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String octet

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 violas, a cello and a double bass.

String octets by notable composers

  • Luciano Berio, Korót (eight cellos)
  • Max Bruch, String Octet in B♭ major (with bass replacing the second cello)
  • Sylvano Bussotti, Poésies à Maldoror (eight cellos)
  • George Enescu, Octet in C major, Op. 7
  • Reinhold Glière, String Octet in D Major, Op. 5
  • Cristóbal Halffter, Fandango (eight cellos)
  • Gordon Jacob
  • Suite (eight violas)
  • Cello Octet (eight cellos)
  • Tomás Marco, Miró (eight cellos)
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Octet, Op. 20
  • Darius Milhaud, Octet for Strings, Op. 291
  • Arvo Pärt
  • Fratres (version for eight cellos)
  • L'abbé Agathon (eight cellos)
  • Steve Reich, Cello Counterpoint (eight cellos)
  • Kaija Saariaho, Neiges (eight cellos)
  • Gunther Schuller, Hommage a Rayechka (eight cellos)
  • Peter Sculthorpe, Chorale (eight cellos)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich, Two Pieces for String Octet
  • Giovanni Sollima, Violoncelles, vibrez! (eight cellos)
  • Johan Svendsen, String Octet in A major, Op. 3

    • References

    String octet Wikipedia
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