[1] The other founding members of the quintet were Leo Driehuys (oboe), Pem Godri (clarinet), Brian Pollard (bassoon), and Adriaan van Woudenberg (horn).
[2] Vester played in the quintet for the entire period of its existence and was also its artistic director.
Koen van Slogteren [nl] soon took over the position of oboist, and shortly afterward Piet Honingh became the clarinetist.
[3] He was succeeded by Maarten Karres, then in 1973 by Han de Vries,[4] and later by Jan Spronk.
[5][2][6][7] Many composers wrote works for the Danzi Quintet, amongst others Rob du Bois (Chants en contrepoints, 1962 and Réflexions sur le jour où Pérotin le Grand ressuscitera, 1969), Peter Schat (Improvisations and Symphonies, opus 11, 1960), Ton de Leeuw (Antiphony, for wind quintet and four-channel tape, 1960), Misha Mengelberg (Omtrent een componistenactie, 1966), Josef Tal (Wind Quintet, 1966), and Jan van Vlijmen (Second Wind Quintet, 1972).