

There’s a longish story behind the title Quadruplets. It was originally entitled Couplets for four oboes, a transcription and higher transposition of earlier compositions of the same title for various double reed combinations. Couplets was invited by Yu-Hey Sze of the Hong Kong Kamerata as a demonstration piece for the oboe section of the Macau Youth Orchestra. When my wife, the logical one in our marriage, saw the score she said, “But it’s not couplets, it's quadruplets”. Hence, the new title.

Composed in 1977 the Duet for Bassoon and 'Cello is very much in the free-wheeling style of the '70's with non-traditional sounds for both instruments, some intense dissonances and measures without time signatures.
Two copies of the performing score come in the set. The work is dedicated to my wife Padge.