Well, Since no one seems to have mentioned the rather obvious fact that a standard wind octet plus a couple of flutes is identical with a double woodwind quintet, I thought I'd point that out, just in case this factoid may initiate the thought process in some otherwise dormant cerebellum (cerebrum? - I'm not sure which is responsible for conscious thought).
Also: In case they are unknown to would-be program makers and chamber music enthusiasts, there are a number of bibliographies centering on wind music (I'll leave out the horn-centric ones like Bruechle, Sansone, Schuller, Tuckwell, et. al. for now; hopefully you are already onto those) Two listed in the NYPL online catalog are: Voxman, Himie. Title Woodwind ensemble music guide, compiled by Himie Voxman & Lyle Merriman. Imprint Evanston, Ill., Instrumentalist Co. [c1973] Secrist-Schmedes, Barbera. Title Wind chamber music : for two to sixteen winds : an annotated guide / Barbera Secrist-Schmedes. Imprint Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002. No doubt others exist, I just don't see them in the catalog, though I have a couple at home in my own book collection. These two would provide a good place to start. I'm sure that the Secrist one is readily available and a decent research/university library ought to have the Voxman too (or be able to locate it through Eureka or WorldCat to let you know where a copy is). (OK, I just did a WorldCat search for you: Houser, Roy. Publication: New York, Da Capo Press, Year: 1973, 1962 Description: xx, 159 p. 26 cm. Language: English Series: Da Capo Press music reprint series; Standard No: ISBN: 0306702576; LCCN: 76-166093 Norwegian chamber music : woodwinds. Norsk musikkinformasjon.1985 English Book 94 p. ; 21 cm. Oslo : Norsk musikkinformasjon, Eureka was off-line, so I couldn't also do a search on the subject "woodwind music - bibliography" there) You can take from here, Good luck, Peter Hirsch _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
