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String Octet in C major, Op. 176
Joachim Raff · 1822–1882 · Swiss-German
For 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- String sextet or larger
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 23 min
- Composed
- 1872
- Era
- Early Romantic
Notes
For double string quartet, like Mendelssohn's Octet; dedicated to the violinist Johann Lauterbach
About this work
- Dedicated to
- Johann Lauterbach
- First performed
- 1873/3/30 Leipzig, in the publisher's (Seitz's) performance hall
- Allegro
- Allegro molto
- Andante moderato
- Vivace
A step before · level 6
String Sextet in E-flat major, Op. 39
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński
2 violins, viola, 2 cellos, double bass
28 min
6violin 1
A step after · level 8
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