N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Quintet for piano and wind instruments
The article is devoted to the one of N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov’s chamber works. Quintet for piano and wind instruments was written in 1876, when the composer participated in a chamber music competition. Quintet was one of Rimsky-Korsakov’s compositions for winds, which he wrote in this period. The article examines aspects of composition and playing techniques, as well as compositional decisions related to timbre, which will reoccur in some of his later operatic and orchestral works.