The compositions of the Dresdner composer Kurt Beythien (1897 - 1974) were known already in the 20s and 30s of the 20th century. His quintet is designed in 1925, but first as a wind sextet with the occupation flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, horn and bassoon. 1926 premiere of this version took place. Criticism was initially not happy with this work. Beythien worked at the plant for wind quintet. This version was first performed in 1927. A special feature in this version is the 2nd set of the use of an English horn instead of the oboe to see.
The work was performed frequently in the 30s, in the estate of Beythien to find reviews collected from all over Germany, Prague, New York. The First Wind Quintet of the Dresden State Opera wrote about the quintet: "... We have also listed here always the wind quintet of Kurt Beythien to our concert tours, and with great success. .... This beautiful plant is absolutely enriching our woodwind quintet literature. "
On April 19, 1939 played the Bläserquartett der Staatsoper Berlin with Georg Zell (oboe), Adolf Mützelburg (clarinet), Robert Pawlik (Horn) and Herbert Wonneberger (bassoon), and the flutist Oskar Fischer this.
