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The Octet in F major is the largest of Schubert’s chamber works in instrumentation and duration. He composed it in March 1824 at the same time as he was writing the string quartets Rosamunde D 804 and Death and the Maiden D 810. Like so much of the composer’s music the work was not published during his lifetime—indeed, not until 1889 thanks to the advocacy of Johannes Brahms. The Octet was commissioned by the clarinettist Ferdinand Troyer who requested a work similar to Beethoven’s Septet in E-flat Major Op 20 of 1800. The resultant Octet admirably satisified Troyer’s commission with
2022-01-31 22:12:12
Commissioned by Ferdinand Troyer in 1824, Franz Schubert’s Octet in F Major is the largest work of any chamber works written by the composer. Schubert was born on this day in 1797!! Scored for clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, cello and double bass, the instrumentation shadows that of Beethoven’s famous Septet. Beethoven’s Septet is significant because when Troyer commissioned Schubert for this work, he specified he wanted a similar work to that of Beethoven’s. The Octet was premiered at Archduke Rudolf’s private house, with many of Beethoven’s Septet players performing in the ensemble. Here, for your enjoyment is the
2022-01-12 13:47:42
Franz Schubert: Octet in F Major D.803 Context Commissioned by Ferdinand Troyer in 1824, Franz Schubert’s Octet in F Major is the largest set up of any chamber works written by the composer. Scored for clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, cello and double bass, the instrumentation shadows that of […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
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2021-03-08 11:24:00
Franz Schubert: Octet in F major – Musicians of Greek Youth Symphony Orchestra – Megaron Athens Concert Hall, Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall, 11-13.03.2021 (Premiere: 11.03.2021, 20:30, Live streaming)
Like comparable works by Spohr, Hummel and others, Schubert's irresistible Octet is a late offshoot of the eighteenth-century tradition of serenades scored for mixed wind and strings. And together with the B flat Piano Trio, D.898, it comes closer than any of his other late instrumental works to the popular image of the companionable, echt-Viennese composer pouring out a stream of spontaneously inspired melody. We owe its existence to Count Ferdinand Troyer, a talented amateur clarinettist who was chief steward at the court of Beethoven's friend and pupil, Archduke Rudolf. Early in 1824 the count proposed that Schubert write a follow-up to Beethoven's Septet, which to its composer's intense irritation had become a runaway success. (When Beethoven learnt of its triumph in England he was heard muttering that the work should be burned.) Schubert duly obliged, adding a second violin to the Septet's line-up of clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello […]
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