| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 6 pieces |
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| First Publication | 1860 |
| Genre Categories | Quintets; For brass ensemble; Scores featuring brass ensemble; |
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| Work Title | 6 Quintettes faciles pour 5 instruments de cuivre |
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| Alternative. Title | 6 Easy Brass Quintets, Six very good Brass Quintetts |
| Composer | Mimart, Auguste |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IAM 1 |
| Key | see below |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 6 pieces:
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| First Publication. | 1860 |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | cornet, bugle, saxhorn, trombone, basse [tuba] |
The "6 Quintettes faciles" are among the earliest published brass quintets. Only the parts of the 6 quintets have been published along with 6 "Septuors" in 1860 by Lafleur (Paris St. Denis). Except for the indeed easily playable No. 1 Andante religioso, the "facile" (= easy) has to be more as indicating that the use of the then still relatively new valved brass instruments greatly facilitated playing these pieces.
Copies of the original publication are available free for non-commercial and scientific use from the Source gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France.
On the cover of the original publication, the composer is given as "A. Mimart, Chef de Musique".
The quintets seem to have been later republished by the editor Lafleur (now in London) as "Six very good Quintetts". In an ad from 1870 by this Editor,
the instrumentation is now indicated as "Principal Cornet, First Cornet, E flat Tenor, Trombone or Euphonium and Bass" to fit the British brass music movement.
