Octet in F Major D 803 [HL:51480562]

Octet in F Major D 803 [HL:51480562]

G. Henle Verlag

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UPC:
888680044213
Composer:
(ed. Peter Jost)
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0
Instrumentation:
Parts
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1
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0
UPC:
888680044213
Subtitle:
Henle Music Folios
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Vendor:
Hal Leonard
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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.