String octet
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A string octet is a piece of music written for eight string instruments, or sometimes the group of eight players. It usually consists of four violins, two violas and two cellos, or four violins, two v
First page of the autograph manuscript score of Mendelssohn's String Octet
First page of the autograph manuscript score of Bruch's String Octet
Octet (Ichmouratov)
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Airat Ichmouratov's Octet in G minor, Op. 56, was composed in December 2017. It was commissioned and premiered by Saguenay and Lafayette String Quartets on 13 January 2018 at Fanny Bay Hall, Fanny Bay
String octet
…Other string octets include: Airat Ichmouratov – Octet for strings in G minor "Letter from an Unknown Woman" Luciano Berio – Korót (eight cellos…
Stefan Zweig, whose novella "Brief einer Unbekannten" inspired Ichmouratov's Octet