← Chamber music8Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
For 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, for the violin 1 part
MajorLivelyVirtuosicPlayfulLyricalWell-known
Listen
- Ensemble
- String sextet or larger
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 33 min
- Composed
- 1825
- Era
- Early Romantic
Notes
Violin 1 writes like a concerto; very light, fast scherzo; the other parts are easier
About this work
- Allegro moderato ma con fuoco
- Andante
- Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo
- Presto
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