Septet in E-flat major, Op. posth.

Max Bruch · 1838–1920 · German

For clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, cello, double bass

Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part

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Ensemble: Strings & winds
Hardest part: Violin 1
Form: Full work
Length: About 22 min
Composed: 1849
Era: Late Romantic

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Written at ten or eleven; modelled on Beethoven's Septet, with two violins instead of violin and viola

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