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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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2 New Arrangements
15 Featured Arrangements


I’ve Got a Crush on You, Lyrics and Music by Ira and George Gershwin arranged for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintett. This is easier moderate level arrangement of the beautiful jazz standard featured in three Broadway musicals, recorded by dozens of vocal artists and included in several films.

Hello! Ma Baby, written by the song writing team of Joseph E. Howard and Ida Emerson and arranged here for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet. This is moderate level arrangement of a song originally written as a one-sided telephone call. This Tin Pan Alley favorite has appeared in numerous movies and TV episodes and was even sung by Michigan J. Frog. :-)

Seventy-Six Trombones, or 76 Trombones by Meredith Wilson 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 of the signature song from the 1957 musical, The Music Man.

The U.S. National Anthem and The Americas. Three Popular Patriotic and Ceremonial favorites to include: “The Star-Spangled Banner”, “America the Beautiful” and “America” (My Country Tis of Thee) arranged here for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet.

Mac & Johnson’s “Charleston” or “The Charleston” as it is most frequently referred for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet by Kenneth Abeling, is a bit of a workout. The chart is in typical Dixieland fashion with both written solos and chord changes for improvised solos are provided throughout. The rarely used introduction begins the piece as it works its way into frenzy at the end!  Suitable for numerous performance occasions your audiences will love this staple of the American Jazz/Dixieland library.

The Girl with the Flaxen Hair or La fille aux cheveux de lin by Claude Debussy transcribed for Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet This is number eight of twelve in Debussy’s first book of preludes and inspired by a poem by Leconte de Lisle of the same name. This is advanced intermediate arrangement and suitable for a variety of performance applications.

Selections from Carmen, Music by Georges Bizet, Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy arranged for Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet by Kenneth Abeling.  This collection of excerpts includes: 1. Entr'acte to Act 3, 2. Prelude to Act 1, 3. Habanera, 4. Les triangles des sistres tintaient, 5. Toreador Song, 6. Je Vais Danser votre honneur, 7. Entr'acte to Act 4 and 8. Prelude to Act 1 (Reprise).  This is an advanced arrangement featuring some of the most memorable melodies from Bizet’s Operatic Masterpiece.

The Stars and Stripes Forever is arguably John Philip Sousa’s most famous march and the Official March of the USA, transcribed here for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet by Kenneth Abeling.  This transcription is of an easier advanced to advanced level difficulty.

This Little Light of Mine, African American Spiritual arranged for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet by Kenneth Abeling. This is an advanced Intermediate level arrangement of this very popular spiritual in a Jazz/Blues style and is appropriate for all most religious services and general performance.

God Bless the U.S.A. words and music by Lee Greenwood for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet. This is an intermediate level arrangement of Lee Greenwood’s American patriotic country song. This song is a must the patriotic season!

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (English name) music by Marcel Louiguy and arranged for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet. You may not recognize the name of this song, but you have heard the tune before. This and intermediate level arrangement of 1950s Billboard Chart topping Latin-American flavored pop song.

A String of Pearls, Music by Jerry Gray & Lyrics by Eddie De Lange arranged for Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet. This is an advanced intermediate to advanced arrangement of the number one hit single recorded by the Glenn miller Orchestra in 1941.

This is “Music for the Royal Fireworks” or Royal Fireworks Music by George Frideric Handel transcribed here for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet . This is an easier advanced transcription of one Handel’s most popular works and may be performed in its entirety or as separate movements. It is quite appropriate for use during segments of religious services. The five movements are: I. Ouverture: Adagio, Allegro, Lentement, Allegro - II. Bourrée – III. La Paix: Largo alla siciliana – IV. La Réjouissance: Allegro – V. Menuets I and II.

The Invincible Eagle by John Philip Sousa transcribed for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet. This is an advanced intermediate to easier advanced transcription of one of Sousa’s very favorite patriotic marches written for the 1901 Pan-American Exposition.

Semper Fidelis transcribed here for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet by Kenneth Abeling, is another one of John Philip Sousa’s famous marches and The Official March of the United States Marine Corps. This transcription is of intermediate to advanced intermediate level difficulty.

“Peg O’ My Heart” is a charming song written for a Broadway show of the same name by Alfred Bryan & Fred Fisher and arranged here for Brass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet by Kenneth Abeling.  This is an advanced intermediate to early advanced version of the very popular show tune which evolves from a slow “Rag-ish” type feel into a slow Swing.

Stylistic Variations on “Smoke on the Water”, Words and Music by Blackmore, Gillan, Glover and Lord and Paice arranged here for BBrass Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet, Saxophone Quintet, String Quartet, Woodwind Quartet, and Woodwind Quintet. Both the performers and audience will find this advanced intermediate to advanced arrangement with its theme and three variations humorously appealing.