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Octet in F Major D 803

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.

Details

Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Publisher Code: HN562
Publication Date: 10/2014
Credits: (ed. Peter Jost)
Length: 9.50 in.
Width: 12.25 in.
Series: Henle Music Folios
Voicing: Parts