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Wind quintet is the most common form of wind music. There are also other forms of wind ensemble. Dvorak wrote a wind ensemble (Opus#22) along with a string serenade (Opus#44) Richard Strauss wrote various wind ensembles. Many moderns such as Carlos Chaves and Carl Nielsen have written wind quintets.
Georges Onslow (1754-1853) wrote a wind quintet. Onslow is sometimes refereed to as the "French Beethoven". Typically, the quintet consists of one each flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet and French Horn. The French Horn is actually a brass instrument and related to the trumpet and tuba. An English Horn can be substitute for the French Horn in a quintet. The English Horn is actually a form of oboe. Dvorak's Wind serenade also calls for a Bass Violin in it. Brahms wrote a trio for French Horn, piano and violin(opus#40), a clarinet quintet(Opus#1150 and a trio for clarinet, Cello and piano(Opus#114), Mozart and Weber also wrote clarinet quintets. The string quartet and quintet seems to be more popular than the wind ensemble. The instruments in a wind quintet have different timbers and sounds to them. That includes the French Horn. During the 18th century, there were various quintets, quartets and trios for various string instruments and instruments. Mozart wrote various types of combinations for wind and string instruments.
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