Nonet

Nonet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, basson, violin, viola, cello and bass. �Parts only. Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger was an eminent German organist, conductor, composer, and pedagogue who lived from 1839 until 1901. �He spent most of his life in Munich, studying at the Munich Conservatory and serving as principal conductor of the Munich Choral Society. �He also taught organ, piano and composition at the Munich Conservatory. �His reputation as an organ teacher was remarkable and students from around the world came to study with him. �His students included Humperdinck, Wolf-Ferrari, Thuille, Sandberger, Kroyer, Trunk, Chadwick, and Furtwangler. �Few of Rheinberger's compositions are performed today. �Yet he composed 20 organ sonatas, two symphonies, two organ concerti, and a large number of vocal works. �His wife Franziska was a poetess and Joseph set much of her poetry to music. �His chamber music output included three string quartets, a string quintet, a piano quintet, four piano trios (one of which was arranged by the composer as this sextet for piano and wind quintet, RFE 42), two violin sonatas, a cello sonata and an octet (First Edition published by Rosewood as RP 76) which was later enlarged to this nonet and which has been arranged by John Wilcox as a septet (RP 105).