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Schubert, Franz - Octet D 803
Catalogue No: HN562
| Arrangement | clarinet (in Bb or in C), bassoon, horn (in F or in C), 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass |
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| Product Format | Sheet Music |
| Edition Type | Set of Parts |
| Composer | Schubert, Franz |
| Editor | Jost, Peter |
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| ISMN | 9790201805627 (M201805627) |
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The model for this composition was Beethoven’s Septet op. 20, whose Divertimento character and six-part layout were adopted by Schubert, although he merely expanded the instrumentation by adding a second violin. In a letter he numbered his octet amongst the chamber music works with which he desired to blaze a “path to the great symphony”. It can no longer be ascertained whether the composition was commissioned by Count Ferdinand Troyer, who had a musical salon in Vienna and played the clarinet. We only know that Schubert composed the work at the beginning of 1824, taking only a few weeks to do so and that it was shortly performed at Troyer’s afterwards. Today it is one of the most popular larger chamber music works.
HN562
| Arrangement | clarinet (in Bb or in C), bassoon, horn (in F or in C), 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass |
|---|---|
| Product Format | Sheet Music |
| Edition Type | Set of Parts |
| Composer | Schubert, Franz |
| Editor | Jost, Peter |