Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter (5 verses with different instrumentation) - wind quintet is currently unavailable

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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1314642 Composed by Gustav Holst. Arranged by Ray Thompson. 20th Century,Chamber,Christmas. 9 pages. RayThompsonMusic #903396. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.1314642). Arranged wind quintet.A very straighforward arrangement of 5 verses from the the piano original.BUT I have varied the instrumentation throughout.(UNLIKE many arrangements you may find)V1 Oboe melody (with  full quintet)V2 Clarinet (trio with horn and bassoon)V3 FluteV4 OboeV5 Melody flute and oboe in octaves, and bassoon in lower octave.Harmony parts shared around as well.Additional notes are included where necessary for all verses "In the Bleak Midwinter" is a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti, commonly performed as a Christmas carol. The poem was published, under the title "A Christmas Carol", in the January 1872 issue of Scribner's Monthly, and was first collected in book form in Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (Macmillan, 1875).In 1906, the composer Gustav Holst composed a setting of Rossetti's words (titled "Cranham") in The English Hymnal which is sung throughout the world.Sometimes written as "In the Bleak Mid Winter"Check out my other wind ensemble arrangements of Holst's worksPieces arranged are:1st and 2nd Suite for Concert BandSt Pauls’ SuiteBrook Green SuiteTwo Songs without WordsIn the Bleak MidwinterI vow to thee my country (Thaxted)Chrissemas Day in the MorningChristmas Day ( A choral fantasy)Personent HodieSomerset Rhapsody. This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of popular titles and original compositions from a variety of voices and backgrounds. The length, difficulty, and retail pricing are determined solely by the discretion of the person who arranged or composed it. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).