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Small Ensemble Sheet Music
for the Professional and Amateur Musician

Arrangements & Transcriptions for
Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet,
String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet.

By Kenneth W. Abeling



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14 Featured Arrangements


I’ve Got the World on a String, Lyrics by Ted Koehler & Music by Harold Arlen arranged for Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet. The song was popularized most notably by Cab Calloway, Bing Crosby and Fran Sinatra but recorded by dozens of prominent vocal artists. 

Teach Me Tonight, Lyrics by Sammy Cahn & Music by Gene De Paul arranged for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet. This popular song, and now jazz standard was first published 1953 and widely recorded. This is an advanced intermediate arrangement.

I’ve Found a New Baby, Music by Spencer Williams and Lyrics by Jack Palmer for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet  and arranged by Kenneth Abeling.  This is an advanced arrangement of one of the most popular Dixieland charts of all time and a must for your Dixieland library!!

Concerto à 4, TWV 43:G6 by Georg Philipp Telemann. Originally written for Recorder, Oboe, Violin and Continuo (Basso) and transcribed here for Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet,(all with optional Organ) by Kenneth Abeling.  This is an easier advanced level composition and suitable for both secular and sacred performances.

This is a collection or medley of three of George M. Cohan’s favorite patriotic songs arranged for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet by Ken Abeling.  The songs include; 1. “Over There!”, 2. “Yankee Doodle Boy” (commonly referred to as “I’m A Yankee Doodle Dandy”) and 3. Grand Old Flag.  This collection can be played as individual songs or as medley.  It should be playable by a good middle school group but advanced and professional musicians will find use for this arrangement during patriotic holidays and certain ceremonies.

Dream a Little Dream of Me by Wilbur Schwandt, Gus Kahn, Fabian Andre arranged for Clarinet Quartet by Kenneth Abeling. This is an intermediate level arrangement of the song popularized by Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day and perhaps most notably by Cass Elliot.

The Girl From Ipanema by Antonio Carlos Jobim, arranged here for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet, is a staple in any professional quartets Jazz repertoire. However, this arrangement is still accessible to younger or less experienced Quartets.

The 1812 Overture (for Clarinet Quartet). Festival Overture "The Year 1812" in E flat major, op. 49 or The 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky transcribed for Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet. It is often performed in the US alongside other patriotic music at Fourth of July celebrations. This is an advanced transcription and loyal to the composer’s original intent.

Ave Verum Corpus (Hail, true body) transcribed for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet with optional Organ by Kenneth Abeling. Ave Verum Corpus is considered to be one of the most beautiful classical compositions ever written and certainly one of Mozart’s most memorable. This is a rather easy arrangement, performable with the Organ (or not cues added) and suitable for various religious or sacred events including Weddings.

Americans We by Henry Fillmore arranged for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet. This is an advanced intermediate to easier advanced arrangement this popular patriotic march. The playing time is approximately 3:00.

Pavane pour une infante défunte, or Pavane for a Dead Infanta, or Pavane for s Dead Princess as it most often referred, written by Maurice Ravel and arranged for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet. This is an advanced intermediate transcription of Ravel’s timeless classic.

CHICAGO (That Toddlin' Town) by Fred Fisher arranged for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet by Kenneth Abeling. This an advanced arrangement of Fisher’s tribute to the 2nd City and made popular by Frank Sinatra amongst others. Playing time: 3:00.  

Kansas City or Kansas City (Here I Come) By Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller Arranged for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet by Kenneth Abeling. This is an easier advanced arrangement of the classic Blues song first recorded by Little Willie Littlefield and popularized by Wilbert Harrison.

Quiet Nights and Quiet Stars or “Corcovado”, Words & Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim arranged here for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet. This is an Intermediate to advanced intermediate arrangement of Jobim’s romantic Latin Jazz standard.

“Sweet Caroline”, Words and Music by Neil Diamond and arranged here for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet. A timeless interactive Pop classic that audiences love.

We've Only Just Begun, Words and Music by Roger Nichols and Paul Williams, and made popular by the Carpenters is a Wedding favorite, arranged here for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet by Kenneth Abeling.